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 | schizophrenia | I believe I may have had high blood sugar bordering on diabetic condition, however, the schizophrenia was devestating and this was the only drug that helped. | This drug really alleviates the worst symptoms of schizophrenia--nighttime hallucinations (horror images) all but gone. Insomnia gone. Nightmares and vivid dream recall gone. Daytime hallucinations reduced from horror images to | F | 31 | 5 months | 11/15/2004 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | In May 2004 I hired a personal trainer to help me lose those extra 10 ponds I needed to lose to fit into a bridemaid dress. The wedding was in June 2004, and I started Seroquel about a month after. In September it I had to hire my trainer again because I had GAINED 25 POUNDS. I am exercising way more than I have exercised before Sero-SUCKS. I got on the scale tonight, and surprise...another 5 pounds gained. This is my first time ever going online to research a medication. I feel compelled to let you know, because I KNOW FOR A FACT that my eating habits have been healthier, I have been exercising more than I have ever in my life and I am gaining too much. It's unbelievable. I cannot believe that this side effect is merely at 5% clinically. This medication should be discontinued or not even prescribed for anyone because the effects of looking and having to struggle to lose the Seroquel weight is 100 times more depressing than being my regular depressed self. I will take my manic skinny days back if I could over my now fat (big gut, skinny legs, looking like I have a belly tumor) self. I HATE IT. I am throwing all of my pills out the window as I drive to the gym to lose this swollen gut. | MORE DEPRESSION BECAUSE OF WEIGHT GAIN mixed with bipolar disorder has caused me to seriously think about self medicating again to lose the weight. | F | 29 | 4 months | 11/13/2004 | 1 | Bipolar and schizophrenic symptoms | Tired, can't focus, can't concentrate, can't talk without slurring or missing a word or not saying what I want to say in the right context, stoned feeling, tingling feeling throughout body, restlessness, figgidy, jerky movement in fingers and neck, zombie-like feeling. | only taken this med twice and only 25 mg's, did not like the overall way it made me feel, could not tolerate another dose, I like myself better without it. | F | 30 | 2 days | 11/11/2004 | 2 | mood disorder and delusions | Its made me very sleepy for several months now. | Im not sure if its helped or not but I havnt really noticed any change. The zyprexia was working better but it was making me gain alot of weight. | F | 34 | 6 months | 11/10/2004 | 5 | IBS Induced Insomnia/anxiety | Slight nausea first week. Otherwise no notable side effects except for the desired sleep aid effect | Perscribed for an off label use. Helped a great deal. Slept well after 1 st dose. Took qbout 4 days to achieve a full 8 ot more hours sleep. Anxiety eased up also | M | 51 | 2 months | 11/6/2004 | 3 | to get off clonazepam | ringing in ears, pain and stiffness in joints and muscles, upset stomach,dry mouth and less emotional feeling. cannot do my daily exercises ( physical weakness) | The positive aspects of this drug overwhelm the side effects. I am more relaxed and have less anxiety. concentration levels for writing and composing music have improved greatly. Thoughts of violence towards myself and others are minimal if not at all. If side effects go away I will most likely use this in place of clonazepam which was working against my other meds (lithium, Epival) | M | 53 | 7 days | 11/5/2004 | 3 | to get off clonazepam | ringing in ears, pain and stiffness in joints and muscles, upset stomach,dry mouth and less emotional feeling. cannot do my daily exercises ( physical weakness) | The positive aspects of this drug overwhelm the side effects. I am more relaxed and have less anxiety. concentration levels for writing and composing music have improved greatly. Thoughts of violence towards myself and others are minimal if not at all. If side effects go away I will most likely use this in place of clonazepam which was working against my other meds (lithium, Epival) | M | 53 | 7 days | 11/5/2004 | 3 | anxiety and depression | If for some reason I'm without my dose before I go to bed, I can't sleep. I was without it for a week once and it took four days for me to be able to even fall asleep for four hours a night. I've also had