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 |
| 4 | Bipolar Disorder | Drowsiness | Made me extremely sleepy at first, but now I can take 50 mg before a meeting or when I anticipate being stressed to prevent a panic attack. I take 200-300mg at night and I sleep great all night long! | F | 32 | 4 months | 4/8/2004 | 4 | distorted thinking | Weird dreams, lots of hair loss, involuntary twitching in shoulder, finger and eye. | I have to stop taking it due to hair loss and concern about sleep quality and unexplained twitches. | F | 32 | 6 months | 10/29/2004 | 4 | Mild Bipolar | I have a problem with dry mouth and frequent trips to the restroom. I have also gained lots of weight, I am heavy already. Sometimes I don't feel like I am full and feel like I could continue eating. | Having said all that, it has really helped me. This is the only medicine that I take for my Bipolar. I have had to get a watch with 3 alarms so I can remember to take the doses. I take 250 mg per day. I break them in half and take it 5x a day. This has made a difference in my life. I used to be a morning person and when I was taking a pill at night, I needed help to get up in the morning. Now I can wake up on my own and feel much better. I hope this information can help someone else out there. | F | 32 | 1.5 years | 4/30/2007 | 4 | Bipolar I | Daytime sleepiness, sleeping for long periods of time (12-14 hours), difficulty getting out of bed, and occasional dizziness within 20-25 minutes after taking pill | This drug has been weight-neutral for me. It works for me better than Ambien or Sonata to help me fall and stay asleep; however, once I swallow the pill, I can expect to be too sleepy to stay awake during a simple conversation. It took two years for me to work up to the point (at 50 mg.) where I can stay awake (and alert) for an hour and a half before going to bed. Before, it was 20-25 minutes. Occasionally, I'll forget things I do or say directly before going to sleep (usually parts of books I'm reading). Daytime sleepiness went away for me after two years, as well. | F | 32 | 2.3 years | 4/25/2007 | 4 | Sleep | I have not noticed any side effects. I am able to sleep much better now. I was able to get back into an exercise program and regulate my diet better. | I have read all the comments here and I am bit concerned about not being able to get off of it later, weight gain caused by sweet craving and increased apetite, hair loss and liver problems. | M | 32 | 3 days | 2/19/2005 | 4 | Insomnia | Mild numbness of limbs, heavyness, addiction. | Overall, I think it is a good med. BUT I usually take about 30 - 40 milagrams. Anything more than this knocks me out for 12 hours or more. It's a powerfull med. | F | 32 | 2 months | 8/9/2007 | 4 | bipolar, anxiety, insomnia | restless leg | This drug has helped tremendously with my panic attacks and depression. I am sleeping through the night consistently. 100 mg a day don't help me sleep as heavily as I'd like, but 200 mg increases the restless leg problem which lasts about an hour before falling asleep. I have not experienced any noticeable weight gain. I have not had as much help with my anxiety and depression as I have had with Seroquel. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200 mg a day, though.. | F | 32 | 6 months | 1/17/2008 | 4 | bi-polar/ phychosis | weight gain due to cravings already described, really vivid nightmares,does knock me out pretty quickly. | I was first diagnosed as bi-polare 16 yrs ago and have been on about every med you can think of. I'm currently taking depakot,sero,klonopin,and,invega. My symptoms have been pretty severe through the years ie, several hospitalizations a number of mania induced legal problems that sort of thing. I think that this med is very powerful effective for me but you should way this against the severity of your own symptoms.I can't see this as being the answer to insomnia, depresion,anxiety It just seems like overkill. | M | 32 | 3 months | 2/4/2008 | 3 | Forced fed at Ward at Hosptial | I taken this med for about 5 years if you drink alcohol it will stop working. So now I'm trying remeron and I won't touch another drink and I'm hoping hope I can get to sleep tonight. This med will make you a insensitive zombie but if you have trouble sleeping and nothing else works you don't have anything to loose. | M | 32 | 5 years | 9/11/2007 | 3 | Depression / Anxiety / Panic attack | Dry mouth, very sleepy; hard to keep one eye open, weight gain, munchies... | I'm on 50mg so far and seems to make me think less at night and I sleep good with some good dreams too,it kinda puts everything