SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)

Average Rating: 2.9 (1505 Ratings)

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SEROQUEL  (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE):  This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, sudden episodes of mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder). Quetiapine is known as an anti-psychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. This medication can decrease hallucinations and improve your concentration. It helps you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less nervous, and take a more active part in everyday life. It may also improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level. Quetiapine can help prevent severe mood swings or decrease how often mood swings occur.   FDA Approval Date: 2005-10-04 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUELCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 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
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 1  major depression recently prescribed Seroquel XR 150mg @ bedtime( I should say ONE TIME ONLY!!!!!) WHY?????YOU MAY ASK?, this drug left me incapacitated for nearly two days after the initial dose of only 150mg!!!!one time only!!!,this drug is dangerous, be careful, I am still achey and very tired 3 days later............ F THIS MEDICATION!!!!! WAS PRESCRIBED FOR DEPRESSION, MY DOC THOUGHT THIS MIGHT HELP W/ANXIETY ASSOCIATED...IT DID I FEEL LIKE A ZOMBIE..PEOPLE THINK TWICE ABOUT THIS ONE, SERIOUSLY!!! M 50 1 days
150 MG 1X day
9/4/2010
 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  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
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 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  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  atypical trigemianl neuralgia 15 hours after taking 25mg of this deadly poison I started having seizures. Back in early 2007 a crazy neurologist prescribed the medication for my atypical trigeminal neuralgia, which I got from botched sinus surgery. When I would start to fall asleep I would get 'electric-shocks' deep inside my right sinus. The Neurontin was helping, but this whacko neurologist decided to give me seroquel for sleep. Now I have seizures. M 55 1 days
25mg 1X O
1/23/2013
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 1  Insomnia First I was given 50mg for sleep. No sleep. Then I was given 100mg plus 25mg elavil for sleep plus 1mg of Xanax, and still no sleep. I am sitting here at 3am ready to go out of my mind. I have been taking this for a month and have gained 10 lbs. I keep reading comments about how this knocks people out. I don't understand why I am so different. I could go sit in the hot tub and drink three or four glasses of wine and sleep, but the doctor says no tot drink the wine. I think the wine would be healthier than all of these chemicals. M 55 1 days
1/6/2007
 1  Grief related depression insomnia Took this on one occasion and did not help with insomnia, keep waking up throughout the night with racing thoughts after very vivid dreams however could not move. I felt awful the next day and knew this was not the drug for me if I want to keep working. Will work through without it. It's beyond me why people are prescribed this it's just awful. Should not be used F 54 1 days
25 mg 1X day
9/3/2020
 1  Sleep Very tired within 20 minutes, but no deep. Weird vivid dreams when I would start to drift off waking me back up, only I couldn't open my eyes and it was hard. Hard time reaching to turn off alarm, took several attempts to push the button. Severe muscle fatigue in hands and arms with trembling. Hard time dressing, poor motor skills, inability to find words, almost felt I was in slow motion, brain fog, eyes swollen underneath like never before, sensitive to light, unable to drive, weird overall feeling of distance or separation from everything around me, very difficult to function. All this after just 1 dose! I will never take this medication again. When it was first prescribed to me 2 months ago, I read reviews and side effects and refused to take it. My Dr. talked me into it saying she thought it would help me sleep better. I would rather never sleep again than ever feel like this. F 48 1 days
50 mg 1X day
1/19/2021
 1  Sleep Very tired within 20 minutes, but no deep sleep. Weird vivid dreams when I would start to drift off waking me back up, only I couldn't open my eyes and it was hard to move. Hard time reaching to turn off alarm, took several attempts to push the button. Severe muscle fatigue in hands and arms with trembling. Hard time dressing, poor motor skills, inability to find words, almost felt I was in slow motion, brain fog, eyes swollen underneath like never before, sensitive to light, unable to drive, weird overall feeling of distance or separation from everything around me, very difficult to function. All this after just 1 dose! I will never take this medication again. When it was first prescribed to me 2 months ago, I read reviews and side effects and refused to take it. My Dr. talked me into it saying she thought it would help me sleep better. I would rather never sleep again than ever feel like this. F 48 1 days
