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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | schizophrenia, insomnia | Main side effect is drowsiness, which is kind of what I wanted, except it didn't give a natural sleep. I didn't dream normally on this drug & woke up extremely groggy and miserable after a while. Going from 25mg to 50mg actually made this worse, so I went back to 25mg. But the poor sleep eventually made me stop cold turkey. | I actually like this drug, because it levels off symptoms of schizophrenia/neurosis so very well, without any weird side effects (like zyprexa). I was less reactive and could go out and do things without much concern, while still being 'connected' enough to relate to people half decently. It's just that it created a lack of quality sleep, which started to negate all the positives after a while. This is ironic because seroquel is sometimes prescribed to alleviate insomnia. | M | 35 | 6 months | 1/1/2006 | 2 | bi-polar depression paranoia | terrible withdrawal feeling when not using the drug hangover feeling in the morning, zombie like feeling during the day. | just like what the others said dont take it, it makes you lose your will to live. awful medication. | M | 19 | 16 months | 12/18/2005 | 3 | bipolar psychosis | Hangover in the morning, very hard to get going. Constipation that just about never goes away. Nightmares, feelings of withdrawl when a dose is missed. Headaches, oh the Headaches! Symptoms of diabetes | Seroquel helps me with my state of mind, but I find myself often times chosing mental health over physical because although this drug works well on the mind, its side effects can be horrible on the body. | F | 20 | 3 years | 12/17/2005 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder/O.C.D. | Extreme weight gain (of about 30 pounds) and this weight has not dropped a single ounce since I stopped taking this medicine about five months ago. Back when taking it, I had uncontrollable facial twitching at night while I laid in bed. My nose and mouth would involuntarily draw up tight like a puppet on strings. Horrible nightmares about things like Hell, fire, brimstone,etc. Had to be taken about thirty minutes before bed because it made me so drowsy I could not hold my head up. | I was diagnosed with O.C.D at age 19, then a few years ago a different doc said Bipolar, I am still not sure which one. While this drug helped a HUGE amount with my unwanted obsessive thoughts,it also made ME huge, LOL, and gave me side effects that remain with me to this day, five months after stopping the medication. Anyone who has experienced the same weight gain from this drug and has been unable to lose it since stopping the drug, please post here. I would like to know how to get my normal weight back and my metabolism corrected again. I don't like the thought of having to diet and excercise the rest of my life to get myself back to the way I was originally and stay that way. I apologize if that sounds lazy and snotty, but no one likes having to add a routine they didn't have previously to their lifestyle because a drug gave them permanent damage. It doesn't seem fair. I also suspect my blood sugar is now low as a result of taking this drug, since I sometimes wake in the n | F | 29 | 3 years | 12/13/2005 | 3 | Sleep | Let me just warn anyone contemplating taking this medication: Seroquel makes you FAT and KEEPS you fat! I started this medication at a size 4 with a 24 inch waist, now, two years later I am a size 10/12 with a 32 inch waist. No matter what I do or how healthy I eat I simply can not drop the weight. I was put on Seroquel as the anti-epilectic medication I take (Lamotrigine) has a rare side effect that unfortunately has affected me. It makes it impossible for me to sleep, so my doctor gave me Seroquel and yes, it does make you sleep like a baby. But it is really not worth it when there are other medications out there. I am now seeing the Dr. to switch medications and discontinue Seroquel. I will wait for three months (after being off of it) and then come back and post my results. In other words, I will let you know how long it took to lose weight after discontinuing Seroquel. | F | 32 | 2 years | 12/8/2005 | 4 | Sleeplessness | I love that Seroquel (300 mg) makes me sleep like a rock, but the weight gain sideeffect is horrible. I am getting desperate for a good nights sleep - I have tried so many sleep aids and the Seroquel is the best so far. I am currently taking Lunesta, which is a