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 |
| 1 | Anxiety | Very lethargic, cannot function at all, indigestion, uncontrolable movements, if I would close my eyes, I would start 'soaring', blurred vision, fast heartbeat, stomach upsets | On the second day of taking it, I had an indigestion in the morning and stomach upsets. I was very lethargic and I would not recommend to begin a treatment with seroquel if you have work the next day. | M | 22 | 4 days | 2/1/2008 | 1 | Insomnia / Bi-Polar Dosorder | Diabetes TypeII, High Cholesterol levels, High Triglycerides, Fatty Liver, Constipation, Cartilage Inflamation, Bone Pain, Sweeling of the Abdominal Area, Weight Gain, Increased Apetite, Tiredness, Bone Pain. | I first started on Seroquel for my Bi-Polar Disorder and Insomnia. I was on 400mg/night and 200mg/day but it made me feel so tired that I only took the 400mg at night. Works great for mood swings and for Insomnia but is not worth it. If you take it yoy may damage your health. At he begining it was like in paradise, I could sleep well and feel good. With time I used to get up with terrible musle spasms and bone pain mostly in the ribs, my abdomin started to grow, gained 40 pounds in 6 months and body aches started to show up. I also developed the so called "Metabolic Syndrome". Now I have irreversible health damage on internal organs based on recent tests and studies. I would never recommend this drug EVER! | M | 39 | 6 days | 3/27/2008 | 1 | Bi Polar with pyschotic episodes | Weight gain, Emotional, feel high | this post is for my son he is 14 years old and recently put on 700 mg of seroquel no gradual climb just here you go take this - his personality and character is numbed as soon as he takes the pills and waking him in the mornings are very hard it has only been a few weeks and he still hears voices that he said seem to be very mad at him I hope this will get better with time | M | 14 | 3 weeks | 4/19/2008 | 1 | as an adjunct for major depression | Since I was also taking other meds it is difficult to determine the effects from seroquel alone. I think this drug is over prescribed in treating depression and insomnia. | When I first starting taking seroquel it was at 50mg, it was sedating and while it may have helped with depression it made me feel mentally fuzzy. The drug was titrated up to 150mg from 50 to 100, 125 then 150. At 150mg it seemed to cause some insomnia but it is difficult to know for sure. I have been titrating down 25 mg every 4-5 days and have not experienced any withdrawal symptoms. I have only been taking the drug for about 1.5 months. I don't like this drug because of the potential side effects shakiness (which I do experience), diabetes, tardive dyskinesia, and others.I also experienced a few nights where I would awaken with cold sweats. If you are stopping the drug and have been taking it for a long time make sure you discuss a tapering plan with your doctor. Even if you have been taking it for a short time you should discuss your withdrawal plan with your doc. My doc knew of my dislike of this drug and gave me several options but it was his opinion that this drug would get | M | 50 | 1.5 months | 1/16/2009 | 1 | schizophrenia | morbid thouts thoughts of family dying or me dying dry mouth | i need to stop taking it with depekote or i might kill myself | M | 21 | 2 weeks | 3/23/2009 | 1 | anxiety | WEIGHT GAIN!!! 130 to 175 in less than 3 months!!!!! | HORRIBLE WEIGHT GAIN!!!!!!!!! | M | 35 | | 7/14/2008 | 1 | initially, a psychotic episode | Combined with an antidepressant, Seroquel caused me symptoms similar to those of bipolar II. Also, weight gain (40 Kg in 2.5 years), profound sweating, constipation (had an operation for that), thyroid problems, elevated blood sugar and the beginnings of diabetes. | I was on a combination of antypsychotic/antidepressant for more than 3 years. Specifically, on Seroquel/Seroxat for 2.5 years. I had other side effects in addition to those described above, and withdrawal problems, but those were most likely due to Seroxat. I quit all medication 2 years ago. Since then, my health - mental and physical - has improved substantially, though I'm still not as well as I used to be. | M | 30 | 2.5 years | 5/6/2008 | 1 | insomnia | severe drug hangover the entire next day; took an additional day to wear off completely. | Pysch prescribed 12.5 mg about 1 hr before bed for insomnia. It did not put me to sleep until hours later. Was severely hung over and groggy all next day. This drug was NOT FDA approved for insomnia. A Legal website I visited stated that Astra-Zeneca could face legal problems if were found to be marketing this drug for insomnia, a non-FDA approved use. I would not recommend experimenting with it for this purpose. At my next visit to my shrink, I will tell him how I feel about being used as another guinea pig. | M | 62 | 1 times | 5/6/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | extreme paranoia after reading the potential sides effects. other than extreme sedation, no physical side effects. | This drug is great if you ever decide to take up drooling on yourself as a hobby | M | 28 | 2 weeks | 5/27/2008 | 1 | PTSD War Veteran | Weight Gain, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Type11 Diabetes, Glaucoma | I'm putting this here as a warning. I've gained over 100lbs and now have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and trouble seeing. My life as I knew it is over and now I'm on a road to death. My married life is no life, the happeness I once knew is over. I'm setting here crying thinking about the life I once had, Its a life no one understands. Please find another way and don't let this drug seroquel take your life and happeness, the world around you is a dream. I'm not the man I use to be, I've been on this drug for 5 years at 600 Mg. now and it controls my life, I tried getting off of the drug and the withdraw is painfull. This drug seroquel is in control and is fighting me very hard and won't let me get off. | M | 5 years | 7/16/2008 | 1 | anxiety and stress | suicidal, weight gain, nightmares, felt like a pin cushion, and a general memory loss. Hard time focusing on anything and including who i was. also lack of energy. No sex drive.Why?????? | Doctor told me she prescribed it as a substitute for xanax. If the govt won't cover it for veterans how was passed by FDA. | M | 56 | 9 days | 6/2/2009 | 1 | no good reason | It has no known mechanism of action, except that it is a 'dirty drug', binding to over a dozen different receptor subtypes in the brain. I experienced 'rhabdomyolysis', a common (look in the clinical literature) and horrifying side effect (skeletal muscle paralysis). The clinical trials show no significant effect on mania or depression. I would avoid this drug at all costs. | M | 54 | 180 days | 6/1/2009 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression, Bi-Polar | Get off this medicine!!! I took it for 10 days and it made me feel completely lethargic, lightheaded, dizzy, short-term memory loss, and completely tired. I felt like a complete zombie. I could not concentrate, could not walk straight, I could not even function as a normal human being. I had constant pain in my arms and fingers. Violent mood swings where I was happy one second and crying the next. I have absolutely no sex drive. Tunnel vision. And although it might not be related, I got a urinary tract infection right after starting the med, even though very few men get UTI's. This is the worst drug I have ever taken in my life and I do not know how it was ever approved by the FDA. | M | 22 | 10 days | 5/6/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Suicidal depression, increased appetite, lethargy, dry, red eyes | M | 24 | | 6/15/2009 | 1 | Massive weight gain, heart palpitations, chest pain, out of it feeling nonstop, killed sex drive. | M | | 6/21/2009 | 1 | Schizo Affective | After being off of ANY medication for a solid 4 years I decided there must be a medication that works and doesn't kill me with side effects. My Psychiatrist insisted I try Seroquel. I started with 100mg and I slept amazingly! Then he bumped me up to 200mg and I am a complete ZOMBIE! I just woke up from sleeping a solid 14 hours had 2 energy drinks and I am tired a mere 4 hours later! I have had a solid headache for the past 3 days and I have NO appetite at all. I practically have to force myself to eat and only being on it for a month and a half I have LOST 10 pounds. I don't