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, anxiety, dissociation | Anger. Confusion. Hatefulness. Mean demeanor. Impatience. Exhaustion. Erratic, strange thoughts. | In all my psych med adventures, this seriously is perhaps the worst medication I tried. I figured it would decrease anxiety, since it's an antipsychotic. No. It made me completely and totally impatient, and hateful, and mean. I would go on "anger walks." I couldn't stand to talk to my fiance. I was exhausted. I was anxious and uptight and upset. I kept looking for other people who, like me, had the OPPOSITE side effects of what an antipsychotic should have -- and couldn't find anyone. But Seroquel made me feel absolutely, totally, completely awful. I was a mean, mean, disaster. Stopped taking it after 2 weeks. | F | 30 | 3 weeks | 10/13/2007 | 1 | Severe depression | I quit taking this over a month ago. I still have involuntary movements, jerking, memory loss, lightheadness. I cannot pour a drink into a cup without making a mess. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TAKING THIS. | WORST THING I HAVE EVER TAKEN | F | 34 | 1 weeks | 4/17/2006 | 1 | Depression | Worked great at first but made me into a total bitch after a few weeks of taking it. Gives me back and leg pains as well as headaches. Menstral cycle is off. Severe mood swings. I didn't want to do ANYTHING except sit around and daydream. | It may work for some, but I'm not one of the lucky ones. | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 4/15/2006 | 1 | Doctor thought I was Bi Polar, | I'm not. I have Aspergers Syndrome (AS). I took this "devil in a bottle" in 2005 for 2 weeks only. I was a ZOMBIE. I am a student and I couldn't THINK critically. I couldn't drive. I couldn't DO anything. I was good for nothing! I was a vegtable. I gained about 10 pounds in 2 weeks. DON'T TAKE THIS!!!! | I hate this drug. My doctor tryed to put me back on this thing too when I went to talk to him about Aspergers Syndrome in Feb of 2007. (I did my research on AS for 2 months and tryed to tell him that I had it). He didn't listen to me. He prescribed 25mg of Seroquel to me last Feb. Last time, he prescribed 100mg to me in 2005. I told my doctor that it raised trigliceride levels and HE is the one that wants to me lower those trigliceride levels to 150. (Mine was 188 in 2005). My doctor just doesn't get it. He thinks Seroquel is the answer to everyone's problem. It's not. I am not psychotic or how ever you spell that word. Aspergers Syndrome can appear to be Bi Polar. But what my doctor didn't know is that I get upset when things ARE NOT FAIR or when my routine is disturbed!!! I don't need any anti-phychotic drug. Klonopin words well for me and I DON'T take Klonopin everyday. I only take it about 2 times a week and ONLY when I feel that I need it. (When I drive I need it). I do get a li | F | 31 | 2 weeks | 4/2/2007 | 1 | Doctor thought I was Bi Polar, | Conintued--I do get a little sleepy with Klonopin but at least I can drive! Seroquel is THE DEVIL. I couldn't drive or think when I was on it. I told a coworker about me and Seroquel, and she understood why I couldn't get up at 4:30 to be at work by 5:45am. email me about anything in this post. | I have been on Zoloft 100mg since 2003 and I think Zoloft is great for depression. No side effects. You don't need an anti-phychotic medication. Just take Zolfot + Klonopin. Oh and Seroquel will make you sleep for about 10 hours a night. When you work for a living, most get 6-8 hours a sleep a night. Due to my work schedule in '05, I couldn't take any Seroquel-not even a lick since I had to be at work at 5:45am. If you do have a job-you won't be going in anytime soon! Believe me-you will either be very late (due to over sleeping) or you wont go in at all! | F | 31 | 2 weeks | 4/2/2007 | 1 | INSOMNIA | Horrible...i went to bed and woke up the next morning sick and trowing up i had to call in to work, 50 mg i would not recommend this to anyone | this is not a med for insomnia it is for schizophrenia and bipolar 1 disorder! | F | 20 | 1 days | 4/1/2007 | 1 | Poss. misdiag. of dprssn for bipo 2 | After first night of 50mg the next morning I had the worst "charlie horse" in my left calf I've ever had. My RX was for 25mg in a.m. 50mg in p.m. The following morning the pain lessened some but never went away and I was forced to hobble when I walked. After a week of this I call the pharm. and she said that I probably needed to find another med. and then I called the emergency psych. and she told me to take one more the next night and then quit. She emailed my psych. and told him she'd taken me off. He nor his nurse think that the seroquel was the problem and that maybe the "heat" or low potassium was the issue. I asked then shouldn't I get my levels tested. And she said no, just wait a few days and start again. Screw that, I wasn't playing lab rat! I called my m.d.'s nurse & she put in a blood work order for me. All my electrolites ect. were just fine. It's been over a month and I still have a rock solid calf. I limp all the time and it's thrown all the rest o | I waited a week after this "new" diagnois'was made to make sure that I really needed it and that I understood all the side effects. I was scared to death of this med. Muscle stiffness was all that