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| 3 | I have Bi-polar ll | This medication is probably one of the best on the market. I now sleep,the anxiety is gone, and I don't have the racing thoughts. Before the drug,I could'nt sleep for weeks and wanted to jump off a bldg because of mania. Three complaints addiction,adiction and all the weight gain, it has put a major cramp in my lifestyle and employment. I now avoid my talent agent because of it, I have gained 30lbs in less than 6 months. I have tried to wean off the drug, but it seems that I was worse off than before starting it, my advice it you is not to get on this drug except for as a last resort, if you thought sleep was impossible before the drug, try to live without it, it seems to alter your body chemistry. I have tried to go back to some of my old drugs as an desperate attempt to live without the seroquel and its side affects, but have found that I am actually more sensitive to former drugs now than before taking seroquel, and I am convinced its because of the seroquel. | I know some of you have a weight gain complaint and some of you don't after taking the drug, but I'll will tell you this, I am a serious hiker,and am always active. I am not one with a big appetite, my caloric intake most days is probably lower than the average person, and I this drug has somehow managed to keep me gaining, slowly, I might add, only because I am so active, but even so I am still gaining. Tomorrow I have an appointment with my doctor, and I will request to be off the drug. I just started lamictal at a low dose of 25mg, can't wait to see results, hear it is a good well rounded drug for Bi-polar patients. HR | F | 36 | 1 days | 9/14/2005 | 5 | for bipolar disoder and depression | if yuo taking this medicine you might want to take something for the side effects that couse me that i coul not walk or talk or move my hands for at least 1-3hrs it last for | it does make me feel bettr and know i can even work and deal with feeling | F | 17 | 3 years | 9/21/2005 | 4 | Insomnia | It works too well. You have to take it in really low doses (50mg max) & take it early. You will sleep for a very long time & it takes a long time for the groggyness to wear off. | M | 34 | 2 months | 9/28/2005 | 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 | 1 | Poss. misdiag. of dprssn for bipo 2 | After first night of 50mg the next morning I had the worst "charlie horse" in my left calf I've ever had. My RX was for 25mg in a.m. 50mg in p.m. The following morning the pain lessened some but never went away and I was forced to hobble when I walked. After a week of this I call the pharm. and she said that I probably needed to find another med. and then I called the emergency psych. and she told me to take one more the next night and then quit. She emailed my psych. and told him she'd taken me off. He nor his nurse think that the seroquel was the problem and that maybe the "heat" or low potassium was the issue. I asked then shouldn't I get my levels tested. And she said no, just wait a few days and start again. Screw that, I wasn't playing lab rat! I called my m.d.'s nurse & she put in a blood work order for me. All my electrolites ect. were just fine. It's been over a month and I still have a rock solid calf. I limp all the time and it's thrown all the rest o | I waited a week after this "new" diagnois'was made to make sure that I really needed it and that I understood all the side effects. I was scared to death of this med. Muscle stiffness was all that my prescrip. made reference to that would even remotely cover what I experienced, until I read of 2 others here that had calf and foot cramps. I knew it was the Seroquel. | F | 46 | 7 days | 9/28/2005 | 3 | Insomnia, anxiety and depression | Few pounds in weight gain at first but managed to fight them off with Atkins Diet. Sleepiness long after waking up. Dry skin and corns on my baby toe. Slight sexual side-effects. I take 2x25 mg before bedtime. | It's a great anxiety and insomnia killer. However, my depression stayed firmly in place. I'm hoping to lift this by adding 150 mg Wellbutrin SR which I now feel (day 11) is increasing the anxiety again. May be this is only a side effect of Wellbutrin which will pass?? Anyone who can shed some light on this: feel free to e-mail me! | F | 37 | 5 months | 10/1/2005 | 4 | Bi-Polar | I started Seroquel along w/ trileptal while inpatient. I'm on half a 25 mg tab in the AM and 50 mg of Seroquel at night. Trileptal 300 