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| 5 | schizo-effective, bipolar disorder | Was switched from seroquel 300mg after ten yrs of use to seroquel xr. I have to say these 4 months have been great. This medication has been a true help.My thoughts are clearer and I am happy to be alive. I am working and living a healthy life. This medicine is a God send. | F | 32 | 4 months 300mg | 5/5/2013 | 1 | Dx with Biopolar at the time | Worst medicine I've ever been on! It caused me to loose my job. I had hallucinations from it. I was agitated, confused, and in a complete disarray from it. I do not recommend this to anyone. | F | 25 | 2 weeks 1X D | 3/30/2013 | 5 | PTDS | Very few at all - I take it a few hours before bed so if anything it helps me sleep. I have noticed some minor weight increase (1lb) but time will tell if this is a trend. Overall, I feel great. | I started taking this medication for PTSD and it worked like a miracle. It calmed me down, it stopped my racing thoughts, it stopped my obsessivness, and it helped me sleep. For me it was truly a miracle medication. I worry about possible weight gain but I will just exercise more. | M | 37 | 1 months 200mg 1X D | 3/12/2013 | 4 | Schizophrenia | This stops psychotic symptoms but u have to get the dose above 600mg. Feel sedated most of the day but it IS worth it | M | 24 | 3 years 600mg | 2/19/2013 | 1 | bi-polar disorder | excessive sleep, slowed speech, troubles making sentences, forgetting words, short-term memory loss, emotionless, fatigue, weight gain | I stopped taking Seroquel XR almost 2 years ago. I weaned myself off it over a weeks period and had the most horrible withdrawals following the last days dosage that lasted another week. I couldn't sleep, had difficulties breathing, night sweats, vomiting, extreme nausea, headache, etc. I wish I'd never taken this medicine. I've never regained my once strong short-term memory. I feel I've never been as sharp as I once was. Life on Seroquel XR is like watching a television that has been muted. It's like being a zombie. I tried to explain to my psychiatrist the difficulties I was having and he didn't believe me! He also didn't believe me about the withdrawal symptoms. I say, please use this drug only as a last resort. | F | 28 | 2 years 800 1X D | 2/17/2013 | 5 | depression and Anxiety | So far not much. Maybe a headache every so often. | Great drug. Took away my depression in 4 days and is reducing the anxiety so far. | M | 40 | 13 days 750 mg 1X D | 1/31/2013 | 3 | Bipolar 1 anxiety and depression | Hungry, going to the bathroom more, extremely tired...feel hungover in the morning | I was wondering if anyone has felt like their lips were numb...I'm just worried its a combination of my meds...I'm on trileptal, abilify, lamictal, and concerta along with now the seroquel xr | F | 33 | 4 days 100 mg 1X D | 1/28/2013 | 3 | Bipolar/Anxiety Disorder | Was on abilify and it lost effectivness so I was switched to Seroquel XR. Weight gain and involuntary muscle tighting and movement have been my biggest issue. | I really like the way this med has improved my moods and anxiety. However I'm not sure I'm willing to continue due to the weight gain and involuntary muscle movements. They are very distruptive when trying to sit still. Hopefully my dr will have something to help with this 2 side effects that I'm not sure I'm willing to live with. | F | 33 | 5 months 300 1X D | 1/28/2013 | 3 | depression/anxiety/ocd | extreme exhaustion | Lately, I have been feeling EXTREMELY tired on this drug. I could literally sleep my life away on this! UGH! I find myself sleeping from 12 am - 1 pm the next afternoon and could STILL use a 3-4 hour nap during the day! | F | 26 | 3 years 150 MG 1X D | 1/17/2013 | 3 | PTSD, Bipolar, Depression | IRRITABILITY! It's intense, comes on in a flash. I want to do serious damage, have urges to hurt myself, and have no cause or idea why, and is totally unlike me. I hate it. Also, stuffy nose 24/7, weight gain (food cravings), mood swings. (Note: I also started Prazosin, Hydroxyzine, and Naltrexone around the same time. Hard to say what SE's are due to what.) Sedating. | Intrusive thoughts are almost completely absent, where they were once a daily event, sometimes all day. The mood swings are intense but include really joyful spells, which is fun. I had no joy at all, before. Just flat. Nothing. Great motivation to do stuff, again. It's like I care about stuff more. Whereas I was totally "uh huh, whatever," before. Seroquel is definitely sedating. Which is a good thing, for me. Sleep is my friend. | F | 39 | 4 months 125 MG 1X D | 12/17/2012 | 4 | Bipolar 1 mixed episode/sleep | Initial weight loss, now weight neutral. Grogginess