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 | depression | Extremely tired, spaced off, can't focus well, headaches | I have been taking it for a day and maybe I need more time but I am really tired and it feels like a hangover. I sleep well but it feels like it's all I want to do. I was stressed before and this helps calm me down but I think maybe too much | F | 18 | 1 days | 12/23/2008 | 3 | depression | MAJOR restless legs, dry mouth, spaced-out during the day | I have been taking 150mg. daily (75mg. in morning and 75mg. at night). Doc wants me to work up to 150mg. twice daily, but the sedation effects are so strong now, I don't know if I will be able to function on a dose that high. It has helped me sleep at night and stay asleep until morning without feeling groggy. So far I haven't noticed it really helping with the depression, but am willing to keep on with it and see. I am VERY concerned about future or long term side effects. | F | 33 | 4 weeks | 12/25/2008 | 3 | Bipolar | Hair loss, nightmares every night now, some weight gain, joint pain | At first it was great. Now I am starting to research the drug more. | F | 40 | 1 years | 11/10/2008 | 3 | insomnia, GAD | coma-like sleep, weight gain, ravenous appetite | Reading all these comments has me sitting at my computer in tears... I thought no one understood what I was going through and I had never attributed my weight gain or eating habits to this drug. Like some others have said, this is a miracle drug for me- after two years of intolerable insomnia, this is the only thing that's worked. Once asleep nothing can wake me up- I once woke up to find my water glass shattered on the hardwood floor around my bed and had no recollection of it breaking. The cravings start about 1 hour after taking it (100mg) and I will eat ANYTHING and not even remember it the next day (I have to look for clues: crumbs in the sheets, empty ice cream cartons in the trash, candy wrappers strewn about my bed-side table). I've gained about 40 pounds in the past two years, and am now on a strict diet. I do not buy anything but fruits and vegetables and I have honestly gorged upon two pounds of grapes in the absence of chocolate in the house... At least I'm maintaining my c | F | 25 | 2 years | 4/15/2008 | 3 | Autism | Sickening, problems with my heart, more need to sleep. | Calmness, better sleep. | F | 18 | 4 months | 3/19/2008 | 3 | manic depression and aniexty,sleep | weight gain...cant not stop the weight gain,sleepy, | I first wrote on this site a few months ago but know Iam back because my doc thought it was a good idea to cut my meds in hald so he ahd me take 200 mg instead of 400mg but once I cut it in half I couldnt sleep and I was real cranky and had aniexty attacks I couldnt stop, so I toold him we needed to go back to 400mgs I just need to know if anyone else is having a hard time with the weight gain ? He wanted me to switch to somehting else similar to Seroquel that wont make me gain weight I'm just not sure if I should switch or not cause you never know if the new meds will do better or not.Ive been taking Seroquel since june of 07 it made my mood great and aniexty go away and I slept good,,, | F | 30 | 16 days | 3/27/2008 | 3 | anxiety, panic, insomnia, BPD | terrible memory problems shortly after taking (leaving appliances on, for example, or my contacts in), fluttery heart, panic (counter-intuitive!), drooling, slurred speech, intense cravings, increased libidio, falling, "drunken" feeling, dehydration, hangover-effect, brain-fog lasting 24 hours, chills, inability to concentrate the next day, extreme exhaustion, respiratory symptoms | I only take it as-needed, and the smallest dose does me in VERY well. This is the only medication, herbal or prescription or OTC, that I have found that will knock me out. I am pretty well immune to every other drug, even at very high doses (I could pop 4 Ambiens and go on with my night). I do admit this is an incredible drug for insomnia of any kind, though I wonder...if it doesn't destroy sleep quality, as I never fail to wake up miserable after 12.5-25 mg. I tend to need a lot of sleep and feel like I have a cold all the next day. Thus I only take Seroquel if I am either REALLY unable to sleep, or if I have a BPD "episode" or "freak-out." Perfectly-sedating but dangerous. I'll eat everything in the house.. | F | 21 | 2 years | 4/3/2008 | 3 | depression and sleep | lost motivation always tired, still suicidal | i took almost 10,000mg seroquel to attempt suicide i ended up on life support for four days....its dangerous to mix with benzos, heroin and alcohol etc | F | 24 | 3 years | 4/9/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Bizarre sleeping patterns, a bottomless pit for a stomach. | My psychiatrist prescribed Seroquel in a last-ditch effort to control my sleeping patterns, which have been off for years. The first night I took it, it worked all right -- I woke up early and not groggy with 50mg. The next night, 50 did nothing. 75mg took a couple hours, but eventually I fell asleep. Since then, it's been a turbulent roller coaster -- sometimes I sleep for 12 hours, while on other nights I don't sleep at all. I'm not even sure if I slept last night; I know I didn't the night before. It hasn't been very long, but I'm concerned about how effective the stuff is. Even when I do take 75mg and become sedated, I still don't sleep -- I sit barely conscious, unable to move but also unable to sleep. | F | 19 | 2 weeks | 3/19/2008 | 3 | depression/anxiety/sleep disorder.. | as of the last few years I've experienced rapid changes in my heart at night. I've been to the emergency room as of late and it's getting worse. This is the only medicine that I"m currently on. I cannot come off of it and I fear that after 7 1/2 years, it's causing damage. However this is the only medication that keeps me sleeping, most of the time. I have lost my ability of having a natural sleep rhythm. The only way for me to sleep is with drugs. | If someone could tell me if they're having problems too, PLEASE email me. I need help. This