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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | bi polar OCD pain | Weight gain from 148 lbs(size 12-14) to 183 lbs(size 16). Memory issues both long and short term.Confusion,can't seem to keep linear thought processes, eyesight worsening, have to reason with myself not to eat, no willpower to resist! Very sensitive to sun and heat.Muscle cramps, chest pains, high cholesterol. | Having listed the side effects, I am willing to live with them, because seroquel has helped me tremendously.I take 200 of the plain each night, along with 2@ 37.5 effexor xr for depression and fibromyalgia-like pains.Within 1 hour, I sleep serenely, and wake refreshed. Sleep, a precious commodity for bipolar people!I must stick to a rigid schedule or the side effects worsen rapidly.I experienced the rapid weight gain when I was put on seroquel XR- I gained 20 lbs in 3 months, and could not sleep.Back to plain seroquel and lost 5 lbs only.I take this med because it has quieted down the psychosis, allows me to order my thoughts, keeps me more even when combined with a rigid schedule.I can do some sustained work without going off the deep end, drive places without panicking, leave my house to do basic stuff, am able to live a more normal life within very confined parameters, have more empathy for others as my own condition is not the only thing in my brain... But, I have yet to complete any major projects, have less ability to concentrate, there is weight gain, it's a trade off because it is a novelty to feel 'sane' for extended periods although somewhat confused, less giving in to whatever crazy urges that have ruined my life, and more happiness, less psychic/emotional pain!I combine meds with a very quiet life. | F | 57 | 5 years 200 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 4 | insomnia, bipolar II | I woke up daily with food wrappers in my bed and only vaguely remember eating, difficulty waking up for the first week or so. | It worked really well but there are some crazy long-term side effects. | F | 20 | 2.5 months 150 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 4 | depression | none | I have been takeing seroquel 50mg and cymbalta 60mg. About 3 mo. ago i started feeling like i was in a black hole,sad crying felt hopeless. They up my cym. and seroquel. 90 mg cym. and seroquel xr 150mg. I started feeling better in a week.Still have a way to go. Going back to dr. today. I wouldnt wish this on nobody. | F | 60 | 8 months xr 150mg 1X day | 8/23/2010 | 4 | Bipolar I | on seroquel immediate release : weight gain --My body never let me know I was full and so I'd eat massive amounts of food. dry mouth, after taking it I would be so sedated that I would "wake up" and turn my alarm off, even after I put it on the other side of the room and didn't know I was doing it until after my bf say me. Seroquel ex: on 50mg I get manic on 100mg I cycle low. It takes a good 4-5 hours for it to kick in. If I take it too late i'm screwed the next day cause I will be drowsy until like mid day | I love the immediate release. I slept great, felt fantastic, and didn't really cycle. The only problem was the weight gain. The ex seroquel isn't great. I have to time it perfectly to get a good nights sleep and its still not the deep sleep that I enjoyed before. I've had to play with my dosage because it's had quite a different effect on how I cycle. If I take 100mg then I get depressed, if I take 50mg then I get hardcore manic. I've been taking 50 one day and 100 the next to see if that helps. The only reason why I take this is because I have had any weight gain, I pretty much lost all of my weight, I'm nt hungry like I was before. That makes it worth it | F | 26 | 18 months 50-100 mg 1X day | 7/19/2010 | 4 | BPD II, depression, insomnia, mood | Some restlessness during the night. First night woke up several times and had some trouble getting back to sleep. Second night woke up less times during the night and fell back asleep easier. Did have some night sweats. Was very groggy in the morning after the first night and somewhat out of it. Second night I made sure to sleep longer (10 hrs) and felt much better, less groggy. After half a can of red bull felt great! Did have severe headache on first day. Feel less hungry in general. Some dry mouth, I just drink more water :) | Recently diagnosed with Bipolar II w/manic episode and rapid cycling, depression, mood disorder, anxiety. Had insomnia, anxiety, and BPD for years undiagnosed and managed them with other substances. Been on lamictal 100mg for 2 mos, and just started titrating up to 200mg. Right now on 150mg lamictal, flexiril 5 mg and vicodin 5/500mg for back and hip injury in car accident. Since taking seroquel I take flexiril and vicodin only as needed. This