SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1505 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEROQUEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | BIPOLAR | WEIGHT GAIN 60 LBS, HUNGER CRAVINGS, MAKES YOU SLEEPY, KNOCKS YOU OUT AT BEDTIME, THE DOSING IS COMPLICATED, CAN GIVE YOU SEIZURES, FEELING OF TIREDNESS AND HUNGER IN THE MORNING TILL AFTERNOON. CAN GIVE YOU DIABETES. | WEIGHT GAIN FOOD CRAVINGS AND BINGING JUST LIKE ZYPREXA. I CALL THIS STUFF A BOTTLE OF FAT AND TIREDNESS. The pdoc will never test you for high glucose and diabetes. They just don't care. | M | 29 | 2 months 200MG 1X day | 8/18/2011 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression | Headache, Nighmares | I love taking this drug as it will take away all my worries and put me to sleep no matter what. Initial dose was 125 mg but I self weaninf my self and want to try the minimum dose that will put me to sleep. I have started goin to gym. I want to spend more time in gym and reduce this dose prgressively. Today I am going to try 50 mg and see if I could still sleep. | F | 41 | 45 days 75 mg 1X day | 8/16/2011 | 3 | Depression with psychotic features | Night sweats, hot flashes, sweating | F | 32 | 5 years 200mg 1X day | 8/13/2011 | 3 | Bi Polar 1 | drowsiness, cognitive fog | I think it helps but I DON'T LIKE IT | M | 62 | 9 months 75mg 1X day | 8/9/2011 | 3 | sleep disorder | most concerned with the day after grogginess | F | 26 | 5 years 100 mg 1X day | 8/2/2011 | 5 | paranoia, schizoaffective disorder | Paranoia is still there, but don't get as anxious over it. Best sleeps I've ever had. Weird dreams, though, vivid. Slowly reducing my Stelazine w/o any effects so far. Irritable as heck in the morning. | I usually take 100 mg. before bed, then if I get anxious during the day I take 25 or 50 mg. Able to stop drinking & other habits quite easily. The morning grogginess wears off after a couple of weeks. | F | 55 | 2 months 150 mg. 1X day | 7/21/2011 | 3 | Bipolar I | Runny nose. Extreme sedation and feeling of being "jet lagged" most of the time. Overnight flight after evening dose resulted in extreme nausea in cruise (smooth flight), but cleared up on descent, even though severe turbulence ! | I hate this drug, but it does work for me. I only take during periods of mania that Lithium fails to control. I also take up to an additional 150mg per day (25mg increments) if needed. It's keeping me out of hospital at the moment. | M | 41 | 6 weeks 200 1X day | 7/21/2011 | 4 | anxiety/insomnia/psychosis | sleepiness, drug hangover, "the munchies", feeling of being tranquilized, dry mouth for a few weeks, nose bleeds | works great in high dosages to help me sleep at night (150 MG - 300 MG) also is great to calm me down in the day is small dosages (25 MG - 50 MG) lessens the hallucinations | F | 20 | 6 months 250 MG 1X day | 7/20/2011 | 1 | Doctor forced me to try it. | I'm a 72 year old grandmother with a history of major depression since age 19. I was basically manipulated into taking this drug at the Kaiser Permanente clinic. I had a very severe cognitive breakdown that was absolutely terrifying. I could not think of the simple first names of three people in my neighborhood. I felt as if I could not organize the words as they flowed out of my mouth. This was absolutely the worst reaction to any medication that I had ever taken. My "prescribing" psychiatrist has been on me to try different drugs for years. My original diagnosis was clinical depression, and I was taking Pamelor. One day, he changed my diagnosis from "mood disorder" to "Bipolar 1 Disorder" and basically railroaded me into the hospital. It was breathtaking. Two other psychiatrists tried to commit me, but the court officer dismissed the case. This case will go down in my history as I try to amend, redact or even SEAL the whole experience because of mistak | This drug will be added to my allergies. As a matter of fact, I have decided that most of my life is working quite well, and I do not plan to try any other drugs until I figure out how I can make behavior therapy work better for me. | F | 72 | 1 days 90 mg 1X day | 7/17/2011 | 1 | They just told Bai Ling on Celebrity Rehab that Seroquel is non-addicting! Perhaps some of you might like to email Dr. Drew and tell him otherwise! I'm fed up with the medical community hiding and lying about drug side effects! | M | 31 | 1X day | 7/11/2011 | 1 | bipolar | weight gain 90 lbs, sleepy, puts you asleep at night. | does not work, massive sleepy and hunger weight gain. | M | 31 | 3 months 200mg 1X day | 7/9/2011 | 4 | Psychotic experience | weight gain of aprox 10 kg within one year, however lost some of the weight gained again while taking lower doses due to diet change and excercise. tiredness in the mornings- i used a combination of seroquel and seroquel xr (prolong) to taper off over a half-year period and found the seroquel without retard-effect to make me much more tired. low-level depression, slower thoughts, slightly lethargic. | I took Seroquel after a manic psychotic experience induced by psychosocial stress and cannabis abuse, and my 'positive' symptoms disappeared within a few days. this could have also been helped by having family and a supportive environment around me at the time, but i do credit the drug for at least part of the recovery after 2 months of hallucinations and mania. i made sure to change things in my lifestyle such as quitting smoking, finding a more stable environment, eating well, exercising (as much as possible while tired from the drug) to make myself stable in the long term. In my opinion the pros outweighed the cons- even though i hated how depressed and tired i sometimes felt while first on seroquel, i still think i needed the intervention and it was probably a life saver. i see it as first aid rather than a long term solution because of its side-effects though. | F | 30 | 1 years 300-25 1X day | 7/6/2011 | 1 | Stupidity | Starting antipsychotics like seroquel