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 | Bi polar | Weight Gain...extreme zombiness ...anger..dry mouth... psychotic actions that i never had before | I would not take this medicine again if my life depended on it, it made me very agitated and angry and i literally would snap and not remember anything that i said or done, i havent seen anyone who has had this kinda side effect but really would like to talk to someone who has...i went to jail because the medicine made me attack someone and i didnt even remember it!!!! | F | 30 | 3 weeks | 8/2/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | I am unable to function the next day, on a dose of 25mg in the evening. I have tried taking the pill earlier to offset the sleepiness the next day but it didn't work. I become sleepy earlier and continue to be really tried and "dragged out" the next day. I have also gained over 10lbs. in 10 weeks which I do not like at all. | I don't think that I will be on this drug much longer. I seem to have all the side effects and none of the benefits. | F | 56 | 4 months | 4/27/2007 | 1 | Bi Polar, Anxiety, Depression | Brain Splitting in two halfs. Slept for 22 hours out of the day. Passed Out on regular basis when awake. Paralyzed legs and body. Thinking thoughts but could not make my body move. | F | 29 | 2 months | 4/4/2007 | 1 | insomnia | I received tardive dyskinisia after taking seroquel for a month at 250 mg. I have muscle twitching and cheeks blowing out. I am quitting this drug | Don't take it.It is hard to wean yourself off without experiencing bad side effects like insomnia. | F | 52 | 2 months | 8/1/2006 | 1 | I had a few psychotic episodes | My main complaint is a tremendous weight gain of 25 pounds in 2 years. I take so much other stuff for depression, that I can't separate out the other symptoms. I desperately want to get off Seroquel and tried tapering it, but tapering threw me into even worse depression, so I had to go back on it. How can I stop using it? | I think it works for my depression, but I'm not positive, since I also take Prozac, Antenolol, and trazodone. I need a safe way to test out which meds are working for me and which I don't need. | F | 59 | 2 years | 12/12/2004 | 1 | anxious,sleeplessness | muscle aches, disoriention, forgetfulness, unable to wake up in am. HUGE WEIGHT GAIN!!!! severe headaches upon withdrawl.... | side effects on it and getting off it outweight the pros...loved to be able to sleep with it....cant take the side effects of the weight gain and uncontrolable eating on it....has adversly effected my life negatively...very dissatified...to say the least.. | F | 34 | | 12/22/2004 | 1 | mood stabilizer | makes me very sleepy. have to take before bed. in the morning i experience shaking and tingling in my body that is unbareable. | this sucks | F | 19 | 1 days | 10/30/2004 | 1 | irregular moods | none | I havnt noticed any change. | F | 34 | 6 months | 11/2/2004 | 1 | insomnia | muscle soreness, joint pain, back pain, onset of arthritis, sweating, cough, fungal infection, weight gain, pneumonia, teeth grinding. | Over the last 18 months my health has gone steadily downward. Yes, I could sleep at night (for the first time in 5 years), but gradually I developed one sympton after another. Until I developed a drug induced pneumonia, I did not associate ALL these side effects as coming from seroquel. I have stopped taking the medication and am having terrible heart burn, indigestion and horrindus sweating. | F | 55 | 18 times | 10/28/2004 | 1 | for night time sleep aid | I HOPE YOU GOT OFF THOSE ILLEGAL DRUGS | AND I HOPE YOUR STILL OFF THEM, THERE NO GOOD... BEEN THERE DONE THAT GOT THE VIDEO | F | | 1/17/2007 | 1 | schizophrenia | I was put on seroquel about four years ago. I was at first on 1,200 mg the thereputic dose. I have kidney, liver problems, authritis, neuropathy, obesity. | Seroquel made me look like I was heroin not madication from a profesional.Seroquel is supposed to help concentration but has been shown to worsen concentration. | F | 27 | 4 days | 7/16/2006 | 1 | MDD, OCD, anxiety | Went to my psychiatrist today and he confirmed side affects (weight gain, fatigue, lethargy) I described below WERE related to Seroquel. Off the medication for one day now after dosing-down for almost 2 weeks (100mg to 50 to 25). | I posted the comment just before this. Although getting off this medicine has been hard, I'm glad I'm doing it. My doctor said I should have it out of my system by next week. Right now, we're sticking with the Cymbalta at same dose until we see how being off Seroquel for awhile does. I've managed the withdrawal side affects with