drug was prescribed as a sleep aid after being on Ambien 10mg for about 1yr and was no longer effective. Even thought I have taken this drug for only 2 days I feel great! I feel so happy again and feel like my old self, the person my husband fell in love with. I am joking and happy-go-lucky again. I feel much less anxiety, agitation, and irritability throughout the day. I would get so angry and anxious and have serious mood swings that the lamictal alone couldn't control. If prescribed this drug, try it and perhaps keep a journal of your symptoms. It seems this medication is right for only a small population of people w/our problems. So far the benefits outweigh the side effects for me, but i will monitor my feelings and symptoms closely. All I know is I am excited and happy for what may come :) | F | 25 | 2 days 25mg 1X day | 2/4/2010 | 4 | Bipolar and sleep issues | Weight gain | Seems the longer I've been on it, the less it helps me sleep. When I was on 25 mg the first 5 years, I slept great and didn't have any weight gain. I'm on 300-600mg at night now, and have put on 50 pounds. | F | 53 | 12 years | 1/25/2010 | 4 | anxiety, deppression, insomnia | Seroquel helps me sleep at night, and helps stabalize my moods, and i am currently still taking it. . . The only problem i see with this drug is that my life revolves around my sleeping schedule, i won't wake up without a minimum of 9 hours of sleep. i have tried going off but mentally i can't handle it. . . i have read about long term effects of taking seroquel, some have muscle twitching problems for life. . . Seroquel really does help me, But sometimes i fear that it makes me someone who i really am not. | F | 22 | 1 years 100 1X day | 4/9/2010 | 4 | Bipolar II/Depression | Weight gain, hungover feeling, dizziness, MEMORY LOSS, appetite only increases if I take it at night and do not immediately fall asleep. VERY TIRED THROUGH OUT THE DAY. | Seroquel has greatly helped my bipolar disorder and I have had great results with it. However, after a year and a half of being on it I'm still very tired during the day and need to be in bed for a total of 9-10 hours. Still a struggle to get up after that, but if I don't I feel very hungover all day long. I do not experience in increase in hunger if I take the meds when I'm in bed and about to fall asleep. It takes a bit for the meds to kick in, but if I'm already trying to go to sleep, then I don't have the urge to eat something. I would like to find something that doesn't make me as sleepy and will help with my memory loss, not make it worse. But for now, this will have to do. | F | 25 | 1.5 years 400 mg 1X day | 5/1/2010 | 4 | PTSD, Major Depression/insomnia | F | 44 | 3 months 25mg 1X day | 4/10/2012 Patient History | 4 | Severe Anxiety/Worry, Depr,Paranoia | Extreme drowsiness, lack of energy/motivation each day, sleep 9-12hrs+ each night, over eating at night after take pill; weight gain. Dry mouth for about the first 6mos (give or take). | After taking other medications with what I considered during that time more severe, I settled with Seroquel. Other medications made me suicidal, I could not think clearly like I was "drugged up" and I once lost my feeling "down there" for over a week which was horrifying because the doctor said it may or may not be permanent damage!! Fortunately I regained 'feeling' down there after a week or so. With those side effects, I was about to give up until I got a new doc who recommended Seroquel. I started off taking 50mg each night and I spoke with my doc about the extreme sedating effect and lack of energy so they dropped it to 25mg. DON'T ask me how some of these other individuals managed to function on 100-800mg each day?! That is absurd! I would be a bed ridden zombie if that was the dosage for me! I can't believe such a high dose is given for first timers anyways. As you can see from most of these reviews, that this is a common dose and all the complaints are similar! How can you not have severe health issues with such a high dose of anything in this world! ...even vitamins and healthy foods should be consumed in moderation! So you cannot base your decision solely on those who have taken such high doses since our bodies are quite different. I am quite sensitive to many things including lactose, gluten, decaf/reg coffee (severe anxiety), etc. So 25-50mg for me is a bit too much. I love Seroquel in that it has eliminated my anxiety, depression and paranoia w | F | 31 | 4 years 25mg 1X day | 5/6/2011 | 4 | insonima and high anxiety | it would turn me into a zombie state so i could only take it just before going to bed. | its really helped with being able to sleep and my overall anxiety is a bit lower. I havent had any side affects from seroquel. | F | 25 | 3 years 600 mg 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 