is a death sentence, withdrawal after too long use is often not an option (too much brain damage, it is even worse than benzos [except that initial cognitive side-effects are not that worse]). My life was totally ruined by seroquel. Seroquel is a new "benzo", 10 years from now it is told how it ruined/killed/destroyed so many lifes. | seroquelwithdrawal.blogspot.com | M | 30 | 1X day | 7/6/2011 | 3 | insomnia | felt like i had no feelings at all. was told it was mood stabilizer. well it stabilized me in depression. slept over 12 hrs. a night. then still hungover. weight gain may be due tho. to another drug. killed my appetite. smoked more. | background childhood ocd, anxiety. on antidepressant and xanax since hippie drug mind loss. trying to ditch seroquel bec. of the constant low-grade depression and ridiculous length of sleep plus hangover most of next day. can't take more xanax to sleep bec.. already on 3.5mg daily and fear addiction. | M | 64 | 4 months 25-75 mg 1X day | 6/28/2011 | 5 | Anxiety and Depression | I started at 50mg and the first couple of nights it really knocks you out. Make sure you have plenty of time to sleep or you'll be dragging in the morning. After a few nights, I became used it. It barely makes me sleep at all now. | Seroquel was a life-saver for me. I was extremely anxious and depressed and the docs had tried pristiq, cymbalta, and some other ssri. All of them killed my sex drive and made me feel a bit like a robot. They switched me to wellbutrin (450mg), which allowed me to focus more, which then allowed me to work more easily which was part the of the cause of my anxiety, but I was still very very anxious and depressed about it. After being put on Seroquel, I felt throttled down to just the right speed. Some days I'm fine, other days I experience normal anxiety, like anyone, but I never feel like it's the end of the world and I'm no longer depressed at all. | M | 35 | 5 months 150 1X day | 6/25/2011 | 5 | Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety | Unlike other "reviews" I've read, I actually lost weight on Seroquel. I take it combined with 400mg of Wellbutrin XL every day and I lost 6 lbs. The drug definitely has helped even out my depressive cycles, but it has made me extremely apathetic to things (i.e. money problems, relationship issues, family issues, work) and has also effected my short-term memory. I cannot remember names of places I've been (restaurants, etc) and occasionally have a hard time with speech (recalling words). | I think seroquel definitely helped save my life- literally, but now that I'm back on my feet I really want to get off of it! | F | 27 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 5/9/2011 | 4 | Severe Anxiety/Worry, Depr,Paranoia | Extreme drowsiness, lack of energy/motivation each day, sleep 9-12hrs+ each night, over eating at night after take pill; weight gain. Dry mouth for about the first 6mos (give or take). | After taking other medications with what I considered during that time more severe, I settled with Seroquel. Other medications made me suicidal, I could not think clearly like I was "drugged up" and I once lost my feeling "down there" for over a week which was horrifying because the doctor said it may or may not be permanent damage!! Fortunately I regained 'feeling' down there after a week or so. With those side effects, I was about to give up until I got a new doc who recommended Seroquel. I started off taking 50mg each night and I spoke with my doc about the extreme sedating effect and lack of energy so they dropped it to 25mg. DON'T ask me how some of these other individuals managed to function on 100-800mg each day?! That is absurd! I would be a bed ridden zombie if that was the dosage for me! I can't believe such a high dose is given for first timers anyways. As you can see from most of these reviews, that this is a common dose and all the complaints are similar! How can you not have severe health issues with such a high dose of anything in this world! ...even vitamins and healthy foods should be consumed in moderation! So you cannot base your decision solely on those who have taken such high doses since our bodies are quite different. I am quite sensitive to many things including lactose, gluten, decaf/reg coffee (severe anxiety), etc. So 25-50mg for me is a bit too much. I love Seroquel in that it has eliminated my anxiety, depression and paranoia w | F | 31 | 4 years 25mg 1X day | 5/6/2011 | 2 | Insomnia due to other meds | This caused me to pass out in a deep sleep and rather quickly after taking it. Once taken, my damn house could burn down I wouldn't wake up. Also, major "additonal" hunger and weight gain, especially late at night. | Not much of a hangover the following day. | F | 44 | 4 months ??? 1X day | 5/4/2011 | 3 | ocd and anxiety | Very weak, a disoriented feeling, just feel out of it, very spacey feeling. | Have been on every ssri out there, plus many other medications for my severe ocd and anxiety. 5 days ago started 12.5 mgs seroquel and 30 mgs cymbalta, am also on 200 mgs trazodone, 7 mgs klonipin, and 0.5 mgs xanax, I feel so dizzy and like confused, and very groggy like, I am so hoping these side effects will go away, I have been searching for something to help my severe ocd and anxiety. Hope others can give me advice, thanks so much. | M | 30 | 5 days 12.5 mgs 1X day | 5/1/2011 | 3 | sleep aid for bipolar disorder | initially very drowsy and "drunk" feeling. would have to go to bed immediately upon taking it. If I take the dose a few hours late, I get nauseous. If I miss a dose, I toss and turn in my sleep and may get hyper. The next day, I feel awful: depressed, irritable, sometimes suicidal thoughts, revved up energy | Overall, Seroquel has worked well. Initially, it was a wonder drug for quieting my racing thoughts and improving my concentration. It also helped with mild paranoia. I have been lucky to not have any weight gain. | F | 31 | 4 years 50mg 1X day | 4/26/2011 |