joke for me - puts me to sleep, but I wake up about three hours later and cannot sleep the remainder of the night. | F | 45 | 1 years | 12/5/2005 | 1 | manic-depressive disorder | Worst effect was when I would try to get up at night and would colapse onto the floor as none of my muscles would work. I would try to talk and just slurring would come out. My mind was coherent but my body would not work. VERY SCARRY!!!! My husband said "THROW THEM OUT" and I am absolutely taking his advice. | I described this to my doctor and she didn't seem so concerned. I think when our doc's prescribe things like this they don't take the time out to research the drug themselves, so they can't warn us of these horrible side effects. For some, they do more harm then good. | F | 48 | 4 months | 12/4/2005 | 5 | anxiety, insomnia, depression, PTSD | None that I note other than being too sleepy if I do not allow a solid 8 hours sleep after taking it. ** No weight gain at all and no increase in appetite.** In fact, since I started eating a diabetic diet 18 months ago, I've lost 30 lbs. | Sleep, GLORIOUS Sleep! It definitley has a calming effect for me which has enabled me to reduce my valium intake. (always a good thing!) I do need to make sure I take it by a certain time each evening if I want to be up and at work on time the next morning. | F | 39 | 2 years | 11/30/2005 | 5 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Used to be really thin-must have gained about 70lbs during the five years I have been on this med. I love how the paranoia, confusion, hallucinations ect. have been successfully blunted, and I can sleep, which is great. But I have been hungry constantly on this med-I am now aggresively trying to lose weight on a diet pill program after trying hard just through excercize and dieting. No matter how much I excercized, and I used to walk upwards to 6 miles a day, I only lost about fifteen pounds. So I was about 179 on my lowest seroquel weight, I should be about 135 considering I am 5'9" and have a petite frame. My triglycerides also have skyrocked-This med seems to have the effect of speeding up the aging process-you get fat, with high cholesteral and you drink ridiculous amounts of coffee to gain your senses again. Nevertheless, this antipsych is better than any of the others I have been on as I don't have the awful akasthasia anymore. | F | 42 | 5 years | 11/27/2005 | 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 | 5 | insomnia/mixed state bi-polar | It's made it difficult to lose weight, but I don't think it's made me gain any. Memory is definitely affected. | Seroquel saved my life - I didn't sleep for 6 years and was on a slippery slope down the bipolar path. On Seroquel, I sleep like a normal person and no longer have the intense anxiety, anger, or depression that characterized my daily life. Also- if I allow less than 8 hours of sleep on Seroquel, I feel drugged out - but that has forced me to take care of myself and actually schedule enough sleep time. | F | 35 | 2 days | 11/25/2005 | 5 | insomnia/mixed state bi-polar | It's made it difficult to lose weight, but I don't think it's made me gain any. Memory is definitely affected. | Seroquel saved my life - I didn't sleep for 6 years and was on a slippery slope down the bipolar path. On Seroquel, I sleep like a normal person and no longer have the intense anxiety, anger, or depression that characterized my daily life. Also- if I allow less than 8 hours of sleep on Seroquel, I feel drugged out - but that has forced me to take care of myself and actually schedule enough sleep time. | F | 35 | 2 years | 11/25/2005 | 5 | bipolar and severe depression | increase in appetite and memory loss from when i take my meds until next morning | although i have gained some weight i am much more concerned about my mental state i find the meds are definetly improving the mood swings,but i also take lamactil,100mg at night, efexor 150 night and 75 morning, zopiclone 2 7.5 night, proprananol 80mg morning, ciclizine and lorazepam as required and last but not least seroquel 450mg nightly and 100mg morning. I am somewhat concerned about the memory loss. as far as being hungry constant, I am trying to control this myself as i feel the meds can only do so much, the rest is up to me. Ihave suffered bipolar from the age of 13 and have had severe depression on top for 5 years as a result of my sons death. But in my adult life this is the first meds that have eased the swings, suicidal thoughts and given me a