in the morning (sometimes not that bad, other times to the point of not function well for an hour or two), occasional morning irritability (along with the grogginess. | I like Seroquel XR signficantly better than Seroquel instant release because it has been weight neutral for me. I will say that Seroquel is a great sleep medication and did knock out my last mixed episode. I take it all at night so once the morning grogginess wears off (at 9 or 10 am) I am fine. | F | 41 | 6 months 150/100 mg 1X D | 11/16/2012 | 5 | schizphrenia | Drowsy, a lot LESS sedation than the immediate release. NO akathisia, NO weight gain. This is a blockbuster med! | This is a whole different drug compared to the original. Clears my head straight away after taking it. Amazing stuff. | 3 years 600 1X D | 11/8/2012 | 3 | Bipolar Depression | Severe drowsiness, weight gain, "hangover" effect in the mornings. | I was prescribed this in 2010 for bipolar depression, and honestly it worked very well for that. My psych told me the XR version wouldn't give me the morning hangover; HA wrong! At times it could take me upto an hour to fully wake up and a few times I was late to work because of this. But DID really help with the depression I was going thru at the time. True it knocked me out bigtime, but that was trivial compared to the positive effects I saw. Decided to get off it because of the drowsiness, but now thinking of talking to my new psych about re-starting it. | M | 29 | 16 months 300 1X D | 11/8/2012 | 1 | Depression | My 14 year old daughter suffers from depression and only got partial relief from taking 60 mg of fluoxetine. She also has difficulty sleeping at night. Her psychiatrist wanted her to try Seroquel XR for weeks but I was leery because this medication is only FDA approved for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Also, the side effects that this medication carries can be heavy. Unfortunately after weeks of convincing, we agreed to try 50 mg of Seroquel XR before bed. The next day my daughter could hardly get out of bed. She could not think straight, was dizzy, and felt more depressed than ever. She also kept having chills though she had no sign of any illness such as fever, swollen glands, etc.. While she did sleep all night with the 50 mg dose, she was in terrible shape the entire next day. I would never give this to her again. | F | 14 | 1 days 50 MG | 10/12/2012 | 3 | Bipolar I Disorder | Probably gained 50 pounds on this med. I also got a very rare side effect called Pisa Syndrome(google it) From the waist up I lean to the left. Not that noticeable but you can see it. It is caused exclusively by long term exposure to antipsychotics. I had to have an MRI and had to educate my psychiatrist on Pisa Syndrome, he had never heard of it. | Doctors are writing scripts for this pharmaceutical superstar for everything under the sun. I've read that some doctors will call it a sleeping pill at low doses. This is not a sleeping pill, it's an AAP and you should know that. I have three problems with it, you can double your body weight in a year, not everyone but it happens. You can get Diabetes regardless of weight gain. You can get a weird side effects like the one I listed. I am now on disability and I'm dropping Seroquel because it would cost $550 for 30 300mg tablets. The price point on this drug should be illegal and Big Pharma execs in jail. This stuff could be the first thing your doctor wants to treat your depression, sleep disorder, PTSD, broken finger with. They will write it for anything. On the positive side, it did work for me somewhat. But ask yourself, do you want your review in a year to look like mine? | M | 59 | 4 years 300MG 1X D | 9/28/2012 | 5 | Bipolar | Just sleepiness and weight gain about 5-10 pounds I cannot seem to take off with diet and exercise. A very small price to pay for my sanity. | I was suffering before I started taking this drug. Almost every day I can think clearly, I'm mentally and emotionally stable and am no longer plagued by my symptoms. I cannot express how grateful I am for this medicine. | M | 25 | 2 years 400 1X D | 9/2/2012 | 3 | schizophrenia | wight gain - sleepy in the morning. | seroquel is good to preventing relapses. | M | 22 | 10 weeks 1000 mg 1X D | 8/30/2012 | 3 | schizoaffective disorder | Works great for mood and psychosis. however i have no volition and no creativity. some weight gain and extreme fatigue. dry mouth and stuffy nose. i also take wellbutrin and abilify. i want to try something instead of seroquel. | M | 22 | 1 years 350 mg | 8/25/2012 | 4 | major depression | Weight gain. Drowsiness. | I've started taking 50 mg 2 hours after I wake up in the morning, then I take another 