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 | bipolar | dry mouth, weight gain, swelling | feeling better | F | 50 | 1 years | 7/29/2004 | 3 | schizophrenia | weight gain, sleepiness | im less anxious and i no longer have any night-time fears. I can sleep all night without being woken up by an disturbances! | F | 15 | 7 days | 8/23/2004 | 3 | mania/depression, psychosis | It worked fine in the beginning. I am no stranger to experiencing weight gain with psychiatric meds. I've gained 40 pounds + or - in the last three years, tried losing the weight by following various diets but it ALWAYS came back on. Also was on Zyprexa; the combo reeked havoc with my blood sugar. Now since I'm not taking Zyprexa, the Seroquel was increased causing mood swings, fatigue, muscle weakness, confusion, short-term memory loss, loss of my desire to write(my passion in life, or at least it was), and desire to isolate myself from others. Also irritability and anger. Occasional muscle twitches, which I never really paid attention to until now. | Works ok but be careful and know what to expect. | F | 30 | 3 years | 10/13/2004 | 3 | schizo-effective | I was taking mega doses (up to 2 grams a day) Severe dizziness, hypotension, some panicky feelings from side effects. restless legs. Very large amount of hair loss. Feel frozen, just a part of a machine. | It helped me controll the anger that comes from being helpless against hallucinations;voices telling me bad things, i.e. | F | 55 | 4 days | 7/30/2005 | 3 | Sleep, Anger problems, BiPolar II | Foggy mind the next day, increased appitite, Poor concentration, Sweating alot at night, school is alot harder that is the worst. | It helped me have tons more patience and the fog goes away by about noon. I sleep very well and have not gained that much weight- about 5 pounds. | F | 24 | 3 years | 10/19/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Very tired all day. Sometimes i couldn't fall asleep and experienced strange side effects like rapid heart rate, tremors all over my body - felt like anxiety attack. Sore bones and muscles. Ringing in the ears so loud I couldn't fall asleep. Jerking of the body. High cholesterol levels, however I don't know if this is caused by the drug. | I only took 25 mg to knock me out. Decided to quit taking the drug because the effects I was having in the middle of the night when I didn't fall asleep were scaring me. | F | 25 | 1 years | 6/26/2005 | 3 | sleeping disorder/anxiety | mild "hangover" feeling in the morning | I take 50mg before bed to help me calm down and get to sleep. It does work fairly quickly, but sometimes I had trouble staying asleep, and it did nothing to change my vivid dreams. It usually takes several hours after I wake up to shake off the hangover feeling. | F | 15 | 2 months | 9/14/2006 | 3 | insomnia, anxiety | sleepyness, also made my head feel a little weird before falling asleep | I only took a tiny dose to aid sleeping, but felt drowsy almost the entire following day. | F | 21 | 1 months | 7/17/2005 | 3 | Anxiety, insomnia | Horrible nightmares, daytime sleepiness | In Feb. 2008 I started taking 50mg a day, but two weeks later I was noticing vivid, disturbing dreams nearly every night. My doc decreased the dose to 25mg as needed in conjunction with Ambien. I now sleep very soundly with normal dreams. | F | 34 | 8 months | 10/23/2008 | 3 | mood stabilizer/bipolar depression | MIDNIGHT MUNCHIES, hard to get out of bed in the morning, need at least 9 hours of sleep only on 150mg. Wake up feeling drunk. | I gave this med a 3 because of the midnight munchies and the weight gain I've experienced due to the urge to eat after taking the med. I think it has potential to help as I was on it before with 600mg lithium and low low dose lamictal. I've read others on here and it really is important to take this med and go right to bed. I timed it and it starts to work for me in like 20 minutes so I have to be in bed or I'll start eating non-stop. Interestly I have very little appetite during the day. (maybe all the food I ate the day before!) See what happens this time as I'm on 900mg lithium now and starting lamictal currently at 25mg. On 150mg Seroquel currenly. Good luck everyone. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 10/29/2008 | 3 | anxiety and depression | If for some reason I'm without my dose before I go to bed, I can't sleep. I was without it for a week once and it took four days for me to be able to even fall asleep for four hours a night. I've also had vivid unpleasant dreams and a weight gain of about 25 pounds, which is counteractive to my treatment as I am also being treated for an eating disorder. | F | 23 | 16 months | 11/4/2004 | 3 | bipolar | fatigue | F | 46 | 2 months | 12/16/2004 | 3 | Major Depression | Eating all the food in the house. Weight gain. Missing work because I can't get up in the morning. High blood pressure - I have never had high blood pressure. Combative mood at work. General feeling of anger. | Started taking around 75mg. Went to 200mg - about got fired from work - didn't even know that I was looking for a fight, until someone stated that I was angry all the time. I'm not like this. As I have stated - I have gained weight and have cut the dose back to 50mg. Seems to help alittle but really want to get off this stuff - only thing is - it does help me sleep. | F | 53 | 10 months | 1/21/2007 | 3 | depression/bipolar | knocked me out, not sure if it really did anything but that. | i started taking this and had to stop because it caused fainting the second day. three times in a row! that may have just been because it was my first few times taking it, but my doctor said i better stop. the being able to sleep was great while it lasted though. | F | 19 | 3 days | 1/20/2007 | 3 | insomnia | extremely drowsy the morning after, need more than 8 hours of sleep | i take it farly infrequently because i rarely have more than 8 hours to sleep but it really helps when i can take it. | F | 20 | 30 times | 7/23/2006 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder, Depression, PTSD | Leg tremors after taking it at bed time, constant groggy feeling during the day that makes it impossible to function or want to do anything other than sleep. Weight gain, LOTS of irritability and crankiness, almost worse than without the medication. | It does help stabilize my mood swings, although it takes away all good feelings and leaves me feeling void of emotions and energy. It definitely decreased the pitfalls of Bipolar Disorder, but it made it almost impossible to feel up or happy or excited about anything, and most certainly made me very cranky. | F | 26 | 3 weeks | 2/28/2006 | 3 | Insomnia | Great weight gain. I just keep on gaining weight. But it helps me sleep, except I hate feeling tired all day long. | It's helped me sleep. | F | 14 | 5 days | 4/29/2006 | 3 | Manic/sleeping | very dizzy, upset stomach, heavy breathing, really out of it, makes me really tired. Helps me sleep better but I have a hard time getting up in the morning. I have no appetite what so ever but I am only taking 25 mgs. | F | 33 | 2 days | 4/26/2006 | 3 | for sleep | i am a diabetic and it makes my sugar really high which is really bad. and the doctors are trying to slowly get me off of it so they can find something better for me | F | 20 | 1 times | 4/27/2006 | 3 | BP II- a yr full of agitation/mania | weight gain in abdomen, grogginess/sleeping like the dead/not remembering half-asleep conversations, shin splints/calf aches, poss. stuffy nose? | I only learned I had BP II this year (after 14 years of tx for "depression") and a reproductive psychiatrist I saw recommended Seroquel as I want to get pregnant. Do seem to be on a more even keel on the 50mg but my gut is definitely getting bigger. Then again, even though I eat fairly healthily, I don't exercise enough. Still- I haven't been eating more since the meds. I'm also on Klonopin and Prozac and won't really know how effective the Seroquel is in controlling my agitation until I get off of the other two drugs. | F | 32 | 1 months | 6/1/2006 |