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 |
| 1 | Insomnia | severe weight gain; blurred vision; Tardive dyskinesia; urinary frequency; lowered blood pressure; lucid dreaming | Horrible drug. I gained 25 pounds on it. And while on it supposedly for sleep, I had severe urinary frequency which meant I was up various times in the night - so much for an undisturbed sleep. The blurred vision was really scary and what made me ultimately demand to go off Seroquel. A horror of a drug. | F | 42 | 6 months 75 1X day | 2/29/2016 | 1 | bipolar | Very little quality sleep, weight gain, tiredness and diabetes. Now I'm trying to get off it but can't sleep at all. | It's hell. Don't take it. | F | 3 months 300 | 3/30/2016 | 1 | Insomnia, Schizotypal Personality D | Increased appetite. Massive weight gain of 100+ pounds. Development of type 2 diabetes. Development of sleep apnea. Fatigue, lethargy & apathy. | I have been on this medication for around 15 years now. I have tried going off it many, many times. I even slowly tapered it down to 6.5 mg, but always ended up back on it because without it - I wouldn't sleep at all for days, until I would usually start hallucinating and feeling like I was coming apart at the seams. Nothing else seems to work for my insomnia. I am fed up with constantly feeling tired all day and am sick of being so overweight. I went cold turkey 7 nights ago & have only managed 8 hours of sleep TOTAL since. I'm exhausted, but OK mentally, in part thanks to being on Prozac & in part to being so determined to get off of it for once and for all. While it guaranteed sleep for me, it simply wasn't worth the side effects. | F | 48 | 15 years 6.25-500mg 1X day | 4/12/2016 | 1 | anxiety and insomnia | gained 60 lbs within 3 months, high blood pressure which i now am taking meds also for, slept great while on it but not worth the side effects stay away from this med | withdrawal is hell | F | 31 | 6 months 50 mg 1X day | 5/1/2016 | 1 | Bipolar | Fast & uncontrollable weight gain, endless hunger | I took Seroquel 10 years ago when I was a lab rat for Astra Zeneca. I was young & naive and thought they knew what they were doing. I was 105 lbs when I started taking this and was up to 120lbs in just 3 months. My hunger would not cease. Round the clock I was so hungry. It was terrible. I'm not sure if it worked for my bipolar as I only took it for 3 months, but it wasn't worth it. The withdrawal symptoms were hell. Not as hellish as Effexor withdrawal but really bad. I was sick for 2 weeks after Astra Zeneca took me completely off this horrible drug. | F | 38 | 3 months 300 | 12/30/2015 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | I became a zombie, extremely suicidal, irritability, headaches, severe depression, increased anxiety, increased paranoia | I wish my doctor would take me off of it, I hate the drug. It's not worth taking, it will screw you up more than it will help you. | F | 15 | 9 months 500mg | 8/1/2016 | 1 | Bipolar, insomnia | Weight gain, fatigue, reasoning impairment, increased appetite | This drug is dangerous and you must watch drug interactions. Do not take it with Ambien. Ambien causes sleep walking in many patients and Seroquel creates a binge eating type appetite, taken together you may not realize you are raiding the fridge or doing other strange things in the middle of the night. Not only did I raid the refrigerator, I threw small things away, found things moved around, things like that. As far as I know I didn't go outside. Watch the drug interactions with Seroquel. | F | 64 | 5 years 100 mg 1X day | 11/17/2016 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | Lethargy, apathy, fatigue, weight gain, I just didnt care much about anything. I couldnt. | This drug along with other anti psychotics shouldnt be taken as a first option. Although it seemed to mask/dull the anxiety and depression, it made me a zombie. I wanted to sleep all of the time.. I gained 50+ lbs over the 12 years I was on seroquel. I was told that I could never get off of this stuff, but 16 months ago, I quit cold turkey. Weening off was not an option for me, as it made me feel more anxiety, and more 'crazy'. I went through 3 months of withdrawal from taking seroquel. I would never recommend that anyone take it..ever. I now have permanent damage done to me mentally..I have tremors and small 'tics' but it was worth getting off, for sure. I can FEEL again! | F | 44 | 12 years 100 1X day | 6/4/2016 | 1 | Scizoaffective disorder | Weight gain, tremors, nightmares, trouble sleeping, paranoia, | They say this drug is good for lots of things but the things that I was put on it for are the very things that are bothering me the most now. I’m trying to get the doctors to get me off this medication | F | 44 | 3 years 300 mg | 3/31/2018 | 1 | This drug was devastating for me.I slept a lot, was sluggish, breathless, felt no emotions and felt like the iron man. I have not lived for the past seven months and have progressively got worst. Gained 2 stone in 7 months. I've been off it for 1 month and I am