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 | insomnia (due to fibromyalgia etc) | Terrifying nightmares while stuck in groggy half-sleep for 12 hrs - did take other stuff as well | Ok... I'm at the end of my rope because my insomnia is so severe that nothing helps... I'm taking loads of benzos. I was taking seroquel for a long time as well, and it helped make me feeling sleepy but I always felt that it was not inducing deep sleep so I felt more and more worn out while very groggy in the morning. I was scared about taking an anti-psychotic. I wonder if my impaired cognitive abilities has something do with it, etc. So I didn't take it for two weeks. Last night I was desperate and took 25 mg along with some other anti-psychotic (melperone hydrochloride). I had the worst night ever: really terrifying dreams and had to sleep very long into the day in order to calm down and get some proper rest. I admit, I did take benzos at the same time, so maybe it was all too much... however this makes me seriously doubt that seroquel is good for you. | F | 43 | 1 days | 2/3/2010 | 5 | Panic Disorder/Anxiety | Dry Mouth, Sleepiness, memory is effected badly, I burned my hand because of it, don't do anything dangerous on the drug, even driving until you get used to it. | This is pretty much an excellent drug. I've never gone passed 50mgs, I don't know how some people can go that high as it knocks me flat on my ass. Even 10 mgs will put me to sleep. I had problems with panic attacks and obsessive thinking, this drug will shut down invasive thoughts and allow me to enjoy life around me. I've been off and on the drug. Worst part about leaving the drug is you're guaranteed insomnia and it'll be hard to find anything to replace it. | M | 27 | 3 years | 2/2/2010 | 1 | Anxiety/Misdiagnosed bipolar | This drug sucked the life out of me - there is no other way to say it. I couldn't function; I couldn't remember if I had eaten a meal. I was a zombie. Waking me each morning was a task for friends. It did long term cognitive damage. Please, please don't take this | The bipolar was misdiagnosed - actually anxiety disorder | F | 23 | 6 months | 1/31/2010 | 5 | Bipolar 2 - fibromyalgia | Weight gain, sleepiness | I was on this medication before, during another med induced mania. It was a life saver, but long term, I was not pleased with the rapid weight gain. This time, however, my doctor is having me take pepcid ac with it to control the weight gain which seems to work. I ended up in a med induced mania while trying cymbalta for fibromyalgia. I had the worst pain and wanted to try anything to get out. The cymbalta did not work and put me in a mania. Immediately, I went on seroquel to combat this, as we knew it worked. Within days, the pain was gone. I stopped taking it for a few days, the pain came back. Started taking it again, pain is gone. I am now experimenting with lower doses to try to get what works best for pain management with the lest side effects. I feel I stumbled into a life saver, and it's something I'd like to share for others who may be having issues controlling fibro pain that nothing is working for. Worth talking to your doc about giving it a try. | F | 33 | 1 months | 1/28/2010 | 4 | Bipolar and sleep issues | Weight gain | Seems the longer I've been on it, the less it helps me sleep. When I was on 25 mg the first 5 years, I slept great and didn't have any weight gain. I'm on 300-600mg at night now, and have put on 50 pounds. | F | 53 | 12 years | 1/25/2010 | 5 | PTSD | drowsiness, loss of appetite. | I am satisfied with Seroquel, I think it great. I've been on it for almost a year, although it killed my appetite and I lost around 4 stone. Anyways its the best drug I tried so far. | M | 27 | 1 years | 1/23/2010 | 5 | psychosis | Mood swings, irritability, weight gain about 5 pounds in 2 months. | This medication helped me with hallucinations mildly, but helped me a lot with my OCD now that I think about it. It is a very sedating drug. I started off on a low dose then went to an extremely high dose than after a while the sedating affect went away and symptoms begun to return. | M | 20 | 4 months | 1/23/2010 | 3 | OCD, anxiety | nightmares, worsening of depression, sleepiness, difficulty to concentrate, impaired memory | F | 35 | 2 years | 1/19/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | None at all. | This is a miracle drug! I had been taking Ambien (the Devil's drug) but switched to Seroquel and take 200mg at night. There are no side effects and I have finally been sleeping like a baby for over two years :) | M | 50 | 2 years | 