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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | PTSD, Depression, Anxiety | Minor weight loss, some imbalance, odd vision effects, vivid dreams, very sleepy, occasional tics | This drug has made me feel like I am myself for the first time in years. I experienced minor weight loss, like 3 pounds, maybe I will gain weight I don't know, I don't really mind. It gives me the most vivid dreams which I enjoy, though they are strange. I usually remember them very clearly. It leaves me very sleepy, though. | F | 17 | 2 weeks 150 1X day | 3/28/2010 | 5 | Anxiety, depression | None | This medication has not given me any side effects that I have read and heard of. I have neen on Seroquel for about 2 weeks and change. This medication (seroquel 50mg) has helped a whole lot. I take it right after work and it does take a while before kicking in but I am able to function and go to sleep at night. I am glad that I dont have bad side effects I wake up the next day ready to work with out any complications. I have been trying to find some kind of help for years now. I have taken Zoloft and Xanax but nothing. Just recently my doctor gave me Ambien to sleep at night but my anxiety was still the same and my depression. I am currently on pristig and Seroquel and I love it. | F | 29 | 2 weeks 50mg 1X day | 4/27/2010 | 5 | bipolar | about five pounds weight gain in two weeks and a little sleepy at first, but it went away. The doctor says that the weight gain may be due to the fact that I feel so much better. Honestly, the weight gain stinks, but I feel so much better. My hubby says the weight gain is well worth the change in my attitude and mood. | the crazy thinking/racing thoughts have just almost stopped and i feel almost normal after just being on the meds for two weeks. I was on Cymbyax for three weeks and did not feel as good as I do after being ont he Seroquel for just two weeks. I take 50mg at night and 25mg in the morning. I also take 500mg Depakote at night, .05mg of Synthroid in the morning | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 7/5/2005 | 5 | Nightmares, disturbed sleep, PTSD | Slight groggyness on waking & sometimes daytime lethargy if taken too late; and fewer than 8-9 hours sleep has been had. Elevated cholesterol levels. | I take Propranolol for anxiety (PTSD) during the day & 100mg Seroquel at bedtime to maintain sleep and stop nightmares. I love this med. It feels like more natural sleep patterns. Feeling tired and dropping off within 30 minutes to an hour of taking it. Staying asleep all night & even having normal REM dream sleep - pleasant dreams & no more nightmares. :) | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 10/18/2006 | 4 | Bi-Polar | I started Seroquel along w/ trileptal while inpatient. I'm on half a 25 mg tab in the AM and 50 mg of Seroquel at night. Trileptal 300 mg, twice daily. Terrible nightmares the first few nights and that has stopped. I did feel like a zombie, but I can tell I'm getting used to it. I have been having stomach cramps for an entire day and I'm not sure if it's drug related at all. It feels like it. I've been on other medications that cause me to feel the same way, but again, I'm not certain. | No racing thoughts. I can go to bed and relax. My overall mood is better. I feel more organized and have focus to take on a task at a time instead of seeing it all and not doing anything. Overall, much better. | F | 34 | 2 weeks | 10/6/2005 | 4 | Chronic depression/anxiety | increased appetite, occasional drowsiness/tired, improvement in sleeping, over-full sensation, continuously snacking. | In 2003, I had major surgery for a pancreatic tumour (Whipple procedure), so I am not 100% sure about the side-effects as I have difficulty in digestion. What I did notice is an increase in hunger and an extremely full feeling after eating, and extreme hunger pains avery 2-3 hours. I sleep all-night now, but, have some pretty wild dreams and occasional dizziness. | M | 39 | 2 weeks | 1/4/2005 | 4 | unable to sleep at night | Have had some weight gain, and notice that I am more hungry and wanting to snack during the day. Have had charley horses in my feet at night, but am unsure if it is caused by Seroquel, and will monitor them. | By taking Seroquel 25 mg. at bedtime, I have noticed that I am now sleeping between 6-8 hours per night and was unable to do that before. With my anxiety condition and problems with arthritis, I was a mess during the day without taking the Seroquel cause I was always tired from lack of sleep. My doctor and I agreed that not sleeping during the night was causing much stress on my joints and that's why we decided on the Seroquel. When I was taking Ambien for