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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Major depression - psychotic | Very heavy sedation for first few days, not many side effects after that. | I found Seroquel to be very helpful. It greatly improved my mood, and also made me feel calm and less agitated - stable. I did find it increadibly sedating for the first few days, to the point where I almost slept non-stop for several days. This quickly wore off, and I found myself able to function normally (though I was always reluctant to drive as I did feel that my spatial awareness was still affected even though I did not feel drowsy). I didn't have any sexual side effects, though soon after taking a tablet the sedative affect would probably mean your libido would be lower for a few hours. I did find that when I was first put on a high dose that it can have a temporary paralysing effect, in that for the first time at a high dose you may find yourself paralysed and unable to move, walk etc. This only occured on my first night at high dosage, and didn't recur again. Overall, I have found this drug to be very effective, and with very few side effects, and it does also help with getting a good night sleep as many have said. | M | 35 | 4 months 100 2X day | 8/29/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Went from about 130 to 200 pounds in about.. 4 months. Worst medication possible for sleeping, it helped me sleep sure. I had realistic dreams of killing people, nightmares, I'd eat 3 meals a day which several servings, I stopped dreaming after I stopped taking it for almost a year, I don't care for life anymore, anti-social, feeling as if you can't relate to anyone. Zombie/sluggish to the point where you're an observer of life as it passes by each day. | This shit's horrible, I strongly suggest you stop taking it, or any other medication. There's a reason most of them CAUSE suicidal thoughts, help sleeping or whatever they intend to help, but in the end come back to bite you in the ass with their side effects, some short and others long that cripple your life, socially/personally/ and mentally. I use to love life, now I can't get motivated to do anything. You could put a gun to my head and threaten me, I'd take the bullet. | M | 18 | 8 months 250 1X day | 8/30/2010 | 1 | Bipolar | Loss of muscle control and loss of memory | This shit is dangerous!! After taking my bedtime dose, I could not control my muscles. I was unable to lift my legs and arms to get into bed. All I could do was pull a pillow to the floor and then sleep next to my bed until a few hours later when it wore off. Also, I would wake up in the morning and walk into my kitchen to discover that I had been up during the night cooking/frying food, which I had no memory of whatsoever. I was shocked when I saw the mess, not to mention that I could have burned my house down! I gained 15 pounds and haven't been able to lose it since. Worst of all, I went out of town to visit an old friend. I took my pill and have no memory after that. In the morning, my friend told me she had to carry me to bed because I couldn't walk. She thought I was on some kind of illegal drug (I don't do drugs), or I was drunk (I don't drink). I tried to explain the side effects I was having with Seroquel, but apparently she didn't believe me because she hasn't talked to me ever since. Very sad. My doctor said he had never heard of this reaction from his other patients. Seroquel was my worst nightmare. | F | 63 | 12 months ? 1X day | 9/1/2010 | 2 | biplor 2 disorder | The dreams were too horrific to tolerate. I gained 10 pounds in 3 months. All I wanted to eat were sweets and this is not normal for me. People found me calmer but it was because I was depressed. I'll just go back to being bipolar. I have a job that I've had for 23 years; my children are happy and well-adjusted; and I've been married for 28 years. I think I'll just have to be happy with that. | F | 47 | 90 days 100 mg 1X day | 9/4/2010 | 1 | major depression | recently prescribed Seroquel XR 150mg @ bedtime( I should say ONE TIME ONLY!!!!!) WHY?????YOU MAY ASK?, this drug left me incapacitated for nearly two days after the initial dose of only 150mg!!!!one time only!!!,this drug is dangerous, be careful, I am still achey and very tired 3 days later............ | F THIS MEDICATION!!!!! WAS PRESCRIBED FOR DEPRESSION, MY DOC THOUGHT THIS MIGHT HELP W/ANXIETY ASSOCIATED...IT DID I FEEL LIKE A ZOMBIE..PEOPLE THINK TWICE ABOUT THIS ONE, SERIOUSLY!!! | M | 50 | 1 days 150 MG 1X day | 9/4/2010 | 1 | PTSD/Anxiety | Gained 60 pounds, continue to have issues with PTSD, vivid dreams, flashbacks, anxiety, short attention span. General decline in an already poor health. | I am trying to ween myself off of it as I lost my job/insurance and it is to expensive to buy. The side effects are increased anxiety, insomnia, feelings of impending doom. | F | 48 | 100 2X day | 9/8/2010 | 3 | bi polar disorder | bad short term memory problems, increase of depression, feeling worthless, weight fluctuation, tardive dyskinesia, increased heart rate when