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| 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 | SevereAnxiety,depressionOCDinsomnia | taken with zoloft, for sever anxiety, depression,OCD and insomnia. weird dreams, feeling drugged next morning and last night i dreamed i squatted and weed on the floor next to my bed only to get up in the morning and step in a huge patch of pee. feeling of drowning, bottom jaw twitches, my torso convulses and i ve only been on it nearly 4 weeks. | F | 23 | 3 weeks 100MG 1X day | 11/10/2012 | 5 | Depression add-on and for OCD | Causes strong (and MUCH appreciated) sleepiness, perfect for taking at nighttime. And I sleep all night now! No Ambien, Benadryl, or Lunesta needed! Also awesome exciting dreams!! Also Dry mouth (no biggie at all). | Strange seeing all the negative comments on this drug. If it is well-tolerated (like for myself) then there is no other drug that treats so many symptoms. Life is fine and dandy with Seroquel XR. And many thanks to Asta-Zeneca for giving it to me for free! | M | 36 | 2 years 600 1X day | 12/2/2011 | 5 | Psychotic, Bipolar, OCD, Borderline | Constipation, increased appetite, SEVERE drowsiness | I love this medication, I feel like its the only thing that calms my brain from psychosis and panic attacks. It makes me chill and sedated, I love it. Best drug I've tried so far and seriously the most helpful. I was extremely tired at first so I decreased my dosage and it got better. I tried to go up to 300mg but couldn't lift my head out of bed, gradually decreased to 50mg where I still feel the sedation needed but its not overwhelming as it is at a higher dose. | F | 28 | 3 months 50 1X day | 10/17/2011 | 3 | ocd and anxiety | Very weak, a disoriented feeling, just feel out of it, very spacey feeling. | Have been on every ssri out there, plus many other medications for my severe ocd and anxiety. 5 days ago started 12.5 mgs seroquel and 30 mgs cymbalta, am also on 200 mgs trazodone, 7 mgs klonipin, and 0.5 mgs xanax, I feel so dizzy and like confused, and very groggy like, I am so hoping these side effects will go away, I have been searching for something to help my severe ocd and anxiety. Hope others can give me advice, thanks so much. | M | 30 | 5 days 12.5 mgs 1X day | 5/1/2011 | 2 | OCD, panic disorder | destroys sleep completely. digestion problems, gave me chronic abdominal pain on my right, which would get worse after food even with low amount of fat, destroys memory and impairs you cognitively. | yes it took care of my ocd very well - instantly. i was on 25 mg-50 mg a day for about 3 months. then it started worsening ocd and panic attacks. i had to reduce my intake and took it as needed. it worked well. even severe ocd episodes were reduced immediately. but as soon as i started taking it regularly again, the adverse effects came back. after about 2 years of using it on and off (3-10 times a month) i developed an almost chronic abdominal pain on my right and jaundice. i went off it for about 6 months and it subsided. however, it destroyed my sleep. i had a very hard time falling asleep and i was waking up every 2 hours. it's next to impossible to get your sleep back after this medication, i tried very hard (excluded all caffeine, tried to maintain good sleep hygiene, etc) never actually got it back completely. even if you do start sleeping a bit better after being off seroquel for many months, taking one 25 mg pill will throw you back to square one. i think when you're on these medications you really should listen to your body more than to your doctor sometimes and you should never ignore pains. yes for some people the benefit outweighs the side effects. but in my case it was replacing one problem with a bunch of others. | F | 37 | 3 years 25-100 MG 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 5 | major depression and OCD tendency | A little groggy in the mornings--I have to make sure I can get enough sleep | I started on antidepressants 27 years ago. I have taken every anti-depressant on the market with limited success. Seroquel was the first drug I EVER took where I noticed a significant improvement. I take Zoloft with it and for the last year or so Wellbutrin as well. But nothing ever helped me like Seroquel did. | F | 45 | 9 years 200 1X day | 1/7/2011 | 3 | hypomania, OCD. | extreme fatigue, sexual arousal increased, huge weight gain. | i used this med only to sleep or to fight the activating action of some antidepressant drugs (e.g. Wellbutrin XL). Very important lethargy and massive weight gain were too annoying side effects to continue to take it. | M | 24 | 1 months 25 mg. 