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 |
| 4 | Bipolar I | I was prescribed 14 months ago Seroquel for suspected Bipolar I. I had always been pretty nuts before, paranoid, repetative thoughts, anxiety, suicidal one minute -- king of the world the next etc. I gained a significant amount of weight on this drug, but I had always been very thin before and like having the extra weight. I think it suits me. Though eventually had to throw away all of my clothes and buy bigger ones! The drug makes me feel very sleepy and after about an hour after taking it, I have to crawl (sometimes literaly) into bed. Other side effects are stuffy nose, having to remember to breathe which is very alarming and perhaps the worst thing are the palpatations, heart kicking around all over the place (I have been to casualty three times as I thought I was havig a heart attack). My last thought before I usually fall asleep is; will I wake up in the morning? | M | 36 | 14 months | 4/27/2007 | 4 | Bi-Polar | Sore Lymph nodes, irritation, severe drowsiness, Extreme Dry Mouth, Headaches. | I like Seroquel, I have extreme episodes and thee help me to rationalize my thoughts. Most the time I sleep for about 10 hours and wake up out of the madness. It is a very strong drug, but a controlled dosage will fix this. | M | 27 | 5 days | 4/25/2007 | 4 | insomnia | I started hearing every little sound like it was echoed and ten times louder. | I had high expectations towards this medicine as everyone here said it's great. I took my first 50 mg last night and it took about 2 hours before I got tired. I went to bed and instantly fell in sleep. Woke up only once during the night (to the bathroom) and fell back to sleep. It's not what people say it is, I don't get instantly tired nor so tired I couldn't stay awake. It just helps me to fall in sleep. That's what it's supposed to do. Will keep on taking this med! | M | 22 | 1 days | 3/2/2007 | 4 | Bi-Polar | MUNCHIES OMG the munchies are horrible and a very welcomed sleep | M | 22 | 3 weeks | 3/16/2007 | 4 | Sleep | I have not noticed any side effects. I am able to sleep much better now. I was able to get back into an exercise program and regulate my diet better. | I have read all the comments here and I am bit concerned about not being able to get off of it later, weight gain caused by sweet craving and increased apetite, hair loss and liver problems. | M | 32 | 3 days | 2/19/2005 | 4 | chronic insomnia, manic depression | was the only medication that helped me sleep, gained about 25 lbs which is very good in my case... I'm about 155lbs now.Chronic ringing and hissing in the ears, blurry vision. | I believe i was the first one to overdose on Seroquel in summer 2002, i took 9000 mg one night, 3 hours later i went into a deep sleep and 15 hours later i woke up in the hospital ICU and here i am, i survived it and glad i did because no matter what every day above ground is a good day. | M | 3 years | 1/11/2005 | 4 | Chronic depression/anxiety | increased appetite, occasional drowsiness/tired, improvement in sleeping, over-full sensation, continuously snacking. | In 2003, I had major surgery for a pancreatic tumour (Whipple procedure), so I am not 100% sure about the side-effects as I have difficulty in digestion. What I did notice is an increase in hunger and an extremely full feeling after eating, and extreme hunger pains avery 2-3 hours. I sleep all-night now, but, have some pretty wild dreams and occasional dizziness. | M | 39 | 2 weeks | 1/4/2005 | 4 | anxiety | Dry mouth, drowseness. | Helped in slowing me down. I think it worked well | M | 38 | 1 months | 2/1/2003 | 4 | drug induced psychosis | initially fatigued | fatigue wore off quickly and anxiety dropped | M | 27 | 5 weeks | 6/9/2003 | 4 | insomnia from panic disorder | Daytime lazyness, hunger before it put me to sleep. | Ok, Im not a doctor, so IM not prescribing YOU on how much to take, but I have never needed more then 12.5 millagrams of this to be put to sleep. This is when I had absolutely no chance of falling asleep on my own, and was in withdrawals from something else on TOP of that. I HIGHLT doubt any of you need these high doses. When this is prescribed just for sleep, I am doubtfull high doses are needed. If you are on this for something besides sleep, then I dont know what you should be on. But, like I said, if you are being given this just for sleep I HIGHLY doubt you should be on 50 milligrams like some guy above said. Once