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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | insonima and high anxiety | it would turn me into a zombie state so i could only take it just before going to bed. | its really helped with being able to sleep and my overall anxiety is a bit lower. I havent had any side affects from seroquel. | F | 25 | 3 years 600 mg 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | Dry mouth and daytime sedation. | I have chronic depression and anxiety and, over the years, was prescribed the more common SSRIs, SNRIs, and NDRIs with little to no effect on symptomatology. After beginning Seroquel initially for irritability, anxiety, and insomnia, I noticed improvement in as little as one week. I am approaching my 3rd week on Seroquel and, aside from daytime sleepiness and dry mouth, I am quite satisfied. I have noticed an overall improvement in my mood, ruminative/obsessive thinking, anxiety, irritability, and sleep. | M | 44 | 20 days 100 MG 1X day | 4/11/2011 | 1 | sleep/possible bi-polar II disorder | Weight gain, high cholesterol, high triglycerides | I was prescribed Seroquel for sleep/possible bi-polar II disorder. I had full blood work done prior to taking it and everything was within normal range. After two weeks, I had packed on 15 pounds. Over the course of the six months that I took 100mg per day, I had gained over 20 pounds. I had follow up blood work done at that point and my cholesterol and triglyceride levels were off the charts! It was as if I had eaten nothing but cheeseburgers and milkshakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner the whole time I took it when realistically, I hadn't changed my diet at all. My levels were that dangerously high. I immediately contact my prescribing doctor and told her I wanted off the medication asap. I weaned off it over a three week period. It's been about a year since I'm off it. Some of the weight has come off and I'm not as 'puffy' as I was. My blood work is still not great but is slowly going back to normal. This medication was GREAT for sleep but when it has such horrible side effects, it's not worth the BIG sleep it could put you in. | F | 36 | 6 months 100 1X day | 4/20/2011 | 3 | depression and anxiety | Neurological symptoms: numbness and tingling in feet and legs, tripping and falling, severe enough that I was tested for MS. After stopping Seroquel, symptoms improved without reoccurrence. | It did improve my depression and anxiety. From what I have researched, my side effects were very rare. | F | 33 | 1 years 200 1X day | 4/21/2011 | 4 | Bi-Polar Disorder | Tremendous Weight Gain, Lack of energy | Seroquel has done wonders for my bi-polar disorder, but I have gained 100lbs in 4 years time. I was 150lbs when starting and am now 247lbs. This is a salt-based medicine which leads to the weight gain, love the drug hate the side effects. I basically have to choose between being sick or crazy. For now Im living with the excess weight gain, but unfortunately my body cannot keep taking such a beating. Great drug, but please do not use it for long term purposes you will become hooked and the side effects will take a major toll on your health. | M | 26 | 4 years 300mg 1X day | 4/23/2011 | 3 | sleep aid for bipolar disorder | initially very drowsy and "drunk" feeling. would have to go to bed immediately upon taking it. If I take the dose a few hours late, I get nauseous. If I miss a dose, I toss and turn in my sleep and may get hyper. The next day, I feel awful: depressed, irritable, sometimes suicidal thoughts, revved up energy | Overall, Seroquel has worked well. Initially, it was a wonder drug for quieting my racing thoughts and improving my concentration. It also helped with mild paranoia. I have been lucky to not have any weight gain. | F | 31 | 4 years 50mg 1X day | 4/26/2011 | 3 | ocd and anxiety | Very weak, a disoriented feeling, just feel out of it, very spacey feeling. | Have been on every ssri out there, plus many other medications for my severe ocd and anxiety. 5 days ago started 12.5 mgs seroquel and 30 mgs cymbalta, am also on 200 mgs trazodone, 7 mgs klonipin, and 0.5 mgs xanax, I feel so dizzy and like confused, and very groggy like, I am so hoping these side effects will go away, I have been searching for something to help my severe ocd and anxiety. Hope others can give me advice, thanks so much. | M | 30 | 5 days 12.5 mgs 1X day | 5/1/2011 | 2 | Insomnia due to other meds | This caused me to pass out in a deep sleep and rather quickly after taking it. Once taken, my damn house could burn down I wouldn't wake up. Also, major "additonal" hunger and weight gain, especially late at night. | Not much of a hangover the following day. | F | 44 | 4 months ??? 