standing up in the morning, running out of breath too quickly. | I am 23 years old and still on this medication. I don't know how to talk to my doctor to get it switched to a different anti-psychotic. I have heard that all medicine in this class of drugs have virtually the same side effects. | F | 23 | 2 years 150 XR 1X day | 9/12/2010 | 5 | Bipolar disorder and sleep disorder | Sometimes i get panic attacks and restless leg syndrome. Comes and goes. | I would only take for bipolar or other mental problems. Cause its a mood stablizer. Its a good drug when u get passed the occasional side affects. | F | 21 | 4 years 200 mg 1X day | 9/13/2010 | 4 | sleep/anxiety/panic | sleepiness, hunger, could eat a horse. Slowed thoughts down tho | I like seroquel. I'm currently on zyprexa and I want to switch back. Seroquel always made me feel chill and relaxed without a lot of side effects. You'll probably feel groggy into the next day tho. | M | 27 | 5 years 25-75mg 1X day | 9/15/2010 | 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 | 5 | Sleep / Bipolar Depression | If I don't sleep at least 8 hours, I'm a little groggy in the morning. On those occasions, a 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew (which contains about 1/3 the caffeine of a regular cup of brewed coffee) generally does the trick. Otherwise, I have not noticed any other side effects and have not experienced any weight gain at doses of 12.5 to 50 mg. When reading someone else's experience with ANY drug, ALWAYS remember that your experience may be different. Try something until it's clear that it's not right for you. The drug you refuse might be the one that'll save your life! | I have been taking 12.5 mg of Seroquel predominantly for sleep. I absolutely LOVE how it puts me out/down in about an hour and helps me sleep through the night. At higher doses (25 or 50 mg), I am too groggy the next day. When I'm hypomanic, its ability to keep me down through the night is reduced. On those rare occasions, I increase my dose to 25 mg and that helps. | M | 50 | 9 months 12.5 mg 1X day | 9/26/2010 Patient History | 4 | Depression - Sleep Problems | In a fog when waking up. Memory problems, forgetting important things. Sometimes zombie like, zone out. Increased libido with no drive to act upon this increase. Days sometimes blur together, forget the day of the week. Very complacent. Someone said here that a gun could be put to their head and they would not care. I can relate as when I am taking, nothing phases me. Fear seems to melt away. Eat more, slight weight gain, three - five pounds. | Very effective for sleep. I have taken on and off for three years. I take when needed and will stop when I am getting lost. Hard to describe but this medicine is very strong for me and seems to change my personality. When I feel like I am going past the point of no return I stop the medicine. It takes a month or more for the real me to return. I would sum it up like this. I am normaly a very intuitive fast learner who is interested in all aspects of life and living. After a few days on Seroquel I become very complacent and pliable. I remember the movie the Stepford Wives and I guess you could say that I am the Stepford Husband when taking this medicine. I see why they give it for Bi-Polar as it certainly removes the highs and levels me out. Also it is the only medicine that I have ever taken that gives me a sense of peace and calm. The only problem with that is it does not stop at that point, wish it would. After giving the sense of calm continues to numb mind and thinking ability. I have not taken for two months and I am having difficulty sleeping again so will start tonight again. Wanted to write this before as I will not have initiative to write this after I take it. Wish I could find something else as I am concerned about what the long term effects of this medicine could be. | M | 58 | 3 years 50 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 3 | Diagnosed schizophrenic - voices | vision, poor cognition, disconesia - uncontrollable facial muscle spasms and tounge balling up, can become permanent. sleep my life away. after i take it its like ive smoked some hydro skunk bud from indonesia. my friends ask for it to sell on the street. its street name is ''serable palsy'' they snort it. enough said. | this drug sucks, all anti psychotics suck. ive had them all. the drug companys are making tons of money on these things. a 3 cent pill can go for $300 bucks. its greed baby. also your beautiful and amazing and you may be psychic, i mena psychotic but its ok because you can make it as an artist or a rocker. just kidding. im in mental health as a job. thats mental health./ f--- illness | M | 27 | 5 years 1X day | 9/29/2010 | 3 | Social Phobia &Sleepiness problems | Note: the following effects last for about 4 - 6 hours after waking up. It seems that I didn't have enough sleep even if I sleep 12 hours, I even oversleep and can't hear my alarm except maybe the last one (I set 4 alarms) but this can also be due to me like to stay up late. Comprehension decreases, Blurred Vision, Feels