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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Psychosis, paranoia, MDD, DID | Extreme drowsiness..I fell asleep in class. My neck kept twitching. Muscle stiffness and spasms..I couldn't straighten my arms. Vision problems - could see flashing all of the time. Made me EXTREMELY depressed and suicidal. Made me eat like crazy and confused. I've never felt so awful. | It did, however, take away my paranoia and visions.. and had a deep, long sleep...BUT wasn't worth the side effects for me, it might be good for some people..but definitely wasn't right for me | F | 17 | 2 days 25MG 2X day | 8/18/2011 | 2 | thought disorders | restless legs sleep paralesis | F | 50 | 3 days 200mg | 6/23/2013 | 2 | anxxiety | It worked great at first for helping me sleep and evening out my mood. However, it worked a little too well. It doesn't just dull the anxiety or bad mood, it takes away the happiness to. I wasn't unhappy, just more flat. Took away sex drive and am working with doctor to get off of it. Unless you are schizophrenic not worth the risk. Had insomnia when I had to discontinue for a period. Felt weird joint pain, slightly sweaty palms and forgot tons of stuff. Felt stupid as I tried to think of a word. | Don't take this drug. So many other options, not worth the risks and very hard to discontinue without tapering under medical supervision. | F | 48 | 3.5 years 12.5 1X day | 6/11/2013 | 2 | originally for sleep deprivation | Without Seroquel, I would have survived. But I would have been hospitalized without a doubt. Now, 6 years later, I have lost my career, lost nearly all my friends and moved to an isolated area to get away from people. And the doctor keeps prescribing higher and higher doses! | Don't take this longer than you have to! | F | 57 | 6 years 400 1X day | 8/13/2012 | 2 | sleep/BPD/depression | WEIGHT GAIN-- OH MY GOD--- FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT. Other: lethargy, hypertention, crazy ass dreams, some memory loss ( although not as bad as when I had insomnia). | I was given this by my Pdoc for " sleep" although I'm pretty sure this was also to mellow me out since my BPD is pretty bad. It fo' sure worked. I got mellow, even ( gasp) nice! At first I felt good about taking it, and I could finally sleep, but then I noticed that it stopped working and I was gaining a massive amout of weight ( even though I was exercising, eating healthy, etc.) According to my Pdoc I could take " any dose I wanted up til 100) hell, I could even up it and lower it if I wanted to. So when 50 didn't work, I would lower it, and then higher it. After a year on this crappy drug I gave up. I had started to smoke and drink coffee every morning since I couldn't seem to get up. I had to get 12+ hours on it or else I had headaches. I would wake up from crazy ass dreams, sweating and eat and then wake up in the morning and not remember anything. The dosing and time I took it did nothing and I still couldn't get up before noon. If Satan created a drug you would love/hate and tame the beast within it would be called " SEROQUEL" Thanks AstroZenica. | F | 31 | 1 years 25 mg-50 1X day | 1/16/2013 | 2 | SevereAnxiety,depressionOCDinsomnia | taken with zoloft, for sever anxiety, depression,OCD and insomnia. weird dreams, feeling drugged next morning and last night i dreamed i squatted and weed on the floor next to my bed only to get up in the morning and step in a huge patch of pee. feeling of drowning, bottom jaw twitches, my torso convulses and i ve only been on it nearly 4 weeks. | F | 23 | 3 weeks 100MG 1X day | 11/10/2012 | 2 | Depression/Anxiety | Dry mouth, forgetfulness, clumsiness, and intense sleepiness were the only side effects at first. Over time the sleepiness (which I needed to get to sleep at night) dissipated, and coupled with my anxiety would make bedtime like a bad trip. Everything looks weird, makes me panicky. | It never did seem to help my depression, though it did help me sleep at first. The dose was constantly upped after the effects would wane. The cons outweigh the pros, I would not recommend this. Maybe it would work better for someone else but after the first few months the positive effects went away and now I just take it because my doctor tells me to. | F | 25 | 2 years 400MG 1X day | 8/13/2013 | 2 | bi polar | dry mouth , stuffy nose, woke up and had pounding heart and sweats, felt weird in my head, can't explain it. gained about 15#, with barely eating any more food. Take it 2 hrs. before bed and still can't sleep , sometimes wake up with palpatations, sweating, panic feeling and terrible pains in my feet and legs. I take meds for RLS. I feel scared and alone and don't know what to do when this happens because everyone else is asleep. Sometimes I go outside or stand over ac vent place a wash cloth on my head and try to wait for the feeling to subside. sometimes its over 15 minutes. 