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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Bipolar,insomnia | Dry eyes ,stuffy nose ,weight gain ,vivid dreams,and very horny. | It helps me sleep and helped my mood swings | F | 23 | 4 weeks 200mg 2X day | 10/16/2022 | 3 | bipolar type 2 bpd | I have very young children and taking sequel is very hard due to being tired all the time I'm knackered all day I sleep a good 12 hours at night then have 5. Hours in the day I'm just grateful I have a wonderful family that support me through my mental illness | F | 23 | 6 months 200 mg | 10/25/2013 | 3 | Panic Disorder, GAD, Depression | The morning after taking: - Very sore throat - Severe night sweats - Croaky cough - Difficulty swallowing - Burning/watering eyes - Chest tightness/wheeziness - Upper body and back stiffness and pain | Fairly fast acting as far as having a sedative/anxiolytic effect. Did not have issues when taking this medication at 15 years of age. However, the side effects may be a polypharmacy issue as I am now also on desvenlafaxine 250mg, clonidine 100mcg, modafinil 300mg and orphenadrine. Also have a history of sensitivity to most medications. | F | 23 | 2 days 25mg 1X day | 4/24/2015 | 3 | anxiety and depression | If for some reason I'm without my dose before I go to bed, I can't sleep. I was without it for a week once and it took four days for me to be able to even fall asleep for four hours a night. I've also had vivid unpleasant dreams and a weight gain of about 25 pounds, which is counteractive to my treatment as I am also being treated for an eating disorder. | F | 23 | 16 months | 11/4/2004 | 3 | Physchotic episode | Unable to move muscles when laying down, dizziness, fast heart beat, drowisness. | F | 23 | 3 days | 7/9/2007 | 3 | schizo-affective | 85 pound weight gain within the year, 12-17 hour sleep | The seroquel didn't start to reduce the voices until 800mg the supposedely highest dose. But the voices reduced and i stayed up 8 hours a day and slept the rest of the day and it was better than feeling like i was going crazy but sleeping normal hours. I gained so much weight though! but i lost 1/2 (40 pounds through raw food and fasting on juices and learning how to eat less food) But now my doctor has a great idea. Put me on the lowest dose of seroquel and 2 other anti-psychotic drugs i tried in the past that didnt work because maybe they can work in conjunction- abilify and geodon and they don't make you gain weight. so far, for the month this is actually working! so i hope people can suggest this to their doctors. i'm not at the lowest dose yet but i was at a plateau in weight loss and i'm losing again since decreasing the seroquel and i'm still sleeping 12 hours a day- i'm going to get really low on the seroquel, take max of abilify- 30 mg- and lowest or low of geodon (cause of th | F | 23 | 1 years | 10/22/2006 | 3 | depersonalization, major depression | Fatigue (major), feeling terrible emotionally and physically soon after taking dose, stuffy nose, drowsiness, sleeping long nights easily (14hrs+), major difficulty in getting up after 7-8hrs sleep (need WAY more), changes in sleep | Seroquel has helped reduce depersonalization (feeling of loss of identity for me) very much in my case. Currently I'm on 400mg a day but have taken 500mg earlier. I simply MUST take the whole dose in the evening because it makes me so tired AND I really feel like crap emotionally after taking it. Sometimes Ive missed a dose or taken only half because I was supposed to get up early. This is not a good idea as my symptoms have worsened. Now I think of taking my meds as top priority, it's more important to take them than making it to school on time. Ive never had insomnia in my life but now it seems that I need Seroquel to sleep. I believe Seroquel also makes my sleep much deeper. When I go to bed I often dont feel like Im falling asleep as much as falling UNCONSCIOUS. Many times in the past (while delirious from exhaustion) Ive been worried that I might not wake up in the morning, because it feels Im going somewhere very deep. Having said all this I must conclude: Seroquel has helped and | F | 23 | 3 years | 4/6/2006 | 3 | Some of the side effects that have occured for me while taking this drug caused me to lose mu focus most of the time. I was on it for treating Bi-polor 1 and then was placed in the XR form of the drug. It seemed that my memory was suffering the most, throughout my treatment over the years. I found myself to lack the ablilty to focus on my studies as a Quantum Physics Major in