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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Bipolar, OCD | Loss of Libido, Munchies, Weight Gain, Agitation, Anxiety, Depression, Learning Disorder. | I was put on this when I was 14, I constantly had to rearrange my class schedules in high school because this medication made me feel sedated the entire day, I was eventually put in home school because I had absolutely no credits by the end of my first year. Seroquel for me did have a huge therapeutic tendency when I took it at the right time but the day after was a completely different story. I would constantly be agitated and fatigued and had a lot of difficulties functioning in the real world. But once I got used to juggling my social life with the side effects things somehow worked out especially when I was taking an anti-convulsant with the seroquel. About a year ago I was taken off of this drug because I had gone from 120 pounds to 160 and was severely anxious and depressed, I then got a balance disorder shortly afterwards and was put back on it and eventually taken off of it again when I noticed that It was making me really moody and depressed. | M | 21 | 7 years 25 MG 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 2 | Schizophrenia | tiredness, fatigue, loss of sex drive, weight gain, increased appetite | M | 21 | 4 weeks 600 mg 1X day | 4/4/2012 | 2 | Sleep problems | Heart palpitations/racing, tired the next day. | It would take up to 5 hours for it to kick in sometimes. | F | 21 | 3 months 50mg 1X day | 5/13/2012 | 2 | Bipolar II | Hypertension, racing heart, dizziness, inability to stand-up, weight gain | This medicine was not meant for me. It is trial and error when it comes to finding the right medication. With the several different medicines in this class, Geodon has proven most effective for me. | M | 21 | 1 weeks | 10/19/2006 | 2 | depression, headaches, ocd, some bp | the shankiness in the legs ruin everything. weight good wich is good for me. drowsy alot. | i duno if its working yet. i switched from resperidol to seroquel. im feeling terrible. can you get bad withdrawls even though from switching drugs. im also for depakote for headaches n irritation with neruontin and cogentin wich doesnt help with gettin rid of the restless leg. i havent felt good in 3 years. whut shoulod i do. these meds dont do nything. im tired of bein patient | M | 21 | 3 days | 4/22/2009 | 1 | for sleeping | i just took it for one night.... I was in the hospital for diabetes and a blood infection and had not slept good for months... they gave me 100 mgs around 9:00 pm and then another 50 mgs around two ol clock in the morning | when i given the 100 mgs i went to sleep and slept for about four and a half hours then they gave me 50 more mgs and i felt extrememly wierd!!! I felt like i caould do any thing i wanted and i would have no consquences. i felt like a super hero or something. I had a pic line in my arm and still had a blood infection but i decide that i was going home at about two thirty that morning. So, i stole my moms keys out of her purse un-hooked my iv and left the hospital... Just to make the story shorter i just tell youu what the outcome was i ended up having a head on collision and totaled the car. I had to be cut out of the car and when i woke up i couldn'tmove. I was rushed to Baptist hospital and the feeling came back into my body. I was then put back into the hospital and i was never given that medication again. | F | 21 | 1 days | 4/30/2009 | 1 | Bi Polar 2 | I took this medication on a Friday night and proceeded to sleep for 12.5 hours solid. I woke up for 2 hours, and ate everything in sight. I then was so exhausted and dopey that I took a 5 hour nap. I woke up, feeling like my limbs were encased in concrete. I couldn't walk straight or talk clearly. | I only took this medication one night at 50mg. I will never take it again. | F | 21 | 1 days | 5/3/2009 | 1 | Bipolar, depression, anger issues | depression, anxiety, stupor, violent thoughts, EXTREME UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE, suicidal/homicidal thoughts, schizophrenia, paranoia, psychosis, EXTREME PHYSICAL AGGRESSION | The incompetent, uncaring, miserable fool, Dr. Bassam Awwa, MD, of New London, CT prescribed me on these pills a few weeks before I turned 16. When I was on these pills, I was EXTREMELY