my prescrip. made reference to that would even remotely cover what I experienced, until I read of 2 others here that had calf and foot cramps. I knew it was the Seroquel. | F | 46 | 7 days | 9/28/2005 | 1 | Bipolar mania | Brain death--could not think my way out of a paper bag. Zombie-like constant sleepiness. Hideous nightmares. Rage/anger and depression. Enormous appetite, weight gain. Acne. Withdrawal problems. | This med is toxic waste! It was supposed to even out my mania, but what it did was steamroll my brain. I couldn't understand anything I read or any verbal instructions people gave me, constantly made mistakes at work, couldn't remember anything. I also had horrid bad dreams that repeated over and over again all night, something I never had before this med. It got to the point I didn't even want to go to bed because I knew it would just be an all-night horror show. I walked around all day in a stupor--I'm not sure I was ever in fact awake the whole time I was on the medication. The only way I can say it helped my mania is because I was too tripped out to care that I was manic. Then the rage set in. I would lose control and go berserk about everything--when my purse fell over the seat of my car, I threw it across the car 12 times and broke a bunch of CD's before I even realized how insane I'd become. Then I started to get depressed on top of that. It made me eat constantly, and I put on | F | 44 | 3 months | 4/1/2007 | 1 | Depression, OCD, anxiety | Weight gain! Lethargic all day even though took only at night (100mg). Dry mouth. Chronic constipation with severe cramping. Trouble concentrating and focusing. When missing a dose, terrible itching all over. Stopping this medication is also a nightmare! Even with tapering off, I've had heart-jumping-out-of-your-chest panic, extreme anxiety and agitation, fainting, reslessness, bad headache, flu-like symptoms. | Although this SEEMED to help me when I first started it, it is hell now! Yes, it helps with sleep but as a higher dose was needed as my toleration to it increased, it has caused nothing but problems. I have a small child and run a small business and the zombie feeling is intolerable. I found I want to sleep all the time. When I want to do something, I don't have the energy to finish it or am so exhausted that I just want to crash. Constipation major problem too. Have had IBS for many years but diahhrea was always main symptom and I became problem-free for a long time. With this, constipation became such a problem, IBS is back and now I'm on even more medication to manage that and afraid to eat anything. I'm tapering off of this now (from 100mg to 50 to 25 now and then no more!). The side affects from tapering are so bad I have had to increase my use of xanax just to manage the panic and anxiety until I'm finally off this crap. I've been on a littany of meds for the many years | F | 43 | 2 years | 1/7/2007 | 1 | Bipolar Depression | nightmares when dose was too high, grogginess | I got so addicted to this medication that I couldn't sleep without it. The only reason I was taking it was so I could sleep, but it made me so sleepy that I couldn't get to school on time, and ended up dropping my two morning classes. I was then tired all day and would fall asleep in class or in the car. When the dose was too high, it caused horrible nightmares. After I stopped taking it, I was able to get to sleep on my own in about 2 weeks and sleep a lot better. | F | 18 | 4 years | 4/1/2006 | 1 | Rapid Cycling Bipolar, PTSD, BPD | EXTREME grogginess upon waking up, stiff jaw, agitation, headaches, makes me sleep for anywhere from 10 to 15 hours at a time, short-term memory loss, insatiable appetite, paranoia, cotton-mouth, lack of interest in any and all sexual activities. But it definantly solved my insomnia, unless I miss a dose. Then it's like the worst manic attack that you can imagine. The energy, oh the energy. | This medicine makes me so groggy in the morning that I litteraly cannot hold my head up or my eyes open or my mouth closed, let alone function! I only take 1/2 of a 25mg tablet! I had lost alot of the depression in the beginning, but now the agitation is worse and I am severly depressed. When the mania hits, it hits so much worse now. Everything seems to be intensified by 10 fold, including my appetite and chronic physical pain. I am definantly going to ask my doctor to take me off of this medicine! | F | 21 | 2 months | 2/28/2006 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder/Manic Episode | I've been taking Lamictal (as a mood stabilizer) + Lexapro (as an antidepressant). When prolonged stress recently triggered a manic episode, the doctor told me to stop the Lexapro; he also gave me a SamplePak of Seroquel (100mg) with instructions to take 1 that PM & 1 the next AM, which he warned "might make [me] a little too drowsy during the day" but would help to curb the manic symptoms. As it turned out, the 1st tablet put me to sleep for 24 hours straight. I woke up unable to talk without slurring incoherently; when I finally got out of bed (after 36 hours), I was dizzy/shaky with cottonmouth, dyspepsia & diarrhea)…So the doctor told me to try just 1/2 pill that PM: Within 30 minutes, I was out for 12+ hours w/subsequent unsteadiness, cottonmouth + ongoing gastrointestinal upsets. My 2nd 1/2-tablet PM dose caused an URGENT mid-night call of nature; I fell flat on my face enroute to the stairs -- which I negotiated 1 step at a time, hands braced against each | This was my WORST drug experience ever -- including OTC, Prescription, Recreational, any or all of the above! In short: If you want to quel your mania by taking 1 tiny tablet that will knock you out, knock you over, almost give you & your loved one(s) a heart attack & then let you wake up in a puddle of shit, Seroquel might could be your drug of choice!