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 |
| 2 | multiple personality disorder (DID) | leg tremors that are horrible, sleepiness, higher blood sugar to the point that my diabetes meds quit working, causing me to go on insulin, missed for two days get very nausiated with racing thoughts and waves of anxiety. Fatique, swollen ankles and feet, weight gain (40) pounds, unable to lose, very expensive! | Seroquel started out working good. The symptoms and side effects seemed to go away if taken in just the right way. I'm on 50mg morning and noon, and 200mg at night. I was unaware of the other side effects connected with seroquel until last night when I went on the internet looking for help. that is when I found out that the weight gain, out of control blood sugar and swelling were connected with seroquel. Also, I recently took myself off it gradually and then after about 2 month had a severe break down and had to go back on it and that is when the blood sugar went out of control again even on insulin when my blood sugar was incontrol when I was off the seroquel, also I was loosing weight until I went back on seroquel. My feet a swelling again and my blood pressure has always been normal is high now. I'm a professional and need to get off this in a safe way so that i can continue to support my disabled daughter. really sad! | F | 38 | 2 years | 9/19/2004 | 2 | Bipolar disorder | Swelling of hands and feet | This medication did nothing for me. | F | 51 | 3 months | 5/19/2004 | 2 | mood stabilizer | muscle twitching in head and neck, extreme fatique, short term memory loss and inability to concentrate. Also extreme symptoms with late or missed dose such as dialted pupils, rapid heart beat, dizziness, fainting, weakness, anxiety, hyperactivity and restlessness. | I have been taking this drug for over 2 years and am still not sure that it has done anything positive. I've been on a combination of drugs however so it is hard to be sure. I've been expieriencing muscle twitiching for the last couple months, which is a symptom of tartive dyskenisia so I am currently tapering off. | F | 18 | 2 days | 4/12/2004 | 2 | psychotic / depression anxiety | light headedness, dizziness weak legs on rising or going up or down stairs. Rapid pulse (125bpm). I'm supposed to be taking 600mg. of this medication (and 20mg of Lexapro). Currently taking 400mg. I am almost unbareably nervous and anxious. I don't know how long I can stand to be like this because I feel as though my whole body is trembling. I will take the additional 200mg of Seroquel to see if it helps. I feel as though I want to jump out of my skin. I cannot cope this way. Have started taking more Klonopin to kill some of the anxiety but it comes back after 3 hours. I am very frightened. Still have panic attacks after 400mg. Hope the addition of the other 200mg. Still works, but I may be couch bound. | I am scared about the side effects from this drug; I get so many spots in front of my eyes that I feel as though I am going to black out. I don't have a choice about taking this drug as I feel so out of control. | F | 52 | 2 years | 2/12/2005 | 2 | Mood stabilization | My moods were worse | F | 18 | 30 days | 5/11/2005 | 2 | bi-polar | I have a tremor. My hair is falling out I have a bald spot about the size of a silver dollar. | It does some what help my sleeping. I eat alot more. | F | 22 | 1 years | 4/25/2005 | 2 | schizoaffective bipolar w/ ADHD and | dizziness, disconnection, hard to wake up in the morning, fevers,loss of coordination | seroquel made my thoughts much less intense, and for a while it seemed like it was really helping my moods and insomnia, but after about 3 months I became completely depressed and it seemed like it had just completely stopped working and i was right back where i began. | F | 18 | 5 months | 5/4/2005 | 2 | Severe Bipolar | WEIGHT GAIN (20+ lbs)lethargy, zombie like feeling, dependance on it to sleep, shaking, visual problems that slowly went away, strange paralysis feeling if i try to stay awake