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 | paranoid schizophrenia | zombie like, sleeping 14 hours per night, extreme weight gain 40kgs. heart pulpitations, strange dreams, stomach pain, hung over feeling in mornings, extreme hunger, constipation, restless leg syndrome (strange horrible feeling in legs that wont stop without movement) slurred speach, memory loss, caused increase in paranoia and caused strange very graphic day dreams. | i would not recommend seroquel. | F | 21 | 3 years 600mg 1X day | 10/3/2011 | 1 | Psychosis | I felt as if my mind were in a strait-jacket. Couldn't find my words. Wanted to ask a pharmacist something - couldn't find the word "pharmacist" in my mind. Slept extra 3 or so hours in the morning. | F | 50 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 10/14/2011 | 1 | insomnia | rls, addictive,memory loss,anxiety | I started taking seroquel 75mg and within 2months am up to 125mg. I am terrified that soon this is not going to be enough. My psychiatrist insists its not addictive so why has this happened to me. I want off but she says no and wont even advise me on tappering. She has even said I must come and see her monthly and her fees cost a fortune as does the seroquel. I have taken sleep meds for 12years and all became addictive. | F | 50 | 3 months 125 1X day | 9/29/2011 | 1 | Depression | RAGE | RAGE | F | 34 | 7 days 1X day | 9/26/2011 | 1 | anxiety | Its horrible i took the by 2:44 and at 2:50 i was out cold this is day 3 without it im still sluggish and suffering memory loss.....oh and a very big appetite not a good med. Its like being sedated | F | 26 | 1 days 700mg | 2/2/2012 | 1 | Major Depressive Disorder | Dizziness,difficulty breathing,memory loss,chills,uncontrolled muscle movements,vision changes,and paranoia. | Would never recommend it to anyone else!This drug is very addictive and can cause some major problems to the body and mental health.Heavy sleepiness and also major memory loss.Mood changes depending on how much you take or feel about the meds.Also its so strong I cant even feel emotions at times. | F | 15 | 9 years 350 2X day | 2/8/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | This drug worked wonders for sleep initially. However, the next day sedation and acute nightmares started to become worse over time. Then, it stopped working for sleep. When I went off of it, I experienced 9 weeks of rebound insomnia before my sleep returned to baseline. This is a terrible choice for insomnia, and I wouldn't wish the rebound insomnia nightmare that I had on my worst enemy! | F | 39 | 6 months 25-25mg 1X day | 12/18/2011 | 1 | major depression | Painful lower abdominal bloating, irritated stomach, weight gain, fast heart palpitations, memory loss | This drug does assist me with depression, but overall when you assess the overall benefit, considerting all of the side effects that I am experiencing, the benefit does not outweight the severe side effects. | F | 52 | 90 days 50 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 1 | for a low dose mood stableizer | I ended up in the e.r. after taking for 2 days. I developed sever allergic reactions and had to be injected with a steroid and Benedryl | My worse complaint is my tongue is red swollen and my whole mouth and throat are covers in bright red rash, I cannot taste food of drink. I am weak, shaky and totally agitated, as I can barely function I was unable to reach the Dr. who Rx them and so went to e.r with anafalaxis type shock. I feel way sicker than I ever have and I have had 2 recent total hip replacements, which was a walk in the park compared to this. I am not getting better and am afraid of convulsion and if I can't get the swelling sharp pain of neck, lips mouth and throat. I feel so bad that I reviewed "Final Exit" and if you don't know what that is about, lease do not look into it. It gets etched in your brain and seems like a logical solution. I am taking benedryl and have no relief. I would encourage anyone to do extensive research on any pharmacy drugs before jumping off that cliff. I will never take another Rx. I will be surprised if I even live through the night.I have never felt such severe pain. I suppose this is what it feels like for someone who is allergic to seafood feels after a seafood cocktail. Speaking of cocktails....I am going to have one because the Spurs lost last night and they are my team. Blessings on anyone having health issues. I also