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 |
| 3 | Mood Instability/Insomnia | Extreme sleepiness, some weight gain, intense desire to eat after taking the medicine. | I've been taking Seroquel for about 4 years now and while it helps me sleep (knocks me out for a good 12 hours) and provides mood stability, DO NOT TAKE THIS UNLESS IT'S A LAST RESORT! You WILL become completely dependent on it. For example I ran out for 1 day and was crying, shaking, nauseous, and a complete wreck. I do not think I could quit taking it ever. This medicine does what it's supposed to do but unless you are willing to take it for the rest of your life, don't start it. Also it will give you the "Seroquel munchies"....I have fallen asleep eating food! | F | 20 | 4 years 300 MG 1X day | 12/29/2010 | 3 | Some of the side effects that have occured for me while taking this drug caused me to lose mu focus most of the time. I was on it for treating Bi-polor 1 and then was placed in the XR form of the drug. It seemed that my memory was suffering the most, throughout my treatment over the years. I found myself to lack the ablilty to focus on my studies as a Quantum Physics Major in school. I would have to get up early in the morning for school but found myself hungover from the side effects of taking the drug rather early. I have been on the drug as high as 600MG but found myself hearing voices and seeing things that were not there so I had to taken off the high amount and placed on several other drugs including depression meds and other stablizers. It does cause stomach pains sometimes when I take it at night so I have to watch what I eat. It was also a rumor according to the main website that the drug could cause eye issues and other means of physical side effects such as kidney or blood i | M | 23 | 4 years 200MG 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 3 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Drowsiness, midnight sweet cravings | M | 46 | 4 years 100 1X day | 7/22/2010 | 3 | depression,bioplor,anixety, panic | I have no side effects at all my body has a high tolerance to prescription drugs. | F | 43 | 4 years 100 mg 1X day | 8/10/2010 | 3 | Bipolar | took 200 morning 200 night. Couldn't stay awake during the day. even 25 knocks me out. Don't complain at night... Love to be able to sleep. Otherwise other conditions anxiety keeps me awake. Stuffy nose after taking it??? anyone else??? Feel sky high for about 30 min then out like a light. Good for people that don't want to live much.. I refuse to take it in the morning time.. Would just be a vampire the rest of my life... | M | 28 | 4 years | 1/4/2007 | 3 | Schizophrenia | Hair loss (very concerning) moderate weight gain, though less than when using other antipsychotics like Zyprexa. Dry mouth is horrible, at night/morning especially. Muscle spasms at night, which used to be intense and almost intolerable. Taking magnesium supplements helped contain those. Motor skills coordination problems, some days worse than others. Intense hungover feeling every day, takes several hours for this effect to leave each day, which means I sleep for 10 hours +, and am hungover for 4 or 5. Most of each day wasted. Very hard to get up for work, etc. | Contains positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia quite well, but I am getting so distressed by the side effects, I am looking for an alternative to this medication. | M | 26 | 4 years | 11/26/2005 | 3 | Insomnia | I started with 25 mg with 5 mg time release Melatonin before bed and it worked well, with only a little weight gain. I stopped the Melatonin and kicked up the Seroquel to 50 mg. That's when the weight gain really became an issue. I have gained 30 lbs and several pant sizes since this change about a year ago. I do not eat after taking this med, and it works well for a good sleep. I usually eat very healthy, low fat foods. I recently turned the 5 mg time release Melatonin back on with the 50 mg Seroquel. Good sleep, but groggy in the morning for about 15 minutes. I intend to cut the Seroquel back to 25 mg and see how that works. I would like to lose the weight and still get a good night's sleep. | This has been a good med for me regarding insomnia. The side effects that are problematic are weight gain and grogginess upon waking. | M | 56 | 4 years | 10/26/2008 | 3 | Bipolar disorder 2 | I like seroquel it just makes me sleepy | F | 29 | 4 years 600 1X AN | 10/4/2020 | 3 | Early onset bipolar and psychosis | I had been diagnosed with bipolar at the age of 14 after having episodes of mania in which I was delirious, in a state of delusional thinking with a dramatic depression