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 | Insomnia | Blurred vision Palpitations Could not swallow Loss of self-control – smoking; major eating Lethargy Apathy Memory loss Hair loss Fatigue Weight gain (not very much but bothered me lots) Dry mouth | The WORST drug I have ever taken. Taken for sleep. Ended up taking 25 - 50 mg. nightly. Would knock me out BUT got palpitations, Would need crackers then sweets (for no reason) including chocolate (which I hate). (I would have eaten a cardboard box). Could not swallow (even fluids) Finally would go to sleep and wake up breathing chocolate. Last straw was I have 2 cats and chocolate is toxic to cats. I dropped some chocolate and normally would have searched the floor with a magnifying glass but on that night (4:00 AM) I did not care enough to look and just covered area with a sheet. (December 26, 2010) never took it again. Question: Although I was *only* on 25-50 mg. nightly, it had MAJOR effects. It has been 3 months! But 2 weeks ago, I developed severe bone / muscle / joint pain (hip, sacroiliac area) and ankle swelling to the point I cannot hardly walk or get to my doctor due to pain. Could this be a late withdrawel reaction? | F | 40 | 7 months 25 - 50 MG 1X AN | 3/27/2011 | 1 | depression | horrible. wrecked my life. ruined my looks my physical health robbed me of family and friends....starting to ruin marrage. people treat me like I weirdo drug addict. i use to be beautuful successful and fun. Now ugly hiding out no emotions. Don't touch this drug. | F | 59 | 9 months | 1/13/2018 | 1 | bipolar disorder + extreme insomnia | Complete psychological and physical deterioration: ataxia, tremors, seizures, depression + suicidal thoughts, severe memory loss, deficits in logical thinking, aphasia, myoclonus, and hallucinations after taking my dose if I did not fall asleep within a half hour.Due to my already terrible insomnia getting aggravated by other bipolar medications, my doctor "had no problems" with me taking as much as 1200 mgs of this medication nightly (he supplemented my maximum allowed pharmacy dosage with free samples), and made no indication to me that such a dose could be dangerous. | . I cannot remember the length of time I was on Seroquel, but during this period I suffered immensely. I shook so terribly that I could not sign my name on receipts or eat with eating utensils, had such difficulty thinking that I failed out of school, and somewhere around the time I realized I was having total black out periods, I began falling a lot while walking, and was hospitalized for a week for suicidality. Despite the fact that I had begun to show severe neurological decline in the entrance physical (could not subtract 7 from 100 or stand on one leg w/o falling) and my overseeing hospital physician acknowledged that I was probably being overmedicated already, dosages of some of my other meds were increased and a new one was even added. Shortly after leaving said hospital, I was hospitalized for seizure activity. Here, it was noted in my chart (I don't remember anything other than getting to the hospital) that I completely lost the ability to speak and could only grunt for a period of time. After the seizures were under control, I then also had fits of myoclonic jerks and could barely speak. It took me almost a full year to taper off of this medication (while the others took only a few months at most) and regain control of my life. Although I was also on various other medications, this was the only one I took at a high dose. For three years I was prescribed more and more of these "relatively safe" drugs, and I was almost completely nonfunctional for two of th | F | 22 | 900-1200mg 1X day | 1/30/2011 | 1 | insomnia | Extreme unnatural rapidweight gain. Muscle tremors/twitches. Thirst. Itchiness. | This medication has played havoc with my physical health. I regret taking every day. If I knew the serious side effects of weight gain and physical addiction I would never have taken it for insomnia. I do not think that doctors take the side effect of seroquel seriously enough. | F | 31 | 10 months 300 1X day | 1/24/2011 | 1 | Dry eyes, memory loss (words mostly) short attention span, trouble falling asleep, wake continuously throughout the night. Strange thoughts Wake to eat compulsively (never did it before) | My Doc gave me Seroquel in order to sleep. I used to sleep when my head hit the pillow started to take Seroquel and started to have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep. Have to urinate frequently during night time also can eat lots at those strange times at night. I decided to taper off and see if things I am experiencing are related to this drug, my doctor recommends Melatonin so I have started using it as well. | F | 53 | 1 years 25 mg 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 1 | Bi Polar | Gained well over 100 lbs on Seroquel, as it made me extremely hungry. Also, it made my mouth so dry that it caused my teeth to rot and I had to get