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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Anxiety, depression | None | This medication has not given me any side effects that I have read and heard of. I have neen on Seroquel for about 2 weeks and change. This medication (seroquel 50mg) has helped a whole lot. I take it right after work and it does take a while before kicking in but I am able to function and go to sleep at night. I am glad that I dont have bad side effects I wake up the next day ready to work with out any complications. I have been trying to find some kind of help for years now. I have taken Zoloft and Xanax but nothing. Just recently my doctor gave me Ambien to sleep at night but my anxiety was still the same and my depression. I am currently on pristig and Seroquel and I love it. | F | 29 | 2 weeks 50mg 1X day | 4/27/2010 | 5 | Skitzo Effective Bipolar 1 | weight gain....I gained about a hundred pounds over the years but that was not all seroquels fault. Seroquel has helped me live a normal life. I was on 11 psychiatric medications at one point, trying to stop hallucinations, voices, mania and depression as well as mixed episodes and paranoia.... as soon as I started taking seroquel... I started evening out. Its been 7 years since I was in the mental hospital. I now own my own small business and have been doing very well. It did not cure me... but it sure came damn close... especially when it was added with trileptal. The combination was a miracle for me.....but the minute Im off of them all hell breaks loose. 1 down side.... seroquel messes with my blood sugar levels... makes me crave starch very badly, and also messes with my vision. I think it may also screw with my cognition sometimes If I dont get a full 8 hours sleep i can wake up confused. I suggest taking the XR because its much more easily tolerated (for me it was) and it will | Good medication. Helped me a great great deal. Not perfect but it sure turned my life around. | F | 29 | 7 years 150 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 5 | Unipolar Disorder | My foot flips like thumper the rabbit on the movie "Bambi" about 30 minutes after I take it. It takes 3 hours to ejaculate. I`m tired, but I don`t give a shit. I feel high as hell and I get the muchies for Life cereal, but atleast I don`t feel like stabbing the neighbor`s dog anymore. | Seroquel is an awesome drug! Great job scientists! | M | 29 | 420 days | 11/10/2006 | 5 | major depression, severe anxiety | a little bit groggy, pounding headache at first, nothing major. | LOVE IT! MELTS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AWAY FOR ME. I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO SSRI'S AGAIN! SEX LIFE IS BACK, I CAN SLEEP AND I CAN FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITHOUT PANIC. SO IM A LITTLE GROGGY, NOT BOTHERSOME ENOUGH TO STOP THIS MIRACLE MED. WHO DOESNT FORGET A THING OR 2 NOW AND AGAIN??? I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD AND 1 YEAR OLD AND A WAITRESSING JOB SO ITS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP AND KEEP A CLEAR MIND. SOMETIMES ITS MIND OVER MATTER THOUGH. SIDE EFFECTS EVENTUALLY SUBSIDE. GIVE MEDS A CHANCE TO DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO B4 U WRITE THEM OFF. DONT BLAME EVERY PROBLEM YOUR HAVING ON THE MED, U WILL BELIEVE WHATEVER U SET YOUR MIND TO. | F | 29 | 1 months | 11/24/2006 | 4 | severe anxiety panic attacks | I have been on lots of medications for panic disorder( Zoloft, Paxil CR, Buspar, Klonopin etc...). Seroquel really seems to calm me down and help me sleep. Anything that can help me sleep, is a good thing. | dry mouth | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 6/11/2006 | 4 | anxiety | Seroquel makes me very sleepy. I've been on it for about two months, and need about 10 hours of sleep every night. It can take me up to an hour to get out of bed after I wake up. Other than this, no side effects. | F | 29 | 2 months | 1/4/2007 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder/O.C.D. | Extreme weight gain (of about 30 pounds) and this weight has not dropped a single ounce since I stopped taking this medicine about five months ago. Back when taking it, I had uncontrollable facial twitching at night while I laid in bed. My nose and mouth would involuntarily draw up tight like a puppet on strings. Horrible nightmares about things like Hell, fire, brimstone,etc. Had to be taken about thirty minutes before bed because it made me so drowsy I could not hold my head up. | I was diagnosed with O.C.D at age 19, then a few years ago a different