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 | Bipolar nos | Side effects were weight gain rapid heart beat ,pressure pain on my chest , tired from the time I woke up; bloating and swelling of the stomach and problems with my Bowles.also developed a peptic ulcer and type 2 diabetes. just came off seroquel last week doing much better, this medication is horrible ruined my life for 2 yrs doctor would not change my medication so I changed doctors to someone who saw what the side effects were doing to me and now I am able to live my life again. | M | 48 | 2 years 300mg | 12/15/2012 | 4 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Weight gain (only 10lbs. though) Still have depression from time to time and mood swings, however my auditory/visual hallucinations have nearly stopped. The big thing that this medication has helped me with is not only sleeping, but I stopped cutting/suicide attempts. | M | 28 | 1 years 100 | 12/10/2012 | 2 | Situational anxiety | Dying | Seroquel can cause breathing problems which can be serious. One should really avoid starting to take medicines like seroquel as they reduce life-expectancy and people can get serious (deadly) side-effects from them, especially if medications are withdrawn. Monitor your blood glucose (+ cortisol). Some of these sites might be useful. seroquelwithdrawal.blogspot.fi/ nonpsychiatry.wordpress.com/ | M | 27 | 5 years 400 1X day | 12/3/2012 | 1 | Bipolar and insomnia | QT Prolongation. | How could a drug company in good conscience produce a drug that could cause such a fatal side effect? | F | 54 | 9 years 300 mg 1X day | 11/16/2012 | 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 | 1 | insomnia | see entry for June 28, 2011. | i first wrote about seroquel on this site on June 28,2011. since then i would add to those comments the fact that it shredded my memory. it was as if my memory was a series of overlapping gauzy sheets with subtle paintings on them, and seroquel just ripped huge pieces at random out of one sheet after another. i could never even remember what day of the week it was. it took several months of being off seroquel to begin to get my "self" back. this is a soul-stealing drug. | M | 65 | 3 months 25-75mg 1X day | 11/2/2012 | 4 | Insomnia caused by Anxiety Disorder | Only bad side effect has been weight gain. | I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder which at times has majorly interfered with my life. I was put on seroquel following a severe adverse reaction to Paxil. I have gained weight on seroquel. I am not sure how much weight can be attributed to this drug as I am also taking a Beta Blocker. My initial dose of seroquel was 50mg nightly for insomnia. Now I take 100-150mg before bedtime. However, I feel this drug really helps me to feel calmer which is a major advantage of taking seroquel. I would rather be a few pounds heavier and feel mentally relaxed than feel anxious and unable to sleep. | F | 25 | 4 months 100 MG 1X day | 10/15/2012 | 1 | Aggitation | Zombie land, bad dreams, aggression weird drug in general. | Didn't like it felt weird , lights are on nobody home | M | 44 | 5 days 30mg 1X day | 10/6/2012 | 4 | insomnia, anxiety | Very little side-effects. Feeling tired. Some blood sugar issues. | Withdrawal can kill. Monitor your blood sugar (and insulin!) levels. 5-HT2A and cardiovascular tissues. Excess ACTH and cortisol and brain activity. | M | 32 | 3 years 400 1X day | 9/30/2012 | 4 | Insomnia | Dry mouth, pounding heart in the middle of the night, sore/raw throat in the morning with a strong thirst | My doctor prescribed me this for insomnia because he said it has certain off-label uses. The first night I took it, I fell asleep quickly and woke up hours later with a pounding heart. It wasn't enough to make me call 911 or anything, just a little scary. I laid back down and fell right back to sleep with no problem. In the morning, my mouth felt incredibly dry and my throat was raw, like I'd slept with a powerful fan pointed at me. I was also so parched that I had to run for a glass of water right away. I asked my doctor about this, specifically the pounding heart, and he says it is known to do that sometimes but he wouldn't be concerned. With continued use, all of these side effects other than the pounding heart upon waking in the middle of the night disappeared. I would only notice it when I would wake up, but if I went right back to sleep, I was fine. I stopped taking it after a month because I wanted to try something that didn't have this side effect, even though it wasn't unbearable. I figured why not try to find one that has no side effects at all. Anyway, I recommend it for those who have trouble sleeping. | M | 27 | 1 months 25 MG 1X day | 9/13/2012 | 1 | Anxiety, depression, insomia | First dose made me a zombie - a literal zombie the day after. I could not make sense of words to read, I couldn't do basic math, I felt like I wasn't even living in my body. Then the WORSE side effect started - severe leg cramps. My leg muscles were so tight and I was in so much pain I spent most of the night after I took the second dose crying in pain and ended up having a panic attack. | Called the doctor in the AM, he told me to stop immediately and phoned in a muscle relaxant for me. Worst drug reaction I've ever had, even worse than an antibiotic that made my face swell. I now list this among my allergies. This drug may be good for some people but I really think this is prescribed far too freely considering the side effect profile and really should only be restricted to people who have ACTUAL mania and psychosis. | F | 32 | 2 days 50mg 1X day | 9/12/2012 | 1 | Mania depression and anxiety | Memory loss, massive weight gain, exhausted from the moment I wake up, rapid heart beat. Pressure pain on chest ,permanent pain inside left arm joint. Sluggish thyroid. SWELLING AND PAIN and Bloating in STOMACH. | M | 56 | 3 months 300 | 9/10/2012 | 1 | suppossed bipolar manic | caused QT prolongation, severe arrythmia, had to have heart defibrullated. Doctors don't care prescribed to me again in emergency room, of course I didn't fill it. Caused me to