would suggest before making appoints with any doctor...to go online and be sure she/he is boarded by the state (geographically) in, and I hope everyone has a better state of mind. Feel better soon and make the best of what is left. Cheers < | F | 58 | 2 days 25 mg 1X O | 6/3/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Want to destroy your brain with this neurotoxicity drug? Should not have been given to me for insomnia. Causes your brain tO shut down serotonin and mOre. Also causes tics and depressiOn. Destroyed my brain. | F | 44 | 7 years 50mg | 1/28/2012 | 1 | Panic attacks, anxiety and insomnia | Shortness of breath, daze, slept good a couple of nights. Then started feeling anger Nausea, bitter taste in my mouth. The 7 might around 3 woke up shaking felt poisoned, couldn't sleep felt horrible. I don't understand why Dr's prescribe this drug. 8th night event bough I took my dalmanre and lexapro couldn't sleep. Slept for a couple. Of hours and woke up withhad a panic attack and shaking. Right know I feel bad and have an sppt with my Psychitrist . Stop taking this med is poison for your body | F | 51 | 7 days 50 | 11/22/2011 | 1 | PTSD/Anxiety | Gained 60 pounds, continue to have issues with PTSD, vivid dreams, flashbacks, anxiety, short attention span. General decline in an already poor health. | I am trying to ween myself off of it as I lost my job/insurance and it is to expensive to buy. The side effects are increased anxiety, insomnia, feelings of impending doom. | F | 48 | 100 2X day | 9/8/2010 | 1 | anxiety/major depression | The seroquel certainly decreased my anxiety, however, it made me so depressed that I think I was suicidal I was just too tired and my brain was too foggy to bother acting on my suicidal urges. I felt very flat and like I couldn't care less about even the most alarming things. I also had an increased appetite and intense hunger in the morning. I am glad to be off of this medication! | F | 24 | 7 days 100 2X day | 10/20/2010 | 1 | mood stabilzer | tired all the time. Had trouble swallowing food. Heart palpatations. Shortness of breath. Extreme fatigue after minimal activity. Extreme weight gain. Could not get my body to regulate temperature. Sweating all the time and in the heat to long I would start to black out. Memory lose. The side effects go on and on. | I do not reccomend this medication to anyone. I have been off this medicine for over a year and still do not feel like my old self. I had horrible panic attacks and had numberous hospital visits because of them. Also had to have a heart cath done because I am now sensitive to adreniline and get frequent attacks of rapid heart rate. The panic attacks have calmed down somewhat but not without the help of other medication and completely stopping the consumption of any caffiene, alcohol, dark soda, or chocolate. It scares me everyday to think of what this medicine has actually done to me. | F | 35 | 4 days 300 1X day | 10/25/2010 | 1 | Sleep, anxiety, bipolar 2 | BAD NEWS! APATHY, COMPLACANCY. MASSIVE weight gain of 70 lbs in 18 months! Hard to wake up; could sleep for 10 plus hours, awoke groggy. Complacent, no drive. EX: Knew weight gain was due to effects of Serequel, but too complacent/strung out to stop taking it. | AWFUL DRUG...TOOK OVER MY BEING & I DIDN'T CARE OR REALIZE THE SEVERITY. I WAS NUMB; SLEEPWALKING IN MANY WAYS. Please STOP taking if you are having bad side effects like mine ~ there are better medications for your condition. Have been completely off drug for 6 weeks, and I am SO much better; back to my old self; it's so refreshing! Have lost weight, no more consuming urge to gorge at night. Coming out of mental fog and apathy. Want to do things again, to live, enjoy life... "get rollin.'" Details of my side effects: Voracious appetite after taking med. at night. Ate ravenously after taking medication before falling asleep...the gourging urge would take over..I'd continue eating although I could hardly keep my eyes open! Would awaken groggy, strung out (like a drug addict) no matter how long I slept. My mind was in a fog; would want to take 2 hours to get out of bed. Complacent about my life; became slothful: poor personal care, neglectful of home & family. Mental clarity dimmed.. I became "slow". Diminished or no initiative. (Used to be a go getter.) Hated my enormous weight gain, knew problem was Seroquel; DID NOT stop taking medication or request to switch to another