50 mg tablet every 3 hours afterward. I've noticed I don't feel as spaced out and groggy in the morning and during the day with this method. At around 6pm this evening I will try cutting one 50 mg tablet in half to see if I go to sleep earlier and wake up easier with less groginess. I use to take 150 mg at around 3pm. But, I would still feel groggy in morning and the med would wear off before it's time to take it again. This new method is working for me better with XR. I don't feel as sleepy and spacey during the day. So, here's what I'm doing: 50mg at 8:30a.m., 50mg at 11:30am, 50mg at 2:30pm, then cut 50 mg in half at 6:00pm and go to bed soon after. Wake up earlier and easier. I hope. | F | 46 | 3 years 200 mg 1X D | 7/16/2012 | 4 | Bipolar II / BPD | Severe weight gain (over 100 lbs) Tiredness Elevated cholesterol Slowed reflexes | F | 21 | 1.5 years 250 mg 1X D | 7/2/2012 | 4 | Bipolar and Schizotypal | Gained 42 pounds, feel apathetic, reduced creativity, sleep about 11 hours, no sex drive and not much of an orgasm, don't think as much about things. | Has stabilised my moods for the most part. I used to be an ulta rapid cycler. Doesn't do much for my anxiety (I also take quetiapine IR 25mgx4 a day for that, but it doesn't do much except improve sleep). Practically eliminated by paranoia, but not all abnormal thoughts. Blocks out my soul, which I do not like. | M | 38 | 4 years 600mg 1X D | 6/15/2012 | 5 | severe anxiety | weight gain, memory loss, tiredness | yes, side effects suck, but if not this medicine i would be in the nuthouse right now in the long term unit or dead from taking my life. This is the only medicine that helps my anxiety, my psychiatrist said this is the best antipsychotic medication. They say you need 125 mg for anxiety or something, personally i think everyone is different, I started with 300 mg when i was clinically suicidal, after two years of intensive recovery it was too much for me so i went down to 50 mg. My doctor disagrees, but I don't give a damn, they just say what they are told to do, and afraid to say any different cause the dont want to be sued. | F | 27 | 3 years 50 mg 1X D | 6/13/2012 | 5 | Migraine | Weight gain of 20 lbs in less than 6 months. No other side effects. Worked great for daily migraine attacks. | F | 29 | 1 days 400mg | 4/15/2012 | 2 | Bipolar | Vivid Nightmares, Frequent Urination, Extremely Tired (Can Sleep 12 Hours Straight) | F | 23 | 2 years 150 MG 1X D | 3/19/2012 | 4 | schizophrenia/ptsd/agoraphobia | dry mouth, occasional restless leg syndrome, loss of appetite, drowsiness, constipation, insomnia if a dose is missed. | started on 150MG 1xday helped with depression, after three months was interested in hobbies and things again. dose not high enough to aid anxiety/phobias/paranoia/schizo symptoms. am gradually upping dose until correct one is reached, under docs watchful eye and regular blood work/review of any side effects. so far i have lost 7 lbs and am more active. 1-2 nights a week i get mild restless leg syndrome. i drink more water thanks to the dry mouth. i have to say so far my experience with this drug is wonderful. i love it. i finally have found great hope to have many schizo symptoms helped. | F | 52 | 4 months 300MG 1X D | 2/10/2012 | 4 | ptsd, bipolar, soc. anxiety, depres | I had immediate anxiety relief and my thoughts slowed down to one at a time and I could actually think. The downside of that was laziness, I could not get motivated. I have to choose between uncomfortably numb or my hectic mind. Also, at bedtime I would start JOLTING and had to jerk my limbs around excessively for well over an hour. So not only was I very sleepy because of the dose, I was jerking around like a crazy person. I still feel this sensation in my arms. Also, my muscles got very weak, to the point of barely being able to bear my own body weight. Sad too, cause it helped my mind... | F | 25 | 6 months 300 mg | 2/5/2012 | 1 | Inability to focus ETC. | Seroquel IR is BETTER than Seroquel XR. You take single Seroquel IR tablet before bedtime and you are clear the next day. With Seroquel XR you just become lazy toad. DO NOT USE SEROQUEL XR. It is only "better" by shutting your brain off. Seroquel IR + Omega3 to protect brain isn't very harmful (and all of these drugs are nearly toxic. Psychiatry is FRAUD, it is NOT HELPING YOU (in general there IS NO neurological reasons for mental health problems AND there are BETTER and SAFER ways of improving brain function [hopefully])). These DRUGS and TOXIC and SPECULATIVE. Not a single measurement is taken. These drugs are used to SHUT YOU OFF in few years (or sometimes immediately). If you want to use Seroquel IR instead of Seroquel XR just split