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 |
| 1 | Insomnia | This drug worked wonders for sleep initially. However, the next day sedation and acute nightmares started to become worse over time. Then, it stopped working for sleep. When I went off of it, I experienced 9 weeks of rebound insomnia before my sleep returned to baseline. This is a terrible choice for insomnia, and I wouldn't wish the rebound insomnia nightmare that I had on my worst enemy! | F | 39 | 6 months 25-25mg 1X day | 12/18/2011 | 1 | Insomnia w/Bipolar II | Horrifying suicidal thoughts, crying, extreme depression set in about 12 hours after the first tablet. I was considering admitting myself to hospital. Passed as soon as the drug had left my system. | Taken in conjunction with 1500MG depakote ER to try to solve my sleep issues. | F | 39 | 2 days 25MG 1X day | 2/5/2013 | 5 | Bipolar -Mixed | I was suddenly staying in bed 10 hours and when I woke up I ate everything in sight. But I have a calm inner space . Anxiety is gone and feel being gentle with the world | The seroqul's effect was quick | F | 40 | 3 months | 1/17/2007 | 5 | bipolar, psychosis | Lethargy | F | 40 | 6 years 400mg | 2/4/2012 | 5 | Bipolar | Nose stuffiness at first. No longer a problem. Need 9 to 10 hours of sleep and can be grogy in morning if do not get it. No problems with insomnia. Have lost over 50 pounds. | Diagnosed over 13 years ago and have tried many drug combinations to control my bipolar. At 300 mg of Seroquel at bed time, I feel more normal and in control than I have in years! | F | 40 | 7 months | 7/11/2007 | 5 | anxiety, insomnia, depression | Initial daytime drowsiness that resolved after a week or so. Have had to titrate up a couple of times, but am still at only 250mg. | no weight gain!!! | M | 40 | 3 years | 4/2/2007 | 5 | BP | Tired, a little weight gain and dry mouth. | WORKS GREAT for anxiety and my mood swings. At first was taking too low of dose just tired but still felt a little edgy and now got to recommended dose of 300mg 1x at night and I have backed it up an hour if felt groggy in the AM the day before. Great trade off too get my life back. | M | 40 | 60 days | 3/27/2007 | 5 | Bipolar II | increased appetite, some weight gain, sweating | I take 100mg at night and an additional 25mg+ prn. It helps me sleep. It controls my agitation. It is the only intervention for obsessive, tormenting, repetitive thoughts that has worked. It is an absolute life saver in that regard. The postitive effects far outweigh any side effects. I have no doubt that this drug has kept me out of hospital for the last three and a half years post-ECT. | F | 40 | 4 years | 7/14/2009 | 4 | Depression | Lathargic tired | M | 40 | 2 days 25 | 4/18/2013 | 4 | insomnia | dry mouth, hung over feeling in the morning | It helps me sleep all through the night. | F | 40 | 6 months | 6/7/2002 | 4 | Bipolar I | Very groggy in the morning and find it hard to get up early. Also, if I am forced to wake up too early, I have "waking dreams" with Seroquel...kind of like hallucinations, but more like a dream (except I know I am awake and what I am seeing is not real). I don't dare drive before 10 am. | I take this drug 25mg in the morning and 50 mg at night along with 125mg Lamictal. I used to only be on the Lamictal and became suicidal. In the hospital they added Seroquel to my regimine, and two nights later I woke up laughing in my sleep; the improvement in my mood was incredible in both its degree and its rapidity. Mild weight gain has been an issue, but I now just avoid sugar and simple carbs and exercise more. | F | 40 | 1 years | 1/20/2008 | 4 | Anxiety & Depression | Sleepiness and dry mouth (but both really did stop after 2 weeks). Awesome sleep continued after the sleepiness stopped. | Antidepressants or benzos work by "compensating" (for depression or anxiety or mania). Seroquel works by "normalizing." So at a low dose it works for insomnia and at a high dose, it works for schizophrenia. For me, Seroquel really helped stop suicidal thinking. Since it's great for PTSD, it got me to finally acknowledge and deal with having been an abused child. I never realized how much supressed memories were messing me up every day. I have to credit Seroquel(100mg 2x/day) for giving me the strength to deal with this -- something that years of SSRIs couldn't do. After being on Seroquel for 6 months, I downgraded to benzos for a year and then to nothing. Hopefully I'll continue to stay well. The two biggest problems with Seroquel (my opinion) are: 1) It "turns off" your ability to feel hungry or full, which means that you overeat -- and gain 30 pounds in the process. If you know this -- and can measure portions instead of trusting your | F | 40 | 6 months | 1/20/2008 | 4 | bipolar 1 mania | Gained 30 pounds in seven months.....enough weight gain that I am going