dentures. I used to have beautiful teeth too! If I couldnt get my prescription filled in time, I went into withdrawal symptoms like cold sweats, shakes, irratibility,feeling like I was crawling out of my skin. Then when I started back on it, I was so loopy that I couldn't even stand up. Made me feel like I was intoxicated!!I won't recommend this med to anyone. Had I known this beforehand, I would have asked for something else. Glad Im off of it now, and am starting to lose the weight. I also hear that it has caused others to get diabetes, and pancreatitus, and the maker of this medicine is in a lawsuit on that, as these harmful side effects were hidden before it went on the market. I cant even sue over the weight gain and teeth, as attorneys are only taking cases of drug induced diabetes and pancreatitus! | F | 43 | 7 years 900 mg 1X day | 3/31/2010 | 1 | insomnia, severe depression | memory loss, rage, uncontrollable anger | First of all, my system is not typical. When I took this drug it was to get a good night sleep. I passed out for about 4 hours during which my 6 week old was screaming right next to me. According to my husband I did not even stir. When I awoke after a few hours on my own I continued to become aggressive and extreme anger set in. This is all according to my husband as I do not remember anything that happened that night or the next 24 hours. I said cruel and horrible things to my husband to the extent that he was going to have me committed and file for a divorce. I was appalled to hear everything I said to him that night. I would never, never, never take this drug again as it almost ruined my marriage after one dose. It took about 24 hours to fully get out of my system during which I gave my newborn a bath and did not even remember doing it. It was almost like I missed an entire day. Very, very, very bad drug!!! I would rather not sleep and be depressed than hear about the horror I put my husband through and not remember the next day. | F | 39 | 1 days 50 MG 1X day | 2/22/2010 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia | MASSIVE WEIGHT GAIN, RUINED MY EYESIGHT, MEMORY LOSS, LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT | Seroquel should be avoided at all costs. It causes horrible and sometimes irreparable damage to people. I have gained 56 pounds in less than three years. It's not supposed to be prescribed to people without auditory/visual hallucinations or severe delusions, yet it is given to people like me suffering from anxiety. This drug causes diabetes and myriad other conditions. There is a class action lawsuit with over 15,000 plantiffs so far. Horrible! | F | 27 | 3 years 300mg 1X day | 3/14/2010 | 1 | bipoar | RAPID WEIGHT GAIN, hungry all the time, zombie like, dulled personality, lackidasical, exhausted | I am taking myself off of this drug and will never take this medication again. It feels like more of a punishment for bipolar than a treatment. Horrible medication. | F | 28 | 1 months 100 mg 1X day | 3/16/2010 | 1 | insomnia (due to fibromyalgia etc) | Terrifying nightmares while stuck in groggy half-sleep for 12 hrs - did take other stuff as well | Ok... I'm at the end of my rope because my insomnia is so severe that nothing helps... I'm taking loads of benzos. I was taking seroquel for a long time as well, and it helped make me feeling sleepy but I always felt that it was not inducing deep sleep so I felt more and more worn out while very groggy in the morning. I was scared about taking an anti-psychotic. I wonder if my impaired cognitive abilities has something do with it, etc. So I didn't take it for two weeks. Last night I was desperate and took 25 mg along with some other anti-psychotic (melperone hydrochloride). I had the worst night ever: really terrifying dreams and had to sleep very long into the day in order to calm down and get some proper rest. I admit, I did take benzos at the same time, so maybe it was all too much... however this makes me seriously doubt that seroquel is good for you. | F | 43 | 1 days | 2/3/2010 | 1 | Anxiety/Misdiagnosed bipolar | This drug sucked the life out of me - there is no other way to say it. I couldn't function; I couldn't remember if I had eaten a meal. I was a zombie. Waking me each morning was a task for friends. It did long term cognitive damage. Please, please don't take this | The bipolar was misdiagnosed - actually anxiety disorder | F | 23 | 6 months | 1/31/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Extreme fatigue, clumziness, cannot focus, blurred vision | My doctor gave me 10 Seroquel pills to see if it would help put me to sleep at night-I've only ever been able to sleep during the day and I hate it. I have 4 left in the bottle b/c I refuse to take them. I only took 1 tiny pill at a time-cannot remember the dosage but I think it was 25? This pill knocked me on my ass. It would put me out for 12 hours at a time-wake up-stumble to the bathroom, attempt to shower or get dressed, and would end up collapsing back onto