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 |
| 2 | Bipolar/ schitzoaffective | Dry mouth, constipation, confusion, restless leg | I was given this med too help control my mania and to help me sleep. This is not at all what happened for me. I have a relatively high dose 6oomg @ night and it still doesn't keep me sleeping. And then there are the leg tremors. I will spend 2+ hours at times with leg movements I feel I can not control. So far the side effects have outwieghed the benefits for me. | F | 31 | 5 months | 7/13/2009 | 2 | Insomnia and bipolar | Dry Mouth, clumsiness,grogginess. | I couldnt get out of bed in the morning and getting up with my kids at night was almost impossible. I couldnt hear them because I was so knocked out. | F | 31 | 14 days | 8/8/2006 | 2 | Bipolar | I was on extended release. My doc said to take 3 hours before bed and he was right. Exactly 3 hours later I was so drunk I couldn't do anything but lay there. I could move, I just didn't want to! Then I got restless leg and it frustrated me. Advil strangely got rid of the RL... So for three months I took seroquel then 3 or 4 hours later took an advil. I slept entirely too much. 12 hours was the minimum or I couldn't function. Then when I was awake I would suddenly feel extremely dizzy or extremely sleepy, to the point where I actually sat down in the floor in a store once because I thought I was gonna fall! It only lasted 10 minutes or so but it happened often enough that I was scared to drive. I NEVER felt full when I was eating. I ate and ate and ate. My husband loved it because he said I was anorexic before but I hated it. I only weigh 140 now (105 before) but had to replace the wardrobe which I wasn't expecting financially. VERY vivid dreams. I enjoyed those as I don't think I d | I think my doc started me out on too high of a dose and I believe I shouldn't have taken extended release because it continued to affect me all day the next day. EVERYONE I told the dosage I was given became really worried and said that was too high to start on (300 mg). Even the pharmacist was concerned. I don't even think I have bipolar disorder and was diagnosed with it within a 20 minute intake interview before the doc even knew anything about me. (Pill pusher). I quit taking it on my own and stopped seeing the doc too. I had horrible headaches when I stopped taking it but I was determined not to take it anymore so I dealth with those. No more restless leg now that I'm off the medication either... | F | 31 | 3 months 300 mg 1X day | 9/17/2010 | 2 | sleep/BPD/depression | WEIGHT GAIN-- OH MY GOD--- FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT. Other: lethargy, hypertention, crazy ass dreams, some memory loss ( although not as bad as when I had insomnia). | I was given this by my Pdoc for " sleep" although I'm pretty sure this was also to mellow me out since my BPD is pretty bad. It fo' sure worked. I got mellow, even ( gasp) nice! At first I felt good about taking it, and I could finally sleep, but then I noticed that it stopped working and I was gaining a massive amout of weight ( even though I was exercising, eating healthy, etc.) According to my Pdoc I could take " any dose I wanted up til 100) hell, I could even up it and lower it if I wanted to. So when 50 didn't work, I would lower it, and then higher it. After a year on this crappy drug I gave up. I had started to smoke and drink coffee every morning since I couldn't seem to get up. I had to get 12+ hours on it or else I had headaches. I would wake up from crazy ass dreams, sweating and eat and then wake up in the morning and not remember anything. The dosing and time I took it did nothing and I still couldn't get up before noon. If Satan created a drug you would love/hate and tame the beast within it would be called " SEROQUEL" Thanks AstroZenica. | F | 31 | 1 years 25 mg-50 1X day | 1/16/2013 | 1 | Depression, opiate withdrawal | Racing heart, pressure on chest, headache, nausea, EXTREME constipation. | F | 31 | 2 weeks 300mg | 4/27/2013 | 1 | Doctor thought I was Bi Polar, | I'm not. I have Aspergers Syndrome (AS). I took this "devil in a bottle" in 2005 for 2 weeks only. I was a ZOMBIE. I am a student and I couldn't THINK critically. I couldn't drive. I couldn't DO anything. I was good for nothing! I was a vegtable. I gained about 10 pounds in 2 weeks. DON'T TAKE THIS!!!! | I hate this drug. My doctor tryed to put me back on this thing too when I went to talk to him about Aspergers Syndrome in Feb of 2007. (I did my research on AS for 2 months and tryed to tell him that I had it). He didn't listen to me. He prescribed 25mg of Seroquel to me last Feb. Last time, he prescribed 100mg to me in 2005. I told my doctor that it raised trigliceride levels and HE is the one that wants to me lower those trigliceride levels to 150. (Mine was 188 in 2005). My doctor just doesn't get it. He thinks Seroquel is the answer to everyone's problem. It's not. I am not psychotic or how ever you spell that word. Aspergers Syndrome can appear to be Bi Polar. But what my doctor didn't know is that I get upset when things ARE NOT FAIR or when my routine is disturbed!!! I don't need any anti-phychotic drug. Klonopin words well for me and I DON'T take Klonopin everyday. I only take it about 2 times a week and ONLY when I feel that I need it. (When I drive I need it). I do get a li | F | 31 | 2 weeks | 4/2/2007 | 1 | Doctor thought I was Bi Polar, | Conintued--I do get a little sleepy with Klonopin but at least I can drive! Seroquel is THE DEVIL. I couldn't drive or think when I was on it. I told a coworker about me and Seroquel, and she understood why I couldn't get up at 4:30 to be at work by 5:45am. email me about anything in this post. | I have been on Zoloft 100mg since 2003 and I think Zoloft is great for depression. No side effects. You don't need an anti-phychotic medication. Just take Zolfot + Klonopin. Oh and Seroquel will make you sleep for about 10 hours a night. When you work for a living, most get 6-8 hours a sleep a night. Due to my work schedule in '05, I couldn't take any Seroquel-not even a lick since I had to be at work at 5:45am. If you do have a job-you won't be going in anytime soon! Believe me-you will either be very late (due to over sleeping) or you wont go in at all! | F | 31 | 2 weeks | 4/2/2007 | 1 | Sleep | Took for a year makes you a zombie | It helps you sleep but it wears off after a year anyway. It makes you a stonned Zombie you will scare people with your stonned walk as you go though your days drugged. | M | 31 | 1 years | 9/17/2006 | 1 | Bipolar | Massive weight gain, eventual loss of self, cold desperation,zombified. I would warn people to be careful with this drug because it will become your master and you it's slave. | 8 years i've been on this and while it semmed helpful at first, I've become a fat lazy toad lying on the couch watching the world go by in a zombie state | M | 31 | 8 years | 12/30/2006 | 1 | Organic personality disorder, TBI, | Side effects I've had are heart palpitations, extreme groggy feeling throughout the day, vertigo when standing up, weight gain, anxiety and depression, slurred speech and dizziness | I've been on this med far too long and I'm not sure wht no doc wants to change it. I'm still consistently having anxiety mood swings and depression. This med just doesn't work for me | F | 31 | 14 years 375 mg | 9/14/2019 | 1 | insomnia | Extreme unnatural rapidweight gain. Muscle tremors/twitches. Thirst. Itchiness. | This medication has played havoc with my physical health. I regret taking every day. If I knew the serious side effects of weight gain and physical addiction I would never have taken it for insomnia. I do not think that doctors take the side effect of seroquel seriously enough. | F | 31 | 10 months 300 1X day | 1/24/2011 | 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 | 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 | Extreme sleepiness and a need to eat immediately in the morning. I am hung over in the morning. Weight gain of about 10lbs per year. I have developed seizures and I jerk sometimes for no reason. | This medication has slowly caused me to fall apart over time. First it was the spontaneous muscle spasms then trouble with speech.All of these are side affects.I am going to have a new doctor take me off as I have developed Tardive dyskinesia. | F | 31 | 6 years | 9/13/2004 | 1 | mood disorder | incapacitation, extreme fatigue | didn't help me sleep, just made me more tired | M | 31 | 2 months | 4/5/2002 | 1 | bipolar | its the first day i take it....and the LAST one!!!!!! i am totally zombie....i dont feel in the reality.... so,weird! i took only 50 mg...i should take another one tonight,but NOOOOOO! finish for me...its scary! i take 600mg of lithium,2mg of xanax,7.5 mg of immovane.... my doctor is trying to find the good treatment for me...its been 2 years now!!!!!! | F | 31 | 1 days | 3/14/2009 | 1 | sleep | This is an extremely dangerous drug (look at all the lawsuit ads on TV now) approved only for people with serious mental illness. Do not take this for a minor sleep problem. It's unreal, but there are scumbag doctors out there, sell-outs to the pharmaceutical companies, who prescribe this for minor insomnia. | DO NOT TAKE THIS AS A SLEEP AID. ANY DOCTOR WHO GIVES YOU THIS AS A SLEEP AID IS A COMPLETE FRAUD. That is how Michael Jackson most likely ending up dying, getting addicted to sedatives, using them for sleep aids...and his body just couldn't handle it over time...when any responsible doctor would help the patient sleep through natural ways. | F | 31 | | 7/3/2009 | 1 | bi-polar..anxiety.sleeping, manic | Gained ALOT of wieght I was 114 now 148lbs.made it very hard to WAKE UP in MORNING..FEELING OUT OF IT TILL I HAVE HAD AT LEAST2 CUPS OF COFFEE.At night made me eat in my sleep | I am now going to try to stop taking Seroquel...cold turkey ! Hope nothing happens ..please tell me if anyone has had any side effects from when they stopped taking it !!!!! I have been on it for 3 years at 300mgs nightly. | F | 31 | 3 years | 9/8/2009 | 1 | insomnia/anxiety | Put me in the hospital: heart rate went down to 30, blood pressure dangerously low, and was severely dehydrated to the point where my veins collapsed. | Put me in the hospital so I would never take it again. Obviously doesn't do this to everyone. But if you are looking for a sleeping med, I'd recommend trying something else first. | M | 31 | 1 days | 9/24/2008 | 1 | anxiety and insomnia | gained 60 lbs within 3 months, high blood pressure which i now am taking meds also for, slept great while on it but not worth the side effects stay away from this med | withdrawal is hell | F | 31 | 6 months 50 mg 1X day | 5/1/2016 |