xanax to help curb panic and anxiety and taken Benadryl to help with the itchiness. Still, stopping this medication is NOT PLEASANT! During the first couple of days of dosing down, I thought I needed to be in the psych ward again! | F | 43 | 2 years | 1/9/2007 | 1 | depressio sleep disorder | With this drug I can not function the next day, I have a foggy mind and feel I just can not move around. | F | 62 | | 5/25/2006 | 1 | depression, severe insomnia | I gained over 15kg in 3 weeks, couldn't stop eating and could not focus on anything for more than 5 minutes. Constipation, urinary retention and loss of motivation to exercise or be active in any way. | I took it initially to help me sleep and stop my self-harm, but it stopped neither. I was unable to study for my uni exams as a direct result of this awful drug and the weight gain only increased the severity of my depression. I would never take it again. | F | 26 | 2.5 months | 11/15/2006 | 1 | Cymbalta | Muscle twitching throughout the night and during the day. This greatly effected my sleep and made me very nervous. | F | 25 | 3 days | 8/18/2005 | 1 | severe depression, DID, and insomni | extreme weight gain, zombie state, lack of interest in any activity...no amount of exercise or diet helped me lose the weight. I have lately been experienced frequency of urination, night sweats, and weakness. I have been tested for diabetes...the results are not back yet. | I was told by my Psychiatrist that the only side effects were sleepiness and POSSIBLE weight gain. I was not warned of the diabetes risk or other side effects | F | 55 | 1 years | 2/23/2006 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | I have been on seroquel for 2 yrs,it always worked great, always tired but that was ok,seeing what the alternative was.....Crazy and no sleep, but now i sleep all day at least want and need 16-18 per day,I am about to lose my job due to sleeping thru alarm clocks,phone calls,etc.. I am hoping to see my Doctor tomm, to get me off this drug..THIS DRUG IS SOOOOOOOO BAD FOR AN EVERYDAY PERSON WHO NEEDS TO MAKE A LIVING!!!!!!!!!! | I am really scared my Dr will not want to take me off this drug. But all i know is that i cant continue on this way, i fel more upset everyday because i cant wake up.. IM AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP BECAUSE WHAT IF I CANT WAKE UP IN TIME FOR WORK???? Just walking to the fridge to eat everything cuz this is what happens is so tiring for me... I would rather be manic and never sleep than never waking up on time for work..... AMY | F | 34 | 2 years | 10/11/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Weight gain! | A new psychiatrist prescribed this for me 1 year ago to replace Ambien; I had admitted that on Ambien I was half-conciously eating and almost falling down several times in my kitchen. Positives: Seroquel made me very sleepy in a nice, cozy way. It also left me calmer by day and enhanced the effect of my antidepressant (Effexor) adding another "layer of protection" against depression and anxiety. I was on the lowest dosage (25 mg) but even so, 2 or 3 months in I begain to gain weight. I had lost 31 lbs over the past year (on purpose) and was very pleased about that. And then WHAM! A delayed but very pronounced gain of about 5 lbs per month until I had regained ALL of that weight and more. Had I known wt.gain was such a big risk I NEVER would have touched the stuff. This is NOT an innocent med to be casually prescribed off label. Certainly not as a sleep aid! And especially if you have ever struggled with weight issues before. | F | 42 | 4 months | 3/26/2007 | 1 | Slight hypomania. | Totally "zonked" out. I believe it was not neccesarily the drug but the fact that it was improperly prescribed and at an improper dose. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 2/20/2007 | 1 | Help with sleep,O.D.D., Conduct Dis | Could not even stand up 45 mins. after taking med., a ZOMBIE in the morning, hostility, aggressiveness, major mood swings,aggitation. difficulty concentrating, easily confused and frustrated, always hungry, weight gain. | My 11 year old son was put on 200 mg. Seroquel at bedtime to help him sleep in the hospital.Then doc.continued it for O.D.D. and Conduct Disorder. When I told the doc. about the side effects he was having, and how it seemed to make him worse, she said it can't be from the Seroquel because it's suppose to help.If she cared enough to look it up,{as I did} she'd know she is wrong.This stuff can/did cause major problems. I am tapering him off..From 200mg. to 50mg in the past 2 weeks and I already see a big improvement. | F | 44 | 1 years | 4/18/2006 |