vivid unpleasant dreams and a weight gain of about 25 pounds, which is counteractive to my treatment as I am also being treated for an eating disorder. | F | 23 | 16 months | 11/4/2004 | 1 | irregular moods | none | I havnt noticed any change. | F | 34 | 6 months | 11/2/2004 | 1 | mood stabilizer | makes me very sleepy. have to take before bed. in the morning i experience shaking and tingling in my body that is unbareable. | this sucks | F | 19 | 1 days | 10/30/2004 | 4 | distorted thinking | Weird dreams, lots of hair loss, involuntary twitching in shoulder, finger and eye. | I have to stop taking it due to hair loss and concern about sleep quality and unexplained twitches. | F | 32 | 6 months | 10/29/2004 | 1 | insomnia | muscle soreness, joint pain, back pain, onset of arthritis, sweating, cough, fungal infection, weight gain, pneumonia, teeth grinding. | Over the last 18 months my health has gone steadily downward. Yes, I could sleep at night (for the first time in 5 years), but gradually I developed one sympton after another. Until I developed a drug induced pneumonia, I did not associate ALL these side effects as coming from seroquel. I have stopped taking the medication and am having terrible heart burn, indigestion and horrindus sweating. | F | 55 | 18 times | 10/28/2004 | 5 | bipolar disorder | makes me very sleepy, so only taken at night. When taken on empty stomach, I may experience blackout, no memory of how I got to bed the next morning. I am told I do not act abnormal, I just can't remember anything. Have not had much problem with weight gain. Has helped with moods and biploar disorder. | F | 47 | 2 days | 10/27/2004 | 5 | prednisone induced psychosis | makes my head hurt and within half an hour I'm asleep | Placed on Seroquel after a BAD reaction to prednisone took about 5 days to start feeling better. Have been on it for 2 months and will soon begin to taper off | M | 38 | 2 months | 10/26/2004 | 5 | insomnia stress high blood pressure | Rapid heart beat(only first dose), alittle nausea(first week), daytime tiredness. Does lower blood pressure(prescribe for that too). | Death in the family, Teenager leaving home, over-worked, overstressed, and really poor diet! Also, four times the normal coffee consumption. I used to say, | M | 45 | 3 months | 10/22/2004 | 3 | bipolar disorder/psychosis | terrible, fast weight gain (20lb inside of 5 months, and counting) that leveled off at some point -- it seems to have not only made me hungrier but has also lessened my metabolism -- I cannot seem to eat as much as I used to without gaining weight, and I was a chronic dieter with 18% body fat when I started on it. I still try to diet and it's like I am living in this bulky body that I don't recognize. My psychiatrist seems to not be too concerned with the weight gain...which perplexes me. Not until I saw this sight did I become convinced that it is the drug causing the change in weight and not just some new loss of control of my eating. | The difficult part about all of this is that the drug works ezxtraordinaly well in eliminating my hallucinations -- better than any I have taken since I learned of my disorder. | F | 30 | 5 months | 10/20/2004 | 1 | anxiety/depresion | I have had too many side effects to remember. The worst ones are the extreme drowsiness and muscle twitches. I occasionally developed headaches but they were quick to get over. I slept better but it doesnt make a difference when you cant wake up. | Its horrible and i hope it didnt cause any permanent damage. | M | 14 | 4 times | 10/20/2004 | 4 | insomnia/bipolar | It has been the only med. that really made me sleep all the way through the night I take 700mg and it puts me to sleep about 45 minutes later and I never feel drowsy in the morning. I haven't gained any weight or had any bad side effects | F | 19 | 1 months | 10/19/2004 | 4 | depression/anxiety | drowsiness | I have to set two alarms to wake up, but the full night of restful sleep prevents my depression-induced daily naps. I like my low-dose of Seroquel along with Lexapro. I don't really feel zombie-like at all. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 10/18/2004 | 4 | depression/anxiety | drowsiness | I have to set two alarms to wake up, but the full night of restful sleep prevents my depression-induced daily naps. I like my low-dose of Seroquel along with Lexapro. I don't really feel zombie-like at all. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 10/18/2004 |