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 |
| 5 | Bipolar I | Current dose is 400 mg/day. The expected drowsiness and weight gain (in my case 15 pounds, which on a formerly 130-lb, 5'4" frame is a lot of weight). Weight is coming off gradually though. Mild increase in heart rate & drop in blood pressure within first hour after dosing. My psychiatrist reviewed any and all potential side effects with me though so I was prepared, which makes things much more manageable. Also, I spread my dose out into 4 100-mg doses throughout the day, so I don't experience extreme fatigue, dizziness or passing out which was a problem for me when taking 200 mg or more at a time. | Overall, great stuff. For me, works better than anything else I've tried (which includes Risperdal, Zyprexa - which brought on extreme heart palpitations - and Lexapro). One thing to remember is that everyone reacts differently to each drug. The only way to truly know if something will work for you is to try it, under the supervision of a good psychiatrist. | F | 35 | 6 months | 6/3/2007 | 5 | bipolar disorder | extremely sleepiness, slurred speech | Seroquel is great!! I have no side effects at all now and I am feeling completely normal again. I can actually go through a day and function without any horrible mood swings. I take the 300mg tablet every night. | F | 23 | 1 months | 9/10/2007 | 5 | Mixed Bi-polar | Dry mouth, dizziness, drowsiness, stuffy nose, achy muscles, and muscle contractions | I don't like how this drug makes me what to sleep all the time. However, it has helped control my bi-polar to where I can actually feel like a normal person. I would stay on this medication if it wasn't so expensive. That's why I'm going to change over to lithium soon. Everyone adjusts to medicine differently. It is a good and helpful drug. | F | 19 | 1 years | 7/8/2007 | 5 | anxiety | The only side effects are a little dry mouth, very little weight gain (only if I eat during the cravings this medication gives), but I've also lost some weight on it. There was a problem of sleepiness when I first started, but the deep coma feeling has dissipated as my dose increased. They say smaller doses make you feel way more sleepy than larger ones. Positive side effect: I feel NORMAL again! I can be in places with people I don't know and not feel terrified! | I LOVE this medicine. My doctor recommended not reading about other people's reaction to this medicine, as not all psycotropic medicines react to individuals in the same way. Though I am grateful to know some people do not care for this drug, I also know it works for me and that's the true test right? :) | F | 25 | 6 months | 8/7/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Weight gain (20 pounds) | This medicine works! I am no longer a slave to anxiety and panic. Peripheral benefits: seroquel cured my insomnia and, surprisingly, menstrual cramping, which I suffered from for years! | F | 38 | 2 years | 6/25/2007 | 5 | for preventing mania | day long sleepiness; only for about 2 weeks. | It has calmed my moods comfortably well; also I sleep well, without morning drowsiness; and I no longer use things like tylenol PM in order to sleep. | F | 44 | 5 months | 8/15/2002 | 5 | Insomnia | Had to stop taking it when hubby works. I don't wake up when the baby cries. I sleep right through everything. Fire Engines and police outside apartment building one night and I NEVER heard them. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 1/1/2005 | 5 | depression/psychosis | extreme sleepyness | am finding it very hard to get off this medication - i cannot sleep without it. | F | 25 | 1 years | 1/30/2002 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Tiredness, Dry mouth, Excessive Weight Gain. Been on the medicine for just under 5 years, have developed some light twitching.. being taken off of it due pancreas problems and diabetes like symptoms. Doctors think I may be bordering diabetes and the seroquel has taken a tole on me. | This medicine has helped me TREMENDOUSLY but now it's found that it may have been harming too. I have to switch meds now. Not sure what to think.. was a child when I was put on it, I was told 5 yrs ago long term effects on children weren't known, so I took that risk williningly... | F | 18 | 5 years | 1/3/2005 | 5 | F | 26 | 6 weeks | 1/20/2005 | 5 | psychosis | While in hospital I was on 400 mg for 5 weeks. At home, very sleepy if I were on 200 mg. I have been on 100mg for 14 months and it is just fine. | F | 58 | 14 months | 2/24/2005 | 5 | sleeping problems / schizoaffective | hard to wake in the morning, some weight loss | Extremely pleased with this drug. Eased the paranoia and actually helped with the manic side effects of the Celexa that I was taking-- I stopped hallucinating at all, and was actually sleeping really well. | F | 16 | 1 years | 3/23/2005 | 5 | psychosis | extreme sleepiness, mild headaches | F | 16 | 8 months | 1/31/2005 | 5 | PTSD - Dissociative Nightmares | Good ones only...I only take 50mg at night and haven't had a severe flashback nightmare in over 6 months except for once when I didn't take it. I sleep very well but often do not wake up early like I should. | F | 42 | 2 years | 3/28/2005 | 5 | bipolar II, anxiety | Seroquel does make me sleepy- I take 200 mg at night and 50 mg twice during the day. Sleepiness is not bothersome in the day time and is great at night. I do have some memory and concentration problems, but these could be related to 25 years with depression and bipolar disorder, or to the other meds I take (Wellbutrin 400mg, depakene 400 mg) | I began with a small dose of seroquel (50 mg) during a hospitalization 15 months ago, dose was increased to 125 mg about a year ago. Six months ago (another hospitaliztion!) seeroquel increased to 50 mg am 5o mg pm and 200 mg at bedtime. This dose let me quit Klonpin COMPLETELY and has really been holding my mood swings. I had had bad reactions to Topamax and Lamictal (increased/debilitating depression)-Seroquel has literally been a lifesaver. | F | 52 | 15 months | 5/3/2005 | 5 | schyzofrenia paranoides | I have any side effects, I am feeling very well, my mood is fine, I can work as an assistant, I can go to the fittness, I can cook, I have a boyfriend and goog sexual live, I can watch TV, read books. I am not sleeply, I donīt have weight problems. I am verry happy. | I take 900mg by day. I am feeling very well. Before that I take Zypprexa, Risperdal, Solian, Sulpiryd, Fluanxol, Haluperidol. But I had side effects and many other problems. I canīt work, cook, excercise, I donīt have ani friends. I was in very bad situation, I staied at the bed all day. | F | 26 | 450 days | 4/26/2005 | 5 | Sleeplessness | When taking prescribed 25mg, woke up drowsy and foggy. | I only take a quarter of a 25mg tablet at night. I sleep about 7 good hours with absolutly no drowsiness upon wakening. That quarter of a pill does the job; if I get up at night to go to the bathroom, I can quickly fall asleep again | F | 56 | 1 years | 4/26/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | None except sleepiness (which was the whole point) | I used to take Ambien for insomnia, but I found myself the next morning having no memory of what I'd done the night before (made dinner plans, had sex with my fiance, etc.) Seroquel is much gentler--it just makes me feel tired, like I should. Sometimes I still wake up in the middle of the night, though. | F | 8 months | 6/4/2005 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Sleepiness, twitching of muscles. | F | 20 | 5 years | 10/18/2003 | 5 | depression | I cant seem to get off it. I cant sleep. The good thing is since I stopped taking it im losing weight | F | 52 | 3 days | 9/21/2004 |