violent, for absolutely no reason at all. One time, I had a bad day at school, and I kicked down the front door out of rage. When my father got mad at me for it, I shoved him. Little did I know that was only the beginning of it for me. My mother and I got into an argument that lasted several days, and then I eventually snapped in a rage and assaulted her. I know I was a horribly violent, pathetic, psychopathic individual. I also know that the pills did this to me. But then, a couple of weeks later, something happened that REALLY made me see how horrible these drugs are. I got into a fight with Dad about something stupid, and before I knew it, I pushed him down the stairs, and I fell with him, and then I stomped on him, and then somewhere along the line, I realized that these pills were doing this to me. I realized that I needed to get off these horrible drugs before I REALLY ended up killing somebody and/or going to prison for the rest of my life. All of this happened over the span of a little over two months, from March 2004 to May 2004. Today, I look back and can't believe I ever trusted any of my former psychiatrists. I never thought that I would be capable of such horrible things, and I probably wouldn't be, if not for horrible drugs like Seroquel and various other drugs I have endured thr | M | 21 | 2.5 months | 7/16/2009 | 1 | Schizo Affective | After being off of ANY medication for a solid 4 years I decided there must be a medication that works and doesn't kill me with side effects. My Psychiatrist insisted I try Seroquel. I started with 100mg and I slept amazingly! Then he bumped me up to 200mg and I am a complete ZOMBIE! I just woke up from sleeping a solid 14 hours had 2 energy drinks and I am tired a mere 4 hours later! I have had a solid headache for the past 3 days and I have NO appetite at all. I practically have to force myself to eat and only being on it for a month and a half I have LOST 10 pounds. I don't see my psychiatrist for 2 months but I am going to ween myself off this stuff. I can't deal with sleeping for 14 hours and STILL being tired, the constant headaches, no appetite, no sexual appetite, I am nothing basically. The dreams I have on this stuff are horrible. It's like I am back to all the places I've been in my past and there's no way to wake up. My partner has repeatedly tried to wake me up, and he says | Avoid it at all costs. If your psychiatrist tells you to try it look up all the side effects and know what you are getting yourself in to! If you smoke be prepared to smoke 2-3 packs while you are awake... It has made me crave nicotine like nothing else. | M | 21 | 1.5 months | 6/27/2009 | 1 | Bipolar 1 | Sever Itchiness over whole body | All drugs work differently for everyone when it comes to side effects. My whole body would itch for hours. | M | 21 | 300 1X day | 3/4/2016 | 1 | Rapid Cycling Bipolar, PTSD, BPD | EXTREME grogginess upon waking up, stiff jaw, agitation, headaches, makes me sleep for anywhere from 10 to 15 hours at a time, short-term memory loss, insatiable appetite, paranoia, cotton-mouth, lack of interest in any and all sexual activities. But it definantly solved my insomnia, unless I miss a dose. Then it's like the worst manic attack that you can imagine. The energy, oh the energy. | This medicine makes me so groggy in the morning that I litteraly cannot hold my head up or my eyes open or my mouth closed, let alone function! I only take 1/2 of a 25mg tablet! I had lost alot of the depression in the beginning, but now the agitation is worse and I am severly depressed. When the mania hits, it hits so much worse now. Everything seems to be intensified by 10 fold, including my appetite and chronic physical pain. I am definantly going to ask my doctor to take me off of this medicine! | F | 21 | 2 months | 2/28/2006 | 1 | paranoid schizophrenia | zombie like, sleeping 14 hours per night, extreme weight gain 40kgs. heart pulpitations, strange dreams, stomach pain, hung over feeling in mornings, extreme hunger, constipation, restless leg syndrome (strange horrible feeling in legs that wont stop without movement) slurred speach, memory loss, caused increase in paranoia and caused strange very graphic day dreams. | i would not recommend seroquel. | F | 21 | 3 years 600mg 1X day | 10/3/2011 | 1 | Severe Bipolar I disorder | Extreme drowsiness, nausea, vision