1/14/2010 | 4 | I am Bipolar who does not sleep | I was perfectly happy with taking seroquel until my eye dr. told me that I now have cararacts | I like so many others I do not sleep. I can't go to sleep. I lay there for hours on end. I have been known to stay awake and alert for 2 weeks at a time. My Psyc. put me on seroquel. we played with dosage, tweaked and added trazodone. I sleep better but still have nights where I only reach lala land. Yet I feel rested when I get up. Now I find out that I have caratacts caused by seroquel. I will have surgery to replace the lenses in my eyes. But what other drugs are out there to cause me to go to sleep? I've used lunesta and ambien with no effect. Has anyone tried some thing that even got close? | F | 50 | 4.5 years | 1/14/2010 | 1 | Insomnia, anxiety. | Immediate weight gain, food cravings, crazy dreams, daytime grogginess, loss of concentration. | Do not take this drug unless you have a serious medical condition. I was prescribed this medication for insomnia. It did not put me to sleep but caused very wierd, vivid dreams. I gained 20 pounds in 4 weeks! Craved food-mainly sugars and carbs. Felt lazy, groggy, and couldn't concentrate on anything during the day. Have taken myself off of it and have already lost 5 pounds in 1 week! No more grogginess, and can go back to reading and other activities I used to enjoy. It never did help me sleep either!! | F | 43 | 8 weeks | 1/14/2010 | 1 | Skitzo Affective Disorder | TIRED ALWAYS wanted sleep even though i would have over 15 hrs!! LOST my personality was a ZOMBIE, VERY OVER WEIGHT, , DRY MOUTH , SLURRED SPEECH, couldnt have a conversation. Self medicated n nearly over dosed. | When i first starting taking seroquel, i became very paranoid thinking i was goin to die. Eventually started taking way to much over 900mg a day n had to quit my job coz i was too tired n too hungrey to work . One thing i remember about seroquel was my life revolved around food and sleep. i would take the tablet , eat but still be starving even though i ate heaps, fall asleep for way to long , then do it all again . I had no life SEROQUEL took over my life.... stopped COLD TURKEY , was sick in bed for over two weeks, never forgot how much pain n effort it was but was well worth it , SEROQUEL is addictive you crave that feeling it gives u even after you stop taking it.I have no idea y doctors prescribe this medicine when it only creates another problem. | F | 23 | 9 months | 1/13/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe depression, thoughts of suicide, extreme fatigue, tiredness all throughout the day | Would not recommend using this as a sleep aid; it's not safe. | M | 19 | 10 times | 1/13/2010 | 5 | Sever Panic Disorder & Bipolar 1 | Lots and lots of sleeping. Hangover affect but that's my own fault for taking it so late. Take it past 9pm and you're definitely going to be groggy the next day. | 6 months ago I couldn't go out. I would go to a restaurant or out shopping and have to leave because of how strong my panic attacks were. I also have a history of syncopy episodes related to severe attacks. But with seroquel, along with effexor and topamax I feel like I got a huge chunk of my life back. I can drive, go out, I'm actually a semi-normal human being. My body does react badly to any change in doseage, esp. lowering, but it's beyond worth it to me. My new psychiatrist just lowered my dose and it made my anxiety regress so I have to call him in the AM to tell him to give me my old seroquel dose back...it truly was a life saver. | F | 19 | 5 months | 1/12/2010 | 4 | Bipolar 1/Gen. Anxiety Disorder | excessive sleeping, could sleep 12+ hours. withdrawl symptoms are terrible! | This drug has been amazing. I also suffer from insomnia; and Seroquel, along with the Depakote puts me into a nice REM sleep. I'm easily affected by even the slightest change in dose though, which can throw off my sleeping pattern. Just make sure you don't take it too late or are taking too high of a mg at night time because it will knock you out. | F | 19 | 4 months | 1/9/2010 | 5 | Bipolar, anxiety, depression, insom | After taking this medication my heart always races. Makes me sleep for 12+ hrs. Also I have noticed that in my hand at the side, the muscle twitched there for about a week. Also now I have noticed my eyelid twitched. So people be careful, as this drug is known to cause tardive dyskinesia. | For the past 8 years, I have been dealing with my mental illness by myself, through whatever ways I could fill up "the hole".Drugs, cutting, sex , jumped from relationship to relationship. Now