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 |
| 4 | Major depression (debilitating) | Initially placed on 600 mg. I gained 50 lbs in 3 months but the gain was mostly water (edema). I was swelled up. After reducing the dose to 100 mg. I dropped 35 lbs in one month and now am 10 lbs. lighter than when I started. I have some nasal congestion and (infrequent) restless legs (but exercise helps a lot with that) and am foggy for the first 3 hours in the morning. I also take 180 mg. Cymbalta. | Those of you who are experiencing drastic weight gain should consider the possibility that it's mostly fluid retention (edema) and talk to your doctor about reducing your dosage. At 100 mg. I am getting about 75% of the benefits I was getting at 600 mg. but without the weight gain. | M | 46 | 5 years | 4/26/2009 | 1 | bi-polar/depression | At 100mg Restless legs and some body twitches. Can not sleep, It will make me drowsy but just as i fall asleep I will suddenly wake up wide awake. The insomnia is making me suicidal. Also I have developed cataracts at age42 and think it is causing sun sensitivity and poor body temperature control in the heat. In addition after reading some of these post my joint and neck pain might be from this drug | Initially it was great and really did help with my depression but after 6months these side effects are killing me. | M | 41 | 6 months | 4/24/2009 | 4 | insomnia/depression/anxiety | I take seroquel mainly for insomnia, I only take 25mg per night and that works great for me. I take 75mg of effexor per day too, in combination with 1.5 mg of clonazepam per day I am a far better person now. I am happy go lucky getting my sleep, not suffering with anxiety and am able to deal better with my life. | You can get a little groggy in the morning, just make sure you leave 1o hrs aside for sleeping, this covers the hour you feel groggy in the morning. | F | 42 | 90 days | 4/22/2009 | 4 | BP,Rage,Depression,Bizarre thoughts | A bit sleepy during the first month. Now taking 50mg morning, 50mg night. Started with 25, and went up from there until I felt good. Also take 300mg 5-HTP, 900mg St.John's Wort, 20mg Lithium Orotate. Seems to be a great, side-effect free cocktail. | Great sleep, great dreams, much calmer and happier. Still enjoy life, but not worried about freaking out. Have been taking all the other things for about 2 years, but still needed something to "take the edge off" and Seroquel seems to be the answer. | F | 47 | 2 months | 4/22/2009 | 3 | Bipolar disorder | Constant headaches. It is awesome at making one sleepy | M | 39 | 1 weeks | 4/22/2009 | 2 | depression, headaches, ocd, some bp | the shankiness in the legs ruin everything. weight good wich is good for me. drowsy alot. | i duno if its working yet. i switched from resperidol to seroquel. im feeling terrible. can you get bad withdrawls even though from switching drugs. im also for depakote for headaches n irritation with neruontin and cogentin wich doesnt help with gettin rid of the restless leg. i havent felt good in 3 years. whut shoulod i do. these meds dont do nything. im tired of bein patient | M | 21 | 3 days | 4/22/2009 | 1 | minor sleep disturbances | Severe pain in my chest, thoughts of suicide, wanted to kill myself, extremely depressed, extremely tired, memory problems, basically impossible to function. | I now know Seroquel is not FDA-approved as a sleep aid but that's what my doctor, Dr. Andrew Sarka, gave me it. It made me really tired, but the other horrible side effects were not worth it. I came really close to killing myself. | | 4/22/2009 | 1 | Anxiety | Bi-Polar type one symptoms; insomnia. | M | 27 | 2 months | 4/21/2009 | 1 | CRONIC INSOMNIA | DR.STARTED ME @ 800MG NIGHTLY, OH! I SLEPT BUT COULD NOT WAKE UP FROM FOGGINESS, SLURED SPEECH, WAY BAD COTTON MOUTH, NITEMARES 80lb.GAIN IN 7-8mo. INVOLENTARY TONGE & LEG MOVEMENT, SOILED BED & A HEART ATTACK IN MY SLEEP, COULD'NT WALK 200ft. WITHOUT PROFUSE SWEATING, & PAIN. FOREVER