Seroquel XR tablets to 2-3 pieces and take them as a single tablet. This SHOULD break the continuous release effect in seroquel XR. Basically if you are taking Seroquel (or any other of these drugs) the chances are that you are screwed by doctors/society who want you to get "better". NEVER START THESE TOXIC DRUGS VOLUTANRILY. Withdrawal kills (Seroquel < 25mg maybe not): excess brain activity + spinal cord, inflammatory/cytokine problems in body etc. Seroquel (and other atypicals) are serotonin 5-HT2A receptor blockers. | M | 100 | 2 years 400 1X D | 2/2/2012 | 5 | bipolar with psychotic features | weight gain-hungry alot and demotivated, plus dieting doesnt seem to lose any weight but eating crap doent put any more on. Seems I have stabilised at 4 dress sizes bigger and cant go up or down no matter what I do. Slight restless legs, I urinate alot more than I used to. Cant have late nights anymore or anything as I am so tired for days after. Feel it is causing general ware and tare on the body, so looking to swap to something else long term. However keeps mental health at a level where I can enjoy life, do a part time job and see friends so cant complain too much. | I was taking normal seroquel, but they changed me to the xr version as it can be taken once per day. The only down side is it doesnt put you to sleep like the immediate release, so if you are using the immediate release to help sleep. I would say dont bother changing becuase I am still sluggish through the day on the XL plus still fat too! However I get extreme side effects when trying other drugs and seroquel for me doesnt do anything bad, if you are taking it at first it may make you inable to function as you will be a zombie but I found this does ware off, if you are still a zombie after a month or two and have been completely stable for a while, ask if you can drop the dose a bit, a small reduction makes a massive difference. I can lead a fulfilling life while taking this drug, I was completely psychotic a few years ago and now I can go free of symptoms for months, just left with slight highs and lows due to the bipolar. | F | 29 | 3 years 250mg 1X D | 1/3/2012 | 5 | depression, anxiety, insomnia | gained 13 kg within a year, but then stabilized. I used to hate eating sugary foods and carbohydrates, but now I crave them all the time. | Makes it a bit hard to get up in the morning, but once I get up, all is fine. I don't feel like zombie. | F | 23 | 2 years 300 mg 1X D | 12/9/2011 | 1 | Despression | I take a pill to 300 mg before 1:30 before dinner, and wake up the next day at noon, with dry mouth during the hours of sleep I want to be more water and I can not sykotho from deep sleep and see nightmares. | M | 30 | 1 months 300 1X D | 11/5/2011 | 5 | anxiety and insomnia | none | F | 26 | 7 years 400 1X D | 10/26/2011 | 3 | Bipolar II/Depression | Appetite through the roof!!!! Severe grogginess/spacey..couldn't tell whether I was awake or dreaming. Horrible "hangover" in the mornings. Took hours to fully wake up the following morning | Was given this med to help reduce irritation due to BP, psych said it also had good antidepressant effects as well as mood-stabilizing properties. Basically, just a very expensive sleeping pill. Told me the XR would reduce the "next-morning hangover" so-to-speak....WRONG. Did the complete opposite. This "Seroquel Hangover" as I dubbed it was becoming increasingly interfering with my life, to the point where I was starting to come in later and later for work. Took 300mg XR at night for over a year, then started cutting them in half back in June. Like I said, for me it was basically just an expensive sleeping pill and appetite stimulant. | M | 28 | 17 months 300mg 1X D | 10/18/2011 | 4 | Bipolar I | Gaining weight, irritability, extreme sleepiness, increased appetite | Great drug, but be careful when you go off of it! I ran out of meds last week and had to go without Seroquel. I was suffering terrible withdrawal, like I was coming off of Heroin or something. I'm back on it now and the symptoms are completely gone...I didn't know how much it worked until I ran out of it! | F | 38 | 5 years 800 MG 1X D | 8/25/2011 | 1 | MDD, PTSD, Borderline Personality | Gained almost 60lbs on this drug, excessive tiredness, moodiness, | I went off seroquel xr and have had terrible withdrawal symptoms, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, headaches, cold chills, hot flashes, rash, itching, unable to control leg movements at night, unable to sleep but feeling exhausted, | F | 31 | 1 years 150mg 1X D | 8/22/2011 | 4 | Bipolar II, BPD, anxiety | Extreme tiredness for the first few days but that wore off and gave way to a feeling of calmness. Found I was