only happens at night when I take it. I cannot go lower than 300 mgs. I was on 600 at one point, but now I range btwn 300 and 450. I am going to a cardiologist but I need help. | F | 24 | 7 years | 3/17/2008 | 3 | Psychotic behavior/depression | Very tired, sleep well, Weight gain. Have been on it for almost 8 years and haven't had consistent behavior. gone from "normal" to suicidal to depressed/psychotic in a matter of months. | F | 29 | 8 years | 12/26/2007 | 3 | schitzoaffective disorder/insomnia | Fluttered heart beat, inability to walk, extreme dizziness, difficulty swallowing, 15 pound weight gain, severely anxious, trouble speaking and thinking clearly, very vivid nightmares | Although there are sometimes terrible side effects when I take it at night, i would never get off of it because it's the only thing that will put me to sleep at night since I have racing thoughts due to bipolar disorder. Definitely an excellent drug for insomnia but just like any drug there also can be some pretty serious side effects. | F | 20 | 5 months | 1/14/2008 | 3 | bipolar disorder | Gained 25 pounds in 4 months. - Slept great - leg pains - rls | F | 42 | 3 months | 11/28/2007 | 3 | DID, PTSD, depresssion, insomnia | I gained over 40 pounds on this medication. I have been gaining weight with several anti psychotics for a while. I went from 110 to 230 pounds, then I finally went from 230 to 165 and then my new psychiatrist started me on Seroquel, very slowly. I then gradually went up to 195 and I can not lose it no matter what I try. My Psychiatrist reduced my dose from 800mg to 600 mg at bedtime. I do crave sweet foods late at night. | I hate the weight gain but it helps me sleep when I don't take it I just don't sleep at all and become paranoid and suffer horrible child sexual abuse flashbacks. There has got to be a better way to help with PTSD effects rather than a drug that causes horrible weight gain. I used to be an active anorexic and was very thin and this just makes everything so much worse with body image. | F | 38 | 2 years | 1/21/2008 | 3 | bipolar, obsessive thoughts | weight gain, weight gain, weight GAIN. 40 lbs in 12 mos- and subseqeunt depression because of it! Blurred Vision, dopey "out of it", thinking slowed way down, no mojo, sleeping more, wake up in a fog, DEPENDENCY. | How do I describe how seroquel has been both my wonder drug & worst enemy? This was the 1st med prescribed after a yr of rapid cycling mania/depression & the inability to sleep due to racing/obsessive thoughts. The 1st night I took this pill, 25 mg which still knocks me out after a yr I thought I died & went to heaven. Sure I nearly fell into my plate head 1st at the dinner table & my speech was that of a drunk, but SLEEP- precious sleep! This med quells mania & knocks you out cold. Sadly, this med also made me an insatiable cookie monster. Shortly after ingestion, I am literally 'driven' to seek & devour any sweet & cakey thing in my path before rolling over & falling asleep with nuts & chocolate packed in my teeth. This pill has also given me cavities. I have, on occasion woken up @ mid-night & eaten 2 heaping bowls of sugary cereal like a starving, rabid animal & then topped that off w/ a snack cake chaser before tossing my exhausted bloat | F | 29 | 1 years | 1/22/2008 | 3 | Bi Polar | Weight Gain -30 lbs in 6 yrs. After meds kick in, I was unable to drive or even communicate - slurred speech. It really PUTS ME TO SLEEP but I can't wake up even if there is a fire. Sleep 10-12 hours. Got Diabettes and now Kidney problems | I just want to share with those who are taking seroquel to monitor your blood sugar. I got diabettes 1 yr after taking seroquel. my psychiatrist just stopped seroquel as it may "cause" diabettes is some ppl and also kidney problems, which I am getting now. I thought I hv found the MIRACLE SLEEP DRUG but it is making my life miserable now. My hands and feet are numb most of the time - diabettes neurophaty BUT my diabettes has been under control most of the time - sugar level about 115-133 most of the time. So, please check your A1c (blood test)frequently. I am kinda too late to help. Don't get to my point. I hv lost more that 25 lbs after stopping seroquel. | F | 36 | 5 days | 11/13/2007 | 3 | Difficulty Calming Down Thoughts | Frequent Urination; Drowsiness Following Day After Dose | Prescribed this medicine because I was having problems making my mind shut down to sleep. It worked in the fact that it did shut my mind down, and I could rest, but I was tired the next day, and I was constantly in the bathroom to urinate. If not for that one side effect, I would still be taking the med. | F | 30 | 12 days | 7/18/2007 | 3 | sleep | SEVERE weight gain, some body twitches, creepy crawlies in my legs | Gross. I was taking 200mg at night. It does make you very very sleepy. I sleep like the dead when I am on it, I barely move all night. I can sleep 12 hours solid on this stuff. It gives me the munchies something terrible. All I want to do is eat, and eat I did. I gained 40 lbs. Also, it gives me the grossest feelings in my legs, like cramps....all i wanna do is stretch them compulsivley when I take seroquel. | F | 31 | 1 years | 10/30/2008 | 3 | anxiety | Good side effect: -helped me with my appetite (I was loosing too much weight too fast before going on this medication) Good side effect: -I would have loved to go on a higher dosage except for the weird dreams started to interfere with reality | the nightmares were all about my husband with other women, so when I would wake up I would question him if he is cheating. This created severe marital problems and I think we are getting a divorce because I don't trust him and I believe in my dreams. | F | 42 | 1 years | 11/3/2008 | 3 | bipolar2, rapid cycling, mixed | extreme grogginess | WE ALL HAVE VASTLY DIFFERENT REACTIONS TO THE SAME DRUG.. DOESN'T ANYONE REALIZE THE EFFECTS ARE PREDICATED ON WHAT O T H E R MEDICATIONS WE ARE TAKING CONCURRENTLY?!? THE CHAT POPULATION SEEMS TO BE AN INTELLIGENT ONE...WHY DON'T PEOPLE REALIZE THAT? | F | 53 | 6 months | 9/6/2007 |