school. I would have to get up early in the morning for school but found myself hungover from the side effects of taking the drug rather early. I have been on the drug as high as 600MG but found myself hearing voices and seeing things that were not there so I had to taken off the high amount and placed on several other drugs including depression meds and other stablizers. It does cause stomach pains sometimes when I take it at night so I have to watch what I eat. It was also a rumor according to the main website that the drug could cause eye issues and other means of physical side effects such as kidney or blood i | M | 23 | 4 years 200MG 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 3 | Borderline Personality Disorder | MAJOR WEIGHT GAIN. Heart palpitations, dry mouth, slurred speach, hang-over feeling, loss of memory and concentration, sedated, extreme hunger. | This drug worked wonders for my mood swings and insomnia. However I gained 60 pounds in 1 year! After taking 100 mg/per day for a year and a half, I was forced to stop taking it because I gained way too much weight in such a short amount of time. Now, 2 years later, I was just diagnosed with diabetes. and the doc. said its becuase of the Seroquel. I have not been able to lose the weight with dieting and excersize. i am only 23 and am now stuck with a major self esteem issue because i look like a fat cow. seroquel was great for what i needed it for - but PLEASE stop taking it if youre on it (with the help of a doctor, of course!). ist not worth the long term effects of your health. If you have any questions feel free to email me: [email protected] (no spam please) -- Rachel | F | 23 | 1.5 years 100 mg 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 3 | bi polar disorder | bad short term memory problems, increase of depression, feeling worthless, weight fluctuation, tardive dyskinesia, increased heart rate when standing up in the morning, running out of breath too quickly. | I am 23 years old and still on this medication. I don't know how to talk to my doctor to get it switched to a different anti-psychotic. I have heard that all medicine in this class of drugs have virtually the same side effects. | F | 23 | 2 years 150 XR 1X day | 9/12/2010 | 3 | Bipolar disorder w/psychotic feat. | Hallucinations, insomnia when tried to be pulled off of it, crying spells, memory loss, zombie-like, excessive sleeping, irregular heart beat. | I went through psychosis from getting off of adderall and an ssri. I wasn't sleeping at all! Luckily the doctor put me on seroquel, and I didn't have any EPS which I normally get from antipsychotics. I want to get off of seroquel because I'm afraid of getting diabetes. I should be on a higher dose but I don't like the way it makes me feel. My biggest fear is having rebound psychosis. | F | 23 | 8 months 50mg 1X day | 1/9/2013 | 3 | bipolar disorder | very sleepy all the time, dry mouth and moody, the sleepiness is a real problem for me as I have a 5 yr old son. I've found that people irritate me all the time which could be to do with the drowsiness however my irrational thoughts (this is what my phycs calls it) have seemed to of calmed down a bit which is nice. | i hope this works! | F | 23 | 2 weeks 600 1X day | 11/1/2011 | 2 | SevereAnxiety,depressionOCDinsomnia | taken with zoloft, for sever anxiety, depression,OCD and insomnia. weird dreams, feeling drugged next morning and last night i dreamed i squatted and weed on the floor next to my bed only to get up in the morning and step in a huge patch of pee. feeling of drowning, bottom jaw twitches, my torso convulses and i ve only been on it nearly 4 weeks. | F | 23 | 3 weeks 100MG 1X day | 11/10/2012 | 2 | Bipolar type II | Nightmares, anxiety, short term memory loss, decrease in appetite, stuttering, passive-aggressive behavior, uncontrollable eye movements, trouble concentrating, | From taking this drug I got nothing but waking up in the middle of the night sweating from nightmares. I also lost my ability to communicate and express how I felt which made things worse with the friendships I had with people, which eventually destroyed those relationships and made me more depressed. I now know how people feel when they say these drugs turn you into zombies. I have vowed to never again take this drug ever again to let big pharma get a hold of my life. I have never been more lonely than I have been after taking this drug, I started to develop mild schizophrenia during and after it; not to mention severe withdrawal and "brain zaps". Do yourself a favor and stay away from