50 mg 1X day
1/19/2021
 1  insomnia Extreme drowsiness but unable to sleep. Woke up screaming. Restless leg Took 25 mg one night for insomnia. One of the worst experiences of my life. Couldn't open my eyes, but unable to sleep. Was in bed for 11 hours but slept 2 hours. Woke up screaming, in terror. Restless leg, also. F 34 1 days
7/24/2008
 1  insomnia/anxiety Put me in the hospital: heart rate went down to 30, blood pressure dangerously low, and was severely dehydrated to the point where my veins collapsed. Put me in the hospital so I would never take it again. Obviously doesn't do this to everyone. But if you are looking for a sleeping med, I'd recommend trying something else first. M 31 1 days
9/24/2008
 1  Recreational DRY mouth, very very tired. I felt like I wanted to go run a marathon and sleep forever at the same time. It was like my body was fighting itself. Not fun. Don't take. Seems to me it's probably dangerous. F 22 1 days
5/15/2009
 1  for sleeping i just took it for one night.... I was in the hospital for diabetes and a blood infection and had not slept good for months... they gave me 100 mgs around 9:00 pm and then another 50 mgs around two ol clock in the morning when i given the 100 mgs i went to sleep and slept for about four and a half hours then they gave me 50 more mgs and i felt extrememly wierd!!! I felt like i caould do any thing i wanted and i would have no consquences. i felt like a super hero or something. I had a pic line in my arm and still had a blood infection but i decide that i was going home at about two thirty that morning. So, i stole my moms keys out of her purse un-hooked my iv and left the hospital... Just to make the story shorter i just tell youu what the outcome was i ended up having a head on collision and totaled the car. I had to be cut out of the car and when i woke up i couldn'tmove. I was rushed to Baptist hospital and the feeling came back into my body. I was then put back into the hospital and i was never given that medication again. F 21 1 days
4/30/2009
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 1  Bi Polar 2 I took this medication on a Friday night and proceeded to sleep for 12.5 hours solid. I woke up for 2 hours, and ate everything in sight. I then was so exhausted and dopey that I took a 5 hour nap. I woke up, feeling like my limbs were encased in concrete. I couldn't walk straight or talk clearly. I only took this medication one night at 50mg. I will never take it again. F 21 1 days
5/3/2009
 1  What my doctor calls "hypomania." I HATE the way this stuff makes me feel. It's terrible. It makes me feel groggy and drowsy, but it doesn't help me sleep. It makes my restless leg syndrome worse, just like antihistamines do. I also feel sick, kind of like a bad hangover. There's also kind of a jitteriness in the way I feel. It's like my muscles have been sedated but my nervous system hasn't. There's just as much anxiety as before taking the drug, but you feel so groggy and letharic that you can't do anything to ease the jitters. This is a terrible drug. My doctor prescribed it for a condition she calls hypomania, but after taking just half of a 50 mg pill I can tell that this is not what I need. The grogginess and lethargy might be okay if the drug actually helped me sleep, but it doesn't. It's like it both sedates and excites my nervous system at the same time, so my body and my mind are confused as hell. I couldn't wait for the effects of that 1/2 pill to wear off. My doctor said that she has had patients who take a 600 mg dose of this drug. I think 600 mg would kill me, seriously. The effect from just 25 mgs was almost too much for me to bear. If you decide to try this drug, be very careful. Better yet, don't take it. M 48 1 days
25 mg
6/24/2016
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 1  belief of a prexisting diagnsis Heart heavy n very hard to swallow walk. Masturbated so much. Miserable existence. Loss of years of truly getting to know who i was the list goes on Just dont take it. Usually a mental or physical problem is caused by unresolved issues. M 26 1 days
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10/16/2015
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 1  Bipolar Depression / Insomnia Took 100 MG last night. Was barely able to make it to the bed. Felt intoxicated, dizzy. Slept but had racing heart, trouble relaxing. Very "hungover" feeling this morning. Thirsty, shaky, have felt bad all day. These side effects are intolerable and this medication is number 14 for me. I won't be taking another one! For me the side effects are not worth a night of sleeping. F 54 1 days
100 MG
6/13/2015
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 1  Severe long-term depression Unable to walk around safely during the night due to dizziness. Also was completely dehydrated when I got up to let the dog out during the night. Let my dog out during the night and was unable to walk outside to get her due to fear of falling. Finally my neighbor stopped and helped. As I was thirsty went to get a drink of water, later that night found myself on the floor having knocked over a lamp and barking my shins. DON'T TAKE THIS if you live ALONE! F 61 1 days
150 1X day
4/4/2015

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