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 4 | Bipolar, OCD, BDD, Insomnia | Drowsiness, Increased Appetite | I think that this drug has helped me greatly in overcoming my BDD, and it totally levels out my moods, but I never really feel any intense emotions... It's not helping with the OCD part, if anything it's made it worse. But I no longer freak out in situations I can't control. I'm just more organized if anything. It helps with my lack of sleep, it's easy for me to get 8+ hours a night when before I started taking Seroquel I slept maybe three hours a night if that. It does take me awhile to actually get up and function in the morning when usually I'd be up and fully alert within a minute. No weight gain as I'm good at managing my weight, but I do feel hungry ALL THE TIME. But self control helps, lol. | F | 16 | 6 weeks 100mg 1X day | 6/29/2010 | 3 | Bipolar, OCD | Loss of Libido, Munchies, Weight Gain, Agitation, Anxiety, Depression, Learning Disorder. | I was put on this when I was 14, I constantly had to rearrange my class schedules in high school because this medication made me feel sedated the entire day, I was eventually put in home school because I had absolutely no credits by the end of my first year. Seroquel for me did have a huge therapeutic tendency when I took it at the right time but the day after was a completely different story. I would constantly be agitated and fatigued and had a lot of difficulties functioning in the real world. But once I got used to juggling my social life with the side effects things somehow worked out especially when I was taking an anti-convulsant with the seroquel. About a year ago I was taken off of this drug because I had gone from 120 pounds to 160 and was severely anxious and depressed, I then got a balance disorder shortly afterwards and was put back on it and eventually taken off of it again when I noticed that It was making me really moody and depressed. | M | 21 | 7 years 25 MG 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 4 | bi polar OCD pain | Weight gain from 148 lbs(size 12-14) to 183 lbs(size 16). Memory issues both long and short term.Confusion,can't seem to keep linear thought processes, eyesight worsening, have to reason with myself not to eat, no willpower to resist! Very sensitive to sun and heat.Muscle cramps, chest pains, high cholesterol. | Having listed the side effects, I am willing to live with them, because seroquel has helped me tremendously.I take 200 of the plain each night, along with 2@ 37.5 effexor xr for depression and fibromyalgia-like pains.Within 1 hour, I sleep serenely, and wake refreshed. Sleep, a precious commodity for bipolar people!I must stick to a rigid schedule or the side effects worsen rapidly.I experienced the rapid weight gain when I was put on seroquel XR- I gained 20 lbs in 3 months, and could not sleep.Back to plain seroquel and lost 5 lbs only.I take this med because it has quieted down the psychosis, allows me to order my thoughts, keeps me more even when combined with a rigid schedule.I can do some sustained work without going off the deep end, drive places without panicking, leave my house to do basic stuff, am able to live a more normal life within very confined parameters, have more empathy for others as my own condition is not the only thing in my brain... But, I have yet to complete any major projects, have less ability to concentrate, there is weight gain, it's a trade off because it is a novelty to feel 'sane' for extended periods although somewhat confused, less giving in to whatever crazy urges that have ruined my life, and more happiness, less psychic/emotional pain!I combine meds with a very quiet life. | F | 57 | 5 years 200 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 5 | insomnia, OCD, anxiety. | dry mouth, nothin' else. | it is a wonderful antipsychotic to calm your mind, allow u to sleep like a baby and to reduce symptoms of anxiety. be warning to take it before driving, having sex, having exams or excessive work. for the first time, i do not shit an antipsychotic for akathisia or weight gain. | M | 24 | 7 days 50 mg 2X day | 6/1/2010 | 4 | bi-polar,OCD,anxiety,depression | When I haven't had enough sleep I feel grogy for the first part of the day. Dry mouth.Recently(in the last year) I have gained 18lbs. I find that I am hungry ALOT, and I never ate alot.I have a few muscles spasms,mainly