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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bi polar disorder | Restless legs, falling asleep with food in my mouth horrible horrible weight gain. While it helps with my mania and insomnia I cant help thinking how much better I felt when I was skinny. I stopped taking it for a week and I lost alot of weight quickly but I developed an intense fear of food. Unfortunately due to the stress that is my mother in law I had to go back on it. Im a good person and dont want to hurt anybody. Im also dissapointed in myself cuz i had almost no wirhdrawl symptoms. Now the fat zombie is back. | F | 26 | 2 years 250mg | 2/26/2013 | 3 | Insomnia | Disorientation, dry mouth, rapid heartbeat | I was prescribed Seroquel for my insomnia that required medical attention. My problem was falling asleep. Well, the first night I took it, it knocked my butt out like a light. But whenever I'd wake up briefly during the night, I'd notice my heart was beating extremely fast and heavy and my mouth felt so parched that it was actually painful to swallow. These side effects happened every time I took a dose, which was as-needed. Sometimes the rapid heartbeat would scare me and I would just try to ignore it and fall asleep, which I always would. The dry mouth I learned to just deal with. If I didn't go to bed within two hours of taking it, I would walk around the house very disoriented. I am grateful it put me to sleep, but eventually the side effects were just too much of a hassle and I quit using it. I still have some, but now I'd only take it in an emergency. Knocks me out, but too many worrisome side effects. | M | 28 | 1 years 200 1X AN | 3/16/2013 | 2 | Schizophrenia | 1. Ridiculous sedation - I slept between 14-18 hours per day every day on the drug. It never got better. In fact, it simply got worse. 2. Cognitive sluggishness - this is easily the worst antipsychotic for ruining the intellect. I could not comprehend subject material that I used to find extremely basic. It was embarrassing to be honest. | Yes. The side-effects were bad, but not the worst of any drug I have been on. However, the true problem was the the drug was ineffective for my Positive Symptoms. 300 mg is not that high of a dose (the max dose I took), but I simply could not bear to go any higher because I was sleeping 16 or more hours per day. It was totally ridiculous. I was still having strong psychotic breaks and all I was getting from the medication was sedation. | M | 25 | 10 months 300 1X day | 3/25/2013 | 2 | Bipolar I | Pisa Syndrome(please google) *weight gain* | Seroquel is a very effective drug for me. I am now getting off Seroquel. It's the weight gain thing. If your genes are set up for you to gain weight on this, you will, probably very quickly. I've had enough and I usually put up with most side effects. At 60, putting on 40 pounds is dangerous. Really at any age. Hopefully Lithium and Lamictal will keep me afloat because I'm not gaining another pound on this. | M | 60 | 2 years 300 mg 1X day | 4/1/2013 | 4 | bipolar/some psychosis | My major problem was not sleeping which this has really helped. Takes a while to get going most mornings but not sleeping too much . Some weight gain and still havve some anxiety issues. Overall has helped. | M | 56 | 4 years 300 mg. | 4/13/2013 | 4 | Depression | Lathargic tired | M | 40 | 2 days 25 | 4/18/2013 | 1 | depression | Akathesia, chronic constipation, suicidal ideation, OCD, anxiety towards the latter use felt like I wanted to crawl out of my skin | The first few months were fine and it was sedating but then I started to have horrible side effects and it nearly destroyed my life. Felt like jumping out of a window. My doctor slowly tapered me off the medication and got back my life and these symptoms went away | M | 44 | 8 months 300 mg 2X day | 4/24/2013 | 1 | Depression, opiate withdrawal | Racing heart, pressure on chest, headache, nausea, EXTREME constipation. | F | 31 | 2 weeks 300mg | 4/27/2013 | 5 | mood stabilizer bipolar II | at first it was horrible, i was a zombie the next day and 30 minutes after taking it I felt like jello. Increased Anxiety, panic and lethargy....but i stuck with it... IT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE if you are looking for a med that will level you out and help your mood disorder this is it, but you have to stick with it. Give it a chance. I can't begin to explain what it does my irritability and moodswings I have researched and its dosage if used for different purposes...here it is in a nutshell 25mg-150mg sleep aid 200mg-600mg mood stabilizer 650mg-1250mg bat shit crazy | M | 27 | 8 months 300 1X day | 4/28/2013 | 3 | Bipolar disorder/insomnia | Dry mouth, extreme tiredness | I slept around 14 hours a day and could not shake that groggy, tired feeling | F | 36 | 1 years 200 MG 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 1 | i was taking it for extreme anxiety | I EXPERIENCED EXTREME OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS OF IMPENDING DOOM. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING I DID, SUCH AS HAVING A BRAIN ANURISM(SP?) FRKM NOT BREATHING DEEPLY ENOUGH. OR TOUCHING A FLOWER AND THE THINKING IF I TOUCHED MY FACE I WAS GOING TO HAVE SOME FATAL ALLERGIC REACTION TO IT. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE.MINUTE THOUGHTS I WAS HAVING. I'VE NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM BEFORE. AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. | F | 28 | 5 days 25 mg | 5/9/2013 | 1 | bi polar | mouth dryness, confusion, poor concentration,memory loss, extreme irritability, slurred speech and strangely loss of appetite | Had to quit this. It made me feel worse than when I was undiagnosed | M | 43 | 25 days 50mg 1X day | 5/13/2013 | 2 | sleep | No side-effects. Withdrawal causes problems. Switch to zyprexa 20mg and cold turkey it. Alternatively increase seroquel to 600mg and stop it but doses above 400mg make seroquel work like mild SNRI and are not long-term. | Never start antipsychotics voluntarily. Always use neurologists and sleeping pills. | M | 32 | 2 years 400 1X day | 5/16/2013 | 5 | Depression | First two weeks approximately: Severe drownsiness, impaired mental function (poorer memorisation of new information, worse ability to recall memories, less effective at problem solving), continuing extensive fantasies about self-mutilation and suicide. THESE SIDE EFFECTS TAPERED OFF OVER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, after which I experienced some lethergy in the mornings compared to normal (but much lighter than the first fortnight), apparently normal brain function re: memories and doing tasks, significant reduction in the frequency of suicidal fantasies, no fantasies of self-mutilation, and the feeling that when my mood tried to crash it could only fall to a certain point. | SUMMARY: In exchange for two difficult weeks and the need to be strict about my bedtime, I am now free from debilitating bouts of depression and largely free from my fantasies. Worth it, for me. I can feel upset, emotionally hurt, and angry, but never seemed able to fall into the full, black horror of depression, even though my brain is clearly trying to fire me down that path. No fantasies of self-mutilation, and suicidal thoughts decreased from ~4 fantasies a day to less than 1 a week. I would suggest informing your boss if you start on Seroquel while working. I started my prescription over a weekend, set my alarm for the early bus to work, and still crawled through my morning routine and arrived late. It is a good job that I take the bus to work, as I would not have driven! Throw in a likely increase in errors due to tiredness and the fuzzy-thinking as the brain adapts to the drug, and you have a potential reciped for a Friday 'performance management' meeting. After the first fortnight I experienced no problems at work that were caused by my Seroquel prescription - error rate and productivity normal. However, if I miss a couple of hours sleep for 2+ consecutive nights I find that I am over-tired and need to sleep for longer to 'catch up' compared to normal. I am not taking any other medication. | M | 30 | 7 months 150MG 1X day | 5/19/2013 | 2 | anxxiety | It worked great at first for helping me sleep and evening out my mood. However, it worked a little too well. It doesn't just dull the anxiety or bad mood, it takes away the happiness to. I wasn't unhappy, just more flat. Took away sex drive and am working with doctor to get off of it. Unless you are schizophrenic not worth the risk. Had insomnia when I had to discontinue for a period. Felt weird joint pain, slightly sweaty palms and forgot tons of stuff. Felt stupid as I tried to think of a word. | Don't take this drug. So many other options, not worth the risks and very hard to discontinue without tapering under medical supervision. | F | 48 | 3.5 years 12.5 1X day | 6/11/2013 | 2 | Manic like symptoms | Helped me sleep for one night, then it induced euphoria, wild hallucinations and complete insomnia. Started on 100mgs and was upped to 800mg over a few weeks, by the end I was in a state of perpetual withdrawal even when I took it, combined with lsd like hallucinations which I really enjoyed too much. The last night I took it I had eaten powdered laundry detergent and passed out on the floor, I don't remember doing that but the evidence was encrusted on my face and in my nose. | Withdrawal was a 6 week ordeal it was not fun, but nothing in comparison with SSRI withdrawal. 2 years earlier Paxil kicked off my psychotic symptoms about 30 minutes after the first pill and it has been permanent ever since, for something that was just suppose to take the edge off with no risk of side effects it has cost me everything. | M | 35 | 75 days 800mg 1X day | 6/11/2013 | 3 | Bi-Polar | Weight gain Vacant expression Lack of concentration-reaction Make mistakes at work Lack of Libido Overtired Lethargic Lazy | I wish I was me again before my episode 3.5 years ago and was hospitalised and put on Seroquel and Depokate also scared to come off in case I make more mistakes at work and get the sack! what would I do then! | F | 49 | 3.5 years 100mg 1X day | 6/19/2013 | 2 | thought disorders | restless legs sleep paralesis | F | 50 | 3 days 200mg | 6/23/2013 | 2 | insomnia | Initially sedation - then nothing. After 4-5 years of use - I'm dying. These medications are toxic on purpose and will kill you - you will have try to discontinue until its too late. | After 4-5 years of use I now has breathing problems that are probably related to dysautonomia and brain damage (brainstem). One has to discontinue these medications before 4 years or something or one will die to medication side-effects. These drugs are dead-ends that will kill you (on purpose) and doctors do not want to do nothing. Psychiatry is a killing system for those that are disliked. Instead of using piracetam, melatonin and other medications psychiatry use drugs that are toxic on purpose. | F | 32 | 5 years 400 1X day | 6/29/2013 | 4 | insomnia, psychotic episodes | took 3 months to get used to this drug. during those three months I would sleep between 10-14 hrs a day. now I sleep a solid 8 and wake up refreshed, no fog or hangover. Seroquel is my miracle drug. | M | 30 | 1 years 600mg | 7/7/2013 |