doc said Bipolar, I am still not sure which one. While this drug helped a HUGE amount with my unwanted obsessive thoughts,it also made ME huge, LOL, and gave me side effects that remain with me to this day, five months after stopping the medication. Anyone who has experienced the same weight gain from this drug and has been unable to lose it since stopping the drug, please post here. I would like to know how to get my normal weight back and my metabolism corrected again. I don't like the thought of having to diet and excercise the rest of my life to get myself back to the way I was originally and stay that way. I apologize if that sounds lazy and snotty, but no one likes having to add a routine they didn't have previously to their lifestyle because a drug gave them permanent damage. It doesn't seem fair. I also suspect my blood sugar is now low as a result of taking this drug, since I sometimes wake in the n | F | 29 | 3 years | 12/13/2005 | 4 | Bipolar disorder | Well...My BIG belly! Seroquel has worked really well for me over the last 6 years (off and on). But I can't take the weight gain part any longer. I've sorta gotten used to the drowsiness in the morning, but I never fully regained my energy, and it seemed to cause some muscle stiffness. Recently I've noticed some aggitation (bitchiness). Oh, and my libido went down a bit. | I was able to notice the side effects of seroquel when I would get off the meds. I started to lose weight, I had more energy, I was able to stretch easier (at workout). I've started to notice some aggitation from taking seroquel, like right after I take it, or the next morning. In the last several months I've been trying to find an alternative for my seroquel. I used to take 100 mg, while I was hospitalized, a few years ago, the doc was giving me 400 mg/day. I remeber I slept for 3 days! Now I'm down to 25mg, which helps me sleep, but I've developed a major dependence on it. Without it I'd stay awake for days, then I'd probably get manic again. This drug has definitely helped me through some bad times, but trying to lose weight on it is like shoveling snow in a snow storm. If I don't maintain my excersice routine within 3 weeks I'll gain the weight back and then some. I've gained over 50lbs. 6 years ago. I'm tired of being overweight, it sucks! I'm ready for a change. | F | 29 | 6 years | 2/3/2006 | 4 | Psychosis, poss. schizoaffective | realized this should be under Seroquel XR... sorry, will post a re-write. | realized this should be under Seroquel XR... sorry, will post a re-write. | F | 29 | 9 months 150 retard 1X day | 1/12/2011 Patient History | 4 | insomnia | drowsiness | when i first started taking seroquel, i would fall asleep in five minutes and if i didnt go to sleep right away, then i would get anxious because my mind didnt want to sleep, but my body did. so i make sure i go to bed now when it starts to kick in. i am also on a lower dose now and so it helps me fall asleep in a more natural way than before. the only thing is that if i stop taking the seroquel, i cant sleep at all.. my insomnia is probably worse than before in that respect. however, if you are not taking this drug for insomnia, i dont think you will have this kind of dependence/side effect. other than this, i havent experienced any other side effects... no weight gain or anything else. this drug has been very helpful for me... i have tried other medicines for insomnia and nothing else has worked. | F | 29 | 6 years 200-300 mg 1X day | 12/10/2011 | 4 | bi-polar II | Minor weight gain so far (2-4 lbs or so); knocks me out at night (100mg.) and makes me wobbly for a little while in the a.m. (another 100mg.); major sweet tooth cravings; dizzy when standing up; little bit weak; heart flutters from time to time. | So far, the side-effects don't outweigh the benefits. My psych told me recently that I seemed the most normal and "well" he's ever seen me - after a 100 mg. increase. This drug at this dose has calmed my nerves and helped me focus. I'm also much less irritable and angry. I have tried a number of other mood-stabilizers in combination with Wellbutrin, and this is the only combination that has worked without major, horrible side-effects. My only issue is that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have read others' testimonies and I am concerned that the side-effects I experience now (esp. the weight gain and ravenous cravings) are only going to get worse (my dose went up a lot recently). Sometimes I just want to quit everything I'm taking cold turkey b/c I hate putting serious chemicals in my body to find stability - but