starting to feel a bit human. This drug messed with my brain. I am so glad to be off it | F | 54 | 7 months 100 | 3/10/2017 | 1 | biploar | killing me. cant get off taken my spirit health life family...cant work..cant hardly think. use to be smart and happy. now ruined. Don’t touch this stuff. | F | 58 | 4 days | 10/6/2017 | 1 | Insomnia | Groggy, foggy brain, felt like the medicine didn't wear off | My doctor prescribed this for slight insomnia I was having. Wish I never took it! Two prior attempts to get off medication completely failed (hallucinations, hearing voices, can't sleep, headaches). I was worried I would never be able to stop taking this medication. I've spent the last two 1/2 years weaning down 100 six months, 50 six months, 25 six months, 12.5 six months, 6.25 six months. I can't cut the pill any smaller so my doctor suggested taking the 6.25 and crushing it then taking 1/2 of that powder on my tongue. I've made progress but it's taken years. This is a powerful drug and highly addictive. | F | 44 | 6 years 100 7X W | 8/25/2016 | 1 | Bipolar-psychosis | Highly addictive do not take antipsychotic unless absolutely necessary for schizophrenia. Weight gain, sedated, lack of empathy, feeling of nothingness, not being able to express sympathy, agitation, no sex drive, tired all the time. Sad. | As you taper off do it very very slowly, months at a time. I should have only been on this drug a couple of months and now it's 6.5 years, highly addictive, I'm on 6.5 mg now but can't cut tablet anymore as it's tiny. So scared of insomnia and how it will affect me at work. Coming down makes you very agitated, impatient and itchy hands. Horrible. Never take this drug ever! | F | 53 | 6.5 years 200 1X day | 12/4/2016 | 1 | Because the psychiatrist said | I experienced seizure of the mouth and jaw. Struggled to breathe and swallow and almost died. Was met with nurses laughing their asses off. | It is painful to take. I would rather live in the Santee jail. | F | 31 | 10 years | 12/22/2016 | 1 | i was taking it for extreme anxiety | I EXPERIENCED EXTREME OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS OF IMPENDING DOOM. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING I DID, SUCH AS HAVING A BRAIN ANURISM(SP?) FRKM NOT BREATHING DEEPLY ENOUGH. OR TOUCHING A FLOWER AND THE THINKING IF I TOUCHED MY FACE I WAS GOING TO HAVE SOME FATAL ALLERGIC REACTION TO IT. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE.MINUTE THOUGHTS I WAS HAVING. I'VE NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM BEFORE. AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. | F | 28 | 5 days 25 mg | 5/9/2013 | 1 | Insomnia, anxiety. | Immediate weight gain, food cravings, crazy dreams, daytime grogginess, loss of concentration. | Do not take this drug unless you have a serious medical condition. I was prescribed this medication for insomnia. It did not put me to sleep but caused very wierd, vivid dreams. I gained 20 pounds in 4 weeks! Craved food-mainly sugars and carbs. Felt lazy, groggy, and couldn't concentrate on anything during the day. Have taken myself off of it and have already lost 5 pounds in 1 week! No more grogginess, and can go back to reading and other activities I used to enjoy. It never did help me sleep either!! | F | 43 | 8 weeks | 1/14/2010 | 1 | Skitzo Affective Disorder | TIRED ALWAYS wanted sleep even though i would have over 15 hrs!! LOST my personality was a ZOMBIE, VERY OVER WEIGHT, , DRY MOUTH , SLURRED SPEECH, couldnt have a conversation. Self medicated n nearly over dosed. | When i first starting taking seroquel, i became very paranoid thinking i was goin to die. Eventually started taking way to much over 900mg a day n had to quit my job coz i was too tired n too hungrey to work . One thing i remember about seroquel was my life revolved around food and sleep. i would take the tablet , eat but still be starving even though i ate heaps, fall asleep for way to long , then do it all again . I had no life SEROQUEL took over my life.... stopped COLD TURKEY , was sick in bed for over two weeks, never forgot how much pain n effort it was but was well worth it , SEROQUEL is addictive you crave that feeling it gives u even after you stop taking it.I have no idea y doctors prescribe this medicine when it only creates another problem. | F | 23 | 9 months | 1/13/2010 | 1 | "bipolar" | hypothyroidism , zombie-like effects, loss of emotions and interpersonal relationship skills. weight gain due to uncontrollable hunger, panic attacks | F | 19 | 2 months 500 1X day | 4/24/2014 | 1 | bi polar | Huge weight gain!!! | F | 43 | 1 years | 5/23/2014 | 1 | Bipolar Depression / Insomnia | Took 100 MG last night. Was barely able to make it to the bed. Felt intoxicated, dizzy. Slept but had racing heart, trouble relaxing. Very "hungover" feeling this morning. Thirsty, shaky, have felt bad all day. These side effects are intolerable and this medication is number 14 for me. I won't be taking another one! | For me the side effects are not worth a night of sleeping. | F | 54 | 1 days 100 MG | 6/13/2015 |