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 | back pain | Stevens Johnson syndrome. Can be fatal reaction causing rash or worse to mucus membranes. My doctor was very insane (hypomanic) | My back pain was determined to be delusional. An MD started me on tequin but the pyschiatrist said he would deny the antibiotic if I didn't take 800 mg of this poison, The man should be in jail | F | 51 | 5 days | 6/6/2007 | 1 | Bipolar Type I | Drowsiness, Lethargic. Would probably be wrapped around a pole if I continue on it. | I talked with my psychiatrist and explained my situation. I stated that the medicine conflicts with my schedule seeing as how I work full-time (starting at 5 am) and I attend school at night. I told her that I fall asleep at the wheel and I can't complete my tasks at work, and forget about studying for school. She said I need to take the dose perscribed and if I don't like that I should get another Dr.....is that even ethnical? | F | 30 | 2 months | 4/11/2007 | 1 | anxiety and sleeping disorder | I haven't had side effects because I have pill phobia but I know I need to take my meds but after reading this site it just scared me even more. | I know I need help can anybody suggest to me what to do I suffer from paranoia and am afraid to tell the psychiatrist that I have an issue taking pills while on meds years back I attempted to kill myself three times what Can I do? | F | 37 | | 4/11/2007 | 1 | severe depression, insomnia,anxiety | 6 stone of weight gain (nearly doubled in size), shakes, sleepy | I wish i'd never been put on this medicine as feel more depressed than before i started taking it. On 200mg a day, and feel terrible about the amount of weight i have gained, as is impossible to lose any weight whatsoever, when previously had no weight problems at all. Have cut back dosage very recently to come off it and feel slightly better. | F | 23 | 6 years | 5/3/2005 | 1 | bio polar | Extreme drowsiness. day time sedation | I started taking this in 2001 and at first it knocked me out so bad i could not even move after taking it. I have gained weight. It is bad for my liver. I have decided to stop taking it, so I began to taper off fromm 200 mg to 100 then 75 then 50 then 25. This is my 6th day of cold turky and I have not slept very good at all. I am used to being knocke out each night when I take it thou i never had insomnia before taking it seroquel has caused isomnia. I have not been able to get to sleep now until the early morning hours and have been getting 4 to maybe 6 hours of light sleep. I am detirmined to get this out of my system. I have some flu~like symptms such as sneezing, coughing, aches, and alot of itchiness all over. | F | 46 | 6 years | 4/4/2007 | 1 | depression severe anxiety insomnia | grogy lithagic, gained 30lbs, couldn't remember name,s words etc zombie like the next day, would catch myself not inhaling or exhaling (too relaxed), I still have blurry eyesight occasionally, had hard time reading other peoples experiences with this deadly drug. | I started to feel like my organs were shutting down and I was swelling up. Developed a mass on my adrenal gland luckily my cortisol and hormone levels were normal. They thought I had hypothyroidism and developed nodules on my thyroid luckily no cancer and no hypothyroidim.. I now have to have both checked every 6mos to a year to make sure mass and nodules don't get to 4cc or they will have to operate. I was so knocked out at night didn't realize I was having acid reflux developed 8ccm hiatal hernia with a rare Cameron bleeding ulcer. Lost half my red blood cells 5 count (11 is normal)) had three blood transfusions and was in the hospital for a week I was acute critical and was severly anemic had to take large dosage of iron got my red blood cell count to 10. I am having sergury Monday for hiatal hernia repair and hopefully the Cameron ulcer will get better. I quit taking seroquel cold turkey the first night off of it my mind was racing and couldn't sleep at all sounded like hundreds of voices were talking at once it was horrible. Eventually after 3days I could sleep waking up about every 2 or 3 hrs. My doctor said that I was not suppose to go off it cold turkey and I was lucky I didn't have seizures. Besides side effects listed above I feel much better since I quit that deadly drug. My pysch was angry I went off Seroquel and told me that this will not end well????? Well she was wrong it has ended well , she prescribed me ambien 10mg and I sleep at night and wake up ref | F | 61 | 2 years 300 mg 1X day | 12/6/2017 | 1 | Bi Polar/Insomnia | Terrible drug, experienced extremly drugged feeling at 25mg dose, slept but awoke feeling hung over the entire day. Next day cut dose in half and had extreme anxiety, tingling in my entire body, hypotension, feeling of confusion, restlessness | I thought this was an awful drug for me. I'd say if you are going to take this to try a very small dose at first to see if it effects you the way it did me. Didn't help me at all. | F | 33 | 2 days | 2/16/2005 | 1 | insomnia due to fibromyalgia | Uncontrollable craving for sweets which caused a huge weight gain in very short time, dry mouth so bad that it woke me up at night unable to swallow,hung over feeling in AM. | Prescribing dr would not let me go off so when she went on vacation I went to another dr who was flabbergasted that anyone would prescribe this drug for fibromyalgia. She got me off and I will never again take it | F | 50 | 5 months | 12/31/2004 | 1 | Depression with mania | Although I've only been on Seroquel for a month, I have grown to dislike this drug very much. Initially it seemed like a | F | 39 | 4 weeks | 1/1/2005 | 1 | mood stabilizer, bipolar disorder | very sick when i didnt take it..it made me light headed...but it made me feel good...but i didnt like