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 | Depression; Psychotic | I was very tired all the time when I took this, and I ended up sleeping very long hours. People with asthma: do NOT take this medicine. I have asthma, and by the third day I felt like I was going to die because my breathing was so heavy and whenever I heard a sound my heart would hurt so much, and everything around me was closing in like I was going blind. I needed my inhaler with me all the time. Also, in the morning I could feel my heart in my ears, and there was a slight buzzing sound coming off from the back of my head. The weight gain has been horrible--I gained fifteen pounds from it, and I am still trying to shed it all off. | It helped, yes--but the side effects were not only horrifying, but I had a risk of dying. I will never, and people with asthma should never, ever take this medicine. | F | 15 | 3 months | 7/18/2008 | 2 | Bipolar insomnia | Anxiety, muscle twitches, incapacitated next day because drug still acting | I am having ECT. A side effect of the ECT, for me, was muscle soreness. I'd been taking trazadone to sleep, but the soreness kept me awake. My dr. gave me Seroquel for insomnia. I felt strangely all morning after taking it once--I had a hard time talking, I was dizzy, tremors, disoriented. Went to breakfast w/friend, and tried to sleep upon return. Had FRIGHTENING anxiety, felt like I was going back into mixed state that I had earlier in the summer. (Depression hasn't lifted, hence the ECT.) Got up and called the drs. office, and hoping to hear back from him. It may be a sleepless night, but if it staves off the anxiety, it's a fair tradeoff. Back to trazadone, and maybe ECT will regulate my sleep! | F | 46 | 1 days | 8/21/2008 | 2 | bipolar II, OCD, insomnia | This drug is a tranquilizer. My friend later told me it is known as a zombie drug--I definitely felt "drugged." Yes, it was great to exchange racing thoughts that kept me from falling asleep for blacking out into a stupor, but not for 20 hours straight! I would sleep that long, and I have kids to take care of and work to do. | The doctor said the side effects get better at larger doses! So when I took 25 mg I increased to 50 mg but things only got worse. This is the most sedating drug I have ever encountered. I know one is supposed to commit to it for a longer period to let the body acclimate, but the sacrifice in functioning was just too great. I felt terrible. | F | 35 | 1 weeks | 8/23/2008 | 2 | I just started Seroquel at 25 mg, then slowly up to 300mgs. The first night i look 300mg, i started having crazy muscle spazms, and jittery eye vision. I also saw things like shadows. i felt like i was going insaine... I guess it works for some, but definitely not for me. | F | 16 | 6 days | 8/24/2008 | 2 | Bipolar/ schitzoaffective | Dry mouth, constipation, confusion, restless leg | I was given this med too help control my mania and to help me sleep. This is not at all what happened for me. I have a relatively high dose 6oomg @ night and it still doesn't keep me sleeping. And then there are the leg tremors. I will spend 2+ hours at times with leg movements I feel I can not control. So far the side effects have outwieghed the benefits for me. | F | 31 | 5 months | 7/13/2009 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder/Anxiety | Severe weight gain, severe cognitive ... what's the word? Impairment. No sex drive. No drive at all. Sleep much more. Exhausted when awake. | Helps greatly with anxiety and BPD. The best med I've been on for these issues. Too bad the side effects are so ... uh ... yes - severe. I cannot remember people's names, events, things that were so clear in my mind several months ago. I've been off work for a while - how will I get back to work and function on this med? Talk about being "disabled." I have zero energy. No motivation. It's all I can do to wash the dishes once a day. Cleaning the house? Sorry, can't be bothered. I can't believe how much weight I've gained - about 20 lbs in two months. I'm on weight watchers but I can't stick to it. I used to go to the gym regularly, but I have no energy nor desire now. I also read here about younger people developing cataracts and now I'm frightened. Meds. Always somethin'. BPD is a real bear. | F | 45 | 2 months | 6/6/2009 | 2 | bipolar | knocks you out completely, totally destroyed my sex drive, gained some weight initially but leveled out, very sedating, short term memory loss, fuzziness, confusion, trouble concentrating/focusing | i take 125 at night plus