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 |
| 3 | Schizophrenia | Hair loss (very concerning) moderate weight gain, though less than when using other antipsychotics like Zyprexa. Dry mouth is horrible, at night/morning especially. Muscle spasms at night, which used to be intense and almost intolerable. Taking magnesium supplements helped contain those. Motor skills coordination problems, some days worse than others. Intense hungover feeling every day, takes several hours for this effect to leave each day, which means I sleep for 10 hours +, and am hungover for 4 or 5. Most of each day wasted. Very hard to get up for work, etc. | Contains positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia quite well, but I am getting so distressed by the side effects, I am looking for an alternative to this medication. | M | 26 | 4 years | 11/26/2005 | 3 | Bipolar | took 200 morning 200 night. Couldn't stay awake during the day. even 25 knocks me out. Don't complain at night... Love to be able to sleep. Otherwise other conditions anxiety keeps me awake. Stuffy nose after taking it??? anyone else??? Feel sky high for about 30 min then out like a light. Good for people that don't want to live much.. I refuse to take it in the morning time.. Would just be a vampire the rest of my life... | M | 28 | 4 years | 1/4/2007 | 3 | rest symptoms after psychosis | I take 100mg morning, 100mg night which is considered a very low dose here.(they only prescirbes it for psychosis and bipolar) Very rapid heart rate after each dose, must lay down. Dizziness, very weak and strange feeling in my arms and legs when i wake up. Weight gain! 52->65kg in one month. High blood sugar. jerks in arms and legs. very hard to explain depressive feelings in body. | This med has helped a bit with my very svere anixety and my over-sensitve senses. It also helped me come off years use of benzo(the worst drugs that exist!) and sleep pills (not without a very hard fight though). I thought they were ok for me, but now they have caused high blood sugar and the rapid heart problems seems to get worse every month. I have started to taper and prays it will turn out okey. I feel i cannot trust drug companies anymore. In my country they write that most of the side effects applys to 0.1%-10% when they apparently are lot mor common!! | M | 27 | 9 months | 9/24/2006 | 3 | bipolar disease | EXTRME drowsiness, muscle twitches at night (it seems that as soon as my mind wants to go to sleep, my legs and hands don't,), HORRIBLE nightmares | It helped with the auditory hallucinations (hearing voices), but if you are to take this drug take it when you don't need to be awake as is causes severe drowsiness. The muscle twitches were tolerable once my body finally decided to go to bed, but the nighmares were horrific. I at first thought it was "just me" until i saw that other people had vivd dreams and nightmares on this med too. I am also diabeteic (prior to taking drug) and I am interested to see how this affects it. I am currently taking 200mg at night. So although the meds technically worked, the side effects (esp the vivd nightmares and twitches) are plaguing. | M | 29 | 5 days | 10/20/2005 | 3 | Insomnia, possible bipolar | Muscular contractions, sleepiness (obviously), originally prescribed 200 mg but could not function the next day at work. Reduced my dosage to 25 mg. Still experience sleepiness throughout the day. Feel somewhat disconnected. Everything takes on a surreal feeling the following morning until about Noon. | I started taking this with Effexor XR. I noticed extreme sweating, which I believed is associated with the Effexor. I notice that I don't necessarily have muscle twitching per se, but my muscles tend to constantly be flexed. I workout 4 days a week and have a pretty strong nutrition plan in place, so I'm hoping I can avoid the possibly of diabetes. I have noticed that while working out, the constant tension in my muscles actually seems to be a workout aid. I feel a bigger | M | 25 | 7 days | 8/23/2005 | 3 | Schizoaffective disorder | terrible sleepiness, couldnt get up in the morning. always thirsty, and hungry. Zombie like states. Always off balance. TERRIBLE time waking up. Missed tons of school because of this | didnt gain weight because i caught myself eating a lot and held myself back. I would have gained quite a bit tho. | M | 17 | 1 years | 6/2/2006 | 3 | Cyclothymia (Bi-Polar II) | Taking seroquel in hopes of solving mid-level cyclothymia. | At this point I can't say if Seroquel is helping or not. I haven't had anymore drastic cycling however, I have stopped taking the SSRI I was on that was probably making the cylcing worse. I started with 50mg and I'm up to about 175mg a night. I don't really sleep too well on this drug, I wake up several times a night. A little grogginess in the morning, but it wears off. This drug has a very short half life, so I don't understand the chronic day time drowsiness people commonly complain about. I'll give the drug another week, if things don't better I'll dump it and attempt to let my brain work this out on it's own. This drug is not nearly as evil as people make it out to be | M | 33 | 8 days | 4/4/2007 | 3 | BI POLAR | WEIGHT GAIN INCREASED HUNGER EATING EVERYTHING INCREASED AGITATION | ITS A GOOD DRUG IF U WANT SLEEP BESIDES THAT NO GOOD | M | 26 | 2 months | 1/13/2007 | 3 | was told to | facial blemishes | has a calming effect | M | 56 | 180 days | 1/25/2007 | 3 | schizophrenia, major depression | Weight gain. muscle spasms in my legs. sleeping all day long. | I think this helps me over all. I just have to make sure I get enough sleep on the weekends. I also took an over the counter med for muscle spasms and it helped. I have yet to find a solution for the weight gain. | M | 34 | 1 years | 3/15/2007 | 3 | Bipolar/Manic-Depressive(Mixed Stat | OK on the goodside i feel calm and relaxed (a feeling I am not used to) but on the bad side I have gained 70lbs. It does not help my sleeplessness (I still get up 3-5 times a night) and I sleep eat. I have uncontrollable movements of my legs/arms and sometimes very alarming time swallowing(scary, i mean scary) | My Dosage is 600mg at bedtime. I also take 900mg of lithium, 40mg of Inderal, 100mg of ultram, 400mg Ibuprophen, and 81mg of Aspirin all at bedtime (I still take some of these others + Nexium in the morning) | M | 8 months | 3/21/2007 | 3 | OCD | Seroquel does work. Its important to let you know that it brought my OCD to a total halt along with Luvox but it killed my sex drive. My wife is hot and for a month that I was on it I didn't have any thoughts or desire to have sex. After seeing my shrink today I am going off it for that reason. | M | 31 | 30 days | 3/22/2007 | 3 | schizophrenia, major depression | weight gain, muscle spasms, sleeping all day and night | over all I think this drug helps me | M | 34 | 1 years | 3/15/2007 | 3 | Insomnia | I started with 25 mg with 5 mg time release Melatonin before bed and it worked well, with only a little weight gain. I stopped the Melatonin and kicked up the Seroquel to 50 mg. That's when the weight gain really became an issue. I have gained 30 lbs and several pant sizes since this change about a year ago. I do not eat after taking this med, and it works well for a good sleep. I usually eat very healthy, low fat foods. I recently turned the 5 mg time release Melatonin back on with the 50 mg Seroquel. Good sleep, but groggy in the morning for about 15 minutes. I intend to cut the Seroquel back to 25 mg and see how that works. I would like to lose the weight and still get a good night's sleep. | This has been a good med for me regarding insomnia. The side effects that are problematic are weight gain and grogginess upon waking. | M | 56 | 4 years | 10/26/2008 | 3 | to get off clonazepam | ringing in ears, pain and stiffness in joints and muscles, upset stomach,dry mouth and less emotional feeling. cannot do my daily exercises ( physical weakness) | The positive aspects of this drug overwhelm the side effects. I am more relaxed and have less anxiety. concentration levels for writing and composing music have improved greatly. Thoughts of violence towards myself and others are minimal if not at all. If side effects go away I will most likely use this in place of clonazepam which was working against my other meds (lithium, Epival) | M | 53 | 7 days | 11/5/2004 | 3 | to get off clonazepam | ringing in ears, pain and stiffness in joints and muscles, upset stomach,dry mouth and less emotional feeling. cannot do my daily exercises ( physical weakness) | The positive aspects of this drug overwhelm the side effects. I am more relaxed and have less anxiety. concentration levels for writing and composing music have improved greatly. Thoughts of violence towards myself and others are minimal if not at all. If side effects go away I will most likely use this in place of clonazepam which was working against my other meds (lithium, Epival) | M | 53 | 7 days | 11/5/2004 | 3 | schizophrenia | Wait gain was the largest side effect. I'm short guy and I've always hovered around 130-140 lbs. But since I've been on seroquel (about 12 mos) I've gained nearly 10-15 lbs. I've gained four pants sizes. I hate it. Secondly, it makes me way too sleepy... after an hour after I take the medication I'm usually unable to move about without tripping and falling. On the flipside, without it I can't sleep, and if I do sleep, it's like a 2 hour nap. Not fun. | If you decide to discontinue use, gradually do it and see your doctor first. I've noticed if I go even a day without taking it, I won't be able to relax, often catching myself pacing back and forth, or having grand delusions. | M | 24 | 12 months | 2/14/2004 | 3 | Bipolar I. dissorder | The main side effects I have experianced are dizzines and drowsiness | M | 24 | 4 months | 1/30/2004 | 3 | major depression,psychosis | dry mouth,some memory loss,dizzy,unusal moods,emotional numbess,exhaustion,ringing in ears | have been on 400mgs a day for a month.dont know yet if the benifits(less anxious,less easily upset,moodswings lessen)is worth the side effects. | M | 48 | 4 weeks | 11/28/2003 | 3 | Bipolar & Insomnia | restless legs & weight gain | This medications works like a charm. I sleep great and it stabilizes my mood well. However, the weight gain is terrible and it won't come off no matter how much I watch what I eat & exercise. Also, it gives me wicked restless legs shortly after taking it. Its like a surge of adrenalin rushing through my legs until I konk out. Its also tough to wake up. Im going to ask my doctor to take me off of it. Too bad since it works so well. | M | 26 | 6 months | 1/5/2005 |