in slow motion and definately calms the nerves and makes you chilled out, so far I like it but I hear it could contribute to type 2 diabetes so watch what you eat because it does give you the munchies late at night.... | M | 32 | 3.5 weeks | 1/24/2009 | 3 | Depression with psychotic features | Night sweats, hot flashes, sweating | F | 32 | 5 years 200mg 1X day | 8/13/2011 | 3 | Bipolar II,anxiety,insomnia | Increased appetite, strong sugar cravings, eating in the middle of the night, quick weight gain. | I rated my satisfaction a 3 because it does help with what my primary complaint was, insomnia. I'm not sure if its helping my Bipolar, or mood stability, but I do sleep better, excluding the times when I get up in the middle of the night with such a strong craving. | F | 32 | 7 days | 2/13/2006 | 3 | BP II- a yr full of agitation/mania | weight gain in abdomen, grogginess/sleeping like the dead/not remembering half-asleep conversations, shin splints/calf aches, poss. stuffy nose? | I only learned I had BP II this year (after 14 years of tx for "depression") and a reproductive psychiatrist I saw recommended Seroquel as I want to get pregnant. Do seem to be on a more even keel on the 50mg but my gut is definitely getting bigger. Then again, even though I eat fairly healthily, I don't exercise enough. Still- I haven't been eating more since the meds. I'm also on Klonopin and Prozac and won't really know how effective the Seroquel is in controlling my agitation until I get off of the other two drugs. | F | 32 | 1 months | 6/1/2006 | 3 | Sleep | Let me just warn anyone contemplating taking this medication: Seroquel makes you FAT and KEEPS you fat! I started this medication at a size 4 with a 24 inch waist, now, two years later I am a size 10/12 with a 32 inch waist. No matter what I do or how healthy I eat I simply can not drop the weight. I was put on Seroquel as the anti-epilectic medication I take (Lamotrigine) has a rare side effect that unfortunately has affected me. It makes it impossible for me to sleep, so my doctor gave me Seroquel and yes, it does make you sleep like a baby. But it is really not worth it when there are other medications out there. I am now seeing the Dr. to switch medications and discontinue Seroquel. I will wait for three months (after being off of it) and then come back and post my results. In other words, I will let you know how long it took to lose weight after discontinuing Seroquel. | F | 32 | 2 years | 12/8/2005 | 3 | Depression | Restless legs | M | 32 | 6 months | 11/28/2009 | 3 | OCD | severe hair loss, some heart ache, palpitation | works for ocd very well | F | 32 | 3 months | 7/11/2009 | 2 | insomnia | Initially sedation - then nothing. After 4-5 years of use - I'm dying. These medications are toxic on purpose and will kill you - you will have try to discontinue until its too late. | After 4-5 years of use I now has breathing problems that are probably related to dysautonomia and brain damage (brainstem). One has to discontinue these medications before 4 years or something or one will die to medication side-effects. These drugs are dead-ends that will kill you (on purpose) and doctors do not want to do nothing. Psychiatry is a killing system for those that are disliked. Instead of using piracetam, melatonin and other medications psychiatry use drugs that are toxic on purpose. | F | 32 | 5 years 400 1X day | 6/29/2013 | 2 | To sleep | F | 32 | 1 days 25 1X day | 12/19/2022 | 2 | sleep | weight gain, increased hunger and skin rashes | It did help for falling asleep sometimes but it keeps causing purple scaly rashes on me so I had to stop taking it. I took it for about three days recently and developed scaly cracking bleeding knuckles on my hands. It hurts and my hands feel like sandpaper. I have been taking it off and on for about three months and also have gained I think roughly 10 lbs. If you stop taking it some of the water weight will come off if it causes that for you. If you are of asian genetics or native american please do not take this. I am half native american, so I think that's why my skin is having problems. It's kind of scary. I hope it heals. | F | 32 | 14 days 25 MG 1X day | 12/8/2020 | 2 | Bipolar 2/cyclothmania | weight gain 40 lbs, blurred vision, stuffy nose, fatigue, elevated blood sugar levels | I was receiving poor medical care and was actually on 800mg for a whiel and was a mess. I am seroquel free now and feel great. I believe it can be used once in a while for a bout of insomnia but I believe because the drug is so new, the side effects are not worth the benefits. | F | 32 | 2 years | 11/14/2006 |