relapse lasting 2 weeks after. Part of the reason I started taking this drug after the pyschiatrist telling me to was I had been doing strange unusually risky behaviours withou conscious awareness such as sending weird letters to boys and wearing weird clothes to school and breaking rules. Started on 50mg went up to 100mg and was drowsy for weeks after causing me health problems with my energy levels. When anything stressful came into play I would still lose control of my emotions and had to go see the psyhcitrist again to have another "up the dose" session. Before I knew it I was on 500mg such a strong dose, only benefit was I didn't go into paranoia and psychosis but still had high moods and low mood swings. This drug will affects your brain! I had noticed feeling of lethargy, emptiness in my thinking, eye strain, confusion and headaches when trying to retain information. I felt like it had made me dumb! I felt like I was floating though life as a weight gained tired and lifeless ghost not realising what was going on living for the moment but only because I could remember hardly anything! Apart from this awful feeling as though I was masking out on other young people's non drug experience like they were feeling better than me (and I know I'm not the only one). Being a very creative person I felt my | Apart from feeling so called "normal" and "not manic or depressive" this drug is so powerful it's like a tranquilliser! Get off of you can! You almost lose all passion and interest if everything! It's got a prominent dark side. | F | 19 | 4 years 400mg | 2/6/2017 | 3 | bipolar and insomnia | extreme groginess in the morning, sleep walking (acording to my boyfriend), exhausted while awake, and feeling impared while driving in the morning | I've been on seroquel for several years and I've started to realize that my sleep issues are probably do to it. It takes a couple hours for me to hear my alarm clock or a phone ringing right by my head. My boyfriend has noticed me thrashing in my sleep and getting up walking around several times in the middle of the night. When driving after waking up I don't feel in control of my truck. In high school I would have to slap myself on the way to sdchool so I didn't fall asleep while driving. On days that I can sleep in I will sleep 12 -16 hours and wake up, still feeling exhausted during the day. Seroquel has helped wiht moods but I'm not sure if the side effects are worth the reward | F | 19 | 4 years | 6/21/2009 | 3 | Bipolar NOS sleep | Hair loss EXTREME BINGE EATING that progressively got worse | Last night I took just 25mg for sleep and within 30 minutes the INSANE urge to eat consumed me and I fought sleep for about 30 minutes to continue eating mindlessly. I hadn't taken Seroquel in months so I was hoping it wouldn't have this effect with just 1 dose. I have taken it off & on over an 11 year period because it is the only sleep med that has worked for me. | F | 44 | 4 years | 7/14/2009 | 2 | depression/anxiety/insomnia | extreme weight gain, somnolence (which was the goal, actually) | At first I thought this stuff was great--it really helped relieve anxiety symptoms during the day and knocked me out at night. Little by little, though, I needed more and more, and soon realized I had gained about fifty pounds over two years. Now it is very difficult to get off--I'm down to 75 mg from 300, but getting lower is proving to be pretty tough, because I'm pretty sleep dependent on it. Probably very good for many, but be careful before your doctor suggests you take it for a relatively minor condition (as many apparently are)--it is an antipsychotic. | F | 36 | 4 years | 10/6/2008 | 2 | Biupolar, Insomnia, Schizophrenia | Major hair loss, major weight gain, excessive sleep, groggy, short term memory problems | I have been on 600mg of Seroquel for about 4 years. At first it was wonderful, it helped me sleep helped with my mood swings and somewhat with my delusions. After about 6 months on the medicine I started noticing that I was losing and and have now lost atleast halr of my hair, going from very thick hair to very thin. I also sleep for atleast 12 hours a day unless woken up, and when I am woken I feel like crap for the rest of the day. I have gained in excess of 60 lbs asnd my weight fluxuates quite a bit. I would not suggest using in this medicine in high doses. I am currently trying to find someone to change my medication. | F | 26 | 4 years | 1/14/2009 | 2 | depression/ sleep problems | I seem to be constantly tired/exhauseted during the day with great difficulty getting out of bed in morning (which i HAVE to do to make sure son gets breakfast & off to school) & often go back to bed during day, sometimes for most of day. Have increasingly found it difficult to get to sleep at night & think i am now dependent on this drug to get to sleep. I need to take it ~7pm & if take it later i get major hangover - grogginess/headaches etc in morning & if I don't go back to bed during day will end up with migraines. If i don't take it, it takes me hours to get to sleep, I get wierd vivid dreams & wake every few hours (sometimes wide awake after 3-4 hrs sleep - feel tired, but can't get back to sleep). Have not been able to hold down a job & seem to just get more & more depressed. | I initially was prescribed seroquel when i experienced problems sleeping (after being prescribed venlafaxine for depression). I did not feel well on venlafaxine (up to 400 mg daily), nor lots of other meds, mainly due to constantly feeling tired & unable to cope. Nothing has helped me to get my life back together after initially being diagnosed with Post Natal Depression over 8 years ago. Have recently tried bipolar meds - lithium (Priadel 800 mg) with & without venlafaxine, then Lamotrigine (Mogine 50mg twice daily +37.5 mg venlafaxine) but felt that these meds just dulled my senses & made my really apathetic (not happy or sad, just kinda zombified). I have lots of sinus problems (dust mite allergy + food intolerances (salicylates & dairy)) which got worse post-natal / worse with depression. I take sinus meds (loratidine 10mg twice daily + butacort 100 aqueous nasal spray 2 puffs twice daily). I have just (after reading comments on this website) convinced Dr (4th psychiatrist I've been to) to prescribing an alternate = zopliclone, even thou I have experienced similar 'hangover' effects with it in past, now she says to just try taking 1/2 x 7.5 mg tablet. Has anyone found anything better to take? Any advice/comments would be appreciated, please feel encouraged to email me since I'm feeling very disallusioned & disappointed with Dr's so far. | F | 44 | 4 years 25-200mg 1X day | 3/4/2010 | 2 | schizophrenia | grogginess, flat mood, irritability, unmotivated, hopeless | It's maybe good as temporary relief from psychosis but nobody should try to build a life around this..it will be a shitty empty life I promise you. | M | 41 | 4 years 75 1X day | 1/4/2012 | 1 | Bipolar and sleep | I'm a 56 year old male. Seroquel gave me Type 2 Diabetes. Also suffering from Hepatitis C my platelets dropped to a dangerous range. While on Srroquel my platelets remained low. I was getting transfusions of packed platelets every other week. Since coming off Seroquel I make my own platelets. My platelets have increased without a transfusion. Seroquel is a very dangerous drug. They charge megabucks for the drug. I'm going to try to sue Astra Zenica. | M | 56 | 4 years 300mg. SR | 1/16/2012 | 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 | Bi Polar Disorder | I am currently taking 400mg at night and have been for 4 years. I have lost a lot of my hair.gained about 40lbs around the stomach and suffer from daytime exhaustion even after sleeping for 15 hours. I also suffer from blocked nose at night and wake in panic when I can't breath. I have no libido at all.Since reading many of the comments on the site and seeing how similar they are to mine I have decided to wean myself off of this drug. I have not had a manic episode in 4 years but attribute this more to the lithium than the seroquel | This is a serious drug and Doctors should give more information of the side effects before dispensing. | F | 4 years | 3/18/2009 | 1 | Bi-polar and Hypermania | Just a bad over prescribed bad drug Went cold turkey, it cost me my life, it destroyed friendships, prescribed to shut me up, this drug is used as a catch all for any ailment, I would not recommend this for anyone, I'm working through insomnia and angst for not researching this drug, nothing will ever have me take this drug again, did not dose down did not tell my doctor, just left it along. | M | 59 | 4 years 300 | 10/10/2014 | 1 | Bi-polar and Hypermania | All Delusions, hallucinations, sleep, dry mouth, weight gain, overactive libido, mood swings Over confidence all side effects. I am 100 days free of this dangerous drug | It is not for everyone, it destroyed my life and the Dr.know This is an off label drug.i went cols turkey off and I don't recommend any one do as I did, my night sweats, sugar cravings, nightmares and hallucinations have ceased, struggling with insomnia it's getting better.this is a dangerous drug, please research before taking it.it helps some as for me it took my life abs soul. | M | 59 | 4 years 300 | 12/17/2014 |