full nights sleep,although night terrors are at times a problem.I do find it really does slow up the racing thoughts in the brain enabling me to relax and not worry so much, most of the time anyway. I would really appreciate others | F | 42 | 1 years | 11/22/2005 | 4 | BP RAPID CYCLING, insomniam anxiety | Short term: Side effects are intense-like hitting a brick wall. Dry mouth, difficulty thinking and talking shortly after dosage but the body gets used it at low dosages in particular. Large dosages will put me to sleep unless I am higher than a kite. Long term use has not had any real side effects except for the traditional weight gain with an anti-psychotic. | My immediate world credits this drug for turning me into a relatively sane and functioning individual (BP rapid cycler, anxiety, severe insomnia. It put me to sleep at night (with 200 mg) and awake in the morning since it has a short half life. A small dose in the am of 25 mg kept me mellow but not drugged during the day. IT is increased of times when I crack apart and willing to give up the remainder of my life to the drug=I guess it is a balance. It is tauted as a mood stablizer which I cannot necessarily vouch for given that this is only one drug in my arsenal of 6 RX of a rapid cycler. After over 3 years on this drug, I am trying Zyprexa as a new avenue to gain greater sanity since there seem to be few options left and I still could use a bit more...At this moment, I much prefer Seraquel over Zyprexa in terms of sleep and mental clarity but Zyprexa for mood elevation. | F | 35 | 3 years | 11/21/2005 | 5 | Icouldn't sleep prior to Seroquel. | I experienced no side effects. | Seroquel has been a Godsend. I can sleep all night every night. I wake with very little or no feeling of being hung over. Prior to this med, I couldn't sleep for days, and could only fall asleep by passing out from exhaustion. Then the same horrible experience would occur again and again. I probably have a screwed up suprachiasmatic nucleus. MAN it makes me feel smart to say that. I think I'll say it again. Suprachiasmatic nucleus. WOW! Anyway, kudos to the makers of this med. Can you repay my student loans? | M | 44 | 3 years | 11/18/2005 | 5 | Schizophrenia | drowsiness at first but subsided after time. | I take 600mg at night because I need it to sleep. I was taking 400mg in the pm and 200mg in the am but I was too drowsy at work. So now I take it all at around 6:00pm and have a good nights sleep and wake up refreshed. It has managed my symptoms pretty well...at least better than all the other ap's I have tried. | F | 33 | 2 months | 11/14/2005 | 3 | insomnia | Weakness and anxiety after dose wore off | Seroquel seems to help regulate and induce sleep very well. When I don't take seroquel, I often wake up 10-15 times a night if I'm lucky enough to fall asleep in the first place. I take an extremely low dose since I'm sensitive to medication (12.5 mg). At first, I had no problems with the med. After a couple of weeks on it, I began to feel anxiety and weakness as my dose would wear off. I'm sure my body has become acustomed to the med, so I'm going to try taking a morning and an evening dose. Hopefully this works since it is the only effective sleep med for my insomnia (even benzos don't work very well). | M | 25 | 4 weeks | 11/9/2005 | 1 | chronic depression and anxiety | I am on Cipralex anti-depressant and my doctor recommended I try Seroquel as an anti-anxiety. I took it for five days and I experienced confusion, loss of focus, couldn't read a thing, dizziness, self paraonia, anxious, and it knocked me out (I fell asleep within 1/2 hour of taking it for 3-4 hours. It made me feel awful. | F | 44 | 5 days | 11/2/2005 | 4 | Manic Episode | Yes I did gain a few pounds, but nothing that can't be rectified. Also felt a bit dizzy whenever dose was increased | Taken as adjunct agent along with Lithium and Tegretol, my mood gradually became stable. I continue to take 300mg at night and 200mg in am and I don't feel sedated. I feel good on it. My doctor feels if am doin so well on it i should stay on it for now anyway. | F | 28 | 6 weeks | 11/1/2005 | 5 | Bipolar,insomnia,anxiety | drowsiness, dry mouth, agitation | This drug is great. It relaxes both my body and mind. I barely gained any weight it and it has completely turned my life around. I have made so many gains since I started taking seroquel. I have a great job and I'm doing better at university, and I am an overall happier person. | 2 years | 10/25/2005 |