2 days ago got 45minutes of sleep and was miserable. At first the med didn't do this to me, with the exception of dry mouth. I went on generic from Canada of SR and don't remember the palpatations and sweats. Some nights I spend half the night placing and replacing the sheet and blanket. I can't get my body temp. right no matter what I do, I go from freezing cold to sweating. The Seroquel did help the moods thou | I would take with caution and be aware of the Side Effects and don't wait to report them to Dr. I waited almost 4 weeks mostly because I thought they would go away, instead they got worse along with the foot and leg and back pain and the regulation of the body temperature. I thought the XR was for me because took the regular stuff before and the leg pain was so unbearable I had to discontue it. | F | 58 | 6 months 300mg XR 1X day | 6/23/2012 | 2 | bipolar? Anxiety? unsure | melting sensation in thigh muscles, dry mouth, constipation, forgetfullness, crawling sensation on my skin and back pain All new to me. Never had a problem pre seroquel that could not be accounted for | Withdrew because of physical and some alertness effects: -weight gain, pain, level of alertness and only added problems compared to previously. Mostly - crawling skin sensation in ears, urinary dysfunction( green foul smelling urine and very frequent), transient abdominal discomfort(severe- about 7/10 compared to gall bladder attack), Withdrawl - 2-4 weeks - occasional insomnia(New even compared to pre seroquel), intermittent severe sweating(new), cronic headaches(new), persistent deep back pain, abdominal discomfort and pain. 6 weeks - Intermittent stabbing ear pain only - crawly feeling skin and ear gone. Sleeping through nights intermittently. No melting muscles. Urinary function still not OK(underlying pathology?), GIT signs still not OK(underlying pathology?) Mind space now much better. | F | 47 | 9 months 50 1X day | 7/18/2013 | 2 | Sleep problems | Heart palpitations/racing, tired the next day. | It would take up to 5 hours for it to kick in sometimes. | F | 21 | 3 months 50mg 1X day | 5/13/2012 | 2 | bipolar rapid cycling/mixed episode | I didn't ascribe the weight gain (10 lbs) to seroquel until I read this board. Dizziness, physical imbalance, crankiness, sleep too much or wake up groggy and can't go back to sleep. Searching/struggling for words on a consistent basis (I have a very high IQ and teach as well as work in customer service) and this makes me feel like a DOPE. Pdoc says, "oh, that happens to EVERYONE when they get older." OK, I am FORTY two, not NINETY two... Brain moves slowly. Motor movement is affected, I am sometimes klutzy. I have had two car accidents (not my fault) and several close calls, ALL on the RIGHT side. Coincidence?? My vision is sometimes blurred. I used to be 20/10, now 20/20. Some days I'm fine, probably about 60% of the time I feel functional and able to perform my job and interact with others at optimal level. Currently taking 3 20 mg tabs of seroquel at night (used to sleep with 2, but now even 3 doesn't do it). Now I can't fall asleep at night, wake up during night, | I was prescribed seroquel for insomnia by a doctor who would nod, say "mm hm", and write the same prescriptions without regard for my comments. I wanted a happy sleepy pill, he gives me an anti-psychotic. Went a new office, GREAT therapist, new pdoc. More attentive than the "mm hm" guy, makes you think he is listening, then prescribes how he wants to anyway. I asked to be taken off seroquel, explain side effects. So pdoc decides seroquel will be the BASE of my treatment! Sick of being treated like a child, bringing my fiance next time. Pdoc says it hasn't been proven that seroquel causes diabetes. Then says, "if you take good care of yourself, you will have to take some pills (FOR DIABETES)in your 60s. If you don't,you will be taking pills in your 40s & 50s" So he says it doesn't cause diabetes, then tells me it WILL, no matter WHAT I do? Also, on last seroquel scrip pdoc wrote 2 a day, have been on 3 for almost a year. Had to call pharmacy, have him w | F | 42 | 2 years | 3/20/2006 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | I was a walking zombie. everyone thought i was doing drugs. i looked totally spaced out all the time. i gained about 5lbs and slept about 12-15 hrs/day (lucky i was on unpaid disability from work). nightmares | a lot of