4 | Bipolar, anxiety, BPD, ASPD | cant not take it or ill not sleep but dosnt help a lot to sleep weight gain | i want to stop but every time i try i cant sleep get agitated worked up agressive anxious i would like to get off seroquel im currently taking the XR 300mg morning and 900mg at night | F | 21 | 5 years 1200mg 2X day | 3/13/2011 | 4 | Psychosis, poss. schizoaffective | realized this should be under Seroquel XR... sorry, will post a re-write. | realized this should be under Seroquel XR... sorry, will post a re-write. | F | 29 | 9 months 150 retard 1X day | 1/12/2011 Patient History | 4 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Helps me greatly with mood stability as well as the insomnia. Negatives.. drug hang over the next day, odd and very vivid dreams. Otherwise, I have had a good experience with this medication. I should mention that I was at higher dose of 400mg at one point. Dose didn't seem to matter when the vivid dreams occurred but I'll take the weird vivid dreams over lack of sleep any day. | F | 36 | 7 years 100 1X day | 1/3/2011 | 4 | Bi-polar | 100 plus pounds weigh gain, never feeling awake, hypersomina, constant feeling of fog, loss of concentration | I want to stop taking this so bad. But, when I have I can not sleep. Question to everyone who has successfully stopped how long did it take for the side effects to go away? How long should I plan to be out of sync before it is completely out of my system? | F | 45 | 6 years 75 1X day | 10/14/2010 | 4 | insomnia | drowsiness | when i first started taking seroquel, i would fall asleep in five minutes and if i didnt go to sleep right away, then i would get anxious because my mind didnt want to sleep, but my body did. so i make sure i go to bed now when it starts to kick in. i am also on a lower dose now and so it helps me fall asleep in a more natural way than before. the only thing is that if i stop taking the seroquel, i cant sleep at all.. my insomnia is probably worse than before in that respect. however, if you are not taking this drug for insomnia, i dont think you will have this kind of dependence/side effect. other than this, i havent experienced any other side effects... no weight gain or anything else. this drug has been very helpful for me... i have tried other medicines for insomnia and nothing else has worked. | F | 29 | 6 years 200-300 mg 1X day | 12/10/2011 | 4 | Bipolar1, Anxiety, Sleep Disorder | Constipation, short term memory loss - Seroquil??? Not sure | I started taking the fast acting seroquel. Gained weight quickly. After being on Abilify for two years gaining 60lbs with high cholesterol, my doctor switched it to fast acting formula, I experienced severe drowsiness immediately. Thats fine for me, but I was gaining wait and waking up groggy. So she switched it to the XR formula. I feel better than ever, actually loosing weight and not groggy in the am. Still wondering about slight confusion and very short term memory loss??? | F | 39 | 3 months 50MG XR 1X day | 12/14/2011 | 4 | Night time anxiety & hallucinations | So far there has been tiredness on waking, and sleepiness during the day. My hallucinations are gone at night (which is great) but I still actively dream, and wake feeling very tired and stiff. I have dry mouth and some constipation as well. | F | 43 | 3 months 100mg 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 4 | Bipolar I, to bring down mania | EXTREME HUNGER right before it knocks me out to go to sleep at night. Also muscle tightness in the beginning, stretching/yoga helped, tiredness now when I take 50 mg to help with racing thoughts | It calmed my mania pretty quickly, I also take 1000 depakote ER generic and ativan 1.0 mg generic for anxiety usually at night. Just now starting to function and think I am able to work. I also have ADD and the mania made my ADD really bad. I have psychotherapy issues to work through, there are only so much drugs can do. God is with me so I am okay, I am a believing lies about myself but I am asking God to continue to show me the Truth and how He sees me. Also I am a healthy weight but I am experiencing increased urination, increased thrist and wanting sugar, wondering if Seroquel is causing these symptoms or making them worse. I am binging and not gaining much weight. Got blood tested, waiting for results. | F | 28 | 1 years 450 mg 1X day | 12/31/2011 | 4 | insommia racing thoughts, mood | Dry mouth, drowsiness in the morning | Fabulous drug, the drowsiness in the mornings was unlike any other side effect, i can't keep my eyes open for the first hour, but am totally alert. I can work more effectively in the day and suffer less from stress, am much calmer. unfortunatley i can't take it every night as it seems to build up. | F | 42 | 3 years 25mg 1X AN | 12/4/2011 |