in my hands.Constipation. The first 6 to 7 months I was unable to achieve an orgasm. OMG! But it corrected itself, or I wouldn't be on it. | Though there are side effects, seroquel has helped me like no other pill has before. I went through so many pills trying to find one to "fix" me. Seroquel has done that. It controls my racing thoughts at night so I can sleep, and controls my mood swings. Though there are major withdraw symptoms if my perscription is late, it dosen't take but two days and things are normal. I keep a regular check on my sugar because diabetes are in my family. But have had no problems yet. The only problem Is the weight gain. If it levels out and dosen't get to drastic, then I don't care. I would recomend seroquel to anyone needing help with depression,bi-polar,anxiety,OCD. It effects everyone differently, and I think it's worth a try. I can honestly say, if I had not found my doctor and been perscribed Seroquel, Then I wouldn't be here today. Hope this helps. | M | 25 | 3 years 450mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 2 | Bipolar 2/OCD/Anxiety | Life revolves around sleep (either knocked out cold or awake all night), groggy and sedated, rapid extreme weight gain, increased appetite, diffuculty finding words, slurred speech | I've been on this med for 2 years (started on 12.5mg, now at 200mg SL) At the dose I am at now, I sleep better for the most part, I have not have a manic episode for the whole time I have been on it, and recently my anxiety has been a lot better. I have tried to tolerate it because it seems to work, but I can't tolerate the weight gain and very concerned about the slurred speech. | F | 29 | 2 years 200mg 1X day | 4/15/2010 | 5 | OCD/High Anxiety | none | I took this drug off label (its meant for bipolar/major depression) at the recommendation of my prescribing psychiatrist. The first few days I had trouble waking up and felt groggy all day, but once I got used to it I felt great. It is the only thing that has been able to calm the racing thoughts that were keeping me up all night. I only stopped taking it because I'm trying to get pregnant, and when I did stop I had no withdrawal symptoms (though I did have to ween off instead of stopping cold). | M | 28 | 1 years 50 mg 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 3 | OCD, anxiety | nightmares, worsening of depression, sleepiness, difficulty to concentrate, impaired memory | F | 35 | 2 years | 1/19/2010 | 4 | Insomnia/Racing Thoughts/OCD | I take this because my mind cannot stop the chatter at night. I have taken 100 mg one hour before bed and it has worked well for four years without having to increase the dose. I do take Restoril 30 mg when needed, which is rare and usually due to occasional back pain. The sedation wears off by the time I wake up. | F | 45 | 4 years | 11/11/2009 | 3 | depression/OCD/insomnia/anxiety | extreme tiredness, depersonalization, feeling really not like myself, extreme hunger, feelings of being detached from some of my previous worries, not caring or being as empathetic | helped me sleep, but way too much. kind of just dulls my perceptions and ability to think so much that i can just sleep and sit somewhere and not really care about anything at all. which is sometimes a nice thing if you are a really anxious worried person...helps for sleep, and maybe helped with the depression a a little bit for some weird reason, which i didn't expect | M | 18 | 3 days | 10/5/2009 | 3 | OCD | severe hair loss, some heart ache, palpitation | works for ocd very well | F | 32 | 3 months | 7/11/2009 | 3 | ocd, anxiety, sleep | HAIR LOSS; sleepiness; groggy in the morning; some palpitation; extremely vivid dreams | it helps with OCD, but you can't miss a dose. | F | 35 | 3 months | 7/11/2009 |
SEROQUEL (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE): This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, sudden episodes of mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder). Quetiapine is known as an anti-psychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. This medication can decrease hallucinations and improve your concentration. It helps you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less nervous, and take a more active part in everyday life. It may also improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level. Quetiapine can help prevent severe mood swings or decrease how often mood swings occur. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA) FDA Approval Date: 2005-10-04