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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Initially as sleeping aid. | The seroquel barely gives me any side effects, except for constipation, but no excessive sedation in spite of 900 mg a day, in fact no sedation at all. | While reading about people's experiences regarding seroquel withdrawal i got scared shitless, because my p doc said its not addictive, which is true for not having to take more and more for the same effect, but which is untrue for how you feel after you stop taking it behind a more or less longer period. I also take methadone and the seroquel strengthens that medication this as a side note so you can count on strengthening of other meds who act on the central nerve system like for example benzodiazepines. What my 900 mg dose does to me is basically flatlining my emotions so that means i dont feel grief as bad as it would be without seroquel, but i also dont feel pleasures. I take my last 300 mg before sleep and since taking the seroquel i found that in the nights it would give me vivid dreams. I live in the NL so a script worth 700 euros a month comes for free. So far and best luck to all who like to discontinue seroquel,. because that seems to be hard and when my time comes i will stop the seroquel trough a slow taper. Before i forget one miserable side effect from seroquel i noticed is lack of sexdrive. | M | 45 | 1 years 300 3X day | 9/24/2011 | 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 | 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 | 4 | schizophrenia | it makes me sleep, it can make mornings "drawn out" in terms of grogginess, irritability and non-motivation. sex drive is stifled which i don't mind. appetite appears normal with my dosage. | Without this drug I would quickly drift back into a paranoic, thought riddled chaos that makes movement outside impossible. The main drawback I think is the dampened mental and creative sharpness that I'm not completely aware of, but it is regularly suggested to me by the pitying treatment I recieve from normal people. Thankfully I'm too numb to care THAT much about it. | M | 40 | 4 years 100mg 1X day | 1/9/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | bipolar - episode of mania | Drowsiness, difficulty focusing, no motivation, can't stop eating | It does seem to work it brought me back to earth. That having been said I'm going to stop taking it the side effects are too much especially the lack of motivation and drowsiness. It's a real effort to accomplish anything significant which is a bit of a problem. | M | 32 | 45 days 100 1X day | 6/17/2010 | 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 | 4 | bi-polar,OCD,anxiety,depression | When I haven't had enough sleep I feel grogy for the first part of the day. Dry mouth.Recently(in the last year) I have gained 18lbs. I find that I am hungry ALOT, and I never ate alot.I have a few muscles spasms,mainly in my hands.Constipation. The first 6 to 7 months I was unable to achieve an orgasm. OMG! But it corrected itself, or I wouldn't be on it. | Though there are side effects, seroquel has helped me like no other pill has before. I went through so many pills trying to find one to "fix" me. Seroquel has done that. It controls my racing thoughts at night so I can sleep, and controls my mood swings. Though there are major withdraw symptoms if my perscription is late, it dosen't take but two days and things are normal. I keep a regular check on my sugar because diabetes are in my family. But have had no problems yet. The only problem Is the weight gain. If it levels out and dosen't get to drastic, then I don't care. I would recomend seroquel to anyone needing help with depression,bi-polar,anxiety,OCD. It effects everyone differently, and I think it's worth a try. I can honestly say, if I had not found my doctor and been perscribed Seroquel, Then I wouldn't be here today. Hope this helps. | M | 25 | 3 years 450mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 3 | Some of the side effects that have occured for me while taking this drug caused me to lose mu focus most of the time. I was on it for treating Bi-polor 1 and then was placed in the XR form of the drug. It seemed that my memory was suffering the most, throughout my treatment over the years. I found myself to lack the ablilty to focus on my studies as a Quantum Physics Major in school. I would have to get up early in the morning for school but found myself hungover from the side effects of taking the drug rather early. I have been on the drug as high as 600MG but found myself hearing voices and seeing things that were not there so I had to taken off the high amount and placed on several other drugs including depression meds and other stablizers. It does cause stomach pains sometimes when I take it at night so I have to watch what I eat. It was also a rumor according to the main website that the drug could cause eye issues and other means of physical side effects such as kidney or blood i | M | 23 | 4 years 200MG 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 3 | Bipolar NOS | I was first prescribed 100 mg seroquel to lift the depressive part of the bipolar. It had the opposite effect, my depression became far worse, I was drousy all the time and in a fog. Later when the dose was changed to 300 mg XR I noticed the mood lifted. However this was shortlived and the depression returned within 2 months. Now since I'm taking so many drugs I don't know which one is doing what, except I think the seroquel is perhaps responsible for treating the insomnia. I'm on 400 mg of Lamictal, 20 mg of abilify, 30 mg Buspar, and 300 mg of Seroquel XR. You can read my blog where I update my experience with drugs and manic depression.. | M | 35 | 15 months 300 mg XR 1X day | 7/29/2010 | 3 | hypomania, OCD. | extreme fatigue, sexual arousal increased, huge weight gain. | i used this med only to sleep or to fight the activating action of some antidepressant drugs (e.g. Wellbutrin XL). Very important lethargy and massive weight gain were too annoying side effects to continue to take it. | M | 24 | 1 months 25 mg. 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 3 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Drowsiness, midnight sweet cravings | M | 46 | 4 years 100 1X day | 7/22/2010 | 3 | Bipolar, OCD | Loss of Libido, Munchies, Weight Gain, Agitation, Anxiety, Depression, Learning Disorder. | I was put on this when I was 14, I constantly had to rearrange my class schedules in high school because this medication made me feel sedated the entire day, I was eventually put in home school because I had absolutely no credits by the end of my first year. Seroquel for me did have a huge therapeutic tendency when I took it at the right time but the day after was a completely different story. I would constantly be agitated and fatigued and had a lot of difficulties functioning in the real world. But once I got used to juggling my social life with the side effects things somehow worked out especially when I was taking an anti-convulsant with the seroquel. About a year ago I was taken off of this drug because I had gone from 120 pounds to 160 and was severely anxious and depressed, I then got a balance disorder shortly afterwards and was put back on it and eventually taken off of it again when I noticed that It was making me really moody and depressed. | M | 21 | 7 years 25 MG 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 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 | 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 | 3 | bipolar 2 (for anxiety side), sleep | grogginess waking up, some short-term memory loss ( I think) | After years of not being able to sleep due to anxiety, my doctor started me on a very low dose of seroquel - 25mg. She increased my dose slowly and tried to get to 200mg, but it made me like a zombie. I came back down to 50 mg and have been there since. (I'm very sensitive to medications.) 75% of the time, I'm asleep within 10 minutes of taking it, and I sleep through the night. But if I don't get a full 8 hours of sleep, I can be very groggy the next day and that fuels my anxiety. It's very important to be able to get a full night's sleep when on this medication. I'm taking this in combination with Lamictal 200mg. | M | 40 | 4 years 50 1X day | 12/11/2010 | 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 |