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 |
| 3 | schizophrenia, major depression | Weight gain. muscle spasms in my legs. sleeping all day long. | I think this helps me over all. I just have to make sure I get enough sleep on the weekends. I also took an over the counter med for muscle spasms and it helped. I have yet to find a solution for the weight gain. | M | 34 | 1 years | 3/15/2007 | 3 | schizophrenia, major depression | weight gain, muscle spasms, sleeping all day and night | over all I think this drug helps me | M | 34 | 1 years | 3/15/2007 | 2 | Anxiety and help for sleeping | My problem was I was very depressed and was sleeping far to much. I was also on Cipralex(10mg). The seroquel made me want to sleep even more, and I found it made me more depressed. I felt i needed 12 hoursof sleep or more to function when on it. | F | 25 | 3 months | 3/15/2007 | 4 | Bi-Polar | MUNCHIES OMG the munchies are horrible and a very welcomed sleep | M | 22 | 3 weeks | 3/16/2007 | 4 | Bipolar NOS - psychosis - anxiety | Currently I am on 400mg daily (split doses 3 times a day). No sleepiness, fatigue, or lethargy as others report unless more than 250 mg are taken at 1 time. So far I've noticed that I crave sugary foods, although I do not eat much at all anymore. Actually losing weight (probably because I eat sugar-free candies instead of the sugar I crave). No more roaring in my ears, weird out of body experiences, and my mind doesn't play tricks on me so much. | I actually like this med ALOT. When I feel myself talking way too wicked fast, and very confused in my own head, and hearing/seeing things, I know my next dose is due. Kicks in about 25 minutes later and I feel serene - a rare feeling for me. | F | 26 | 14 days | 3/17/2007 | 3 | Bipolar/Manic-Depressive(Mixed Stat | OK on the goodside i feel calm and relaxed (a feeling I am not used to) but on the bad side I have gained 70lbs. It does not help my sleeplessness (I still get up 3-5 times a night) and I sleep eat. I have uncontrollable movements of my legs/arms and sometimes very alarming time swallowing(scary, i mean scary) | My Dosage is 600mg at bedtime. I also take 900mg of lithium, 40mg of Inderal, 100mg of ultram, 400mg Ibuprophen, and 81mg of Aspirin all at bedtime (I still take some of these others + Nexium in the morning) | M | 8 months | 3/21/2007 | 4 | Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder | Weight gain, restless legs, hyperhydrosis/ heat intolorance, slurred speech | I have used this drug for 5 years with great results and bad side effects. It does wonders for anxiety and mood stabalization. I have taken as littlt as 300mg a day to 1600mg a day. Side effects definately worsen with higher doses. | F | 26 | 5 years | 3/22/2007 | 3 | OCD | Seroquel does work. Its important to let you know that it brought my OCD to a total halt along with Luvox but it killed my sex drive. My wife is hot and for a month that I was on it I didn't have any thoughts or desire to have sex. After seeing my shrink today I am going off it for that reason. | M | 31 | 30 days | 3/22/2007 | 2 | Bipolar II, alcoholism | I was perscribed 50mg at night to curb a hypomanic episode and have been taking it for 5 weeks. Now I'm going to start tapering off of it because even at this low dose I've gained around 7 pounds despite cutting back on calories, absolutely need 9-11 hours of sleep to function and am groggy and lethargic all day. Also problems with nightmares, sugar cravings, constipation, restless legs, etc. Abnormal blood and liver tests as well. | Do not drink when on this medication! I've never been sicker. | F | 28 | 5 weeks | 3/22/2007 | 1 | insomnia | I was prescribed this medication for insomnia, after taking ambien cr for 30 days. I took 100mg, had terrible restless leg syndrome (am taking requip for that), was up all night walking up and down the hall, fell asleep about 5 am and woke up at 8 am with a terrible "hangover" feeling and unable to think or function very well. Would not recommend this medication for insomnia. It was the night from hell. Going to give ambien another try. | F | 34 | 1 days | 3/23/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Weight gain! | A new psychiatrist prescribed this for me 1 year ago to replace