mg, twice daily. Terrible nightmares the first few nights and that has stopped. I did feel like a zombie, but I can tell I'm getting used to it. I have been having stomach cramps for an entire day and I'm not sure if it's drug related at all. It feels like it. I've been on other medications that cause me to feel the same way, but again, I'm not certain. | No racing thoughts. I can go to bed and relax. My overall mood is better. I feel more organized and have focus to take on a task at a time instead of seeing it all and not doing anything. Overall, much better. | F | 34 | 2 weeks | 10/6/2005 | 2 | BiPolar | Anxiety and nausea in the morning. Different feelings at different levels. Slept well though. Going off of it is difficult. Insomnia. | F | 36 | 4 weeks | 10/8/2005 | 2 | Anxiety/depression | Dry mouth (not a big deal), Zombification (not a huge deal), Anger/rage/ lashing out (very big deal) | This medication put me in a very dangerous state of mind though not at its peak in my blood, rather in the morning after having taken it multiple times through the prior day. I assess my rage side effect as being some type of withdrawal from Seroquel as opposed to a direct effect of the drug. This happened only this morning and I have yet to speak with my DR. Fortunately, I am writing this from home and not from a prison cell. I would recommend people pay close attention to their moods and self control while getting used to this medication. | M | 40 | 1 weeks | 10/11/2005 | 5 | Psychosis and Mania | somnolence, dry mouth, slurred speech, problems with walking correctly/balance. Some difficulty with sleep. Problems with urine retention. Zombie like state. Difficulty concentrating. | Seroquel has restored my life to me. I no longer experience mind riveting paranoia. I am much more relaxed. I live in the moment, I do not seem to worry about tomorrow as much as I did before. Overall my life has been restored to me, as I am much more affectionate to family, I have slowed down from mania and feel happier about my self. Please email me if you have any questions. | M | 52 | 45 days | 10/15/2005 | 3 | bipolar disease | EXTRME drowsiness, muscle twitches at night (it seems that as soon as my mind wants to go to sleep, my legs and hands don't,), HORRIBLE nightmares | It helped with the auditory hallucinations (hearing voices), but if you are to take this drug take it when you don't need to be awake as is causes severe drowsiness. The muscle twitches were tolerable once my body finally decided to go to bed, but the nighmares were horrific. I at first thought it was "just me" until i saw that other people had vivd dreams and nightmares on this med too. I am also diabeteic (prior to taking drug) and I am interested to see how this affects it. I am currently taking 200mg at night. So although the meds technically worked, the side effects (esp the vivd nightmares and twitches) are plaguing. | M | 29 | 5 days | 10/20/2005 | 5 | Bipolar,insomnia,anxiety | drowsiness, dry mouth, agitation | This drug is great. It relaxes both my body and mind. I barely gained any weight it and it has completely turned my life around. I have made so many gains since I started taking seroquel. I have a great job and I'm doing better at university, and I am an overall happier person. | 2 years | 10/25/2005 | 4 | Chronic Insomnia | Very difficult to get up in the morning. Really bizzare, vivid dreams @ 12.5 mg which went away when I increased the dosage to 25 mg. per night. Weight gain - I am sooooo hungary all the time. Recently, I have had problems with severe heartburn/gastric reflux, but I am not sure if this is related. | I definitely sleep better, which I am sure is also the reason for my improved mood. I can not sleep without it, but I am not really concerned b/c I have had difficulty sleeping for most of my life. However, I am concerned about the weight gain - I am in the Army, and getting fat can get me into a lot of trouble. | F | 33 | 1 months | 10/25/2005 | 4 | Manic Episode | Yes I did gain a few pounds, but nothing that can't be rectified. Also felt a bit dizzy whenever dose was increased | Taken as adjunct agent along with Lithium and Tegretol, my mood gradually became stable. I continue to take 300mg at night and 200mg in am and I don't feel sedated. I feel good on it. My doctor feels if am doin so well on it i should stay on it for now anyway. | F | 28 | 6 weeks | 11/1/2005 | 1 | chronic depression and anxiety | I am on Cipralex anti-depressant and my doctor recommended