being 21 and on this medication ( 100 mg a night ) Also now drug free and have turned my life around, This medication definitely hels me sleep at night and has balanced out my moods, just have to be careful with drinking and what not. There's still a lot of stuff that brings me down, just like ur avergae person, but Seroquel has controlled the episodes as much as it could. The rest is up to me. It puts my deamons to sleep<3 :) | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 1/6/2010 | 5 | Bipolar | Drowsiness the next day for the first month, this subsided the longer I was on the medication. Constipation. Weight gain (20 plus pounds)My doctor has just prescribed Topiramate 25mg to help with weight gain | Dose: 325mg Before taking this medication I went through about 4 manic and depressive cycles per year sometimes winding up hospitalized. I also had mixed episodes and alot of anxiety and racing thoughts. I also had trouble falling and staying asleep. Serequel ended all these symptoms. I was VERY afraid to try this medication. I was unresponsive to lithium. Before being diagnosed as bipolar I was diagnosed as having post partum depression (on effexor 225 mg). Previous to post partum I was diagnosed as depressive with parnoid characteristics (prescribed paxil, prozac). None of these medications worked. Serequel has been a gift from God. I feel like a whole person that can deal with the world as a normal person. Judging from the feedback on the forum this medication seems effective for those who are truly disabled by bipolar otherwise it is not worth taking. | F | 39 | 1 years | 1/6/2010 | 5 | Bipolar | Drowsiness the next day for the first month, this subsided the longer I was on the medication. Constipation. Weight gain (20 plus pounds)My doctor has just prescribed Topiramate 25mg to help with weight gain | Dose: 325mg Before taking this medication I went through about 4 manic and depressive cycles per year sometimes winding up hospitalized. I also had mixed episodes and alot of anxiety and racing thoughts. I also had trouble falling and staying asleep. Serequel ended all these symptoms. I was VERY afraid to try this medication. I was unresponsive to lithium. Before being diagnosed as bipolar I was diagnosed as having post partum depression (on effexor 225 mg). Previous to post partum I was diagnosed as depressive with parnoid characteristics (prescribed paxil, prozac). None of these medications worked. Serequel has been a gift from God. I feel like a whole person that can deal with the world as a normal person. Judging from the feedback on the forum this medication seems effective for those who are truly disabled by bipolar otherwise it is not worth taking. | F | 39 | 1 years | 1/6/2010 | 4 | Bipolar and maybe something else?? | Well, I've only been on Seroquel for a few weeks. I'm taking 100mg a night. At first it made my heart beat really fast as soon as I took it, annd it knocked me out for 12 hrs, still does it I take the full thing. I have noticed though that parts of my body twitch?? And this drug also can cause tardive dyskinesia( so guys be carefull ) My hand and fingers twitch, and I have noticed that my eye lid at one point.. So maybe they have to lower my dose? Anyways other then that it balances out my moods but just have to be careful with taking it regularly and drinking etc. | Puts my deamons to sleep <3 :) lol | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 1/6/2010 | 5 | bipolar disorder with psychosis | slept for fifteen hours straight when i started it. my memory is shot to hell. put on maybe 14lbs over the course of three years which probably wasnt to do with the medication but thought i'd mention it. racing heartbeat, cotton mouth, weird falling sensation about an hour after i take it. | im taking 600mg a night and have been for the past three years. i came off it by myself for about three months last summer which sparked a horrific manic episode which landed me in hospital for the next two months. i also suffer from psychotic episodes and its been great for that side of things. i tend to get visual hallucinations and delusions that relate to them and what i've found is that it doesnt stop me seeing these things. it just sort of makes it so i can live with it. left to my own devices i dont sleep at all so taking a drug that knocks you out for about twelve hours has been wonderful. its not addictive, its just that the problems come back if you stop taking it. i've tried a pretty vast selection of medications and i've found that seroquel plus paroxetine works the best for me. | F | 24 | 3 years | 1/5/2010 |