like my Brain is floating over water and Surrounded by Fog. | I'm having Effexor XR 150MG per day for Social Phobia. It wasn't working well by itself so my doctor added Serequel 100MG to stabilize my mood as he said. The outcome was that I became really calm and confident (or maybe this is what I like to think). However, the side effects started appearing. However, if I sleep early (10 pm), I'll experience the effects with lesser degree and will not last longer. After 6 months of using Seroquel daily, I stopped it (for 4 months now) and am currently using Effexor only. However, because I stay up late at night I wanted to force my self to sleep early. Therefore, I took Seroquel again. This made me notice that I have been experiencing a little degree of anxiety related to social phobia since I stopped Seroquel. Now I don't know what I should do? Should I take seroquel again to eliminate the anxiety issue or stop it to avoid the side effects!? | M | 34 | 6 months 100 MG 1X day | 10/2/2010 | 4 | Sleep Apnea compliance to CPAP | I was first taking Seroquel XR at 150mg and I felt like I could not get enough sleep and stayed kind of blah all day. My doctor switched me to quick release Seroquel and I am much happier with that. The idea behind prescribing this to me was to help me sleep better so that I do not take my CPAP mask off. To date, it has done the trick. I wake up feeling rested, clear minded, etc. I wish I had started taking it long ago and then maybe I would have been more compliant with my CPAP mask. I would be happy to share my experiences with this medication if you wish to email me. Good luck to all of you. | M | 50 | 21 days 200mg 1X day | 10/7/2010 | 3 | possible schitzophrenia | Very pliable and feel way to easy going to stand up for myself or anything. muscle weakness. Trouble concentrating on complex tasks, slurred speach. | I initially wanted it for sleep, so i take it about 5:00pm and it has greatly helped. However, I have very vivid dreams and hope I don't one night dream about something horrible. In other words, it doesn't put me in a deep enough sleep. Feel like i lead a double life in sleep. | M | 26 | 5 days 50MG 1X day | 10/8/2010 | 1 | anxiety/sleep | 100 pound weight gain, tired all the time,oversleeping, overeating, overheating during exersising, easy sunburn, high cholesterol, abnormal liver tests. | I was told by phychiatrists for 10 years that 100 mg serequel would never cause tardive dyscanetia and I should not worry about it. "Only happens to people who take high doses" Well, I'm walking around smacking my lips, puckering my lips like a fish and repetatively licking my lower lip. If that's not crappy enough, right about the time I started waking up grimmicing I found out I had sleep apnea. Had I know that and got on CPAP sooner I could have gotten off Serequel. Now I'm seriously thinking about killing myself. I'm not a severely mentally ill person who does nothing in society, just a hard working person like everybody else who was given serequel as a sleep aid and anti-anxiety agent and told it was safe. PSYCHIATRISTS LIE AND RUIN LIVES !!! Now i face living life in shame and humiliation or shooting myself in the mouth...Tough choice !! | M | 36 | 10 years 50-100 1X day | 10/10/2010 | 4 | Bi-polar | 100 plus pounds weigh gain, never feeling awake, hypersomina, constant feeling of fog, loss of concentration | I want to stop taking this so bad. But, when I have I can not sleep. Question to everyone who has successfully stopped how long did it take for the side effects to go away? How long should I plan to be out of sync before it is completely out of my system? | F | 45 | 6 years 75 1X day | 10/14/2010 | 1 | anxiety/major depression | The seroquel certainly decreased my anxiety, however, it made me so depressed that I think I was suicidal I was just too tired and my brain was too foggy to bother acting on my suicidal urges. I felt very flat and like I couldn't care less about even the most alarming things. I also had an increased appetite and intense hunger in the morning. I am glad to be off of this medication! | F | 24 | 7 days 100 2X day | 10/20/2010 | 1 | mood stabilzer | tired all the time. Had trouble swallowing food. Heart palpatations. Shortness of breath. Extreme fatigue after minimal activity. Extreme weight gain. Could not get my body to regulate temperature. Sweating all the time and in the heat to long I would start to black out. Memory lose. The side effects go on and on. | I do not reccomend this medication to anyone. I have been off this medicine for over a year and still do not feel like my old self. I had horrible panic attacks and had numberous hospital visits because of them. Also had to have a heart cath done because I am now sensitive to adreniline and get frequent attacks of rapid heart rate. The panic attacks have calmed down somewhat but not without the help of other medication and completely stopping the consumption of any caffiene, alcohol, dark soda, or chocolate. It scares me everyday to think of what this medicine has actually done to me. | F | 35 | 4 days 300 1X day | 10/25/2010 |