problems, memory loss, weight gain, flat affect, felt like I was living in a depressing fog. | I wouldn't recommend this medication to anyone. I took it for over a year and didn't feel like a human being until I went off it. I also lost about 70lbs as soon as I quit taking this, because thats how much weight I gained within months of taking it. I lost a lot of friends who said I just 'wasn't myself.' This drug ruined a year of my life. | F | 21 | 1 years | 7/12/2007 | 1 | anxiety | Sleeping excessively, drowsiness, memory wierdness, disorientation | I was taking it for anxiety and sure it made me not anxious, because I was asleep. I can't sleep all day. And even after I woke up I'd still be drowsy for the day | F | 21 | 6 months | 11/11/2008 | 1 | schizophrenia | morbid thouts thoughts of family dying or me dying dry mouth | i need to stop taking it with depekote or i might kill myself | M | 21 | 2 weeks | 3/23/2009 | 5 | Bi-polar Disorder | weight gain, increased appetite, numbness of my arms and fingers, dryness of mouth, light headness. | Well, when i first started taking seroquel, I started at 25mg, then slowly progressed up to 300mg. I take it once a day at bedtime. It has been the only medication to help. I've been on many others before and this is the best. Of course most medicines in this category make you gain weight, but i have found that this can be managed with proper dieting and a good excersise. | F | 22 | 5 years | 8/4/2008 | 5 | Bipolar Depression | Severe dry mouth--but it does go away once you have a cough drop or the like. Drowsiness, which is both a good and a bad thing. You sleep well, but feel groggy and out of sorts in the morning. Arm and leg tremors. Headaches at first that go away eventually. | I've only been on it for about a month, but it has helped me so much. I sleep a full 8 hours of sleep a night (sometimes even more). My mood swings have pretty much gone away. I think I am still going through some withdrawal of Zoloft, as I did a gradual taper. I'm taking 200mg at night, and I am good to go. I would suggest not stopping treatment with just the pills--good psychiatry is a must. Find a good doctor that will talk to you about your medication and about your illness. Medicine can't solve everything, but it's a start. I'm actually happy for the first time in a while. Hope to post again when I'm on it for a little longer. | F | 22 | 1 months | 7/28/2007 | 5 | mania | extreme drops in blood pressure, light headed, dizzy | 1200mg. no weight gain, no over eating. no over sleping. vivid dreaming but nothing scary or weird. keeps my mania under control. | F | 22 | 7 months | 3/11/2008 | 5 | Insomnia/bipolar | Drowsiness, constipation, weight gain, upset stomach, OCCASIONAL somnolence | I've had terrible insomnia since i was 13, I'd sleep about 12 hours a week. I'm now sleeping a good 8-10 hours a night which greatly helps symptoms of my bipolar disorder. A great drug to level you out. | M | 22 | 1 months 50mg 1X day | 12/12/2011 | 5 | Bipolar | Tiredness, Increased appetite, memory loss, excessive sweating when exercising. | I HATED Seroquel at the beginning. I have a very sensitive body when it comes to sedative like drugs. Zyprexa, Saphris (THE WORST FOR ME!), Geodon, all knocked me out and I was MISERABLE on them. I almost rather be not medicated than to be on those drugs. (And that's saying something!) The Seroquel really did help though, I was just really tired all the time. I spoke to my psychiatrist and he changed me from XR (Extended release, it releases the medications all day long) to standard Seroquel. Life has finally become more and more normal. I'm able to clean my house! Maintain a schedule! Hold a job! I do struggle with sleepiness sometimes, and when I exercise, it aggrevates that symptom, but it's worth it. Also, I swear my memory has gone down the drain. I used to be so smart and able to recall anything, and now I feel I'm not able to remember as much. NOthing I can really do though because you've got to pick your poison. Crazy in a really bad way, or crazy in a kinda bad way. lol Right now I am on 100 mg Lamictal, 300 mg Lithium, 100 mg Seroquel. NOTICE: Every prescription is different for every person! Some have loved some that I couldn't stand! It's really a trial and error thing. Some man's trash is another man's treasure! | F | 22 | 4 months 100 mg 1X day | 1/7/2012 |