for long after taking it at bedtime. Hair loss and poor overall mood. | Being eating disordered as well as bipolar relly killed me with this drug because within 5 months I had gained a ton of weight and my self esteem hit the floor. I was told by my doctors that I wouldnt gain weight- they lied. I started taking this in the hospital and it helped right away but now I'm trying to get off it as soon as I can. My dose is currently 600mg, I also take paxil (37mg) and lithium (900mg) but nothing is as bad as the seroquel. | F | 19 | 9 months | 4/14/2005 | 2 | misdiagnosed bi polar | I am free of this crap and feel fine. | It has been over two weeks since I stopped taking Seroquel, my constant companion for six years, and I am free. The liver detox itching stopped , and I am now sleeping 7~8 hours on my own; waking up around 8am and functioning normally. I don't have that seroquel drag hangover that stays with you all day either any more. I feel clean and not toxic. This was my personal experience with it and if you like it then keep taking it. I did for over 6 years. | F | 46 | 6 years | 4/13/2007 | 2 | Bipolar 2 | difficulty getting out of bed in the morning, just want to sleep until 10 and I've been on it for two weeks, i tried to lower the dose to 100mg at night but the mania breaks through by afternoon | first week was pure hell, yelled at my husband and shook my children with rage; felt like a zoombie other times; dry mouth; shortness of breath, breast pain-like someone like when your getting a mammogram; missed my menstrual period | F | 47 | 2 weeks | 5/31/2007 | 2 | anxiety, depression, insomnia | extreme tiredness and lethargy, disorientation, inability to focus, inability to synthesize thoughts, 20# weight gain, low resting pulse | I am also on Celexa at the moment. I think the doctors originally put me on Seroquel to knock me out; when I was awake in the hospital, I made everybody's life miserable. They were struggling to diagnose me, and for a while thought I was Bipolar II. In the hospital, they had me on 400mg. Once out, they dropped it down to 100. I take it at bedtime, but I still do not want to get up in the morning, no matter how much sleep I get. I am sleeping about 12-14 hours a day. I cannot focus on my reading for school--it is almost like I am trying to read underwater. I also can't seem to synthesize my thoughts in order to write research papers. I am having to take incompletes in both of my classes this semester because of it. This was never a problem for me when I was in undergrad. I wish I was off of it already, but when I tried to cut my dose in half a couple of weeks ago, I got horrible anxiety and the shakes. I know when I ran out and missed a dose, I was unable to sleep the whole | F | 29 | 17 months | 5/6/2007 | 2 | anxiety insomnia | HUGE WEIGHT GAIN. I am weaning off of it. I was at a loss as to why gaining so much weight. I also get heart palpitations. Was put on 100 mg 3 times a day for anxiety. Big mistake. I now take 25to 50mgs a night to sleep. No energy the next day and I only sleep around 4-5 hours. Not worth it. I am weaning off all drugs. I imagine in the next day or two I will totally stop seroquel. Wish I never tried it. Never had the slightest weight problem before. | Heart pounding and skipping beats. Can see my heart beat in my chest. Jumpy legs and little interest in doing anything. I feel my energy level returning and my desire to do things. Was given it after ex husband abandoned us. I care for our 4 year old daughter with DS. I will try and report back if weight changes with not taking seroquel. I am not expecting major changes but gradual decreases as I hope my metabolism returns to normal. I eat very healthfully. | F | 44 | 9 months | 5/23/2007 | 2 | Mood Stabilizer | Weight gain! Excessive sleeping. No energy. Unable to think or function. Blurred vision. | Only thing this is good for is to get some sleep. Other than that the side effects are NOT worth taking this. I stopped taking it last night and NEVER want to take this