I know that's totally irresponsible. This whole treatment thing can really, really frustrate me sometimes. | F | 29 | 6 months | 3/18/2008 | 4 | Depression | My doctor had me on 200mg, and now has me on 300mg. It makes me feel very tired most of the time, but I take it at bed time, so it does help me get to sleep at night. But even then, I still feel slow during the day, it takes a while for me to get moving. During one hospitalization, the doctor assigned to me had me on seroquel in the hospital, but didn't continue it after leaving. I felt like my ears were buzzing all the time when going through withdrawl, but after a few days it went away. I was off six months then another doctor decided to try it again. | Even 200 isn't so bad, I just wish my doctor would try getting me back down to 200 or below. 200 and below I don't feel quite so tired. | M | 29 | 9 months | 9/30/2004 | 4 | insomnia | Sleepiness | No weightgain, i take 100mg before bed and i fall asleep fast and stay asleep, feel great in the morning! i like this drug. be carful not to take other downer drugs with this med. it lowers your heart rate alot. | F | 29 | 2 years | 10/25/2008 | 4 | bipolar | Teleportation | It works once you get used to it | M | 29 | 2 years 600 1X day | 6/30/2015 | 3 | Bipolar disorder 2 | I like seroquel it just makes me sleepy | F | 29 | 4 years 600 1X AN | 10/4/2020 | 3 | bipolar, obsessive thoughts | weight gain, weight gain, weight GAIN. 40 lbs in 12 mos- and subseqeunt depression because of it! Blurred Vision, dopey "out of it", thinking slowed way down, no mojo, sleeping more, wake up in a fog, DEPENDENCY. | How do I describe how seroquel has been both my wonder drug & worst enemy? This was the 1st med prescribed after a yr of rapid cycling mania/depression & the inability to sleep due to racing/obsessive thoughts. The 1st night I took this pill, 25 mg which still knocks me out after a yr I thought I died & went to heaven. Sure I nearly fell into my plate head 1st at the dinner table & my speech was that of a drunk, but SLEEP- precious sleep! This med quells mania & knocks you out cold. Sadly, this med also made me an insatiable cookie monster. Shortly after ingestion, I am literally 'driven' to seek & devour any sweet & cakey thing in my path before rolling over & falling asleep with nuts & chocolate packed in my teeth. This pill has also given me cavities. I have, on occasion woken up @ mid-night & eaten 2 heaping bowls of sugary cereal like a starving, rabid animal & then topped that off w/ a snack cake chaser before tossing my exhausted bloat | F | 29 | 1 years | 1/22/2008 | 3 | Psychotic behavior/depression | Very tired, sleep well, Weight gain. Have been on it for almost 8 years and haven't had consistent behavior. gone from "normal" to suicidal to depressed/psychotic in a matter of months. | F | 29 | 8 years | 12/26/2007 | 3 | insomina, depression | Vivid, violent dreams; grogginess next morning, feels like a zombie throughtout the day, carb cravings | I'm currently taking zoloft for depression but Dr. switched me to Wellbutrin due to the side effects of zoloft. He also prescribed seroquel 100mg at night to help me sleep, as the wellbutrin will aggravate my insomina. Took the 100mgs and was still awake 2 hours later. Took another 100mg dose and 30 minutes later I demolished an entire bag of tortilla chips. Didn't notice til I got up the next moring that they were stale and 2 months past expiration date. Had some very disturbing dreams, scared me pretty bad. Getting up this morning was complete hell. Somehow managed to get kids to school and I'm currently at work suffering. When I first got to work spent the 1st hour staring at a tv that was not even turned on. Kind of a scary drug but it did help me sleep but the dreams were pretty bad. I dreamed that my 11 year old son attacked me so yeah that did not help my mood when I woke up. Think will keep tryin it for a bit longer see how it goes. | F | 29 | 2 days | 3/11/2009 | 3 | Bipolar, Anxiety, PTS | F | 29 | 6 months 400 mg | 6/16/2012 | 3 | Anxiety & insomnia. Cope tragedy | I took one at night. Slept 36 hrs. Woke up sick. Then a day later started with half. Slept a day. Couldn't go to work. Then cut the half in half. Days I don't take it I CAN'T sleep. So I try every other day . It's made me a different person . I don't feel love or connection, I don't care about my husband. Or my future. It's really reset my brain. Bow I crave alcohol more & illegal drugs. My life is screwed. I don't care to try another doctor they've all been unhelpful judgemental shrinks. | F | 29 | 2 months 25 | 6/14/2012 |