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 | Severe Insomnia | Fainting, over sedation, hang over the next day, unable to wake up in the morning | I was glad to come off of it, but when my friend died, I took it to help me sleep all day, and it worked. I only took 50mg. I used to take 400. That was WAY too much! | F | 26 | 1 years | 6/7/2007 | 3 | panic disorder and anxiety | none so far | I dont expect to take that drug for long since it is only something I take to calm my anxiety until I start getting an effect from the antidepressant. I have to say I was prescribed 25 mg 2 times a day. 12,5 mg is enough to put me to sleep for 10 hours and if I try taking 12.5 mg during the day I can not stay awake without many coffees so I just dont understand how somebody could take 100mg of this stuff and not be in a coma! I am 125 pounds so I am not that small... Well, since the list of side effects from this drug is pretty scary I will only use it until I am stabilised on my AD and in my life which should take less than a month. | F | 28 | 3 days | 5/16/2007 | 3 | mood disorder/OCD | I've been on seroquel for about a month. I've already gained 7 pounds, which is not a good thing. I was up to 150 mg at night, which helped me sleep all night, but made me feel like a zombie all day. I crave junk food constantly and eat all the time. I have little energy. I'm also on 20 mg. of Lexapro and 200 mg. of Lamictal and 200 mg of Wellbutrin. I'm lowering my dose gradually of seroquel so I can be done with this weight gain. I think I'll go back to Trazadone to help me sleep and hopefully that'll work. My main issue is that during times of stress (most of the time) I have a lot of "noise" in my head. Music mostly. Loud and annoying and I grind and tap my teeth along with it. I'm doing this all while maintaining a "normal" life as a stay-home soccer Mom. I can't make it stop and sometimes I beg myself to make it stop. Weird, I know. What else might work for that besides Seroquel? I feel like a science experiment right now. Any thoughts suggested. | F | 40 | 5 weeks | 5/21/2007 | 3 | Bipolar 2 | REALLY hard to wake up in the morning, drowsiness throughout the day, extreme hunger, extreme thirst, weight gain, spacing out, cognitive difficulties - hard to focus, find the right word, do basic math, etc. | Initially this drug was prescribed at 100 mg because I was having difficulty sleeping after my doctor took me off klonopin. At first, seroquel was a dream - I slept better than I had in years. But I started having trouble with mania (that had been controlled with lithium and a low dose of lamictal), so my doctor increased my dosage up to 300 mg. Seroquel does control the mania, but the cost has become too much for me to deal with (see side effects listed). I've gone up and down on my doses trying to find a happy medium because I've been afraid to try some of the other drugs like Abilify, Topomax, and Geodon because of the potential side effects I've read about with those. However, it's time to throw in the towel. I can't take it anymore. My doctor and I have discussed other options and we're going to try something new when I go to my next appointment. | F | 36 | 2 years | 12/1/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | Horrible-Evil-Death-Kill-Nightmares-*EVERYNIGHT* and *EVERY NAP*. Just started taking Seroquel, and I am morbidly obese to begin with. After reading how much weight peeps gained, I'm puttin the Seroquel DOWN!!! | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 5/7/2007 | 3 | bipolar 2 and insomnia | the only things i noticed were how it made me virutally unable to breathe through my nose and extreme dry mouth related to having to breathe through my mouth. | helped tremendously with my insomnia and depression. i didn't have any mood swings or mania while taking this med. | F | 35 | 4 weeks | 5/8/2007 | 3 | Bipolar | Extremely sleepy and zombie like. Noticeable increase in appetite. | Made me sleep too good. If only you could shrug off the drowsiness in the morning! :( | F | 34 | 1 months | 5/22/2007 | 3 | Insomnia | Eating entire boxes of cereal before bed. Entire bags of peanut clusters, popcorn, hershey's kisses, cinnamon rolls, fudge, bacon, cookies, but I slept GREAT on 25mg. Dr. assured me that 25mg would not be enough to cause weight gain. WRONG | Taking 150mg of Seroquel for Depression, and 3mg of Lunesta for sleep, and .5mg of Xanax for anxiety. Still do not sleep, except when I'm taking Seroquel. Due to weight gain, stopping Seroquel. | F | 38 | 3 years | 5/20/2007 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder II | F | 25 | 8 months | 6/18/2007 | 3 | Physchotic episode | Unable to move muscles when laying down, dizziness, fast heart beat, drowisness. | F | 23 | 3 days | 7/9/2007 | 3 | bipolar 2 | At first, I had unexpected rushes of dizziness and I couldn't stay balanced. I wouldn't be able to move my head much at all, otherwise I would get a headache. | I will continue to take it until my doctor and I decide if I need to stop. The side effects from first taking it