SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1512 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEROQUEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | GAD, intrusive thoughts | Seroquel saved my life almost immediately after taking my first pill! I had got weed induced anxiety resulting in GAD. So prior to that I never was on medication. I feel 100% healed and my amazing life is back! I hope I can get off it asap so I can go back to drinking my margaritas hehe | F | 29 | 2 months 25 1X day | 5/18/2021 | 5 | Anxiety/depression/sleep | Weight gain and lack of sexual desire | Very vivid dreams which I actually enjoy and look forward to each night. This medication has helped my anxiety and depression INCREDIBLY plus it puts me right to sleep. I have tried numerous medications, and this is the one that has finally worked for me. It has been life changing in the most positive of ways. The only downside is some weight gain and lack of sexual desire - almost nonexistent. But the benefits FAR outweigh the negatives. I no longer have panic attacks nor feel like I am just "existing". | F | 43 | 6 months 200mg 1X day | 2/27/2021 | 4 | Sleep | Restless legs, inability to orgasm. Occasional nightmares. Helps with sleep, mood swings. Stopped Trazodone and started taking Seroquel, with better results. | This drug would be perfect if it didnt interfere with sexual function. | F | 58 | 8 months 200 1X day | 2/13/2021 | 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 | 2 | sleep | weight gain, increased hunger and skin rashes | It did help for falling asleep sometimes but it keeps causing purple scaly rashes on me so I had to stop taking it. I took it for about three days recently and developed scaly cracking bleeding knuckles on my hands. It hurts and my hands feel like sandpaper. I have been taking it off and on for about three months and also have gained I think roughly 10 lbs. If you stop taking it some of the water weight will come off if it causes that for you. If you are of asian genetics or native american please do not take this. I am half native american, so I think that's why my skin is having problems. It's kind of scary. I hope it heals. | F | 32 | 14 days 25 MG 1X day | 12/8/2020 | 3 | Bipolar 2 | Worked good for controlling rapid cycle bipolar 2. But gives me SEVERE restless legs, ankles and elbows!!! For a good 12 hours after taking it. So so so so horrible! | F | 26 | 18 months 125mg | 12/2/2020 | 3 | Anxiety | Extreme weight gain, 60 lbs in first year. Went off because went into pre-diabetes. Hair loss. Stomach pains, lots of belching, constipation. Drowsiness. | Positive was that he was not as fearful and more social. | M | 38 | 10 years 1X day | 11/15/2020 | 1 | Extreme anxiety and anger issues | extreme grogginess and feeling like a zombie | I am a senior male who has severe sleep apnea since 1991 and use CPAP every night. However, I have extreme daytime sleepiness. My doctor wanted me to take Seroquel to help with my extreme anxiety, OCD and anger issues. I only took the medication for two nights but I felt like a zombie. The dosage was only 25mg. NO ONE who has sleep apnea should take this drug since it will make you so spaced out you are unable to function. | M | 75 | 2 days 25mg 1X day | 11/8/2020 | 4 | Anxiety causing insomnia | None. | One concern I have had anyone experienced hair thinning with this drug? Not sure it has been a side effect or it's just me. | F | 69 | 4 years 25 mg 1X day | 10/21/2020 | 3 | OCD | Weight gain right from the start of taking the Quetiapine. I never had a problem with weight before, but gained 40lbs in first year and always struggled since. Quetiapine, combined with an SSRI does help with OCD intrusive thoughts, but I am still very depressed. I am just existing, not living. I pushed myself for many years to overcome lack of motivation and apathy, but eventually it all got the better of me. Mental illness totally sucks. Side effects of meds are really bad, but often overlooked by “professionals” as they want us to shut up, take the pills and not bother them. | I figured out that because Quetiapine increases prolactin to decrease dopamine in the brain, we are basically being zombiefied. Dopamine is good for motivation and feeling good. It's just tinkering with our brain chemistry to make us docile and compliant. | F | 46 | 17 years 100 1X day | 10/10/2020 | 2 | anxiety, bpd ii, insomnia | extreme hunger, disorientation, interrupted sleep, sleep paralysis, headaches | The first night i enjoyed because i actually slept through the night, i got my appetite back also. second night i woke up at 3:30 and could not fall back asleep. tonight i has a terrible sleep paralysis episode and i'm terrified to fall back asleep. | F | 30 | 3 days 50 1X day | 10/9/2020 | 3 | Bipolar disorder 2 | I like seroquel it just makes me sleepy | F | 29 | 4 years 600 1X AN | 10/4/2020 | 1 | Aniexity, insomnia | Spacy,dry mouth,head hurts,blurred vision | F | 74 | 0 months 26 2X day | 10/3/2020 | 1 | Eupd | Raised prolactin levels, change in menstrual cycle. Extreme fatigue, loss of eyesight. Confusion. Weigh gain. Headaches, blurred vision and confusion | F | 32 | 4 years 100mg 1X day | 9/30/2020 | 1 | schizophrenia, psychosis | Irritability, drowsiness, INSANE dreams | The most vivid scary and horrifying nightmares I've ever had were on seroquel. I'm too scared to take it anymore because of that. | M | 28 | 2 days 50mg 1X day | 9/29/2020 | 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 | Treatment Res. Major Depression | PHYSICAL Huge allergic reaction Hives, bloating, swollen joints, swollen lips and eyes, water retention in legs so are x3 the size, swollen lumps on soles if feet. PHYSICAL acid reflux. Anxiety, restlessness, anger and irritability, inability to nap even though exhausted,staying in bed feeling low and numb all day, crying for no reason. No interest in other people and inability to maintain conversation. Cloudy head all day, so exhausted unable to do tasks such as cooking meals need help to look after my kids from husband and parents as not feeling 'with it' | This made me feel worse, I have re tried this drug x3 over six months each time its given me dehabiliting allergic reactions needing steroids. Psychiatrist set on pushing this on me not sure why. Just gone through 3 weeks on a 3rd attempt I cant live like this, having to take x4 strong prescription antihistamines just to try to control this and just does not work. I dont see why l should take even more drugs to support one my body clearly rejects? Also huge weight gain even when you are so depressed you cannot eat!!!! If your dr says it doesn't cause w.g if you eat healthily and dont snack exercise etc they are lying as it totally affects your metabolism!! I gained I was on orlistat for weight loss trying to lose weight from my first attempt on quetiapine (gained about 14 lbs) and it even stopped that from working. Ive only gone on to gain more weight due to being Ill with coronavirus and being too exhausted to exercise. I was around 134lbs I've easily gained 35lbs since I first tried Q in months. I've always been slim and keenly cardio exercises x4 a week before What's worse is that I did see a benefit first time around but not the times afterwards, it definitely caused me to feel worse not sure if this is because it affects my depression directly or because it caused anxiety and extreme fatigue and cloudy head adding to what I had already. All I know is that I cannot poison my body physically and mentally with this any longer | F | 33 | 31 days 25-50 1X day | 8/1/2020 | 4 | Mood instability, anxiety | Drowsiness, lack of motivation, weight gain | Helped my mood to stabilise and helped anxiety. Helped with sleep as I would have highly disturbing vivid nightmares. Too afraid to come off so that's why I have been on so long. Currently on day 5 without it, all good apart from intense itching of my skin. Going to ride it out | M | 33 | 4 years 25-150mg 1X day | 7/29/2020 | 3 | Recovery from a hormonal illness | I needed it to help make me better initially but then needed to get off it to make me well, alot of head rushing, feeling off all the time, extremely tired on waking after alot of sleep, main issues. | Helped me in my recovery from a hormonal illness, helping me sleep etc, but i realised I was having side effects that I wasn't getting before and i wasnt able to return to work due to the way I was still feeling so i took a chance and weaned off, wasn't a large amount anyway but since stopping the head rushing has stopped, I dont feel off all the time and im pleaded to say I'm back at work. Trust your judgement if you feel its part helping but part causing problems. | F | 44 | 8 months 10mg 1X day | 7/17/2020 |