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 | Depression | Gained 12lbs in one month. Extreme hunger and thirst. Extremely hard to wake up in the morning, and very sleepy throughout the day. Tendency to nod off at my desk. Erratic sleep: I can sleep 15+ hours on this medication one night, and the next sleep three hours and be wide awake at 3 in the morning like I am right now. Tossing and turning all night, waking up with heart racing. General confusion and in a constant state of being out of it. Feeling very hot and sweaty. Lately I sleep with just a sheet and the window wide open (mind you that it's 10 degrees outside). | F | 25 | 33 days | 1/13/2008 | 1 | Secondary insomnia | VERY drowsy in the am. After 1 month, dose increased from 50 mg to 100 mg. Now I feel like a zombie. I am going to stop taking it. VERY scary dreams - Freddy Kruger type dreams where u are in a dreamlike state and wake up trying to talk/scream. Sugar cravings, eating in middle of night (which I have NEVER done). | My doc prescribed this for "secondary" insomnia. He says if you find your thoughts racing at night, this drug will shut off your thinking. I feel like I am losing my mind now, harder to fall asleep now, afraid of falling asleep. I don't get it, I have always been "pretty together" as a person. I feel crazy now. I am going to stop this insane junk. | F | 49 | 2 months | 1/18/2008 | 1 | bi-polar | Weight gain. | We thought Seroquel was working a little for our daughter (now 11, she started at 9). But when it seemed to be working less well, the dosage would be increased. Finally, after maxing out on the dosage, we came to the realization that this drug was a disaster. We think all it was doing was making her tired. So the combination of the rage of bipolar disorder and tiredness was making her even worse. We dropped it and tried Risperdal, which was her wonder drug. Without Risperdal she was heading toward institutionalization. | F | 11 | 18 months | 1/19/2008 | 1 | depresssion sleep problems | Dry Dry Dry mouth chest pain strange feeling slept 10 hours woke up felt drunk and tried I felt like I was on fire | This is the worst medicine I have ever taken. It gave me the sickest horrible nightmares And I dream the same nightmare twice. I couldn't wait until this garbage was out of my system. This drug is Creepy.... Do not take this stuff.... | F | 46 | 1 days | 1/20/2008 | 1 | depression, anxiety, BPD | Weight gain(15lbs in 2 months), sleepiness, bad dreams, lack of focus, crying more than ever and anger, actually bouts of extreme rage! I was sad before, but reasonable in dealing with other people, now....and I still have periods where I would like to hurt myself. | total lack of interest in sex, increase anxiety, sore breasts, sore tongue...I feel that Seroquel has contributed to making my symptoms (and spelling) worse than ever///I am afraid to stop and afraid to continue. | F | 46 | 2 months | 11/18/2007 | 1 | Manic Depression | Loss of muscle control, voices, spacing out. | I was put on this when i was 15 for manic depression, but it didn't help, it made it worse. I also couldn't walk more than two feet without falling down due to loss of muscle control. My legs felt like jello. I would NOT recommend taking this. | F | 17 | 2 weeks | 11/4/2007 | 1 | in hospital a dr. ordered it | sleepwalking, delusions, crying fits, weight gain, could not think rationally | I have had depression for many years (controlled with Zoloft). When my father was dying I became very agitated and depressed and decided I needed hospitalization to get me through it. I went in to an unlocked ward and that night they gave me a big dose of Seroquel (a drug I had never heard of) so I would sleep. The next day I was acting strange (I don't even remember it), so I was taken to a locked ward and the dosage of Seroquel was tripled. Soon I was basically screaming and delusional in the locked ward. My husband would visit me and kept telling the doctors I was getting worse by the day. I can't even remember seeing him at these times, all I remember is constantly waking up after having run into a wall or some other obstacle and not knowing how I got there--must have been sleepwalking a lot. Finally I got a patient's advocate to get the doctor to stop giving me Seroquel, this was probably 7 or 8 days into my stay, but I'm not sure when the drug was discontinued. My husband | F | 46 | 8 days | 11/21/2007 | 1 | Post Traumatic Stress, Insomnia | Restless Legs, very uncomfortable, - which started about half an hour after taking the tablets. After a few months the restless legs syndrome was happening even before taking the tablets. I realised I was risking permanent nerve damage. Also weight gain, - a constant craving for carbs. | I'd thought I was getting some sort of arthritis, all my joints ached terribly, but after stopping the Seroquel these pains stopped, - such a wonderful relief. Although they helped me sleep the side effects caused far too much pain, - and possible permanent damage. | F | 51 | 4 months | 11/2/2008 | 1 | Bipolar/Insomnia | Major weight gain. Like