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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Bi-Polar w/severe anxiety and panic | Fatigue, extreme sleepiness,weight gain , heart problems , heart attack, hypothyroid.An inability to stabilize my moods or make clear decisions after taking a dose. | I believe though this is one of the only meds that I have tried and I have tried many that stops the racing thoughts it is extremely hazardous to your health and the side effect are not all clearly listed.It has helped me with 1 thing but caused me so many other problems it doesn't equal out. | F | 39 | 7 years 550mg 1X day | 2/24/2010 | 3 | Gen. Anxiety and PTSD | Zoned out episodes, memory loss, not able to think complex thoughts right after starting higher dose from original 12mg, then 25mg then last amount, twitchy fingers, toes, eyes, irritable, nightmares, crazy dreams, feeling of dread upon waking, could only sleep 3-4 hrs. but felt sleepy dopey all the time, nasal congestion at night very severe, more depressed, weight gain, can't hold conversations within first 2 hours after dosing nor talk about feelings unless it's anger or rage, freaking out more not less, talking in sleep, lack of personality, disoriented, difficult swallowing mainly at night, restlessness in limbs and generally, odd muscle movements, very grumpy in mornings, can't get out of bed easily, bad tempered more, horny but no drive to do anything about it | F | 52 | 3 months 50 1X day | 3/10/2010 | 3 | Insomnia | High as a kite felt like I was in lala land, couldn't for the life of me get out of bed and stayed in there for 48 hours. Short term memory loss where I'd forget what I was doing or what I had did. I'd stand there at times and stare in to space for a while for the life of me I didn't know what I was doing. Hangover felt like I'd been drinking copious amounts of alcohol and with that came nausea. Becoming a bit to slow in my movements like when I was driving. | I refuse to take this drug,fortunately the drug I'm taking hasn't given me insomnia again, yet. I already have some side effects from other drugs I'm taking and don't need anymore. I was wondering how I'm going to function in a job, the medication I'm taking now isn't that great for long term memory and to make things worse seroquel is bad for my short term memory. I was saying to myself that I'd get fired in the state I was in. Took 1 50 mg tablet first then went down to 25 mg because I felt like I was high on drugs, nice feeling but I can't live like that forever and 25 mg didn't put me to sleep. Not going back on it either going to tell the doctor that when I see her, there's got to be a better option. | F | 33 | 1 weeks 50mg 1X day | 3/12/2010 | 3 | bi polar 2 | calmed me but tired all the time | F | 47 | 3 weeks 300mg 2X day | 2/12/2010 | 3 | depression,bioplor,anixety, panic | I have no side effects at all my body has a high tolerance to prescription drugs. | F | 43 | 4 years 100 mg 1X day | 8/10/2010 | 3 | bpd anxiety | stunned, extremely irritable, hungry all the time | I feel that my anxiety has lessened. But I doubt I will stay on it because of the irritability factor. I scare myself. | F | 58 | 6 days 25 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | Massive weight gain, possibly addictive? Far too sedating too quickly. | I am currently being weaned off Seroquel. My dose over five years has ranged from 50mg twice daily to 500mg a day. It hasn't really worked for my mania or anxiety, but I do now get a decent night's sleep for the first time in my life. However, as my Psych Doc pointed out, sleeping tablets would do the same thing so I'm being taken off it. I gained five stone (70 lbs) on this stuff, but have gotten that off now and am being placed on Lamictal. What pains me is that I knew it wasn't working for me for five years and told the doctors this and they argued with me until last year, when suddenly the reports about Seroquel started to filter through and they realised that we, the patients, were right. I accept that for some people it's wonderful and like all meds, it's a lottery as to which works for each of us, but the doctors need to listen when we say something isn't doing the job. We inhabit our skulls, and we know when something is amiss. | F | 36 | 5 years 250mg 1X day | 7/4/2010 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder for Mania | Weight gain, sleeping too much, bad dreams | I have been prescribed Seroquel for about two years. The plus of this medication is that it is the only anti-psychotic I have taken that doesn't give me a serious physical reaction. Another good thing about this medication is that it made it possible for me to quit taking anti-anxiety medication. It is a sleepy enough medication to take care of any anxiety as well. It can actually take care of mania too. But, I want to quit because the dreams I have on this medication are pretty bad. They are extremely vivid. At first, I got kind of a kick out of how real the dreams were but now they become bad nightmares at times. My psychiatrist has suggested that maybe it is becoming a little to concentrated in my system, so I break the pill into a