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 | Initial dizziness, dry mouth, cravings for sugary food which is why I nicknamed this drug "Sugarquel" rapid weight gain, sluggishness, et al. | The medicine, along with Trazodone 150 mg tabs and Clonazepam (Klonopin) 0.5mg tabs initially would knock me out cold, but now they seem to take longer idk why. Otherwise its a good medication. | F | 56 | 10 years 300 mg at | 11/13/2015 | 3 | Depression, anxiety and BPD | Massive red/purple spots appear all over body, especially face, weight gain, and swollen legs. | It helps me sleep, and seems to help a little. | F | 24 | 1 years | 11/22/2015 | 3 | Bipolar | Even when I take a lower dose it's hard to get up in the morning. If I don't take it I don't sleep at all. Weight gain . I have never been so thirsty in my life. Don't want to be sociable coz I don't like explaining my illness | F | 30 | 2 years 100 -75 | 11/27/2015 | 3 | Insomnia | First few days I slept extremely well. But I went through a long weekend (3 days) unaware of time or place and avoiding social contact unconsciously. The effect was very strong, a zombie like effect. Forgot to exercise, ate a lot of ice cream, both bad for me. Especially bad since I have high TG anyway and should stay away from carbs. Somehow it seemed not to matter if I ate a tub of ice cream a day. Nothing mattered. I tried to take it only some days, but then couldn't sleep. In the end I went back to just not sleeping at night. I sleep during the day, have an evening job which is "morning" for my body. Hey whatever, I learned to adjust. | Lots of people are saying headache. I think I understand why. I have migraines and they are affected most by my blood pressure which needs to stay low. Somehow this was pushing my blood pressure up, giving me a constant headache and tinnitus. It did have some great side effects like, my gut calmed down and stopped constipating by being uptight. My heavy periods became perfectly normal. It was almost worth it to stay on it just for that, except for the headache which was a deal breaker. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 25mg 1X day | 1/20/2016 | 3 | Misdiagnosed bipolar | Gained thirty pounds | It's good short term (3-6 months) until a proper longer term plan is developed. It's been described as a 'dirty drug' because it affects so many neurotransmitters. Should only be used with psychosis. The benefits of this drug would only outweigh the most extreme cases of mental illness, I believe. | F | 39 | 1 years 150 | 6/25/2016 | 3 | depression anxiety insomnia etc | I experience only at night paranoid like somebody watching over you and like you cant breathe it keeps me up mostly at night from being paranoid and it gives me anxiety but i do work other night with sleep i feel refreshed in the morning i dont feel anxetiy in the morning and im very active in the morning it just at night that will kinda mess with and sometimes i gives you horrible night mare that keeps you awoke but if works different for many people i keep taking and it works for sleep when i dont take it im up if im up all night if i take it i least get 6 hours of sleep if very difficult to explain but if your going through it to your not alone but this will make you very addicted to the medicine so be careful | Seroquel does make you sleep dosage over 200 makes you sleep well at night under 200 works for anxetiy be careful with the doseage it can become very addictive | F | 21 | 6 years 600 mg | 11/2/2016 | 3 | Early onset bipolar and psychosis | I had been diagnosed with bipolar at the age of 14 after having episodes of mania in which I was delirious, in a state of delusional thinking with a dramatic depression relapse lasting 2 weeks after. Part of the reason I started taking this drug after the pyschiatrist telling me to was I had been doing strange unusually risky behaviours withou conscious awareness such as sending weird letters to boys and wearing weird clothes to school and breaking rules. Started on 50mg went up to 100mg and was drowsy for weeks after causing me health problems with my energy levels. When anything stressful came into play I would still lose control of my emotions and had to go see the psyhcitrist again to have another "up the dose" session. Before I knew it I was on 500mg such a strong dose, only benefit was I didn't go into paranoia and psychosis but still had high moods and low mood swings. This drug will affects your brain! I had noticed feeling of lethargy, emptiness in my thinking, eye strain, confusion and headaches when trying to retain information. I felt like it had made me dumb! I felt like I was floating though life as a weight gained tired and lifeless ghost not realising what was going on living for the moment but only because I could remember hardly anything! Apart from this awful feeling as though I was masking out on other young people's non drug experience like they were feeling better than me (and I know I'm not the only one). Being a very creative person I felt my | Apart from feeling so called "normal" and "not manic or depressive" this drug is so powerful it's like a tranquilliser! Get off of you can! You almost lose all passion and interest if everything! It's got a prominent dark side. | F | 19 | 4 years 400mg | 2/6/2017 | 3 | OCD, anxiety | nightmares, worsening of depression, sleepiness, difficulty to concentrate, impaired memory | F | 35 | 2 years | 1/19/2010 | 3 | bipolar type 2 bpd | I have very young children and taking sequel is very hard due to being tired all the time I'm knackered all day I sleep a good 12 hours at night then have 5. Hours in the day I'm just grateful I have a wonderful family that support me through my mental illness | F | 23 | 6 months 200 mg | 10/25/2013 | 3 | Bpd and insomnia | Extreme drowsiness at first persisted next day eventually a wonder drug that knock me out tho be warned you could be sleeping a good 12 hrs other than that didnt do much to regulate my mood but calms me down when agitated takes effect quite quickly I will continue to take increasing dosage soon to therapietic dosage for my bpd | F | 26 | 1 years 100mg | 9/17/2013 | 3 | Psychotic episode, insomnia | Sleepy | F | 17 | 3 months 150MG | 9/29/2013 | 3 | depression | I experienced going to sleep straight away and little weight gain. It was the best medication in terms of not as much side effects but would like to get off it and its hard to get off it because if you dont take it you can get to sleep but you end up waking up about one in the mornin and can not get back to sleep the next day if u havent taken it you end up feeling fatigued like yourve studied heaps for exams its the same feeling. Plus you cant take seroquel if you are planning to start a family. Seroquel makes u look drug up to it help at start but now want to be off it who knows what its doing to your body being on itlong tern | F | 31 | 7 years 100 | 3/22/2014 | 3 | Sleep troubles | Don't recall | It helps you sleep. | F | 14 | 1 years 50 1X day | 10/27/2014 | 3 | Depression | It made me calm and not depressed anymore. The cons i had was bad dreams.I had two dreams in one week about close family members dying. I stop taking them.I didnt like waking up with those horrible dreams. | F | 31 | 10 days 50 | 11/19/2014 | 3 | Bipolar 2 depression | Was initially prescribed Seroquel XR and it made my severely fatigued - like I was sleeping around the clock. Dr. gave me ADDERAL to help me be more alert during the day but it was still a struggle. Went off due to major blood sugar spike. After a few months off and trying other meds I am back on the instant release with no major side effects so far. It's only been a couple of weeks though but so far so good. I am not depressed - yet - as I have been rapid cycling. Fingers crossed as I have been on SO many other mood stabilizers all with bad side effects. | F | 49 | 3 months 200 mg | 12/7/2014 | 3 | Schizophrenia | Restless while being incredibly tired. Muscle spasms which subsided after 6 months.Sleep hangover. Excessive sleepiness. | This was added to my Remeron, Risperdal, and Topamax. I had to be given Cogentin to counteract the side effects. It works great for my illness but the side effects make it too much to bear sometimes. | F | 19 | 1 years 300 XR | 6/6/2015 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | Loss of appetite, loss of libido, nightmares, excessive weight loss. | I took Seroquel for about 8 months along with Effexor for 6 months & added Wellbutrin the last 2 months. I quit my medication "cold-turkey" without talking with my doctor because I felt like a "Robot Zombie". I would recommend you really research any medications you may take. I had horrible, severe dreams & nightmares. The dreams felt very real & often put me in a state-of-mind when I awoke that nothing was real. I also during my 8 months, experienced "visual disturbances". I lost 30lbs at the most & had no appetite. Being petite, I looked sickly skinny. On the brighter side, I did feel that I was a "better" person on medication as my mood swings have ruined friendships & relationships. Currently, I am not on any medication but will be seeking the advise of a therapist soon. I just don't want to feel like a robot or zombie anymore. It wasn't very pleasant. Another side-effect that I did not see posted, for those of you who paint, write, draw or are otherwise considered creative, while on medication...I could NOT for the life of me write, draw or paint. It "went away"....I have not taken any type of anti-depressant or anti-psychotic since...it's been 3 years since I stopped taking anything & I am JUST getting back was I lost. ;( Hope this helps. Thank you. | F | 25 | 8 months | 7/28/2009 | 3 | Bipolar NOS sleep | Hair loss EXTREME BINGE EATING that progressively got worse | Last night I took just 25mg for sleep and within 30 minutes the INSANE urge to eat consumed me and I fought sleep for about 30 minutes to continue eating mindlessly. I hadn't taken Seroquel in months so I was hoping it wouldn't have this effect with just 1 dose. I have taken it off & on over an 11 year period because it is the only sleep med that has worked for me. | F | 44 | 4 years | 7/14/2009 | 3 | Bipolar/antidepressant/skitzo | more depression, drowsiness, dry mouth, loss of appetite | I was put on it for my Bipolar, schizophrenia, depression and my anxiety, but it hasn't seem to help..I'm on 200mg and have been on it for over a month..it just makes me sleep better...:/ | F | 19 | 35 days | 7/26/2009 | 3 | severe depression | weight gain (alot) vivid nightmares that caused severe distress sleepy during the day | I hate it. The dreams are enough to drive me crazy and the weight gain hasn't helped at all with getting over my depression and it is seriously hard to study and pass exams if you constantly want to sleep! | F | 16 | 3 months | 9/1/2009 |