others said, I didn't know what was causing it at first. I thought I was just eating too much (which it will make you do.) But I NEVER been this fat my whole life! Gained 30 pounds like nothing. I was lethargic, tired, and unmotivated all the time. I had body aches and sweating, but biggest side effect is WEIGHT GAIN. | Knocks you out, but at a cost. I came off Klonopin and Seroquel for 30 days and lost 20 pounds. As soon as I went back on the Seroquel, the weight was back within weeks! | F | 34 | 2 days | 9/14/2007 | 1 | sleep disorder/misdiagnosed bi bola | akathisia (look it up...very unpleasant) had to take vistaril to stop it....still having effects after 300mg finally off of the stuff....it was horrible | F | 38 | 60 days | 8/18/2007 | 1 | sleeplessness/bipolar d/o | Muscle twitching, visual changes, constricted pupils, extreme overheated...ended up in ER with neuroleptic malignant disorder/serotonin syndrome | horrible, scary stuff | F | 45 | 2 weeks | 8/19/2007 | 1 | Bipolar | fatigue, made by Irritable Bowel worse, no energy, did not help my Poly Cystic Overy Syndrom either. I am incontient aswell thats to that med. | I am only a small frame and the Psychiatrist insist on taking me from 50mg to 300mg and eventually 800mg the max, I will probaly get heart failure or go into comma failing that I will colapse due to blackouts which are side effects of the med. | F | 34 | 1 years | 7/30/2007 | 1 | Mood swings | 50+ pound weight gain in 6 months Edema Mania High blood pressure(190/140) | This is one hell of a dangerous drug. The sleep is wonderful, but all in all this drug almost killed me. I went from 97 pounds to 153 in 6 months. I went into mania for some reason for the duration of taking this drug. I had such bad water retention, I couldn't walk anymore. I could consume massive amounts of food, and alcohol at a sitting, like I had never had before. A VERY SCARY drug Has many class action lawsuits against it now. | F | 41 | 6 months | 8/13/2007 | 1 | anxiety | weight gain, muscles pain, sedation | i was put on this drug for anxiety and sleep disorder( couldnt sleep. The drug is a weigh gainer! the only GOOd thing it does is I get a full nights sleep, but the next day i have muscle cramps , rapid heart beat, feeling of cloudyness... i cant figure out whats more important a good nights sleep or feeling horrid the next day | F | 32 | 3 days | 5/15/2007 | 1 | Trouble Sleeping can't stop thinkin | Terrible weight gain. 20 lbs in two to three months. Twitching of eye, and major hair loss. Serious desperation. | Stop taking it before I turn into a bald fat lady who wants to kill herself. | F | 41 | 4 months | 10/29/2008 | 1 | Severe Bipolar I disorder | Extreme drowsiness, nausea, vision problems, memory loss, weight gain, flat affect, felt like I was living in a depressing fog. | I wouldn't recommend this medication to anyone. I took it for over a year and didn't feel like a human being until I went off it. I also lost about 70lbs as soon as I quit taking this, because thats how much weight I gained within months of taking it. I lost a lot of friends who said I just 'wasn't myself.' This drug ruined a year of my life. | F | 21 | 1 years | 7/12/2007 | 1 | depression | A.R.D.S. doctor told my husband I had a 60% chance of living seroquel caused a lung infection then blood clots form.....next went into surgery , heart stopped 3 times they broke a rib doing cpr.,,,,,,,then i had a stroke AGH! | F | 48 | 60 days | 6/21/2007 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | after 4 days of taking this med, I am getting off. I was experiencing severe drowsiness and a disconnected feeling. This was on 50 mg. When I moved up to 100, the panic attacks set in. I began sweating and became extremely nervous and paranoid. I had to drive to my mother's house to get comfort--imagine that! Whatever this med is worth, I don't think it's enough for this feeling! | F | 24 | 4 days | 5/22/2007 | 1 | cronic insomnia | Worst hangover I have EVER felt from any sleep medication, and I was only taking 25mgs. | Even at such a low dose, it was miserable. Sure I fell asleep - out cold, unconscious within a half an hour of taking the medication. But i could never wake up, even 10-12 hours later, groggy all the next day, felt like my head was in a cloud, and I have no recollection of most of my mornings. I stopped taking it after a few weeks because I couldn't handle the side effects. oh yeah, weight gain like crazy!! | F | 20 | 14 days | 2/12/2007 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | Horribly Lathargic, sleepy, numb, loss of motor skills and speech | I read this forum before trying seroquel. But my sleep was horrible and my mania was still wacky, because my wonderful lithium had not kicked in yet (doing much better now, a few months later). Anyhow, I just want to warn others that I hated seroquel. I lost myself for a few days from it. I felt sick and could not function at all. So PLEASE, if you want to give it a try, make sure you have some time off to do so. I was on the smallest dose too! | F | 32 | 3 days | 5/1/2007 |