much happier being out in public than before, eased paranoia and anxiety, stopped racing thoughts, helped suicidal thoughts and impulsiveness. Helped sleep. I think it slightly increased my cravings for carbohydrate rich food also. | I stopped taking this after my prescription ran out, which wasn't wise as I relapsed soon after. Have noticed paranoia and anxiety have returned to original levels since coming off it. I am starting it again soon though as I found the effects of it quite beneficial within the time that I took it. | F | 19 | 2 weeks 150 MG 1X D | 8/8/2011 | 3 | bipolar/ocd | bipolar insomnia, hallucinations, racing thoughts | I am an alcholic on top of being bipolar. I am basically going cold turkey with the drinking because the seroquel seems to make me not want to drink or eat (which is freaky). I am worrying a little waiting on my body to totally lose it but nothing yet. It has helped me sleep but I am still seeing things. I am also very tired all day. It seems to also be giving me light and sound sensitvity. | F | 35 | 3 days 150MG 1X D | 5/18/2011 | 5 | Bipolar 2 | When I first started taking it had a little trouble with sleepiness during the day but not too bad. Each time I've titrated up had the same effect. First night at 200mg had a problem with restless leg and creepy crawly feeling through out my body but went away pretty quick. | I have lost weight with this wonderful life saving med. I find the secret for me is to live as though I am diabetic . I have totally cut out sugar and I am not eating any meat. Maybe once a week I have ground turkey . I do eat fish but I don't eat shell fish. I walk for 1 hour six day a week and light weight lifting or stretch bands at least 2 times a week. I have lost 7 pounds in 3 weeks doing this. If really works for me. | F | 45 | 3 weeks 200 mg 1X D | 5/17/2011 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | - I have to watch how much I eat because Seroquel seems to, at times, give me a never ending appetite. - Can make getting up in the morning a hard chore but I have learned that if I take the medication twelve hours before I have to be up for the next day, I experience the usual morning tiredness. | I used to suffer from extreme lows where I would suddenly become so upset over nothing. I would be on my couch crying my eyes out for hours and then *poof* I would be incredibly happy, wanting to talk and talk to others, acting as if I had not a care in the world. Since starting Seroquel, I have yet to hit another extreme low. While I may still become agitated, I am able to slow down and figure out what it is I am feeling rather than being a different person every hour. Seroquel has slowed my emotions enough so I am able to function and think properly. Working, dealing with money and general life planning is possible because I have far more stability than I had before. My partner also says he notices that I am more stable as a whole and he no longer has to wonder what mood I will be in throughout the day. These days, if I am upset, there is a root to the issue as opposed to just plain heartbreaking sadness. | F | 26 | 7 months 150 1X D | 5/16/2011 | 3 | racy mind, anxiety, depression | I feel tired and out of it all day. I wake up with a very dry mouth. I feel drugged in a sense...don't care about my job as much, kinda a nice feeling but scary too. I like it but then again, I don't know if this is the med for me. Just so very tired all day long, esp after lunch. | no weight gain yet. have not had labs as well to see if anything has messed them up as I have read online. | F | 39 | 15 days 50 1X D | 5/9/2011 | 3 | mood disorder/ anxiety/ sleep dep | I feel as though I am unable to "wake up" properly in the morning, and I walk around in a "drugged" state for hours after waking. I have noticed some weight gain (although not so bad in my case), memory loss, | I was on avanza 30mg once at night for about 8 months when I fell pregnant with my eldest daughter, I don't really remember much except I felt my mood swings were pretty bad but my sleep and appetite was improving. I continued to take it till I was about 3 months pregnany and started having complications. My little girl was "TOO SMALL" so the doctor weined me off it over a month. My daughter did not grow like she should have and was born 6 weeks premi and weighing only 4 pound 10. I lost it though toward the end of my pregnancy and had my daughter taken from me. I started spiralling downhill big time. I had suicidal obsessions and was generally killing myself with drugs trying to self medicate. I went to the doctor and he prescribed me seroquel xr200mg, things started to go ok, My sleep was awesome, but when I did get angry or upse I