are slowly going away, and I am pleased with the medication so far. | F | 21 | 1 weeks | 9/12/2007 | 3 | Psychosis | Stuffy nose, sinus-like. Emotional block. Mental block. Stiffness. Sleep forever. Slows down thought processes. Very dumbening. | Erases inspiration. Indiscriminate effects, it blocks both psychotic and normal thoughts alike. It has a chemical holocaust effect, and totally obliterates the mind. | F | 27 | 11 days | 6/30/2007 | 3 | Psychosis | Stuffy nose, sinus-like. Emotional block. Mental block. Stiffness. Sleep forever. Slows down thought processes. Very dumbening. | Erases inspiration. Indiscriminate effects, it blocks both psychotic and normal thoughts alike. It has a chemical holocaust effect, and totally obliterates the mind. | F | 27 | 11 days | 6/30/2007 | 3 | Psychosis | Stuffy nose, sinus-like. Emotional block. Mental block. Stiffness. Sleep forever. Slows down thought processes. Very dumbening. | Erases inspiration. Indiscriminate effects, it blocks both psychotic and normal thoughts alike. It has a chemical holocaust effect, and totally obliterates the mind. | F | 27 | 11 days | 6/30/2007 | 3 | Psychosis | Stuffy nose, sinus-like. Emotional block. Mental block. Stiffness. Sleep forever. Slows down thought processes. Very dumbening. | Erases inspiration. Indiscriminate effects, it blocks both psychotic and normal thoughts alike. It has a chemical holocaust effect, and totally obliterates the mind. | F | 27 | 11 days | 6/30/2007 | 3 | The range of effectiveness of this drug is VERY wide and depends on the individual. Some can sleep with 25 mg. I started out at 600 and am now weaning off it because of weight gain. Have gained at least 25 pounds over the last year. | Experienced the stuffy nose at (300-600 mg. No longer experience it at 25-50 mg. Physical energy has been low and I have had little motivation to exercise. DEFinite increase in appetite. Otherwise, the drug has been effective in terms of lowering anxiety levels and tempering mood swings and I can understand choosing to take it. | F | 42 | 1 years | 6/18/2007 | 3 | depression | heartburn, milk intolerance, constant fatigue, no energy or interest in doing anything!!! | F | 45 | 1 years | 6/28/2002 | 3 | bipolar | well i had the severe dizz when i would stand up in the beginning i currently take 400 mg all though my doc wants me to take 600-no way i read the side effects and weight gain does not appeal to me especially after i lost 150 from coming off of depakote.plus 400 is plently strong to it knocks my budda out which is good for my mind but what i had in the beginng when he increased my dose to over 200 was the parkinson symptons which he said would go away-i would trip over my feet lord knows i would forgot words stumble over words and i am in sales thats just not cool. but what really bothers me now is i have noticed that when i take it at night sometimes i feel like i cant move at all i mean iam awake and tired eyes semi closed and my body wont let me move and my legs jerk to at night and sometimes my body aches to i talked to my doc he said he had never heard of this the not being able to move and such is there anyone else outthere that has felt that senesation? i also get the dry mouth bad and stuffy nose within about 45 mintues of taking it. and i get real crabby if i cant get to sleep like i am a possessed woman i have to sleep its like i have to plan my sex life around the this pill otherwise i cant get any cause my butt is knocked out. at first i had the morning hang overs here again i just make sure i get over 8 hours sleep if i dont get over 8 hours i wake up severly tired and drugged and my arms and legs feel very weak | it has helped me sleep like reallly good for the first time since i was told i had bp plus since being on this drug with zonegran and wellburtin.o if anyone outthere has had or felt like i have i with my symptons-(cant spell right now its late and i havent taken my serqouel) please feel free to email me or if you if have any other questions. | F | 25 | 3 years | 2/18/2005 | 3 | Bipolar ll, PTSD | Side effects accumulated as dose was increased. Recent rapid weight gain, dizziness. At first too sleepy, now not sleeping and irritable, could be losing battle with my disorder. Take entire dose at night because of sedation, when I am up anyway I just must be careful rising and walking around. Very vivid dreams, but not nightmares I was having. Terrible heartburn. Constipation counteracts my lithium runs, so happy ending there. THIRSTY. | My mood seemed depressed at first- I was sleeping 12 hours or more on 25 mg. I quickly adjusted and soon needed 100 to sleep at all. More cycling raised the dose again, and I was dropping dosage of Topomax due to side effects so Seroquel was counterbalancing. Just up for 2 days, time to call the doc but I am not sure what next...also gained 5 pounds in 2 days- essentially without eating. This is an issue for me. | F | 43 | 7 months | 2/22/2005 | 3 | Insomnia | Made me tired, but decreased the effectiveness of my other meds. | F | 30 | 6 weeks | 2/2/2005 |