medication. Until I came off of Serequel, didn't realize how much it was ruining my life..while on the drug ~ I WAS SO NUMB, DIDN'T REALLY CARE ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! APALLING. I encourage anyone on Serequel to consider serious side effects. There ARE alt | F | 51 | 18 months 50-600 mg 1X day | 11/7/2010 | 1 | Bi-Polar | This was a horrid experience for me.At the time prescribed it had only been clinically tested up to 800 mg a day!! I was a zombie and had also been misdiagnosed. Praise God it didn't kill me. I kept telling the Dr. something was wrong but they would not listen to me and I wound up in a very draconian "stress unit" that took me off of it without bringing it down,cold turkey so to speak. Awful,awful medication! They said it would help me gain weight when in fact I wound up losing 20lbs. | Apparently it does help some people but why is there a class action suit against it then if it's such a "miracle" drug? There are other safer drugs out there. I personally feel it should be taken off the market. | F | 45 | 6 months 300mg 3X day | 11/15/2010 | 1 | anxiety, depression, pos. hypomania | While on it- sleepiness. Withdrawl symptoms-too many to mention- severe nausea, hands shaking, pain in legs and arms, very weak legs- makes it hard to walk, weak arms, rapid heartbeat, incontinence, trouble swallowing, surges in energy in muscles all over, zero motivation for anything, pain in muscles all over my body. I've been off this medicine for 3 days and I'm still nowhere near feeling normal. | I think this medicine is dangerous and should be banned. After taking this I feel like a bomb has gone off inside my body and I'm trying to recover and get back to feeling normal again. It seems to have affected my muscles all over my body in negative ways. I wouldn't recommend this medicine to anyone and I feel like it should be banned. | F | 27 | 4 days 25mg 1X day | 1/4/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Memory loss, drugged feeling, muscle weakness,confusion,rapid eye movements,temors,feelings of numbness. | I am writing this from from a hosptial bed...I started Seroquel 1 week ago, on the 7 day I became, confused, weakness of muscles unable to stand temors of the legs and arms, rapid eye movements, I could not tell anyone my date of birth, was running fever, and shaking uncontrolable. I was rushed to the ER by ambulance and admitted to the hosptial to began my "detoxic" of the horible medication. My second day in the hosptial I have delevloped pneumonia and the withdrawls from this medicine has been awful....I am having muscle temors still my whole body is stiff and I am barely able to walk. Seroquel should be taken off the market I can see where this medication could be deadly. | F | 41 | 7 days 300 1X day | 11/22/2010 | 1 | sleep/possible bi-polar II disorder | Weight gain, high cholesterol, high triglycerides | I was prescribed Seroquel for sleep/possible bi-polar II disorder. I had full blood work done prior to taking it and everything was within normal range. After two weeks, I had packed on 15 pounds. Over the course of the six months that I took 100mg per day, I had gained over 20 pounds. I had follow up blood work done at that point and my cholesterol and triglyceride levels were off the charts! It was as if I had eaten nothing but cheeseburgers and milkshakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner the whole time I took it when realistically, I hadn't changed my diet at all. My levels were that dangerously high. I immediately contact my prescribing doctor and told her I wanted off the medication asap. I weaned off it over a three week period. It's been about a year since I'm off it. Some of the weight has come off and I'm not as 'puffy' as I was. My blood work is still not great but is slowly going back to normal. This medication was GREAT for sleep but when it has such horrible side effects, it's not worth the BIG sleep it could put you in. | F | 36 | 6 months 100 1X day | 4/20/2011 | 1 | Organic personality disorder, TBI, | Side effects I've had are heart palpitations, extreme groggy feeling throughout the day, vertigo when standing up, weight gain, anxiety and depression, slurred speech and dizziness | I've been on this med far too long and I'm not sure wht no doc wants to change it. I'm still consistently having anxiety mood swings and depression. This med just doesn't work for me | F | 31 | 14 years 375 mg | 9/14/2019 |