I try Seroquel as an anti-anxiety. I took it for five days and I experienced confusion, loss of focus, couldn't read a thing, dizziness, self paraonia, anxious, and it knocked me out (I fell asleep within 1/2 hour of taking it for 3-4 hours. It made me feel awful. | F | 44 | 5 days | 11/2/2005 | 3 | insomnia | Weakness and anxiety after dose wore off | Seroquel seems to help regulate and induce sleep very well. When I don't take seroquel, I often wake up 10-15 times a night if I'm lucky enough to fall asleep in the first place. I take an extremely low dose since I'm sensitive to medication (12.5 mg). At first, I had no problems with the med. After a couple of weeks on it, I began to feel anxiety and weakness as my dose would wear off. I'm sure my body has become acustomed to the med, so I'm going to try taking a morning and an evening dose. Hopefully this works since it is the only effective sleep med for my insomnia (even benzos don't work very well). | M | 25 | 4 weeks | 11/9/2005 | 5 | Schizophrenia | drowsiness at first but subsided after time. | I take 600mg at night because I need it to sleep. I was taking 400mg in the pm and 200mg in the am but I was too drowsy at work. So now I take it all at around 6:00pm and have a good nights sleep and wake up refreshed. It has managed my symptoms pretty well...at least better than all the other ap's I have tried. | F | 33 | 2 months | 11/14/2005 | 5 | Icouldn't sleep prior to Seroquel. | I experienced no side effects. | Seroquel has been a Godsend. I can sleep all night every night. I wake with very little or no feeling of being hung over. Prior to this med, I couldn't sleep for days, and could only fall asleep by passing out from exhaustion. Then the same horrible experience would occur again and again. I probably have a screwed up suprachiasmatic nucleus. MAN it makes me feel smart to say that. I think I'll say it again. Suprachiasmatic nucleus. WOW! Anyway, kudos to the makers of this med. Can you repay my student loans? | M | 44 | 3 years | 11/18/2005 | 4 | BP RAPID CYCLING, insomniam anxiety | Short term: Side effects are intense-like hitting a brick wall. Dry mouth, difficulty thinking and talking shortly after dosage but the body gets used it at low dosages in particular. Large dosages will put me to sleep unless I am higher than a kite. Long term use has not had any real side effects except for the traditional weight gain with an anti-psychotic. | My immediate world credits this drug for turning me into a relatively sane and functioning individual (BP rapid cycler, anxiety, severe insomnia. It put me to sleep at night (with 200 mg) and awake in the morning since it has a short half life. A small dose in the am of 25 mg kept me mellow but not drugged during the day. IT is increased of times when I crack apart and willing to give up the remainder of my life to the drug=I guess it is a balance. It is tauted as a mood stablizer which I cannot necessarily vouch for given that this is only one drug in my arsenal of 6 RX of a rapid cycler. After over 3 years on this drug, I am trying Zyprexa as a new avenue to gain greater sanity since there seem to be few options left and I still could use a bit more...At this moment, I much prefer Seraquel over Zyprexa in terms of sleep and mental clarity but Zyprexa for mood elevation. | F | 35 | 3 years | 11/21/2005 | 5 | bipolar and severe depression | increase in appetite and memory loss from when i take my meds until next morning | although i have gained some weight i am much more concerned about my mental state i find the meds are definetly improving the mood swings,but i also take lamactil,100mg at night, efexor 150 night and 75 morning, zopiclone 2 7.5 night, proprananol 80mg morning, ciclizine and lorazepam as required and last but not least seroquel 450mg nightly and 100mg morning. I am somewhat concerned about the memory loss. as far as being hungry constant, I am trying to control this myself as i feel the meds can only do so much, the rest is up to me. Ihave suffered bipolar from the age of 13 and have had severe depression on top for 5 years as a result of my sons death. But in my adult life this is the first meds that have eased the swings, suicidal thoughts and given me a full nights sleep,although night terrors are at times a problem.I do find it really does slow up the racing thoughts in the brain enabling me to relax and not worry so much, most of the time anyway. I would really appreciate others | F | 42 | 1 years | 11/22/2005 |