people really like it. it is a like it or hate it kind of med. some people use it to sleep. for me, it didn't help me get to sleep, but once asleep i was out for the count. it also gave me nightmares. | F | 28 | 6 months | 10/20/2006 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | I was a walking zombie. everyone thought i was doing drugs. i looked totally spaced out all the time. i gained about 5lbs and slept about 12-15 hrs/day (lucky i was on unpaid disability from work). nightmares | a lot of people really like it. it is a like it or hate it kind of med. some people use it to sleep. for me, it didn't help me get to sleep, but once asleep i was out for the count. it also gave me nightmares. | F | 28 | 6 months | 10/20/2006 | 2 | Insomnia & Depression | After taking Seroquel for 30 days in alcohol/drug inpatient treatment program, I returned home with a script to take 100mg, a fairly small dose, around 9pm each night to help with sleeplessness. It is day 44 and after taking it every night, I began experiencing muscle cramps in my shoulders and arms, so painful that I wouldn't be able to sleep and couldn't even lay down. I have also been taking Suboxone, a wonder drug for addicts recovering from opiate addiction. I have weened myself off Suboxone completely, with doctor's assistance, and figured the cramping was from that. Now I have not taken the Seroquel for 4 nights, have not slept in 4 nights, and am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I'm a mess. Anyone experienced this as a side effect, and if so, what did you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | F | 23 | 44 days | 3/6/2007 | 2 | Bipolar 2/cyclothmania | weight gain 40 lbs, blurred vision, stuffy nose, fatigue, elevated blood sugar levels | I was receiving poor medical care and was actually on 800mg for a whiel and was a mess. I am seroquel free now and feel great. I believe it can be used once in a while for a bout of insomnia but I believe because the drug is so new, the side effects are not worth the benefits. | F | 32 | 2 years | 11/14/2006 | 2 | BiPolar | Anxiety and nausea in the morning. Different feelings at different levels. Slept well though. Going off of it is difficult. Insomnia. | F | 36 | 4 weeks | 10/8/2005 | 2 | Insomnia & Depression | After taking Seroquel for 30 days in alcohol/drug inpatient treatment program, I returned home with a script to take 100mg, a fairly small dose, around 9pm each night to help with sleeplessness. It is day 44 and after taking it every night, I began experiencing muscle cramps in my shoulders and arms, so painful that I wouldn't be able to sleep and couldn't even lay down. I have also been taking Suboxone, a wonder drug for addicts recovering from opiate addiction. I have weened myself off Suboxone completely, with doctor's assistance, and figured the cramping was from that. Now I have not taken the Seroquel for 4 nights, have not slept in 4 nights, and am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I'm a mess. Anyone experienced this as a side effect, and if so, what did you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | F | 23 | 44 days | 3/6/2007 | 2 | panic attacks | weight gain dizzyness | ive been taking seroquel for about 1 year and its made me very tired i can hardly do anything i take 25mg at night befor i go to bed and it helps me in the moring for school but now i am getting off of it becuase it caused me to gain weight and i have issues with weight all ready and i rather just take tylonal pm and go to sleep then take this and gain weight | F | 14 | 1 days | 4/16/2006 | 2 | panic attacks/school avobea | weight gain 20lbs used to be 80lbs now im 100lbs within less then 1 year dizzyness/very sleepy | ive been taking seroquel for about 1 year and its made me very tired i can hardly do anything i take 25mg at night befor i go to bed and it helps me in the moring for school but now i am getting off of it becuase it caused me to gain weight and i have issues with weight all ready and i rather just take tylonal pm and go to sleep then take this and gain weight | F | 14 | 1 days | 4/17/2006 | 2 | Bipolar II, alcoholism | I was perscribed 50mg at night to curb a hypomanic episode and have been taking it for 5 weeks. Now I'm going to start tapering off of it because even at this low dose I've gained around 7 pounds despite cutting back on calories, absolutely need 9-11 hours of sleep to function and am groggy and lethargic all day. Also problems with nightmares, sugar cravings, constipation, restless legs, etc. Abnormal blood and liver tests as well. | Do not drink when on this medication! I've never been sicker. | F | 28 | 5 weeks | 3/22/2007 |