1X day | 5/4/2011 | 4 | Severe Anxiety/Worry, Depr,Paranoia | Extreme drowsiness, lack of energy/motivation each day, sleep 9-12hrs+ each night, over eating at night after take pill; weight gain. Dry mouth for about the first 6mos (give or take). | After taking other medications with what I considered during that time more severe, I settled with Seroquel. Other medications made me suicidal, I could not think clearly like I was "drugged up" and I once lost my feeling "down there" for over a week which was horrifying because the doctor said it may or may not be permanent damage!! Fortunately I regained 'feeling' down there after a week or so. With those side effects, I was about to give up until I got a new doc who recommended Seroquel. I started off taking 50mg each night and I spoke with my doc about the extreme sedating effect and lack of energy so they dropped it to 25mg. DON'T ask me how some of these other individuals managed to function on 100-800mg each day?! That is absurd! I would be a bed ridden zombie if that was the dosage for me! I can't believe such a high dose is given for first timers anyways. As you can see from most of these reviews, that this is a common dose and all the complaints are similar! How can you not have severe health issues with such a high dose of anything in this world! ...even vitamins and healthy foods should be consumed in moderation! So you cannot base your decision solely on those who have taken such high doses since our bodies are quite different. I am quite sensitive to many things including lactose, gluten, decaf/reg coffee (severe anxiety), etc. So 25-50mg for me is a bit too much. I love Seroquel in that it has eliminated my anxiety, depression and paranoia w | F | 31 | 4 years 25mg 1X day | 5/6/2011 | 5 | Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety | Unlike other "reviews" I've read, I actually lost weight on Seroquel. I take it combined with 400mg of Wellbutrin XL every day and I lost 6 lbs. The drug definitely has helped even out my depressive cycles, but it has made me extremely apathetic to things (i.e. money problems, relationship issues, family issues, work) and has also effected my short-term memory. I cannot remember names of places I've been (restaurants, etc) and occasionally have a hard time with speech (recalling words). | I think seroquel definitely helped save my life- literally, but now that I'm back on my feet I really want to get off of it! | F | 27 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 5/9/2011 | 5 | Anxiety and Depression | I started at 50mg and the first couple of nights it really knocks you out. Make sure you have plenty of time to sleep or you'll be dragging in the morning. After a few nights, I became used it. It barely makes me sleep at all now. | Seroquel was a life-saver for me. I was extremely anxious and depressed and the docs had tried pristiq, cymbalta, and some other ssri. All of them killed my sex drive and made me feel a bit like a robot. They switched me to wellbutrin (450mg), which allowed me to focus more, which then allowed me to work more easily which was part the of the cause of my anxiety, but I was still very very anxious and depressed about it. After being put on Seroquel, I felt throttled down to just the right speed. Some days I'm fine, other days I experience normal anxiety, like anyone, but I never feel like it's the end of the world and I'm no longer depressed at all. | M | 35 | 5 months 150 1X day | 6/25/2011 | 3 | insomnia | felt like i had no feelings at all. was told it was mood stabilizer. well it stabilized me in depression. slept over 12 hrs. a night. then still hungover. weight gain may be due tho. to another drug. killed my appetite. smoked more. | background childhood ocd, anxiety. on antidepressant and xanax since hippie drug mind loss. trying to ditch seroquel bec. of the constant low-grade depression and ridiculous length of sleep plus hangover most of next day. can't take more xanax to sleep bec.. already on 3.5mg daily and fear addiction. | M | 64 | 4 months 25-75 mg 1X day | 6/28/2011 | 4 | Psychotic experience | weight gain of aprox 10 kg within one year, however lost some of the weight gained again while taking lower doses due to diet change and excercise. tiredness in the mornings- i used a combination of seroquel and seroquel xr (prolong) to taper off over a half-year period and found the seroquel