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 | situational stress and bad sleeping | sleepiness | seroquel is best of the worst. at least it works well for me, thought it was clear overmedication and it sucked me into a life-long psychiatric patient. you cannot withdraw this drug easily/safely unlike some other meds (relora?/nmda antagonist? + beta agonist etc). | M | 32 | 4 years 400 1X day | 7/25/2012 | 4 | bipolar mania | None so far apart from a stuffed up nose. | I am taking this drug for mania and psychosis. I've been sleepless for 8 days and am now beginning to get some rest. This episode has been catastrophic financially, and I have had auditory and visual hallucinations. Quetiapine has sedated me a bit( I add in a sleeping tablet) and taken the edge off the mania. I still have the hallucinations, but they are not as intrusive as they were. I also take abilify and venlafaxine, so at the moment I'm on two anti psychotics, which is not recommended in the long term. I'll come off the quetiapine when I'm a bit better, but having read the posts, I'll do it slowly. The drug has been a life saver in that it makes me drowsy, but I wouldn't take it unless I was manic. | F | 56 | 10 days 1X day | 7/23/2012 | 5 | Bipolar 1 w/anxiety, BPD | Dry mouth, slight weight gain, some brain fog | This med works well for me. Keeps my mood even, and is definitely worth the side effects. I used to dissociate and become "my evil twin" - she has cost me a job and countless relationships. It is a horrible feeling to know you can't trust yourself. But - things are much better now since my last hospitalation (where I was put on it). Sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils. It's different for everyone..I just happen to find it helpful at this time in my up and down kind of life. Hang in there… | F | 44 | 2 months 800 1X day | 7/15/2012 | 2 | bi polar | dry mouth , stuffy nose, woke up and had pounding heart and sweats, felt weird in my head, can't explain it. gained about 15#, with barely eating any more food. Take it 2 hrs. before bed and still can't sleep , sometimes wake up with palpatations, sweating, panic feeling and terrible pains in my feet and legs. I take meds for RLS. I feel scared and alone and don't know what to do when this happens because everyone else is asleep. Sometimes I go outside or stand over ac vent place a wash cloth on my head and try to wait for the feeling to subside. sometimes its over 15 minutes. 2 days ago got 45minutes of sleep and was miserable. At first the med didn't do this to me, with the exception of dry mouth. I went on generic from Canada of SR and don't remember the palpatations and sweats. Some nights I spend half the night placing and replacing the sheet and blanket. I can't get my body temp. right no matter what I do, I go from freezing cold to sweating. The Seroquel did help the moods thou | I would take with caution and be aware of the Side Effects and don't wait to report them to Dr. I waited almost 4 weeks mostly because I thought they would go away, instead they got worse along with the foot and leg and back pain and the regulation of the body temperature. I thought the XR was for me because took the regular stuff before and the leg pain was so unbearable I had to discontue it. | F | 58 | 6 months 300mg XR 1X day | 6/23/2012 | 1 | Depression, Bipolar | Tired, very stuffy nose shortly after taking, possible weight gain. | Was prescribed to help stabilize my mood and lift me out of depression. Did not help. Started at 50 or 100 then increased to 200. Made it uncomfortable to sleep as it made my nose so stuffy I couldn't breathe out of it. Felt tired on it. Started eating more and eating unhealthy foods and gained 10 lbs while on this drug. | F | 22 | 1 months 200 1X day | 6/20/2012 | 3 | Bipolar, Anxiety, PTS | F | 29 | 6 months 400 mg | 6/16/2012 | 3 | Anxiety & insomnia. Cope tragedy | I took one at night. Slept 36 hrs. Woke up sick. Then a day later started with half. Slept a day. Couldn't go to work. Then cut the half in half. Days I don't take it I CAN'T sleep. So I try every other day . It's made me a different person . I don't feel love or connection, I don't care about my husband. Or my future. It's really reset my brain. Bow I crave alcohol more & illegal drugs. My life is screwed. I don't care to try another doctor they've all been unhelpful judgemental shrinks. | F | 29 | 2 months 25 | 6/14/2012 | 1 | for a low dose mood stableizer | I ended up in the e.r. after taking for 2 days. I developed sever allergic reactions and had to be injected with a steroid and Benedryl | My worse complaint is my tongue is red swollen and my whole mouth and throat are covers in bright red rash, I cannot taste food of drink. I am weak, shaky and totally agitated, as I can barely function I was unable to reach the Dr. who Rx them and so went to e.r with anafalaxis type shock. I feel way sicker than I ever have and I have had 2 recent total hip replacements, which was a walk in the park compared to this. I am not getting better and am afraid of convulsion and if I can't get the swelling sharp pain of neck, lips mouth and throat. I feel so bad that I reviewed "Final Exit" and if you don't know what that is about, lease do not look into it. It gets etched in your brain and seems like a logical solution. I am taking benedryl and have no relief. I would encourage anyone to do extensive research on any pharmacy drugs before jumping off that cliff. I will never take another Rx. I will be surprised if I even live through the night.I have never felt such severe pain. I suppose this is what it feels like for someone who is allergic to seafood feels after a seafood cocktail. Speaking of cocktails....I