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 |
| 1 | sleeping aid | lethargy all through the day. | M | 26 | 4 months | 4/24/2006 | 4 | Delusions | fatique, nasal congestion, mild eps twitches sometimes, low blood pressure, unusual and bizarre dreams that I remember all the time, increased sweating. I take 200 mg daily. | Seroquel does work for me and at a suprisingly low dose. This drug is extremely sedating probably more so than any other of the anti-psychotics, so I take the bulk of my dose at night. When I take my heavy dose at night (usually 125-175mg), sometimes I will get stiff muscles, difficulty swallowing, and I always get very tired and congested. | M | 19 | 1.5 years | 4/20/2006 | 1 | Help with sleep,O.D.D., Conduct Dis | Could not even stand up 45 mins. after taking med., a ZOMBIE in the morning, hostility, aggressiveness, major mood swings,aggitation. difficulty concentrating, easily confused and frustrated, always hungry, weight gain. | My 11 year old son was put on 200 mg. Seroquel at bedtime to help him sleep in the hospital.Then doc.continued it for O.D.D. and Conduct Disorder. When I told the doc. about the side effects he was having, and how it seemed to make him worse, she said it can't be from the Seroquel because it's suppose to help.If she cared enough to look it up,{as I did} she'd know she is wrong.This stuff can/did cause major problems. I am tapering him off..From 200mg. to 50mg in the past 2 weeks and I already see a big improvement. | F | 44 | 1 years | 4/18/2006 | 4 | bipolar disorder | weight gain and slept alot at first | Now my weight has evened out and i sleep well | F | 22 | 3 years | 4/17/2006 | 2 | panic attacks/school avobea | weight gain 20lbs used to be 80lbs now im 100lbs within less then 1 year dizzyness/very sleepy | ive been taking seroquel for about 1 year and its made me very tired i can hardly do anything i take 25mg at night befor i go to bed and it helps me in the moring for school but now i am getting off of it becuase it caused me to gain weight and i have issues with weight all ready and i rather just take tylonal pm and go to sleep then take this and gain weight | F | 14 | 1 days | 4/17/2006 | 1 | Severe depression | I quit taking this over a month ago. I still have involuntary movements, jerking, memory loss, lightheadness. I cannot pour a drink into a cup without making a mess. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TAKING THIS. | WORST THING I HAVE EVER TAKEN | F | 34 | 1 weeks | 4/17/2006 | 2 | panic attacks | weight gain dizzyness | ive been taking seroquel for about 1 year and its made me very tired i can hardly do anything i take 25mg at night befor i go to bed and it helps me in the moring for school but now i am getting off of it becuase it caused me to gain weight and i have issues with weight all ready and i rather just take tylonal pm and go to sleep then take this and gain weight | F | 14 | 1 days | 4/16/2006 | 1 | Depression | Worked great at first but made me into a total bitch after a few weeks of taking it. Gives me back and leg pains as well as headaches. Menstral cycle is off. Severe mood swings. I didn't want to do ANYTHING except sit around and daydream. | It may work for some, but I'm not one of the lucky ones. | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 4/15/2006 | 4 | somnolence. hard to move around. unmotivated. | M | 47 | 3 months | 4/11/2006 | 3 | Bipolar | Massive weight gain- 40lbs in 5 months. Feel like a zombie within an hour of taking each dose. Makes me jittery once I'm done being sleepy. | It helped my mania but now I'm more depressed than ever before because I've gotten so fat. Very counterproductive. | F | 36 | 6 months | 4/8/2006 | 5 | Couldn't sleep at night/mood swings | weight gain | it works for me i now can sleep at night | F | 16 | 1 days | 4/6/2006 | 5 | oops down | oops down | 16 | 1 years | 4/6/2006 | 3 | depersonalization, major depression | Fatigue (major), feeling terrible emotionally and physically soon after taking dose, stuffy nose, drowsiness, sleeping long nights easily (14hrs+), major difficulty in getting up after 7-8hrs sleep (need WAY more), changes in sleep | Seroquel has helped reduce depersonalization (feeling of loss of identity for me) very much in my case. Currently I'm on 400mg a day but have