without retard-effect to make me much more tired. low-level depression, slower thoughts, slightly lethargic. | I took Seroquel after a manic psychotic experience induced by psychosocial stress and cannabis abuse, and my 'positive' symptoms disappeared within a few days. this could have also been helped by having family and a supportive environment around me at the time, but i do credit the drug for at least part of the recovery after 2 months of hallucinations and mania. i made sure to change things in my lifestyle such as quitting smoking, finding a more stable environment, eating well, exercising (as much as possible while tired from the drug) to make myself stable in the long term. In my opinion the pros outweighed the cons- even though i hated how depressed and tired i sometimes felt while first on seroquel, i still think i needed the intervention and it was probably a life saver. i see it as first aid rather than a long term solution because of its side-effects though. | F | 30 | 1 years 300-25 1X day | 7/6/2011 | 1 | Stupidity | Starting antipsychotics like seroquel is a death sentence, withdrawal after too long use is often not an option (too much brain damage, it is even worse than benzos [except that initial cognitive side-effects are not that worse]). My life was totally ruined by seroquel. Seroquel is a new "benzo", 10 years from now it is told how it ruined/killed/destroyed so many lifes. | seroquelwithdrawal.blogspot.com | M | 30 | 1X day | 7/6/2011 | 1 | bipolar | weight gain 90 lbs, sleepy, puts you asleep at night. | does not work, massive sleepy and hunger weight gain. | M | 31 | 3 months 200mg 1X day | 7/9/2011 | 1 | They just told Bai Ling on Celebrity Rehab that Seroquel is non-addicting! Perhaps some of you might like to email Dr. Drew and tell him otherwise! I'm fed up with the medical community hiding and lying about drug side effects! | M | 31 | 1X day | 7/11/2011 | 1 | Doctor forced me to try it. | I'm a 72 year old grandmother with a history of major depression since age 19. I was basically manipulated into taking this drug at the Kaiser Permanente clinic. I had a very severe cognitive breakdown that was absolutely terrifying. I could not think of the simple first names of three people in my neighborhood. I felt as if I could not organize the words as they flowed out of my mouth. This was absolutely the worst reaction to any medication that I had ever taken. My "prescribing" psychiatrist has been on me to try different drugs for years. My original diagnosis was clinical depression, and I was taking Pamelor. One day, he changed my diagnosis from "mood disorder" to "Bipolar 1 Disorder" and basically railroaded me into the hospital. It was breathtaking. Two other psychiatrists tried to commit me, but the court officer dismissed the case. This case will go down in my history as I try to amend, redact or even SEAL the whole experience because of mistak | This drug will be added to my allergies. As a matter of fact, I have decided that most of my life is working quite well, and I do not plan to try any other drugs until I figure out how I can make behavior therapy work better for me. | F | 72 | 1 days 90 mg 1X day | 7/17/2011 | 4 | anxiety/insomnia/psychosis | sleepiness, drug hangover, "the munchies", feeling of being tranquilized, dry mouth for a few weeks, nose bleeds | works great in high dosages to help me sleep at night (150 MG - 300 MG) also is great to calm me down in the day is small dosages (25 MG - 50 MG) lessens the hallucinations | F | 20 | 6 months 250 MG 1X day | 7/20/2011 | 5 | paranoia, schizoaffective disorder | Paranoia is still there, but don't get as anxious over it. Best sleeps I've ever had. Weird dreams, though, vivid. Slowly reducing my Stelazine w/o any effects so far. Irritable as heck in the morning. | I usually take 100 mg. before bed, then if I get anxious during the day I take 25 or 50 mg. Able to stop drinking & other habits quite easily. The morning grogginess wears off after a couple of weeks. | F | 55 | 2 months 150 mg. 1X day | 7/21/2011 | 3 | Bipolar I | Runny nose. Extreme sedation and feeling of being "jet lagged" most of the time. Overnight flight after evening dose resulted in extreme nausea in cruise (smooth flight), but cleared up on descent, even though severe turbulence ! | I hate this drug, but it does work for me. I only take during periods of mania that Lithium fails to control. I also take up to an additional 150mg per day (25mg increments) if needed. It's keeping me out of hospital at the moment. | M | 41 | 6 weeks 200 1X day | 7/21/2011 |