lithium, topamax and lamictal, but when i have manic spikes take up to 300/day, have taken some during the day and this was the worst. basically, it does fix the mania, but only because i'm a drooling idiot or asleep. i cannot function at all taking this during the day. i would stop taking this right away except it seems to be the only thing between me and the edge. really hate this. | F | 23 | 2 years | 5/4/2009 | 2 | insomnia | Lethargic, twitching of legs, arms, sleep eating,have gained about 40 lbs in 4-5 months | This was great when I couldn't sleep. Unfortunately I can''t sleep without it. I get up and wander at night, and I apparently eat quite a lot. Last week I woke up with an ice cream come melyed on my chest, this week I nearly broke my nose when I walked into a wall. The twitching drives me nuts. | F | 54 | 6 months | 5/13/2009 | 2 | Depression, Bi-Polar | Added aggression, poor temperament, added agitation, inability to relax or feel happy. Worsened my Bi-Polar and I wound up cutting myself and needed 31 stitches. I had to stay in a mental facility for 3 days and get put back on my previous med (Zoloft). | I had an adverse reaction to the Seroquel and had a mental brake down. I was taking it for 5 weeks when this happened. I will never take it again, but, this was my personal reaction and yours should not be the same. Look for added signs of aggression and agitation, also look for signs of no relief, not being able to relax... | F | 25 | 5 weeks | 9/30/2008 | 2 | Anxietty/Imsomnia | Makes me pass out immediatley, very groggy. | This medication frightens me. I don't think I'll continue taking it. I am on 100 mg; and within 15-20 minutes of taking this drug, I literally pass out. I'm not just saying it makes me groggy/sleepy. I mean, pass out and loose the ability to do anything, and I am not able to be woken from this coma like sleep for hours. That scares me. Also, this medication leaves me extremely 'spaced out' the following day. So while it does provide me sleep... its the kind of sleep that wouldn't alow me to be woken, even if my house is on fire. | F | 27 | 4 days | 9/17/2008 | 2 | Depression & Anxiety. | laziness, lack in motivation and ambition, No sex drive, very sleepy, tired all day, rage, intense anxiety, passive, experienced bipolar type symptoms. | About one hour after taking it (at night) I got very sleepy, but within 2 hours later the sleepiness wore off. Helped me sleep through the night, but if I didn't get a full 8-10 hours of sleep I could not function during the day. Even when I did sleep my 10 hours at night, I was groggy and out of it during the day, then get hyper at night. Had no motivation to do anything, When I woke up in the morning I was starving for Junk Food, but that wore off and I lost my desire for food. Lost a couple pounds not even trying, (& I'm already pretty small). Sometimes made me so passive, I would hardly react to anything. The WORST part was the intense amount of RAGE this medicine gave me, I got angry and aggressive, and pissed off very easily, it was very scary to experience. No sex drive what so ever! | F | 24 | 10 days | 9/6/2008 | 2 | insomnia, depression, irritability | Tried sample of Seroquel XR 50mg, yesterday. Per Dr's instructions, 12 hours prior to your waking hour tomorrow. Within 3 hours I became too drowsy to remain awake. I woke after 9 hours sleep and felt like a zombie. Couldn't function at work, couldn't concentrate and my memory was failing me, called off sick. At home I took a 90 minute nap, and was out cold. I've been extremely drowsy all day. My mental faculties are slowly returning. I still feel groggy with slow motor functions, 24 hours after trying it once. | I don't like it. A year ago, this would've helped, when I was in a bad state. Seems like, this would enable patients to get over a bad hump. Even then I wouldn't recommend taking this as a long-term med, unless your condition is extreme. The after-effects of this drug remind me of a really bad "acid hangover". Yuchh. As someone once said, "You are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence". | F | 53 | 1 days | 8/28/2009 | 2 | sleep | Slow mental activity and a zombie like feeling. I do not reccomend. This medication has adverse side effects. I rwegret taking it in the first place and now I cannot sleep at all without a sleep aid. This medication causes tremors and slows mental activity and causes loss of motivation. | Do not take this drug! It will mess you up. Natural is the way to go. See an accupuncturer. | F | 45 | 1 years | 8/4/2009 | 2 | insomnia | Initially sedation - then nothing. After 4-5 years of use - I'm dying. These medications are toxic on purpose and will kill you - you will have try to discontinue until its too late. | After 4-5 years of use I now has breathing problems that are probably related to dysautonomia and brain damage (brainstem). One has to discontinue these medications before 4 years or something or one will die to medication side-effects. These drugs are dead-ends that will kill you (on purpose) and doctors do not want to do nothing. Psychiatry is a killing system for those that are disliked. Instead of using piracetam, melatonin and other medications psychiatry use drugs that are toxic on purpose. | F | 32 | 5 years 400 1X day | 6/29/2013 | 2 | Depression anxiety disorders | Trouble breathing rhinitis sinusitis possible onset of asthma weight gain somnolence anxiety Breathing is my issue with this, add in all the side effects that people typically say too. I'm not glossing over on purpose or making light on purpose. It's just the breathing after 3 years never improved especially on its own. | Inability to breathe after taking it the first forty five minutes are hell it feels like airway collapse but they kept insisting "your alive to make Otto your PSYC appointment, so let's work through the side effect" "if you stopped breathing in the middle of the night, you would not be here for this appointment " I'm not sure what to say to that! | F | 31 | 3 years 250 | 2/26/2016 | 2 | PTSD | When the effects first started, i was drowsy, almost like i was drunk. I was woozy and falling over my own feet to lie down and i couldnt keep my eyes open. I woke 3 hours later with EXTREME rage ready to take on the world and I'm normally very withdrawn. Im sensing bad things will happen if i continue taking this drug thats making me so enraged. I began taking it January of 2015, stopped in July 2015 and was on 25mg x 5 daily (125mg total). I was in a unit when i first started this drug so I can't really remember much about it i was that zoned out. After taking just one, i think i'll pass this time. | Never again. | F | 22 | 1 days 25mg | 5/8/2016 | 2 | Insomnia, depression | Somnolence, restless legs, increased risk of diabetes, thyroid suppression. | Added to Wellbutrin for depression and loved being able to sleep, though I didn't notice any improvement in depression (which I have had for 23 years). Cut dose in half to 25 mg due to restless legs. As the result of a routine thyroid test after 5 months, found I was at elevated risk for diabetes (other reviews have mentioned this) and thyroid, which had been fine for years, was suppressed. I weaned off over about a month and thyroid is returning to normal and diabetes marker is lower. I miss the sleep though, and occasionally take one for a night's rest, but am too scared of the other side effects to do more than that. Plus even on 25 mg I get a little sleep "hangover." | F | 62 | 5 months 50mg/25mg | 5/30/2015 | 2 | Major insomnia | Extremely joint, bone , muscle pain, paralysis at times, eyes hurt, weak, unmotivated, weight going . Research says this drug causes bone density with prolonged use. Also cataracts , great! | It’s a nightmare! It did help me near three years ago with my insomnia. Because I couldn’t sleep at all. However many nights I felt like I was dieing , truly , my son called the squad once and hospitalized me! Now I sleep a little with highly does or non-without it. Must get off . I hope it hasn’t already caused extensive long term damage. | F | 38 | 0 days 600mg | 10/13/2019 | 2 | Bipolar | Gained 50-60 pounds and completely wrecked my body/figure even after I lost all the weight and returned to my normal lbs. Memory loss, binge eating, always tired, unable to concentrate. Was informed of outlandish comments and inappropriate conversations I made that I have no recollection of. I know looks are not the point of life but it is often difficult looking into the mirror and imagining what I would look like if I never took this drug. | It has been 6 years since I was 14 and took seroquel. I do not have bipolar disorder nor have I ever been manic, doctor wrongly prescribed me this after learning my family history as a precaution. I was just depressed and going through puberty. I am sure this medicine helps people but should only be given to people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, not used as a precaution to people predisposed. | F | 14 | 4 months 400 mg 1X day | 4/1/2023 | 2 | To sleep | F | 32 | 1 days 25 1X day | 12/19/2022 |