SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1505 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEROQUEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 5 | Insomnia | None | I have been taking Seroquel to treat my insomnia for 3 years already nothing else worked. Im 26 years old and I have had insomnia since I was 8 years old. Since I started taking Seroquel my Sleepless nights are over. | F | 26 | 3 years | 1/1/2010 | 4 | Sleep, Depression | Zombie, Very compliant attitude, increased sex drive but no initiative to execute on this benefit. Some disorientation. Zone out at times. Some minor memory problems. About one hour after taking can have difficulty finding words or thinking complex thoughts. | 50mg dose but have taken up to 300mg as needed. Only medicine I have ever taken that can give me some peace help me relax. | M | 58 | 2 years | 12/20/2009 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder I | weight gain, fatigue or dizziness if I increase the dose too fast, revved up right after I take it, constipation | I get every side effect from drugs and seroquel has been (relatively) side effect free for me. I feel more normal than I have in YEARS when taking this drug. It has been a godsend- I have been through so many drugs that gave me incredible problems so severe I was disabled from the side effects. Seroquel has helped my anxiety, my insomnia, my mania and mixed state episodes and also my depression. I was on Risperdal and became so anxious I had constant long lasting panic attacks I was rehospitalized. It also made me very very fidgety. They gave me Seroquel to counteract it and it worked like a dream and I have been on it ever since. I know the risks of weight gain and diabetes. But my weight gain hasn't been as bad as most people's on it, my blood sugar has been normal so far but I keep an eye on it and even though some of the side effects are annoying, it is much better than the hell I went through before I found this drug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 32 | 3 years | 12/19/2009 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder, Insomnia | weight gain (25 lbs over 12 months), drowsiness, lackadaisical, very grumpy in the mornings, significant increased appetite and always for sweets or salts! | My Doctor restricted me from using another sleeping aid until recently, as he liked that seroquel first an anti-psychotic and second a sleep aid. I will admit that I DEFINITELY slept while taking Seroquel. I originally started this drug at 25 mg, and have taken as much as 300 mg. For the last six months I have taken 100 mg (less than this is not effective for me for sleep) combined with a cocktail of other drugs for bipolar disorder. Taking this drug, but after a year the hangover and oversleeping had to stop. I gained a significant amount of weight (I exercise about 4 to 5 times a week in hopes to off-set the weight gain from increase from the icreased appetitie- not successful). I just recently switched to Lunesta (and take 600 mg lithium for bipolar). So far so good! And it's so nice not to crave sweets right before bed. | M | 25 | 13 months | 12/14/2009 | 4 | insomnia, anxiety, depression | a 'hungover' feeling the next day if i take it after 9.15pm the night before | on 25mg and can fall asleep very easily with it so really great cure for insomnia | F | 23 | 2 months | 12/9/2009 | 5 | Depression, anxiety, sleeplessness | Slight dry mouth, increased appetite, wonderful REM sleep. Was a little spaced the first week but that quickly subsided. Horny. | I take 150mg at bedtime along with 200mg Trazadone. I absolutely love it. I has done wonders for my mood, outlook on life and general anxiety in public. I feel better than I have in years. Please don't let all the negatives you might read frighten you away from trying it. Start out on low dose (maybe a sample pack from your doc) and give it a week or so. If it doesn't work for you after a few weeks trial, just quit. No harm no foul. | M | 51 | 3 months | 12/8/2009 | 3 | bipolar disorder | nightmares, hangover in the morning which eases in 5 minutes with a cup of coffee. cognitive obtunding, i have no interest in the acedemic writing and reading i'd usually be enthusiastic about, no libido, completely uninterested in romance. i did have slight restless leg, weird uncomfortable feeling in hip joint but splitting the dose -300mg taken as 150mg .b.d. stopped that. | i was regularly getting incarcerated in a horrible public psych ward with cruel staff against my will and was under threat of eviction due to manic behaviour, seroquel totally controls my symptoms which gives me security, i don't have to live in fear of the psych staff ringing the doorbell. previous regimens included several drugs, valproate + lamotrogine +rispiridone, horrible discomfort and side effects, life wasn't worth living. seroquel works for me on its own, i'm not on any other drug and since it doesn't physically hurt me like rispiridone did i'm willing to pay the price of the side effects i have in order to keep psych detention and eviction at bay. | F | 50 | 2 years | 11/30/2009 |