smaller piece and that seems to help. My problem is that if I try to stop taking it, even after staggering it into smaller doses for awhile, I can't quit it. I can't sleep if I try to make it through the night without it. I hate it now, because sometimes I can't wake up on time, and my other doctors keep warning me that it could cause diabetes and I have a bad family history of diabetes. But, I can't quit, it keeps me from Mania and my doctor is against me quitting. Think twice if you can stay away from this medication. | F | 41 | 2 years 150 mg. 1X day | 7/14/2010 | 2 | Major depressive disorder | Tiredness, dry mouth, stomach problems, urinary frequency, urinary incontinence, constant sinus, low white cell counts. | The tiredness near killed me, have found it very difficult to function - just need sleep. I found that abour 15-20mins after taking Seroquel my legs would become restless - I told my psychiatrist, who gave me Valium for that. Constantly fighting off hunger. Terrible wind and stomach pains, and possibly the worst side effect, which I had no idea was a side effect until I weaned myself off them - urinary leakage/incontinence. Gross. I am only 47, and that really killed my confidence. Have only been off it for 3 weeks, and I no longer stink of pee, and have dry duds ! I'll have to try and cope with my mind running amok, because I won't have my body doing it ! Also had low white cell counts and kept getting boils. | F | 47 | 8 months 100mg 1X day | 6/8/2010 | 2 | Depression | Made me terribly anxious and at times suicidal | Was suppose to help with depression taken along with Zoloft | F | 72 | 40 days 25 mg. 4X day | 2/24/2010 | 2 | depression/ sleep problems | I seem to be constantly tired/exhauseted during the day with great difficulty getting out of bed in morning (which i HAVE to do to make sure son gets breakfast & off to school) & often go back to bed during day, sometimes for most of day. Have increasingly found it difficult to get to sleep at night & think i am now dependent on this drug to get to sleep. I need to take it ~7pm & if take it later i get major hangover - grogginess/headaches etc in morning & if I don't go back to bed during day will end up with migraines. If i don't take it, it takes me hours to get to sleep, I get wierd vivid dreams & wake every few hours (sometimes wide awake after 3-4 hrs sleep - feel tired, but can't get back to sleep). Have not been able to hold down a job & seem to just get more & more depressed. | I initially was prescribed seroquel when i experienced problems sleeping (after being prescribed venlafaxine for depression). I did not feel well on venlafaxine (up to 400 mg daily), nor lots of other meds, mainly due to constantly feeling tired & unable to cope. Nothing has helped me to get my life back together after initially being diagnosed with Post Natal Depression over 8 years ago. Have recently tried bipolar meds - lithium (Priadel 800 mg) with & without venlafaxine, then Lamotrigine (Mogine 50mg twice daily +37.5 mg venlafaxine) but felt that these meds just dulled my senses & made my really apathetic (not happy or sad, just kinda zombified). I have lots of sinus problems (dust mite allergy + food intolerances (salicylates & dairy)) which got worse post-natal / worse with depression. I take sinus meds (loratidine 10mg twice daily + butacort 100 aqueous nasal spray 2 puffs twice daily). I have just (after reading comments on this website) convinced Dr (4th psychiatrist I've been to) to prescribing an alternate = zopliclone, even thou I have experienced similar 'hangover' effects with it in past, now she says to just try taking 1/2 x 7.5 mg tablet. Has anyone found anything better to take? Any advice/comments would be appreciated, please feel encouraged to email me since I'm feeling very disallusioned & disappointed with Dr's so far. | F | 44 | 4 years 25-200mg 1X day | 3/4/2010 | 2 | Bipolar 2/OCD/Anxiety | Life revolves around sleep (either knocked out cold or awake all night), groggy and sedated, rapid extreme weight gain, increased appetite, diffuculty finding words, slurred speech | I've been on this med for 2 years (started on 12.5mg, now at 200mg SL) At the dose I am at now, I sleep better for the most part, I have not have a manic episode for the whole time I have been on it, and recently my anxiety has been a lot better. I have tried to tolerate it because it seems to work, but I can't tolerate the weight gain and very concerned about the slurred speech. | F | 29 | 2 years 200mg 1X day | 4/15/2010 | 2 | Insomnia due to other meds | This caused me to pass out in a deep sleep and rather quickly after taking it. Once taken, my damn house could burn down I wouldn't wake up. Also, major "additonal" hunger and weight gain, especially late at night. | Not much of a hangover the following day. | F | 44 | 4 months ??? 