Ambien; I had admitted that on Ambien I was half-conciously eating and almost falling down several times in my kitchen. Positives: Seroquel made me very sleepy in a nice, cozy way. It also left me calmer by day and enhanced the effect of my antidepressant (Effexor) adding another "layer of protection" against depression and anxiety. I was on the lowest dosage (25 mg) but even so, 2 or 3 months in I begain to gain weight. I had lost 31 lbs over the past year (on purpose) and was very pleased about that. And then WHAM! A delayed but very pronounced gain of about 5 lbs per month until I had regained ALL of that weight and more. Had I known wt.gain was such a big risk I NEVER would have touched the stuff. This is NOT an innocent med to be casually prescribed off label. Certainly not as a sleep aid! And especially if you have ever struggled with weight issues before. | F | 42 | 4 months | 3/26/2007 | 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 | Mayjor depression bipolar schiz Ins | First time i took em i liked it. Made me feel dizy like i was high. sex drive is down. i as well noticed that it dont have much energy. But i tend to get up and take a jog. Thats why people are getting fat off it.. Because they sleep to much on it. Im 174 and i tend to keep it low. My depression and mood swings are finnaly going away. At times i feel there not working so i think imma get a higher dose. | There good... i really like them. Just a reminder, if you dont want to gain weight just get up and go for a walk/jog. dont be such a bum. I love to help people, as well helps me with my problems. ok im a bit drugged now | M | 18 | 20 days | 3/28/2007 | 1 | Bipolar mania | Brain death--could not think my way out of a paper bag. Zombie-like constant sleepiness. Hideous nightmares. Rage/anger and depression. Enormous appetite, weight gain. Acne. Withdrawal problems. | This med is toxic waste! It was supposed to even out my mania, but what it did was steamroll my brain. I couldn't understand anything I read or any verbal instructions people gave me, constantly made mistakes at work, couldn't remember anything. I also had horrid bad dreams that repeated over and over again all night, something I never had before this med. It got to the point I didn't even want to go to bed because I knew it would just be an all-night horror show. I walked around all day in a stupor--I'm not sure I was ever in fact awake the whole time I was on the medication. The only way I can say it helped my mania is because I was too tripped out to care that I was manic. Then the rage set in. I would lose control and go berserk about everything--when my purse fell over the seat of my car, I threw it across the car 12 times and broke a bunch of CD's before I even realized how insane I'd become. Then I started to get depressed on top of that. It made me eat constantly, and I put on | F | 44 | 3 months | 4/1/2007 | 1 | INSOMNIA | Horrible...i went to bed and woke up the next morning sick and trowing up i had to call in to work, 50 mg i would not recommend this to anyone | this is not a med for insomnia it is for schizophrenia and bipolar 1 disorder! | F | 20 | 1 days | 4/1/2007 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Cyclothymia (Bi-Polar II) | Taking seroquel in hopes of solving mid-level cyclothymia. | At this point I can't say if Seroquel is helping or not. I haven't had anymore drastic cycling however, I have stopped taking the SSRI I was on that was probably making the cylcing worse. I started with 50mg and I'm up to about 175mg a night. I don't really sleep too well on this drug, I wake up several times a night. A little grogginess in the morning, but it wears off. This drug has a very short half life, so I don't understand the chronic day time drowsiness people commonly complain about. I'll give the drug another week, if things don't better I'll dump it and attempt to let my brain work this out on it's own. This drug is not nearly as evil as people make it out to be | M | 33 | 8 days | 4/4/2007 | 1 | Bi Polar, Anxiety, Depression | Brain Splitting in two halfs. Slept for 22 hours out of the day. Passed Out on regular basis when awake. Paralyzed legs and body. Thinking thoughts but could not make my body move. | F | 29 | 2 months | 4/4/2007 |