again. I would rather stay awake all night long. | F | 43 | 3 months | 4/26/2007 | 2 | chronic schizophrenia | extreme anxiety about 30 min after taking it; difficulty breathing that led to ER visit; insomnia; nightmares | I had taken it once before w/o problems but this time I couldn't tolerate it | F | 48 | 3 months | 4/25/2007 | 2 | bipolar mania , major insomnia | lack of motivation, extreme depression, headaches, hypotension, increased pulse, dizziness, weight gain, dry mouth, constipation, personality change, puffy gums, no interest in activities other than sleeping. | I would love to know how people sleep after having huge insomnia before seroquel as it is the most potent sleep inducer known to mankind. | F | 40 | 9 months | 7/7/2007 | 2 | BIPOLAR/PTSD | SWEATING, STANDING IN FRONT OF FRIDGE AT 5AM FORCING CARBS INTO MY MOUTH UNCONTROLLABLY, ALMOST BLACKED OUT TWICE AND FAINTED AFTER A SWEATING SPELL, LETHARGY, ADDICTION, HORRIBLE WITHDRAWLS, HEAD ACHES, BODY TREMORS, MESSED UP JUMBLED SPEECH | THIS MEDICATION IS WORSE THEN HEROIN. NOT ONLY DO DOCTORS TRY TO FORCE IT ON PATIENTS KNOWING HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS BUT THEY ALSO DO NOT TELL YOU IF YOU TAKE IT FOR OVER 2 YEARS YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE IT FOREVER!!! THEY ALSO DO NOT TELL YOU IT CAUSES SLURRED SPEECH EVENTUALLY...I HAD TO FIND OUT ON MY OWN. AFTER MY WORDS WERE DIFFERENT THEN MY THOUGHTS. IT ALSO HAS A HORRIBLE WITHDRAWL THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE SWEATING ONE WOULD EXPIERENCE WHEN THEY COME OFF OF HEROIN. THIS IS TERRIBLE. I WOULD NOT RECCOMEND TAKING THIS EVER!!!! IT WILL ALSO MAKE YOU GAIN WEIGHT LIKE NO OTHER DRUG AROUND. I WOULD RECCOMEND THIS FOR ANOREXIC PATIENTS. BUT ANYONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT TAKING THIS MIGHT AS WELL SMOKE A JOINT FOR YOUR DEPRESSION/MANIA, IT WORKS BETTER. | F | 26 | 3 years | 6/21/2007 | 2 | postpartum insomnia | dry mouth, total fog | My doctor suggested 12.5 mg for sleep as an 'experiment' as an alternative to the trazodone/ativan combo that I wasn't having much luck with .. although it definitely made me feel 'sleepy' I certainly did not sleep but instead laid in bed feeling as though a truck had run over me .. I don't use recreational drugs but can only describe the effect of this medication as having had a 'BAD TRIP' .. too bad, I was really hoping for some sleep .. I'm jealous that it seems to have worked so well for others! | F | 39 | 1 days | 7/30/2007 | 2 | Bipolar | I was taking lamictal Lexapro for my bipolar which was working well but then I developed a rash so I had to stop. My dr switched me to Seroquel and the sides started within about a week of starting. To make a long story short... Bad nightmares, weight gain (I am 5'6, been 118 lbs for years, healthy eating, regular appetite and gym) within about a week of starting this med I started craving sugar and carbs in amounts that shocked me!! I gained a total 12 lbs in the 2 months I took this med!!! I was always tired and my mood felt very flat, kind of like a zombie. Definitely felt very drugged. Long story short, I did not like seroquel and I will never take it again!!! | Really not happy with Seroquel at all.... | F | 32 | 2 months | 11/3/2008 | 2 | BI-POLAR/SCYTZO | MASSIVE WEIGHT GAIN!!! COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED IN A.M | I TAKE 300MG AT NIGHT AND I HAVE GAINED 40LBS IN 5 MO. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR WIEGHT DON'TTAKE THIS. | F | 33 | 5 days | 10/30/2008 | 2 | bipolar rapid cycling psychotic | weight gain and associated depression, uncontrollabe craving for sugar. | I take 100mg at night. Used to help me sleep now it makes me sleepy sometimes then I also wake up in the middle of the night not sure how it will affect me at times. Depression and social withdrawal due to weight gain and paranoya of people harming me. I have trouble making decisions not passionate about anything except eating sugar. | F | 40 | 3 months | 10/24/2007 |