have weight gain problems, had to take more blood pressure meds because of it, memory problems permanently from it. | I was told by another pissed off psychiatric abuse survivor, it's the elephant tranquilzer. I've had nothing but side effects from 4 different kinds of bipolar, I refuse all psychiatric meds, they can fly men to the moon, do heart surgery by robots, but, they can't make drugs without horrible side effects. I am now a member of mindfreedom.org. I told the psychiatric to practice medicine on himself, and when he almost dies, see how he feels about taking more psychiatric drugs. I am not popular in the mental health field, and I don't care! | F | 60 | 3 months 200 1X day | 9/6/2012 | 1 | depression major | im getting high sugar my mom has diabetes type 2 | F | 13 years 50mg at ni 1X day | 8/30/2012 | 5 | Bipolar | I also take 25 mg of Seroquel during the day up to 4 times per day for severe anxiety and dangerous intrusive thoughts. | This has been a miracle drug for me. No hallucinations, visual, auditory or olfactory. Much more stable in moods. When I have had issues with my bipolar gradual increases in dosage have helped. | M | 48 | 15 months 300mg 1X day | 8/29/2012 | 1 | Bipolar II NOS | Where to start.... Side effects did not start instantly, they took time (weeks) to build up, and when I stopped it took time (weeks) to abate. 1. Sweated like a race horse when I slept. Woke up with sudden gasps and heart racing 2.Had a very difficult time urinating, low flow, and couldn't shut off the tap, just kept dripping 3. I could not orgasm!!! .... that alone would make a sane person crazy | Was prescribed this for Sleeping & Bipolar II NOS. HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS - In my case, it didn't particular effect my mood or my sleep. Even if it did, the side effects more than negated any positive change. | M | 32 | 8 months Unsure 1X day | 8/26/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | No side effects. | The doctor prescribed this medication for me to help me sleep after other methods and drugs failed. I don't have a problem falling asleep but I have a problem staying asleep because I have a very active mind. I started out with 25 MG taken at bedtime but the doctor had to increase the dose every few weeks as my body got used to the medication. My maintenance dose finally came out to 300 MG and I have been taking this for 7 years now. I do feel groggy in the morning especially when I don't get my 8 hours of sleep but it's a small price to pay for restful sleep. I did find that taking the medication on a full stomach lessens the sedating effect of the drug. I am a bit worried about getting tardive dyskinesia in the future though the chances are slim as this is an atypical antipsychotic. Nevertheless, the risk is worth it. | M | 47 | 7 years 300 MG 1X day | 8/18/2012 | 5 | Bad reaction to Paxil | This medicine saved my life! I was diagnosed with major depression and panic disorder back in 1999 at age 16 and was placed on Paxil by my psychiatrist. I experienced SEVERE mood swings (euphoria and rage), hallucinations, night terrors, and blackout periods. The final straw was suicidal thoughts. My mom called the doctor and he immediately took me off the Paxil "cold turkey" and put me on Seroquel for 2 weeks while the Paxil got out of my system. It calmed my mood swings and made me tolerable to be around again. I also stopped experiencing suicidal thoughts. I am not bipolar, but this saved me when I experienced a chemical reaction very similar to bipolar disorder. | F | 16 | 14 days 60mg 1X day | 8/17/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Horrible nightmares. I wake up feeling like I am coming out of a terrifying situation every morning but have no real memories of what the situation is. It's just the worst experience I've ever been through. Except for not sleeping for nights at a time. Also I have no memory and am drugged feeling all day. After I take it at night it makes me higher than a kite. I am sure some people would pay for such a high. I can't stress how horrific I feel waking up after this drug. Also I sweat and the smell is awful. And my muscles are so tight in my neck all the way down my back that I can't move my head.b | Before this drug I was complaining that I never ever dreamed. I would love to never dream again after this experience. I was on about a year ago and went off of it because of the horrible dreams and terrors upon waking. They never went away after quitting for at least a year. So I decided to try it again for sleep. Biggest mistake. 25 mgs were pretty hard to get off of. I don't know how I'll get off of 50 mgs. It seems certain that the drug has already affected my brain chemistry and the effects are permanent. That is disturbing to me. Seroquel has totally changed my life for the worse. I don't mean to seem dramatic but sometimes I'd rather die than go to sleep knowing the way I'm going to feel when I wake up in the morning. I'm so doped at all times that it's even hard for me to write this. I keep losing my thoughts. I have a business to run and this state of mind is not ok. I know that everybody is different but I can't imagine what it must be like to be taking a high dose of the stuff. Also, my body has built a tolerance to it fast. I started on 25 mg a month ago and am already up to 50 mg. I wish that when I went off the 25 mg a year ago I would have never touched the stuff again. It was pretty hard coming off 25 mg. another concern I have is that doctors are pushing this drug like crazy. I know a lot of people who have taken it or are taking it for various, mostly off label reasons. In my opinion seroquel is a nightmare. Literally. | F | 43 | 4 weeks 50mg 1X day | 8/15/2012 | 2 | originally for sleep deprivation | Without Seroquel, I would have survived. But I would have been hospitalized without a doubt. Now, 6 years later, I have lost my career, lost nearly all my friends and moved to an isolated area to get away from people. And the doctor keeps prescribing higher and higher doses! | Don't take this longer than you have to! | F | 57 | 6 years 400 1X day | 8/13/2012 |