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 |
| 4 | PTSD and unable to stay asleep | I have been on 25 mg once a day at bed time for 5 years. About 20 minutes after taking it I need chocolate or anything sweet. I have been known to eat a 12 pack of reeses peanut butter cups in about 1/2 hour. If there has ever been any weight gain it's because of that and not the drug. I also feel slightly groggy in the morning but it passes after a cup of coffie. | The drug has been a lifesaver when it comes to a full nights sleep. I also have been functioning amazingly well, (top 2% in sales in my company) and am quite happy on a daily basis when before I had a ton of anxiety and sadness. My big worry is that I have been taking it for so long. I feel like I need to go off it just to cleanse my body but Then I won't sleep. All in all I love it and am trying to get my mom who has insomnia to take it. | F | 48 | 5 days | 6/17/2007 | 3 | manic\depressive - losing sleep | I've been diagnosed w/ OCD since I was 14. A couple of years ago this diagnosis was changed to bipolar as I was having depressive and manic episodes, sometimes getting only 3-4 hrs of sleep a night for about a month- racing thoughts. Well, my doc put me on zyprexa and that helped but I gained about 30lbs. Then I switched to seroquel and started working out and I got my weight back down. About 8 months later, however, I had to go to the emergency room for dehydration (blood pressure or something dropped 40 pts when I would stand up). dr said it was due to postural hypotension. since then my nights have been bad. 30 minutes after taking it at night I would have trouble w/ shortness of breath and heart racing. Couldnt go to sleep until side effects subsided. I was up to 600mg but have since tapered off to 300mg but now I'm going to try phasing off. It worked for me for a while but these current symptoms are frightening. I dont know if I share similar experiences as other long t | Just guage it for yourself | M | 27 | 2 years | 6/12/2007 | 3 | Alcohol induced insomnia | While it got me to sleep, I slept through 4 job interviews and was unable to get up in the morning. When I do take it I sleep but wake up way too late, sleep through my alarms, and feel like a zombie for the first 3 hours. I also have memory loss, have a hard time remembering who I talked to and what I did that day. Mind eraser. The last 7 months I have taken it seem like a fog. Does not matter if I take 200mg or 50, it knocks me out. | Perfect drug if you are a multi millionaire and don't have to work, for the common man who needs to earn a living and get up every morning, forget it. Better off using Sonata, short half life and no hangover. | M | 38 | 7 months | 6/9/2007 | 4 | anxiety | i havnt noticed any bad side effects, i have expienced alot of weight gain, 25lbs in just a few months but i also started Depakote 500MG 3x a day at the same time. my doc thinks depakote is the reason for my weight gain. i take 50MG to 100MG at night and it has helped me to sleep like a baby. I love it. | F | 24 | 4 months | 6/8/2007 | 3 | Severe Insomnia | Fainting, over sedation, hang over the next day, unable to wake up in the morning | I was glad to come off of it, but when my friend died, I took it to help me sleep all day, and it worked. I only took 50mg. I used to take 400. That was WAY too much! | F | 26 | 1 years | 6/7/2007 | 1 | back pain | Stevens Johnson syndrome. Can be fatal reaction causing rash or worse to mucus membranes. My doctor was very insane (hypomanic) | My back pain was determined to be delusional. An MD started me on tequin but the pyschiatrist said he would deny the antibiotic if I didn't take 800 mg of this poison, The man should be in jail | F | 51 | 5 days | 6/6/2007 | 5 | Bipolar I | Current dose is 400 mg/day. The expected drowsiness and weight gain (in my case 15 pounds, which on a formerly 130-lb, 5'4" frame is a lot of weight). Weight is coming off gradually though. Mild increase in heart rate & drop in blood pressure within first hour after dosing. My psychiatrist reviewed any and all potential side effects with me though so I was prepared, which makes things much more manageable. Also, I spread my dose out into 4 100-mg doses throughout the day, so I don't experience extreme fatigue, dizziness or passing out which was a