off this drug even though it works. Cravings at night, especially after taking 400 mg dose. 200 in morning. | very happy, but now unhappy about body image! Boyfriend has started hiding food from me. | F | 40 | 7 months | 12/19/2007 | 4 | schizophrenia | it makes me sleep, it can make mornings "drawn out" in terms of grogginess, irritability and non-motivation. sex drive is stifled which i don't mind. appetite appears normal with my dosage. | Without this drug I would quickly drift back into a paranoic, thought riddled chaos that makes movement outside impossible. The main drawback I think is the dampened mental and creative sharpness that I'm not completely aware of, but it is regularly suggested to me by the pitying treatment I recieve from normal people. Thankfully I'm too numb to care THAT much about it. | M | 40 | 4 years 100mg 1X day | 1/9/2011 | 3 | bipolar 2 (for anxiety side), sleep | grogginess waking up, some short-term memory loss ( I think) | After years of not being able to sleep due to anxiety, my doctor started me on a very low dose of seroquel - 25mg. She increased my dose slowly and tried to get to 200mg, but it made me like a zombie. I came back down to 50 mg and have been there since. (I'm very sensitive to medications.) 75% of the time, I'm asleep within 10 minutes of taking it, and I sleep through the night. But if I don't get a full 8 hours of sleep, I can be very groggy the next day and that fuels my anxiety. It's very important to be able to get a full night's sleep when on this medication. I'm taking this in combination with Lamictal 200mg. | M | 40 | 4 years 50 1X day | 12/11/2010 | 3 | psychosis (manic depression) | morning hangover, akithisia, chewing-on-tin-foil feeling for early part of the day, concentration probs, sometimes an increase to my appetite, physical heaviness and drag | F | 40 | 18 months 350mg 1X day | 1/13/2011 | 3 | Insomnia, over-sensitivity, stress | Initially, on taking a sense of being drunk, dizzy and sleepy in some strange way; not nice! In time a less nasty feeling. Hard to wake up and groggy during the day, especially lately. | Severe insomnia since 8 years.A lot of stress with anxiety-related symptoms such as pulse racing and muscles cramping;a highly sensitive personality but not bipolar.Prescr 25 mg before sleeping,and 25 mg on waking up after 5 hrs if needed (always).I've been able to catch up with myself a bit, calm down, and although I sleep 10 hrs and it's hard to wake up I feel more positive now because I've slept a bit better than previously.More than 50 mg makes me too zombie-like.I'm trying to cut down on all medecines but I don't think I can live without sleeping pills (benzo and seroquel, or something else).I'm distressed about what it can do to you, and about developing tolerance. | F | 40 | 7 months | 11/22/2006 | 3 | Insomnia, over-sensitivity, stress | Oh yes, forgot to mention very greasy skin and hair; as it's already a problem this increase is distressing. Upon taking 50 mg before sleeping I had a restless, edgy leg which prevented me from falling asleep. Maybe loose stools and a bad appetite is due to Seroquel? | I had a problem with increased greasiness of the skin while I was taking Remeron (an anti-depressant) for 8 months, so I'm quite sure this problem is due to my present use of Seroquel. I fall asleep around 3 am and sleep until 1-2 pm, and have a hung over feeling for most of the day until I get more energetic at bedtime. Seroquel 2 x 25 mg alone doesn't help me sleep, I need benzos as well. My life is more on track now because I've had more capacity to deal with it. That's good, but I don't want to go around so groggy for much longer.I'm also scared about any detrimental effects on the body. With this drug, i'ts hard to judge the risks! | F | 40 | 7 months | 11/22/2006 | 3 | BiPolar I | None for 18 months at 25 mg. Now at 50-100mg major weight gain, less sleep, weird dreams, hair loss, and anger | My Doctor lets me take any where from 50mg-100mg depending on my state of mind and how bad I need to sleep. In the last 3 months I have gained 20 pounds and didn't know why because my Topamax is suppose to keep my weight down. I just recently realized it was from my recent increase in my Seroquel. For 18 months i took 12.5 MG or 25MG and had no weight gains, actually had wonderful weight loss. Now I cannot loose weight and I am working out 5 times a week and barely eating. Since I use to be anorexic this is a horrible problem and is completely depressing me. So I am going to the Doctor on Monday. I started taking 25 MG two days ago and I am actually sleeping better than I was on 50-75MG. | F | 40 | 2 days | 9/28/2005 | 3 | Bipolar | Hair loss, nightmares every night now, some weight gain, joint pain | At first it was great. Now I am starting to research the drug more. | F | 40 | 1 years | 11/10/2008 |