was really starting to explode. I started to wake up grumpy too. But I did find that generally my moods were better. I was having lots of vivid dreams too. But I was close to getting my daughter back I was on it when I fell pregnant with Aaliyah my second daughter and the doctor took me off it saying it wasn't safe, but I did not cope well at being off it, and went off the rails again. I gave birth to my daughter and had her taken too. I went back to the doctors AGAIN and he put me back on it. I am now doing really well, and although the memory loss and the tiredness is a problem, I am able to control myself a lot better and | F | 26 | 3 months 200 1X D | 5/1/2011 | 1 | Bipolar, Depression, OCD | Drowsiness, Apathy, Hunger. | I started taking this drug for paranoia, and anxiety. I didn't notice at first, but I began to have extreme mood swings, and extremely intense emotions. I am a moderate drinker as well, mixed with alcohol, this medicine is deadly. I sliced through my arm with a knife, spent 2 nights in the hospital because I was freaking out. I was diagnosed with "excessive drinking", but I only had a few drinks! It almost ruined my life, and I'm I found the culprit in time, before it took my life. | M | 30 | 5 weeks 50 mg 1X D | 4/12/2011 | 4 | insonima and high anxiety | it made me into a zombie state so had to take it only at night just before going to bed. Otherwise i have had no side effects from taking seroquel. | ive found its really helped me to sleep, its the best ive been on. My anxiety is only a bit lower. | F | 25 | 3 years 600 mg 1X D | 4/7/2011 | 4 | mood stabilizer/anxiety/depression | tiredness in the beginning, constipation, | Started taking seroquel xr for anxiety,depression, mood swings due to taking another drug called lupron. Nothing really helped until my doctor told me to try this. I was afraid to take it due to side effects to depression meds. Well I started at 50 mg for 3 nights then went to 150mg. This drug has worked wonders for me. I can't believe it. The only thing that bother me is the constipation. I have to take something once a week to go. Have gained alittle weight but not sure if it's I'm actually eating more then when I was having problems. I would recommend this drug. It has been a life saver. | F | 32 | 3 months 150mg 1X D | 4/6/2011 | 4 | Bipolar, Insomnia, Anxiety | 40 pound weight gain in a little over 4 months although I was exercising regularly and decreased my food intake! i'm having a lot of hair loss but I don't know if it's a side effect of seroquel or something else | I was taking 6 medicines to help me sleep (Xanax, Ambien, Lunesta, Trazadone, Prozac, and Seroquel - 150 mg). Even with those 5 medications my sleep was erratic and I woke up groggy and completely unrested. I literally cried everytime i had to get up to go to work because i was so tired! After a hospitalization in July the doctor took away my medication and i went ballistic!!! he only allowed me to have Seroquel and Lamictal. Well, i can't believe how well i sleep now (and yet still gain massive weight)! I still wake up multiple times during the night but my suicidal obsessions during the night have pretty much disappeared altogether. i talked to my doctor about lowering my dosage of seroquel (800mg is a LOT) but he doesn't want to do it so i'm kind of stuck! I'm tempted to lower the dosage to 600mg on my own but i am afraid the insomnia, obsessive suicidal thoughts will come back! | F | 40 | 1 years 800 mg 1X D | 4/2/2011 | 5 | Sleep! And mood stabilizer | Super vivid dreams when i first started it but now I'm good. | I love it! | F | 21 | 18 months 150 1X D | 3/31/2011 | 2 | Bipolar disorder/racing thoughts | I have started to have obsessions over certain numbers and uncontrolable thoughts and violent thoughts as well. My bipolar has become even worse. | I started with 50 mg per day and gradually worked my way up to two 300mg pills per day. Now the doctor wants me on 800 per day which is the maximum safe dose apparently. It worked fine at first with controlling my thoughts but now the symptoms I had before taking the drug have returned. It helps me sleep very well though. | M | 26 | 4 months 300 2X D | 3/20/2011 | 3 | Depression,anxiety and insomnia | Extreme tiredness all day long, aggravation of chronic sinusitis (constantly stuffed up with a strange smell in my nose), rapid weight gain 6-7 pounds in three weeks, muscle aches and pains with decreases ability to recover after working out, numbing of emotions, kills sex drive and ability to orgasm , chronic constipation, bad hair loss. It does help you sleep if you dont have anything you need to do early in the morning They started me on 400 mg xr inpatient telling me it was