am going to have one because the Spurs lost last night and they are my team. Blessings on anyone having health issues. I also would suggest before making appoints with any doctor...to go online and be sure she/he is boarded by the state (geographically) in, and I hope everyone has a better state of mind. Feel better soon and make the best of what is left. Cheers < | F | 58 | 2 days 25 mg 1X O | 6/3/2012 | 1 | Bi polar / insomnia | Weight gain, extreme tiredness, heart racing and palpitations, withdraw symptoms do horrible that my doctor thought it was more safe to take the drug then to stop it, no sex drive, back pain, no drive in life, overall felt very unhealthy. Sleeping issues. | F | 28 | 10 years 300 mg | 5/14/2012 | 2 | Sleep problems | Heart palpitations/racing, tired the next day. | It would take up to 5 hours for it to kick in sometimes. | F | 21 | 3 months 50mg 1X day | 5/13/2012 | 3 | Anxiety, Panic and Depression | Sleepy like no tomorrow. Little energy. | M | 50 | 3 months 450 mg per | 5/3/2012 | 3 | insomnia/bipolar | When i first started taking this drug, i was about 15, and i am now 18. I passed out withing ten minutes of taking seroquel, and i had a hard time waking up in the morning for school. i hated being on medication, especially because there was nothing really visible wrong with me, but my parents forced me to take it. i also felt numb a lot of the time, and there were several nights in which i didnt take my medication and experienced terrible symptoms: fatigue, dizziness, nausea, frequent vomitting, massive headaches, and i constantly slept the next day. it was like a terrible hangover, and i couldnt eat anything. i never had trouble with weight gain, though. granted, it worked for my moods, but i chose to start weening myself off of seroquel about a month a month ago. i went down 25 mg every week, and was okay. i sleep decently still, but i stopped taking it 2 days ago, and i keep getting dizzy and have headrushes. | F | 18 | 3 years 100 mg 1X day | 4/18/2012 | 4 | PTSD, Major Depression/insomnia | F | 44 | 3 months 25mg 1X day | 4/10/2012 Patient History | 4 | Anxiety bipolar and paranoia | Dry mouth, weird dreams, lack of sex drive, sleepiness ........but overall it is finally letting me sleep all night and not waking up going to the bathroom I used to wake up 4 times in the night now I don't | F | 31 | 1 months 50mg | 4/7/2012 | 2 | Schizophrenia | tiredness, fatigue, loss of sex drive, weight gain, increased appetite | M | 21 | 4 weeks 600 mg 1X day | 4/4/2012 | 1 | Sleep problems | Weight gain, vision problems!! | Seroquel has been extensively linked to the same severe visual side effects as the older typical antipsychotics (such as Thorazine.) It is not safer than those older drugs were. All you have to do is go to www.pubmed.gov and look up "quetiapine AND visual side effects" to find out some of the terrifying facts. This is a VERY dangerous drug and there are safer ones!!! | F | 42 | 3 years 25-200 mg. 1X day | 3/29/2012 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder I | Crave sweets, 5 pounds weight gain, extreme fatigue, constant runny nose, drugged up feeling, laughing spells | My Doctor started me on this drug to help with my insomnia and also with my paranoid thoughts and perceptions. It has definitely helped both of these things, however, it makes me very tired and unmotivated sometimes. This feeling was even worse on the XR version. I feel drugged up (i.e. happy and peaceful) on this. I think its a little too "drugged up." It does help me be able to work through my anxiety which I was not able to before or maybe its just that my anxiety is lessened. I am very unhappy with the side effects though, and also don't like its lack of transparency. I am also taking Lithium (which works well for me) so I am not sure if it heightens any seroquel effects. | F | 33 | 1 months 75 mg 2X day | 3/21/2012 | 3 | insomnia, mood swings | Was on this drug for almost a year. Had to discontinue due to restless leg (so bad it kept me awake for hours... insomnia was the main reason I was on the drug.) Also toward the end of a year memory loss (was at a store counter filling out a form and could not remember my address!)and weight gain. | Restless leg aside, it was great at first. Slept solid, no waking up, did not gain weight, increased libido. It turned on me after about 11 months. Had to discontinue. | M | 47 | 1 years 50 mg 1X day | 3/17/2012 | 5 | Bipolar I | Increases appetite about 20-30 after taking it. Sedated feeling. Weight gain. When I was first started on seroquel in 2007 at 600mg 1x/day, I was Extremely manic which included having delusions and hallucinations. It took some time for it to kick in. I remember still having delusions when first starting the medication. For some reason though I kept taking it even though I've always hated taking psych meds and have stopped and started them soo many times. In about a month is when I started to become "normal" again. After the delusions and mania stopped I felt very lethargic and depressed since I was on such a high dose. Long story short, over the past 5-6 years, my dose has been decreased to 50mg, which is what I am taking now. This med has been a lifesaver for me and although it sucked putting weight on, it's better then being mentally sick. Also take lamictal 200mg/day, wellbutrin 75mg 2x/day, vistaril 25mg prn anxiety. I feel very lucky to have found a combination of meds that keep me even-keeled. It is a long process with trying to find what works for you but when you find the right meds, it makes all the difference! | F | 27 | 6 years 50mg | 3/9/2012 | 2 | insomna | sex drive gone../ weight gain unreal | F | 48 | 75 1X day | 3/7/2012 |