see my psychiatrist for 2 months but I am going to ween myself off this stuff. I can't deal with sleeping for 14 hours and STILL being tired, the constant headaches, no appetite, no sexual appetite, I am nothing basically. The dreams I have on this stuff are horrible. It's like I am back to all the places I've been in my past and there's no way to wake up. My partner has repeatedly tried to wake me up, and he says | Avoid it at all costs. If your psychiatrist tells you to try it look up all the side effects and know what you are getting yourself in to! If you smoke be prepared to smoke 2-3 packs while you are awake... It has made me crave nicotine like nothing else. | M | 21 | 1.5 months | 6/27/2009 | 1 | Bipolar, depression, anger issues | depression, anxiety, stupor, violent thoughts, EXTREME UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE, suicidal/homicidal thoughts, schizophrenia, paranoia, psychosis, EXTREME PHYSICAL AGGRESSION | The incompetent, uncaring, miserable fool, Dr. Bassam Awwa, MD, of New London, CT prescribed me on these pills a few weeks before I turned 16. When I was on these pills, I was EXTREMELY violent, for absolutely no reason at all. One time, I had a bad day at school, and I kicked down the front door out of rage. When my father got mad at me for it, I shoved him. Little did I know that was only the beginning of it for me. My mother and I got into an argument that lasted several days, and then I eventually snapped in a rage and assaulted her. I know I was a horribly violent, pathetic, psychopathic individual. I also know that the pills did this to me. But then, a couple of weeks later, something happened that REALLY made me see how horrible these drugs are. I got into a fight with Dad about something stupid, and before I knew it, I pushed him down the stairs, and I fell with him, and then I stomped on him, and then somewhere along the line, I realized that these pills were doing this to me. I realized that I needed to get off these horrible drugs before I REALLY ended up killing somebody and/or going to prison for the rest of my life. All of this happened over the span of a little over two months, from March 2004 to May 2004. Today, I look back and can't believe I ever trusted any of my former psychiatrists. I never thought that I would be capable of such horrible things, and I probably wouldn't be, if not for horrible drugs like Seroquel and various other drugs I have endured thr | M | 21 | 2.5 months | 7/16/2009 | 1 | bi-polar/depression | At 100mg Restless legs and some body twitches. Can not sleep, It will make me drowsy but just as i fall asleep I will suddenly wake up wide awake. The insomnia is making me suicidal. Also I have developed cataracts at age42 and think it is causing sun sensitivity and poor body temperature control in the heat. In addition after reading some of these post my joint and neck pain might be from this drug | Initially it was great and really did help with my depression but after 6months these side effects are killing me. | M | 41 | 6 months | 4/24/2009 | 1 | Anxiety | Bi-Polar type one symptoms; insomnia. | M | 27 | 2 months | 4/21/2009 | 1 | CRONIC INSOMNIA | DR.STARTED ME @ 800MG NIGHTLY, OH! I SLEPT BUT COULD NOT WAKE UP FROM FOGGINESS, SLURED SPEECH, WAY BAD COTTON MOUTH, NITEMARES 80lb.GAIN IN 7-8mo. INVOLENTARY TONGE & LEG MOVEMENT, SOILED BED & A HEART ATTACK IN MY SLEEP, COULD'NT WALK 200ft. WITHOUT PROFUSE SWEATING, & PAIN. FOREVER AFTER THIS 'LOVE CANAL' OF DRUGS.... | MY LIFE AS I KNEW WAS OVER, IN 02'-03', SEROQUEL DID ME IN, NOW THE LAWSUITS ON TV, NOT BACK THEN. KNEES WENT, BACK PAIN BECAME CRONIC, DISK DEGENERATION FROM WEIGHT GAIN, WEENED OFF AFTER ONE YEAR OF LIFE CHANGING HELL, MEMMORY LOSS, ASTRA-VENZA? KNEW FROM 1999 IT WAS RISKY & DEADLY BUT @ 32 BILLION DOLLARS IN SALES ON JUST THEIR SEROQUEL DRUG ALONE FIRST 2-3 yrs., WHO CARES? RIGHT 'ASTRA-VENZA' YOU ARE A VERY VERY BAD & RICH COMPANY, WE ARE SORRY IT TOOK 80 MILLION? A BILLION? TO PRODUCE OR MORE? BUT AH! THE REWARDS, I KNOW GOD SAID WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL, OUR SEROQUEL DOSAGE WAS NOT! NOT BACK WHEN WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT 'ASTRA-VENZA' KNEW..... | M | 56 | 300 days | 4/21/2009 |