problem for me when taking 200 mg or more at a time. | Overall, great stuff. For me, works better than anything else I've tried (which includes Risperdal, Zyprexa - which brought on extreme heart palpitations - and Lexapro). One thing to remember is that everyone reacts differently to each drug. The only way to truly know if something will work for you is to try it, under the supervision of a good psychiatrist. | F | 35 | 6 months | 6/3/2007 | 4 | Schizoaffective(Depressive) | No side effects really, other than when I was first taking it, it made me really tired. Was prescribed at night time. An increase in appetite, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing, since I could use some weight. But these side effects were only temporary and gradually went away after 3 - 4 weeks. | Seroquel helped me a lot, it made my thoughts clearer and my thinking more organized. I've also noticed a decrease in auditory hallucinations now that I've been taking it quite awhile now(about 2 months). Less invasive thoughts. I take this in combination with wellbutrin, and I'm doing fine. | M | 18 | 2 months | 6/2/2007 | 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 | 4 | depression, unusual thoughts, | extreme sleepiness, skin rash | F | 23 | 11 days | 5/29/2007 | 4 | insomia | none | I like it but im only on 50 mg now but at my nest visit i will increase it to 100 mg | F | 27 | 3 months | 5/28/2007 | 1 | Anxiety Disorder/Insomnia | Experienced 5 "mega sleeps"-the worst was when I went to bed saturday night and awoke monday morning,and this from 100mg!!!Also taking Paxil at same time.Seroquel is a horrible medication to be avoided at all costs.Other side effects were blurred vision,night sweats,waking up every 2 hours.All this because doctor simply wouldnt go near anything with risk of dependency.How do these people get their licences?!!!! | Bitch of a psychiatrist would not listen to what was going on in my life and I ended up worse after seeing her due to Seroquel and Paxil.Ended up going back to my family doctor who replaced Paxil with Celexa(no longer an apathetic zombie),Diazepam for anxiety and Restoril to aid sleeping - feeling much better. | M | 36 | 2 months | 5/27/2007 | 5 | bi-polar 1, anxiety syndrome | First night I took 300 mg, fell into bed, and slept 24 hours. Subsequent evenings I noticed slurred speech, twitchy leg muscles, extreme dry mouth, raised heart rate, and drowsiness. During the day I became anxious easily and would sweat a lot. I began craving sweets like mad and have gained about 15 pounds in the past 2 months. My dose has been increased gradually to 450mg total. I sleep well at night, am alert and productive during the day, and much calmer than I was the first couple of weeks. | My psychiatrist explained that the sedating effect of Seroquel is higher at the lower doses. For example, a 50 mg dose will make a person much sleepier than a 300 mg dose. All the side effects have been worth it for me. I urge people to hang in there for at least a couple of weeks before making a decision about this drug. | F | 52 | 2 months | 5/26/2007 | 2 | Bipolar/Anxiety/Psych Labels | Huge weight gain, around 40 lbs. Remember that seroquel is a salt (fumerate). Raises heart level to the point that your thinking that your having a heart attack. My heart rate was 120/60 when I was rushed to the hospital, im 26 too young for a heart attack. When i mentioned it to the the psychiatrist who prescribed it he defended it like he was an executive of Astra Zeneca . It was the Seroquel, I lowered the dosage and drank a lot of water to lessen that risk. I know that diabetes is a cause of this medication , dont have it and dont want it! | I find it amazing that so many people are mis-diagnosed and as long as you have a problem your psychiatrist profits from the over rides they make from your visit/and from the starter packs that are pushed to them from the pharmaceutical companies . I feel like I can do less on this medication , lower concentration, and drowsy in the morning (totally out of it, sleep 13 hours more...forget having a job on this!). This cant be good in the long run, and often wonder that these sedative effects are impairing my brain in the long run. Sometimes you have to weigh risk vs reward and this stuff is risky. Where there is an action there is a