this drug, oh by the way I use to like smoking bud from time to time but I can't even do that now because it worsens my anxiety and panic attacks. I think the worst part was not being able to just be myself, I felt as if I was desperate most of the time when at social functions and the uncontrollable eye movement only made things worse with the opposite sex. F* Seroquel. | M | 23 | 1 months 25mg 2X day | 6/23/2010 | 2 | Insomnia & Depression | After taking Seroquel for 30 days in alcohol/drug inpatient treatment program, I returned home with a script to take 100mg, a fairly small dose, around 9pm each night to help with sleeplessness. It is day 44 and after taking it every night, I began experiencing muscle cramps in my shoulders and arms, so painful that I wouldn't be able to sleep and couldn't even lay down. I have also been taking Suboxone, a wonder drug for addicts recovering from opiate addiction. I have weened myself off Suboxone completely, with doctor's assistance, and figured the cramping was from that. Now I have not taken the Seroquel for 4 nights, have not slept in 4 nights, and am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I'm a mess. Anyone experienced this as a side effect, and if so, what did you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | F | 23 | 44 days | 3/6/2007 | 2 | Insomnia & Depression | After taking Seroquel for 30 days in alcohol/drug inpatient treatment program, I returned home with a script to take 100mg, a fairly small dose, around 9pm each night to help with sleeplessness. It is day 44 and after taking it every night, I began experiencing muscle cramps in my shoulders and arms, so painful that I wouldn't be able to sleep and couldn't even lay down. I have also been taking Suboxone, a wonder drug for addicts recovering from opiate addiction. I have weened myself off Suboxone completely, with doctor's assistance, and figured the cramping was from that. Now I have not taken the Seroquel for 4 nights, have not slept in 4 nights, and am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I'm a mess. Anyone experienced this as a side effect, and if so, what did you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | F | 23 | 44 days | 3/6/2007 | 2 | Insomnia, bpd | Lethargy, weight gain, muscle weakness, twitching | It worked for my mind but my body paid the price. I cannot deal with the weakness and lethargy due to the fact i am an athlete. I also will not tolerate the weight gain. | F | 23 | 5 days | 1/4/2007 | 2 | Bipolar type 2 | Extreme weight gain, restless legs and exhaustion. | I grew up thinking that I had a horrible metabolism. I ate a fruit for breakfast, nothing for lunch and a small dinner. Since I stopped taking Seroquel, I have lost 30lb and eat like a normal person. I would also like to add that I am a very small person, so 30lb is quite significant. | F | 23 | 2.5 years | 3/23/2009 | 2 | bipolar | knocks you out completely, totally destroyed my sex drive, gained some weight initially but leveled out, very sedating, short term memory loss, fuzziness, confusion, trouble concentrating/focusing | i take 125 at night plus lithium, topamax and lamictal, but when i have manic spikes take up to 300/day, have taken some during the day and this was the worst. basically, it does fix the mania, but only because i'm a drooling idiot or asleep. i cannot function at all taking this during the day. i would stop taking this right away except it seems to be the only thing between me and the edge. really hate this. | F | 23 | 2 years | 5/4/2009 | 1 | Skitzo Affective Disorder | TIRED ALWAYS wanted sleep even though i would have over 15 hrs!! LOST my personality was a ZOMBIE, VERY OVER WEIGHT, , DRY MOUTH , SLURRED SPEECH, couldnt have a conversation. Self medicated n nearly over dosed. | When i first starting taking seroquel, i became very paranoid thinking i was goin to die. Eventually started taking way to much over 900mg a day n had to quit my job coz i was too tired n too hungrey to work . One thing i remember about seroquel was my life revolved around food and sleep. i would take the tablet , eat but still be starving even though i ate heaps, fall asleep for way to long , then do it all again . I had no life SEROQUEL took over my life.... stopped COLD TURKEY , was sick in bed for over two weeks, never forgot how much pain n effort it was but was well worth it , SEROQUEL is addictive you crave that feeling it gives u even after you stop taking it.I have no idea y doctors prescribe this medicine when it only creates another problem. | F | 23 | 9 months | 1/13/2010 |