* Oh, & did I mention the WIERD DREAMS? *[Personally, I have chosen to quell MY mania by venting herein...& after only 2 more days + 2 doses of Pepto-Bismol & 1 of Immodium, I actually was able to complete this rant without a single enforced potty break] | F | 47 | 3 days | 9/8/2005 | 1 | postictal psychosis, psychosis NOS | Paranoia, sever depression, slept all day and night, heart jumped out of my chest right after taking the drug. Inability to deal with everyday life events. Abnormal dreams. 400mg/115lbs. | Diagnosed with posticatal psychosis , psychosis NOS , or bi-bolar at the age of 48. Attempted suicide after 3 months, advised doctors of depression induced by seroquel. They wanted to add another drug... said no.. Attempted suicide while on zyprexa 4 months earlier. Have any of you read MAD IN AMERICA BY ROBERT WHITAKER....... | F | 49 | 4 months | 9/5/2005 | 1 | manic-depressive disorder | Worst effect was when I would try to get up at night and would colapse onto the floor as none of my muscles would work. I would try to talk and just slurring would come out. My mind was coherent but my body would not work. VERY SCARRY!!!! My husband said "THROW THEM OUT" and I am absolutely taking his advice. | I described this to my doctor and she didn't seem so concerned. I think when our doc's prescribe things like this they don't take the time out to research the drug themselves, so they can't warn us of these horrible side effects. For some, they do more harm then good. | F | 48 | 4 months | 12/4/2005 | 1 | chronic depression and anxiety | I am on Cipralex anti-depressant and my doctor recommended I try Seroquel as an anti-anxiety. I took it for five days and I experienced confusion, loss of focus, couldn't read a thing, dizziness, self paraonia, anxious, and it knocked me out (I fell asleep within 1/2 hour of taking it for 3-4 hours. It made me feel awful. | F | 44 | 5 days | 11/2/2005 | 1 | Insomnia w/Bipolar II | Horrifying suicidal thoughts, crying, extreme depression set in about 12 hours after the first tablet. I was considering admitting myself to hospital. Passed as soon as the drug had left my system. | Taken in conjunction with 1500MG depakote ER to try to solve my sleep issues. | F | 39 | 2 days 25MG 1X day | 2/5/2013 | 1 | schizo-affective | major headaches, extreme nosebleeds, vivid dreams, extreme sleepiness,teeth grinding | I didn't have any of these symptoms until i started taking seroquel. i take 100 mg. | F | 17 | 2 months | 6/9/2006 | 1 | anxiety | This has to be the worst drug I have ever taken.After the 1st dose,major panic attacks hit ,one after the other.I felt like I was about to jump out of my skin.Could not calm down major shakiness and fear so disabling I was in fear for my life.I will never take this drug ever again,and would advise anyone else not to take it.Couldn't eat for a week,stomach upset,and so much fear its indescribable.Never taken an acid trip but my reaction to this med could not have been worse than a bad trip.Extremely scary. | I dont see how this drug does anyone any good,it has been the worst med experience of my life,please dont take this drug,to make someone feel like this,it cannot be good for you.Several times I felt almost on the verge of a seizure or as if something was going to explode,either my brain or my heart.I highly recommend not taking this drug. | F | 33 | 1 weeks | 6/18/2006 | 1 | PTSD induced nightmares/insomnia | Took Seroquel to induce sleep and stop nightmares. I had a hard time falling alsleep when taking Seroquel as well as increasingly vivid nightmares. I felt as though my brain was overactive, but my body couldn't wake up even though I was aware I was having a nightmare. Very odd sensation. Also, during the day I experienced dry mouth, nausea, dizziness, feelings of being disconnected, off-balance physically and mentally. | After 2 nights at 25 mg, I am have decided that this is not the medication for me. | F | 34 | 2 days | 9/10/2006 | 1 | anxiety, depression, insomnia | Weight gain (35 pounds), unusual and sometimes disturbing dreams | I was prescribed this medication by a psychiatrist at an outpatient program I was in for one day. This doctor did not explain to me what the drug was for or what the side effects were, and it was not until I started seeing a more responsible psychiatrist that I learned about this drug. It was a highly innappropriate drug to be prescribed for my symptoms, and the side effects (weight gain in the short term, and tardive dyskinesia in the long term) were absolutely not worth it for me, and not for most people. It did let me sleep, which was why I continued taking it for so long and even started again after quitting. It didn't help my anxiety or depression. | F | 24 | 2 years | 1/9/2006 |