sleep, it wasn't working near as well, and that's why I was changed to Seroquel. It's nice to be able to actually get a full nights sleep for a change. My joints feel much better after a full nights sleep. | F | 2 weeks | 1/15/2005 | 4 | anxiety/insomnia | Sleepiness, muscle aches, increased food cravings (especially for sugar) | I was prescribed 25mg in the am and 50 mg to sleep at night. I have found seroquel to be effective in reducing overall anxiety and especially in helping me sleep. I do not plan to take this medication for a prolonged period of time due to the potential for serious side effects (ie. severe weight gain/ involuntary muscle movements/ medication-induced diabetes.) | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 4/20/2005 | 4 | Bipolar 1 Disorder | tiredness at first , vivid dreams | Seroquel has been recently added on to my medication cocktail for bipolar disorder after suffering from another manic episode. I started at 50mg for the first six days. At 50mg I was very tired during the day as well as at night when I took the pill, however after going up to 100mg and taking it a little bit earlier I have been able to get a good nights sleep and not be excessively tired through out the day. However, I am also on other medications (invega, trileptal and xanax) so the effects could be different as they usually are with others. Sure the side effects on the box can be scary, and there are horror stories, but quite honestly sometimes they are better than the current affliction that may be bothering you. So I have to say so far so good with seroquel. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 11/22/2008 | 4 | Off Label for Anxiety/Depression | I started taking 50mg at night before bed two weeks ago. First night started at 100 and it knocked me flat out. Woke up with BP of 81/57 and thought something major was wrong. 2 weeks later I've still got a fair amount of fatigue and weakness as well as a major desire to do nothing but sleep! | After the major side effects stopped, this drug in addition to 10mg of Lexapro has been a lifesaver. I was having MAJOR anxiety issues and thought that I was going to go totally crazy before getting on this medication. I'm really hopeful that the side effects will continue to lessen so I can get back to a normal day's activities without wanting to take a nap. This is much better however than wanting to die, so all in all I'll take it. | M | 28 | 2 weeks | 3/14/2009 | 3 | Severe Insomnia | Headache, nausea, decreased appetite, anxiety. | I have only been on Seroquel for 2 weeks and it has greatly improved my sleep. Previously I would wake various times throughout the night but now sleep right through about 6-7 hours (could sleep more if I did not have to get up for work). Although I have been experiencing nausea in the mornings and some anxiety. Headaches have also been an issue. These side effects are nothing in comparision to not sleeping for 3 consecutive days and am so far pleased with the effects. I was initally worried about weight gain,but have noticed that when I take it at night (50-75 mg), I don't feel the urge to eat as I have with some other drugs (remeron) and fall asleep quite quickly. I am taking this in combination with temazepam which I am slowly wiening off of (terribly addictive drug with scary withdrawal symptoms). | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 5/9/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Bizarre sleeping patterns, a bottomless pit for a stomach. | My psychiatrist prescribed Seroquel in a last-ditch effort to control my sleeping patterns, which have been off for years. The first night I took it, it worked all right -- I woke up early and not groggy with 50mg. The next night, 50 did nothing. 75mg took a couple hours, but eventually I fell asleep. Since then, it's been a turbulent roller coaster -- sometimes I sleep for 12 hours, while on other nights I don't sleep at all. I'm not even sure if I slept last night; I know I didn't the night before. It hasn't been very long, but I'm concerned about how effective the stuff is. Even when I do take 75mg and become sedated, I still don't sleep -- I sit barely conscious, unable to move but also unable to sleep. | F | 19 | 2 weeks | 3/19/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | Horrible-Evil-Death-Kill-Nightmares-*EVERYNIGHT* and *EVERY NAP*. Just started taking Seroquel, and I am morbidly obese to begin with. After reading how much weight peeps gained, I'm puttin the Seroquel DOWN!!! | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 5/7/2007 | 3 | mood stabilizer/bipolar depression | MIDNIGHT MUNCHIES, hard to get out of bed in the morning, need at least 9 hours of sleep only on 150mg. Wake up feeling drunk. | I gave this med a 3 because of the midnight munchies and the weight gain I've experienced due to the urge to eat after taking the med. I think it has potential to help as I was on it before with 600mg lithium and low low dose lamictal. I've read others on here and it really is important to take this med and go right to bed. I timed it and it starts to work for me in like 20 minutes so I have to be in bed or I'll start eating non-stop. Interestly I have very little appetite during the day. (maybe all the food I ate the day before!) See what happens this time as I'm on 900mg lithium now and starting lamictal currently at 25mg. On 150mg Seroquel currenly. Good luck everyone. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 10/29/2008 | 3 | anxiety | It did relax me, but my reactions were severly delayed. My speech was slurred. I also got leg cramps while on the medication. | F | 16 | 2 weeks | 4/18/2007 | 3 | Bipolar/Anxiety/Paranoia | Extreme lethargy if I take during the day so I made it only for night time, makes me sleep right quick. Took my full dose once (300mg), but it caused racing heartbeat (200 BPM+) which fluctuated. Inability to ejaculate a few hours after taking and drymouth. Abnormal vivid dreams, agitation/irritation towards others. Trouble with memory and some incoherence. Slight hallucination (Bug flying around where the was none) and at times increased Paranoia, slight arthritis. Increased appetite after I take, but haven't seen weight gain as of yet. | So far Seroquel has been helping my mood but at some expense. My fuse is alot shorter now, and I tend to be snippy and easily annoyed by almost everything around me, alot of the time in the daytime. When I first took it while using Marijuana, It skyrocketed my paranoia to a level where I could no longer function in society. I was scared for my life from some unseen threat for 3 months until I calmed down, and I had only taken the Seroquel for a week before I crashed. I still haven't recovered from that 6 months after taking, but It's almost there. Taking it again to help my mood. And it does, but nothing can help my cognitive process. | M | 21 | 2 weeks | 8/18/2006 | 3 | bipolar disorder | very sleepy all the time, dry mouth and moody, the sleepiness is a real problem for me as I have a 5 yr old son. I've found that people irritate me all the time which could be to do with the drowsiness however my irrational thoughts (this is what my phycs calls it) have seemed to of calmed down a bit which is nice. | i hope this works! | F | 23 | 2 weeks 600 1X day | 11/1/2011 | 3 | Insomnia | First few days I slept extremely well. But I went through a long weekend (3 days) unaware of time or place and avoiding social contact unconsciously. The effect was very strong, a zombie like effect. Forgot to exercise, ate a lot of ice cream, both bad for me. Especially bad since I have high TG anyway and should stay away from carbs. Somehow it seemed not to matter if I ate a tub of ice cream a day. Nothing mattered. I tried to take it only some days, but then couldn't sleep. In the end I went back to just not sleeping at night. I sleep during the day, have an evening job which is "morning" for my body. Hey whatever, I learned to adjust. | Lots of people are saying headache. I think I understand why. I have migraines and they are affected most by my blood pressure which needs to stay low. Somehow this was pushing my blood pressure up, giving me a constant headache and tinnitus. It did have some great side effects like, my gut calmed down and stopped constipating by being uptight. My heavy periods became perfectly normal. It was almost worth it to stay on it just for that, except for the headache which was a deal breaker. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 25mg 1X day | 1/20/2016 | 2 | bipolar 2, anxiety | zombie-like at times, increased need and duration of sleep | I didn't take this long enough to probably give much of a testimony, however the first couple of days I took it helped me sleep and I woke up feeling rested. After about a week it didn't knock me out I would still be up later than I wanted to but then I would sleep in too late and be really out of it and anti-social. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 11/28/2007 | 2 | Bipolar 2 | difficulty getting out of bed in the morning, just want to sleep until 10 and I've been on it for two weeks, i tried to lower the dose to 100mg at night but the mania breaks through by afternoon | first week was pure hell, yelled at my husband and shook my children with rage; felt like a zoombie other times; dry mouth; shortness of breath, breast pain-like someone like when your getting a mammogram; missed my menstrual period | F | 47 | 2 weeks | 5/31/2007 |