the effects it had on me when i didnt take it...it felt like i was withdrawin from heroin | dont take it | F | 17 | 2 years | 1/18/2005 | 1 | Hallucinations | drowsiness, dizziness, twitching, appetite inrcrease, depression... | being lethargic is the worst side affect. i can not wake up in the morning and i feel comatose throughout the entire day. im only on 50mgs, though i have been on 125mgs for over a month last year and the affects never got better. it makes you lose your will to live. awful medication. | F | 17 | 2 weeks | 1/20/2005 | 1 | insomnia | extreme fatigue, sleepiness during the day. Beginning to think it's better to deal with less sleep than to have this hung over feeling during the day. | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 9/23/2004 | 1 | Insomnia | 300 mg- 1st day I took it, I had 3 vomiting episodes, started sweating, increased heart rate, tried to get up to go splash cold water on my face and passed out on the way to the bathroom. Woke up and managed to crawl into the bathtub and filled it with cold water until my body temp went down. Got back into bed, had 3 more vomiting episodes and then slept for 15 hours. Next day had slurred speech and difficulty standing for more than 5 minutes. Not recommended for anyone who has to think at their jobs. | My doctor gave this to me in a sample pack and didn't tell me about any side effects. Told me to take as many as I needed because it was impossible to overdose on the meds. I took ONE pill and nearly went to the ER. It does make you sleep, but there are BETTER things to try. | F | 20 | 1 times | 10/2/2007 | 1 | insomnia | I was prescribed this medication for insomnia, after taking ambien cr for 30 days. I took 100mg, had terrible restless leg syndrome (am taking requip for that), was up all night walking up and down the hall, fell asleep about 5 am and woke up at 8 am with a terrible "hangover" feeling and unable to think or function very well. Would not recommend this medication for insomnia. It was the night from hell. Going to give ambien another try. | F | 34 | 1 days | 3/23/2007 | 1 | bipolar | Sleep Problems, very drowsy during the day. Upset stomach, Weight Gain. | I was only on this stuff for 3 weeks before I had to stop. I felt worse while on the drug, and I couldnt stop eating. I wanted to scream. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 10/16/2004 | 1 | Bipolar and schizophrenic symptoms | Tired, can't focus, can't concentrate, can't talk without slurring or missing a word or not saying what I want to say in the right context, stoned feeling, tingling feeling throughout body, restlessness, figgidy, jerky movement in fingers and neck, zombie-like feeling. | only taken this med twice and only 25 mg's, did not like the overall way it made me feel, could not tolerate another dose, I like myself better without it. | F | 30 | 2 days | 11/11/2004 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | In May 2004 I hired a personal trainer to help me lose those extra 10 ponds I needed to lose to fit into a bridemaid dress. The wedding was in June 2004, and I started Seroquel about a month after. In September it I had to hire my trainer again because I had GAINED 25 POUNDS. I am exercising way more than I have exercised before Sero-SUCKS. I got on the scale tonight, and surprise...another 5 pounds gained. This is my first time ever going online to research a medication. I feel compelled to let you know, because I KNOW FOR A FACT that my eating habits have been healthier, I have been exercising more than I have ever in my life and I am gaining too much. It's unbelievable. I cannot believe that this side effect is merely at 5% clinically. This medication should be discontinued or not even prescribed for anyone because the effects of looking and having to struggle to lose the Seroquel weight is 100 times more depressing than being my regular depressed self. I will take my manic skinny days back if I could over my now fat (big gut, skinny legs, looking like I have a belly tumor) self. I HATE IT. I am throwing all of my pills out the window as I drive to the gym to lose this swollen gut. | MORE DEPRESSION BECAUSE OF WEIGHT GAIN mixed with bipolar disorder has caused me to seriously think about self medicating again to lose the weight. | F | 29 | 4 months | 11/13/2004 | 1 | bipolar | Extreme sleepiness and a need to eat immediately in the morning. I am hung over in the morning. Weight gain of about 10lbs per year. I have developed seizures and I jerk sometimes for no reason. | This medication has slowly caused me to fall apart over time. First it was the spontaneous muscle spasms then trouble with speech.All of these are side affects.I am going to have a new doctor take me off as I have developed Tardive dyskinesia. | F | 31 | 6 years | 9/13/2004 | 1 | ptsd,depression,insomnia,ed,anxiety | Ive experianced extream weight gain, rashes, | I take 50mg during the day to keep me calm. And 75mg at night to help me sleep. | F | 24 | 3 days | 7/16/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe disorientation, muddled thinking, extreme difficulty waking up, distrubing dreams. | This medication made me feel like I was falling down a well that never ended. The pill made me sleep, but the sleep was not at all restful. I compare it to the feeling of being on an airplane for a very long time. When the plane finally lands and you get off, you don't know where you are or what day it is. It's very disorienting. I had frigtening dreams. I felt like I was too heavy to move from my bed. The first time I took it, I took one pill, the next time, half a pill, finally, one quarter of a pill. It was always awful. My insomnia is terrible, but honestly, I would rather not sleep than take this medicine and feel the way it made me feel. | F | 33 | 3 times | 7/17/2005 |