again, I have never needed more then 12.5 which is half of a 25 milligram tablet, to be put to sleep for 7-10 hours. If you are taking a high amount it could be screweing up your sleep, and making you feel weird, and tired the next day. This is a med I believe you should not overdo for sleep. I would just try to take as much as it takes, try some doses, and see what | M | 3 months | 4/23/2007 | 4 | Augment excitability from Lexapro | Very minimal at 75mg per day. | Great augment with an ssri. Works best as an augment. Good med. | M | 32 | 1 years | 6/28/2004 | 4 | Bipolar | Sleepiness | Great drug, I will start tapering off of it after being on it for a year. Take 200mg at bedtime, now taking 100mg for a month or two and going from there! | M | 25 | 1 years | 7/7/2004 | 4 | Depression | My doctor had me on 200mg, and now has me on 300mg. It makes me feel very tired most of the time, but I take it at bed time, so it does help me get to sleep at night. But even then, I still feel slow during the day, it takes a while for me to get moving. During one hospitalization, the doctor assigned to me had me on seroquel in the hospital, but didn't continue it after leaving. I felt like my ears were buzzing all the time when going through withdrawl, but after a few days it went away. I was off six months then another doctor decided to try it again. | Even 200 isn't so bad, I just wish my doctor would try getting me back down to 200 or below. 200 and below I don't feel quite so tired. | M | 29 | 9 months | 9/30/2004 | 4 | schizo affective depressive disorde | weight gain (nearly 40lbs), increased appetite, hung-over effect at first, sleepiness, vivid dreams, jerking body, swelling and numbness in my hands and feet, now I am experiencing mental confusion, lack of clarity, difficult concentrating, loss of memory | I liked it at first b/c it solved my emotional rollacoaster and I would suggest it for extreme cases but mine is mild and I want to get off of it because of the mental confusion and weight gain but will have a hard time because you have to gradually go off of it. | M | 24 | 2 years | 8/18/2004 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | Chronic ringing in my ears. Short term memory loss. Periodic muscle twiching in my arms and legs, following nite time dosing. Taking 400mg at 7:00 PM daily. | Seroquel is very effective as a antidepressant. Very good sleep inducer. Without the drug, I am unable sleep more than 3-4 hrs. per nite. In combination with Trileptal, moods are balanced. Compared to other drugs used for similar treatments, there are very few side effects. | M | 50 | 2.5 years | 12/15/2004 | 4 | for antipsychotic preventive effect | sleep | Main positive effect as sleep medication. Found time release very slow for this. Found low dose of tablet chewed very effective sleep aid. Low dose of 50 mg or higher. Wonder if general or family practice physician can prescibe this for sleep or other reasons? | M | 1 years | 10/10/2008 | 4 | Depression, anxiety | Its only been a week but RLS and memory loss are apparent. | Im on 100mg as of right now. I like it minus the RLS which counteracts the sedative properties that seroquel is supposed to give me. Perhaps it will go away in due time. | M | 7 days | 10/3/2008 | 4 | schizophenia | dry mouth, nice tiredness | I take 600+ | M | 36 | 1 years | 7/13/2006 | 4 | Tourette's Syndrome | Extreme sedation during first week, mild speech impairment | Switched from Risperdal 1mg x 3 daily, titrated to Seroquel 300mg at bedtime, 100mg shortly after waking, then another 100mg in the afternoon. Took two weeks to reduce Tourette's Symptoms. Though Risperdal virtually eliminated all signs, Seroquel isn't quite as effective, though I'm not taking quite the equivalent-- WAY better! Less "Gray Fog" syndrome in my brain, complete return of sexual function (which was really impaired by Risperdal and it's prolactin elevation) | M | 26 | 3 weeks | 6/12/2006 | 4 | BiPolor Disorder, Insomina, Anxiety | WEIGHT GAIN it seems is one of the biggest problems with this drug. I have also gained about 30 pounds after taking the drug for about 6 months now. I sometimes have trouble remembering certain things (Short Term Memory Loss only) but thats about it, for now anyway:) | Even with the side effects I think this medication works for me, I take 50mg during the day 25mg in the morning and 25 in the afternoon then I take 100mg at night so I can sleep like a normal person does. | M | 6 days | 11/18/2006 |