a low dose for sleep. I could not function on this amount so had the doc reduce to 200xr as soon as I was home that didn't keep me asleep all night so they added 100mg reg so 200xr+100reg at bedtime. Still tired all day so now decreasing to 150xr at 6:00 pm + 50 reg an hour before bed and hoping to reduce to 100xr + 25-50 reg in a couple of weeks and continue reducing until I can stop it . It is just not worth the side effects. I lay in bed unable to move for an hour and a half after I wake up and then am like | DO NOT TAKE THESE HIGH DOSES IF THEY TELL YOU IT IS JUST FOR SLEEP. Only use for sleep for a very short time or your body and mind will become dependent on it | M | 45 | 1.5 months 200 xr 1X D | 3/18/2011 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | Drowsiness, mild muscle twitching, increased hearing sensitivity and increased tinnitus. | It works, and no medication virtually has no side-effects, granted I'm a little more hungry, but at least I'm not exploding at the smallest things out of place anymore. Do not adjust dosage recklessly. It is a powerful anti-psychotic drug, and as such, should be treated with great care. Do not come off at your own reckoning, this can be fatal for you if you do so without professional guidance. There is little to worry about if you deal with this drug properly. Stay hydrated, and avoid becoming injured, as my adrenaline rush was delayed an hour after hitting my knee and then sustained for about 20 minutes afterward by the drug. BE CAREFUL, PLEASE. | M | 23 | 3 weeks 100 MG 1X D | 3/16/2011 | 4 | bi-polar ll | Vivid Dreams, muscle spasms | I take a combination of a couple of different drugs but Seroquel helps take the edge off life. For me it’s worth the risk and works well. I like it a lot better than the regular Seroquel, which I took for many years. For somebody new, it’s a hard drug to get use to because it will impair you and make you feel tired but after a few weeks that wears off. It’s not for everybody but works well for me. My shrink tells me most prefer Abilify ( less side effects), which is similar, but I preferred Seroquel XR because I thought it worked better. | M | 50 | 2 years 50 1X D | 3/5/2011 | 5 | bipolar-boderline | Sleepyness at the begining and weight gain. | Seroquel have save my life. Over the past 15 years I have tried more than 35 medications. I also tried Seroquel in low dosis but did not give it a good chance because I felt sleepy. After many years my doctor decided to try seroquel again but this time a larger starting dose (300mg). The first few days I was literally knock out. Very sleepy but the doctor told me that in two weeks I will feel better. After two weeks I felt better and he increase the dose to 600mg. It was to much at the time so went back down to 400mg. After almost a year I went back up to 600mg and a I felt so much better than what I was already feeling. A miracle drug for me!!! took must of my simptomology away and believe me I was in a horrible place before: Panic Attack, impulsivity, OCD, depersonalitation, clinical depression, irritability, etc. I quick word of advise take it 15 to 30min before dinner and you will feel less tire next day. Actually for me not tire at all. Good luck!!!! | M | 39 | 1.5 years 600 mg 1X D | 3/3/2011 | 4 | bipolar 2 depression | constipation, increased appetite, mild decrease in sex drive, feeling wired in the afternoon/evening, racing thoughts. | overall seroquel xr has helped me with getting rid of suicidal thoughts altogether. i have racing thoughts and feel like i'm in a mixed state in the afternoon/evenings. seroquel xr helps me sleep through the whole night. | F | 28 | 2.5 weeks 300 mg 1X D | 2/22/2011 | 4 | Bipolar | Take 9:00 out my 10:30-11pm or when my head hits the pillow. Dry mouth can't seem to drink enough water. Just a tiny groggy in the morning. Mood is muched improved | Day 3 of Seroquel and can't beleive the effects already. First time I've slept 3 nights in a row. I take it at 9:00 by the time I hit the pillow I am out. Next day a tiny groggy nothing I can't fix with coffee. I don't smoke anymore cigs taste gross to me. Its only been 3 days but things are promising. I had no appetite and lost alot of weight as of today I seem to have a normal appetite vs no appetite I suspect I will gain some weight but with healthy eating habits and exercise I hope it doens't get too out of control. 