1X day | 5/4/2011 | 2 | OCD, panic disorder | destroys sleep completely. digestion problems, gave me chronic abdominal pain on my right, which would get worse after food even with low amount of fat, destroys memory and impairs you cognitively. | yes it took care of my ocd very well - instantly. i was on 25 mg-50 mg a day for about 3 months. then it started worsening ocd and panic attacks. i had to reduce my intake and took it as needed. it worked well. even severe ocd episodes were reduced immediately. but as soon as i started taking it regularly again, the adverse effects came back. after about 2 years of using it on and off (3-10 times a month) i developed an almost chronic abdominal pain on my right and jaundice. i went off it for about 6 months and it subsided. however, it destroyed my sleep. i had a very hard time falling asleep and i was waking up every 2 hours. it's next to impossible to get your sleep back after this medication, i tried very hard (excluded all caffeine, tried to maintain good sleep hygiene, etc) never actually got it back completely. even if you do start sleeping a bit better after being off seroquel for many months, taking one 25 mg pill will throw you back to square one. i think when you're on these medications you really should listen to your body more than to your doctor sometimes and you should never ignore pains. yes for some people the benefit outweighs the side effects. but in my case it was replacing one problem with a bunch of others. | F | 37 | 3 years 25-100 MG 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 2 | depression, PTSD, insomnia | intestinal pain, body aches, restless leg, extreme exhaution, weight gain, joint pain, dopey feeling all day, concentration (attention span about 30 minutes at best) | I started taking 25 each night to sleep, but had to move up to 50 night. I did sleep and have very vivid dreams (terror dreams) but did not touch the depression. eating like crazy at night, restless legs start 20 minutes after taking. Yes I can sleep but unable to work due to concentration issues and extreme fatigue. Would not recommend for insomnia. I understand it works very well for mania. | F | 44 | 3 months 50 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 2 | biplor 2 disorder | The dreams were too horrific to tolerate. I gained 10 pounds in 3 months. All I wanted to eat were sweets and this is not normal for me. People found me calmer but it was because I was depressed. I'll just go back to being bipolar. I have a job that I've had for 23 years; my children are happy and well-adjusted; and I've been married for 28 years. I think I'll just have to be happy with that. | F | 47 | 90 days 100 mg 1X day | 9/4/2010 | 2 | Bipolar | I was on extended release. My doc said to take 3 hours before bed and he was right. Exactly 3 hours later I was so drunk I couldn't do anything but lay there. I could move, I just didn't want to! Then I got restless leg and it frustrated me. Advil strangely got rid of the RL... So for three months I took seroquel then 3 or 4 hours later took an advil. I slept entirely too much. 12 hours was the minimum or I couldn't function. Then when I was awake I would suddenly feel extremely dizzy or extremely sleepy, to the point where I actually sat down in the floor in a store once because I thought I was gonna fall! It only lasted 10 minutes or so but it happened often enough that I was scared to drive. I NEVER felt full when I was eating. I ate and ate and ate. My husband loved it because he said I was anorexic before but I hated it. I only weigh 140 now (105 before) but had to replace the wardrobe which I wasn't expecting financially. VERY vivid dreams. I enjoyed those as I don't think I d | I think my doc started me out on too high of a dose and I believe I shouldn't have taken extended release because it continued to affect me all day the next day. EVERYONE I told the dosage I was given became really worried and said that was too high to start on (300 mg). Even the pharmacist was concerned. I don't even think I have bipolar disorder and was diagnosed with it within a 20 minute intake interview before the doc even knew anything about me. (Pill pusher). I quit taking it on my own and stopped seeing the doc too. I had horrible headaches when I stopped taking it but I was determined not to take it anymore so I dealth with those. No more restless leg now that I'm off the medication either... | F | 31 | 3 months 300 mg 1X day | 9/17/2010 | 2 | Insomnia, ruminating thoughts | 30 minutes after taking went to sleep but blacked out; slept for 12 hours with a severe headache and hangover until 4PM the next day, had dizziness and lack of coordination when walking, body jerks. The worst thing was the increase in my suicidal thoughts | After my brief experience with Seroquel and reading the ratings at this site, I'm extremely scared to continue taking it. I have never felt so "drugged" and out of control. The body aches and headache the next day were excruciating. My13 year old son had to help me walk. Sure, I slept but at what expense? I lost a whole day from the side affects! | F | 47 | 2 days 25MG 1X day | 12/3/2011 | 2 | Sleeping problems | Needed more sleep than ever before then remained lethargic until around 4 pm. Made me feel lazy and unproductive. Severe short term memory loss. Gained weight and was unable to lose while dieting. Not for me. | F | 57 | 6 months 100mg | 12/31/2011 | 2 | insomna | sex drive gone../ weight gain unreal | F | 48 | 75 1X day | 3/7/2012 |