taken 500mg earlier. I simply MUST take the whole dose in the evening because it makes me so tired AND I really feel like crap emotionally after taking it. Sometimes Ive missed a dose or taken only half because I was supposed to get up early. This is not a good idea as my symptoms have worsened. Now I think of taking my meds as top priority, it's more important to take them than making it to school on time. Ive never had insomnia in my life but now it seems that I need Seroquel to sleep. I believe Seroquel also makes my sleep much deeper. When I go to bed I often dont feel like Im falling asleep as much as falling UNCONSCIOUS. Many times in the past (while delirious from exhaustion) Ive been worried that I might not wake up in the morning, because it feels Im going somewhere very deep. Having said all this I must conclude: Seroquel has helped and | F | 23 | 3 years | 4/6/2006 | 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 | 5 | Bipolar 2, racing, primary insomnia | At 25mg (past 9 months) causes high quality sleep which is a desired side-effect; at 50mg (past one week) frequent urination | With the insomnia cured at 25mg this has been nothing short of a God-send. Moving to 50mg elevated previously flat mood upon waking. Also take Lamictal 100mg. | M | 30 | 9 months | 3/31/2006 | 5 | bi-polar disorder, chronic insomnia | i sleep walk and sleep eat, i get temporary amnesia and my memory is effected but the positives of being guaranteed a good nights sleep well over comes the side effects and i am careful to keep food in the house that is healthy, andi exercise, so a happy medium has been found and restored a great deal of sanity to my life. | i've been watching the shows about ambien and if there was a friviilous lawsuit of the year, those people are class examples. they do NOT now how a chronic insomniac lives and the side effects are MILD compared to what we have faced and will face each night in that insomniac prison.......... | F | 45 | 4 years | 3/26/2006 | 1 | Bipolar depression-manic episode | After taking 25mg., I went to walk my dog and had to stop moving from fatigue, muscle pain and what seemed to be blurred vision. As I increased the dosage to 150MG everything went worse: appettite increase, problems standing up, slurred speech & and phrases that meant nothing, zombie-like feelings, numbness, increase in urination, severe memory and concentration problems, lethargic. | After a pretty bad manic episode I was prescribed Seroquel as an addition to the medications mix I have been taken for my disorder during the past 3 years. Seroquel should not be taken unless you suffer drom severe insomnia and/or anxiety disorders. Forget it. | M | 42 | 9 days | 3/26/2006 | 5 | Bipolar 1 w/Psychosis | Weight gain (120lb. In 2.5 years), tremors | This medication was a lifesaver!!! I was lithium for 3 years before seroquel as well as other anti psychotic and anti depression drugs that made me extremely ill, this other drugs also made me feel useless and it bothered my ability to study, this was a major problem due to my college class schedule. | M | 26 | 2.5 years | 3/25/2006 | 1 | severe manic depression, insomnia | state of being paralyzed, muscle spasms, involuntary movements, lost in my own little world | I would so NOT recomment this to anyone. It felt like I was paralyzed and had no control over any motor skills. I couldn't think straight. Still even now my arm will jerk, or my leg, or my shoulder. Everything and anything. People have to ask me what is wrong with me. Seroqual. For the manufacturer..... thank you. I lost my husband, he was 33 years old and he died in my arms 5 months ago. So I say thank you for adding to my problems and severe grief. | F | 34 | 1 months | 3/25/2006 | 4 | Anorexia/Insomnia/Depression/SI | drowsiness when taken in the morning, escalating tolerance that requires increased dosaged periodically, slight tremors in the hands | Seroquel really helps me sleep. It also helps control my obsessions and compulsion with my anorexia. It also helps curb by urges to self-harm. The down side is that I have to get at least 8 hours of sleep a night, which is hard for a college student; I also have to have my dosage increased periodically in order for it took keep its effectiveness on my insomnia. | F | 20 | 3 years | 3/23/2006 |