3 days no lows. Worked almost instantly. | F | 37 | 3 days 50mg 1X D | 2/8/2011 | 3 | bipolar disorder | 40 pounds weigth gain, several acne, stop smoking cigarrete it tasted different, night terrors, feeling trapped. | F | 27 | 1 years 600 mg 1X D | 1/31/2011 | 4 | depression, racing thoughts | Dry mouth when waking up. Waking up is slightly more difficult. Feeling a bit wired in the evening (similar to being tired but having had a lot of caffeine). No other side-effects at all. | After some difficult months in my life I sank into a deep depression. The depression was caused in large part by continuous ruminations about my (both real and imagined) past mistakes. I went to visit a psychiatrist because of strong suicidal thoughts and he immediately put me on seroquel. By now (a month afterwards) my depression has lifted completely and I feel happy again being alive. Talking a lot about my problems was very important in helping me recover, but I think that the seroquel also helped. I was surprised to discover (after reading the other reviews on this website) that seroquel has such strong negative effects on so many people, because the seroquel doesn't seem to affect myself very strongly. For me the side-effects are very minimal and the mental effects are very subtle. During the first week in which I took seroquel I didn't notice any change in my mental state what so ever. However as said before, I think it did help eventually with lifting my depression and calming down my racing thoughts. | M | 27 | 1 months 50 mg 1X D | 1/19/2011 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety | Extreme food cravings resulting in a lot of weight gain. Even with the XR I often feel tired throughout the day. | Seroquel has been the only medication that I stayed on for more than a year or so. Even though it has been (very) difficult to deal with the weight gain, it seems worth it. My depression decreased dramatically very quickly. I don't think it helps my anxiety all that much, though. I am considering switching because of the weight gain, but I am glad it has helped me so much! | F | 16 | 3 years 200 1X D | 1/13/2011 | 4 | bipolar 1. paranoia.anxiety/panic. | Slight grogginess until about 10am and very hungry after I take it at 6pm | The best drug I have ever taken. My symptoms subsided in about 3 days. | F | 24 | 30 days 100mg 1X D | 12/29/2010 | 1 | Bi-polar Depression Anxiety | Extreme Weight Gain!! I can feel the pounds just packing on me sooo fast I'm a tall-petite person- I AM SO DISGUSTED! All I can do is eat and eat it's a nightmare. First week I started taking it completely sedated me for hours upon hours I couldnt even take care of my kids. Makes my mood worse racing thoughts mood goes up and down and I'm alot more emotional I am restless at night now I cant sleep now i'm up at all hours of the night for what my husband calls my feeding every 4 hours, my body aches. when I do sleep my dreams are so much more vivid like and real I remember them the next day which was not common for me at all I don't know if I continue this I will get any better going to tell my doctor all of this ASAP! If your experiencing any side affect and are taking this medicine I would consider doing the same If I was you | Recommend doing some research on this to anyone before taking I'm reading all the similarities of what this drug has done and affected people, come to find out what I'm experiencing is common | F | 23 | 2 weeks 150 1X D | 12/11/2010 | 3 | schizophrenia/affective | extreme grogginess during the day, slowed state of being,little to no talking, | I'm having trouble functioning on this drug. It controls the thoughts but I'm unable to function and it's getting worse we are testing different doses trying to get it right for me.I was taking regular seroquel and we are hoping the xr will make a difference..im depressed not sure if it is a side affect or part of what im going through..p.s. we tried fanapt and i begged to get back on this.I started on 300mg at night to sleep now we are dropping dose since i was on lower doses in beginning, when i was on regular seroquel..now dropping to 200mg and less | M | 21 | 1 months 1X D | 12/2/2010 | 3 | Bipolar I, anxiety | Extremely tired, weight gain, inability to lose weight | Seroquel worked well for what it was prescribed for. However, I gained a bunch of weight, couldn't lose weight no matter what I ate or how much I exercised. Also, felt like a slave to sleep. Had to get 12 hours of sleep to be functional the next day, and had a terrible time getting out of bed. | F | 32 | 6 months 600 mg 1X D | 11/23/2010 | 5 | insonmia | After first dose felt extremely drugged. | Have MS with chronic pain from deterorating spine,and heart disease.Had tried pers.sleep meds,over coubter herbs and medspm.This gave me solid sleep for the first time in many years.Recommend small dosage for sleep.Please Drs.give this to pt.whom are suffering from insonmia. | F | 58 | 2 days 121/2 1X D | 11/6/2010 |
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