the bed for another 4 hours. After I'd finally be able to wake up (which was HARD) I was in a fog for the rest of the day. No drug has ever gripped me the way this one has, it is completely overpowering and I have not a small woman. I understand that meds affect people in different ways, but based on my experiences with it, I would never recommend anyone going anywhere near this stuff. | F | 30 | 6 days 1X AN | 6/8/2010 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder, Insomnia | Overeating, fatigue, no sex drive, feeling foggy, depression | After stopping this medication, I have been UNABLE to sleep! I have taken several medications (including Ambien) and I still cannot sleep through the night. Seroquel gave me terrible withdrawls and killed my ability to SLEEP!! | F | 24 | 5 years 400 1X O | 6/11/2010 | 1 | Bipolar Rapid cycle | Hair Loss, Rash, Canker Sores, Joint Pain, High Blood Pressure, Vivid Dark Dream, Stupor, Weight Gain, and the List goes on. | I started with 25 mgs. of Seroquel and worked fine. As with others I too would wake up in the morning to find empty cereal boxes, jars of jam GONE! But my Dr. loved my progess so much he upped the dose again and again. Now that I am on 150mg XR I am $%^$%^$^ @#&* (Swear Words) The last 6 months I have complained of extreme hair loss, a rapidly spreading rash (3 different Doctors couldn't explain it, not even my Psych) joint pain so severe when I get up I have to hold on to furniture and can't sit for more then 15 minutes without being sooo stiff it at times seems unbearable. My legs ache continually, when I am at church I have to leave because of the sweating. I now can add high blood pressure, anemia, canker sores and again the list goes on. What really upsets me is I have been compaining of these side effects for 6 months without anyone helping me. My Dr. is soo pleased with my progress, I am actually stable for the first time in years that he is not listening to me. At what expense is it worth it???? Yeah, having my moods stable is great but so what. I have no life. I look life crap and feel like crap. So what to do now?? Just wanted to let someone else know if they are suffering with the same issues as me, get a second opinion regarding the side effects since my Dr. wasn't aware of all of them are just played mute at my expense. | F | 50 | 1 years 150 xr 1X day | 6/7/2010 | 1 | insomnia | possible seizure, involuntary movements | This drug scared the crap out of me. I took it last night for the first time and went to lay down a few minutes later. All of a sudden, I felt a strong, electric-shock like sensation, like I was being tased or something and my trunk area of my body began to convulse. I have never experienced anything like this ever before. Then, as I was falling asleep I had a few extreme, random movements of my limbs; including my arm shooting into the air, jerking my upper body violently. I'm not exaggerating any of this. It was terrifying. Flushing them. | F | 25 | 1 days 100mg 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 1 | Bipolar | Loss of muscle control and loss of memory | This shit is dangerous!! After taking my bedtime dose, I could not control my muscles. I was unable to lift my legs and arms to get into bed. All I could do was pull a pillow to the floor and then sleep next to my bed until a few hours later when it wore off. Also, I would wake up in the morning and walk into my kitchen to discover that I had been up during the night cooking/frying food, which I had no memory of whatsoever. I was shocked when I saw the mess, not to mention that I could have burned my house down! I gained 15 pounds and haven't been able to lose it since. Worst of all, I went out of town to visit an old friend. I took my pill and have no memory after that. In the morning, my friend told me she had to carry me to bed because I couldn't walk. She thought I was on some kind of illegal drug (I don't do drugs), or I was drunk (I don't drink). I tried to explain the side effects I was having with Seroquel, but apparently she didn't believe me because she hasn't talked to me ever since. Very sad. My doctor said he had never heard of this reaction from his other patients. Seroquel was my worst nightmare. | F | 63 | 12 months ? 1X day | 9/1/2010 | 5 | | 11/27/2006 | 5 | oops down | oops down | 16 | 1 years | 4/6/2006 | 5 | Bipolar,insomnia,anxiety | drowsiness, dry mouth, agitation | This drug is great. It relaxes both my body and mind. I barely gained any weight it and it has completely turned my life around. I have made so many gains since I started taking seroquel. I have a great job and I'm doing better at university, and I am an overall happier person. | 2 years | 10/25/2005 | 5 | bi-polar/anxiety/sleep disorder | drowsiness, dizziness | i have used several anti-psychotics including abilify,geoden, and zyprexa---I have the least side effects with seroquel and is an effective medication in assisting with sleep and prevention of psychosis | 6 months | 12/23/2003 |