reaction. A drug impairs period, and this is definatly impairing me when I am so sedated in the morning , that is my clinical trial and this stuff fails. I came to my senses when I started to read a book by the name of "Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications " . I am tapering off and learning that th | M | 26 | 2 days | 5/25/2007 | 2 | Bipolar/Anxiety/Psych Labels | Huge weight gain, around 40 lbs. Remember that seroquel is a salt (fumerate). Raises heart level to the point that your thinking that your having a heart attack. My heart rate was 120/60 when I was rushed to the hospital, im 26 too young for a heart attack. When i mentioned it to the the psychiatrist who prescribed it he defended it like he was an executive of Astra Zeneca . It was the Seroquel, I lowered the dosage and drank a lot of water to lessen that risk. I know that diabetes is a cause of this medication , dont have it and dont want it! | I find it amazing that so many people are mis-diagnosed and as long as you have a problem your psychiatrist profits from the prescriptions and "starter packs" they hand you. I feel like I can do less on this medication, lower concentration, and drowsy in the morning (totally out of it, sleep 13 hours more...forget having a job on this!). This cant be good in the long run, and often wonder that these sedative effects are impairing my brain in the long run. Sometimes you have to weigh risk vs reward and this stuff is risky. Where there is an action there is a reaction. A drug impairs period, and this is definatly impairing me when I am so sedated in the morning , that is my clinical trial and this stuff fails. I came to my senses when I started to read a book by the name of "Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications " . I am tapering off and learning that this drug plays tricks, if you dont taper off properly (10%) , than y | M | 26 | 3 years | 5/25/2007 | 5 | Bipolar I Psycosis | I gained a very small amount of weight in the begining then shaved it off later. I was tired at first but now i'm on 900mg a day 300 in mor. 600 at night. and I'm fully functioning. | Exercise has played a large role on the sleepyness. And I wouldn't recomend my dose to anyone. | F | 27 | 1 years | 5/23/2007 | 4 | insomnia | Extreme hangover at doses higher than 25 mg, slight weight gain | I find this helps my sleep patterns very much, I really never take more than a 10 to 12.5 mg dose and boy is that enough. If you like being a zombie....take a higher dose. I found it most effective at a very low dose. I go off and on it when i really find my sleep patterns are normal, but I am a 20 year insomniac. | M | 37 | 3 years | 5/23/2007 | 2 | anxiety insomnia | HUGE WEIGHT GAIN. I am weaning off of it. I was at a loss as to why gaining so much weight. I also get heart palpitations. Was put on 100 mg 3 times a day for anxiety. Big mistake. I now take 25to 50mgs a night to sleep. No energy the next day and I only sleep around 4-5 hours. Not worth it. I am weaning off all drugs. I imagine in the next day or two I will totally stop seroquel. Wish I never tried it. Never had the slightest weight problem before. | Heart pounding and skipping beats. Can see my heart beat in my chest. Jumpy legs and little interest in doing anything. I feel my energy level returning and my desire to do things. Was given it after ex husband abandoned us. I care for our 4 year old daughter with DS. I will try and report back if weight changes with not taking seroquel. I am not expecting major changes but gradual decreases as I hope my metabolism returns to normal. I eat very healthfully. | F | 44 | 9 months | 5/23/2007 | 5 | life-long insomnia | the reason I looked up side effects is that I have been noticing more hair falling out/more than normal; I do notice that there are other reports of this I have not noticed any weight gain (25mg nightly); in fact, I have lost some because I am getting sleep as I have never done in my life! What a gift! | I have heard there is a risk for diabetes with seroquel and blood tests should be required periodically | F | 59 | 5 months | 5/22/2007 | 3 | Bipolar | Extremely sleepy and zombie like. Noticeable increase in appetite. | Made me sleep too good. If only you could shrug off the drowsiness in the morning! :( | F | 34 | 1 months | 5/22/2007 |