AFTER THIS 'LOVE CANAL' OF DRUGS.... | MY LIFE AS I KNEW WAS OVER, IN 02'-03', SEROQUEL DID ME IN, NOW THE LAWSUITS ON TV, NOT BACK THEN. KNEES WENT, BACK PAIN BECAME CRONIC, DISK DEGENERATION FROM WEIGHT GAIN, WEENED OFF AFTER ONE YEAR OF LIFE CHANGING HELL, MEMMORY LOSS, ASTRA-VENZA? KNEW FROM 1999 IT WAS RISKY & DEADLY BUT @ 32 BILLION DOLLARS IN SALES ON JUST THEIR SEROQUEL DRUG ALONE FIRST 2-3 yrs., WHO CARES? RIGHT 'ASTRA-VENZA' YOU ARE A VERY VERY BAD & RICH COMPANY, WE ARE SORRY IT TOOK 80 MILLION? A BILLION? TO PRODUCE OR MORE? BUT AH! THE REWARDS, I KNOW GOD SAID WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL, OUR SEROQUEL DOSAGE WAS NOT! NOT BACK WHEN WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT 'ASTRA-VENZA' KNEW..... | M | 56 | 300 days | 4/21/2009 | 4 | to control bi-polar upswing | Normally I take 50mg, but when the daylight increases, I go through a tremendous high. In March '09, I increased it 25mg at a time 'til I got to 175mg! I am down to 150, but recognize that I am still in a danger zone so haven't reduced it any further yet. I can't take more than 50mg at a time because I get leg tremors when in bed. I've been stretching out taking the doses starting in the early evening. I am wondering if I took them throughout the day (morning noon and night), if would help curb the eating binges I seem to go through at night. I am not sure if my inability to focus is because of the Seroquel or because of the mania of the upswing. I suspect the latter. | At night, I take Seroquel, 300mg gabapentin (Neuronton, for mood stabilizer) and for depression, 75mg Effexor XR (because of its cost, sometimes venaflexine, the generic, a pill that has to be split and taken a.m. and p.m. because of the "half life"). In the morning, I take 300mg lamotrogine (FINALLY the generic of Lamictal is available, MUCH less expensive) for mood stabilization. I know how bad my bi-polar upswing can get (I was hospitalized, involuntarily, for more than 2 wks in 3/03), so I realize that I MUST take the Seroquel when weathering one of these episodes. IS there another drug to replace it that doesn't involve weight gain? | F | 56 | 6 years | 4/20/2009 | 3 | bipolar affective | pain in right breast, slight cognitive difficulty, some irritability at first, hair looking flat | Psychiatrist started me on 50mg per day but I found that too much and even 25mg was too much so am taking 12.5mg at night now and my mental health is good at the moment. Also take 4mg of stelazine and one cap of lithium in morning. Baby doses of everything but the combo seems to be good at present. Don't like being on any drugs but I get in a real mess if I'm depressed. I work full time and I enjoy that. Not getting weight gain on smaller dose and it seems to be keeping me level. | F | 55 | 2 months | 4/20/2009 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | 200mg a day. Too tired to function; 12-20hrs sleep each night, still hard to wake up. Listlessness, apathy, confusion. | Dear god no more please. | M | 20 | 1 months | 4/16/2009 | 4 | Bipolar/ Anxiety | Major, weight gain (fast) At first I felt out of it , fuzzy and disconnected from reality, now I sleep well but now have NO dreams (which sucks), Memory problems, but severely increased focus | It comes at a price if you are in a fix with moods and manic phases you must sacrifice your weight/looks to feel better,but then of course in turn you feel worse with decreased self esteem. | F | 22 | 2 months | 4/15/2009 | 3 | Sleep & Bi-Polar | In less than a year, I've gained 50 pounds. I'm now experiencing serious holes in my memory - short term memory is shot. | I gradually worked my way up to 300 mg each night. Told my doctor I no longer wanted to take it and he was adamant that I should continue with it. With the recent memory loss, I plan on telling him that I do not want to continue taking it. The only drawback is, that it's the ONLY medicine that's ever helped with my insomnia. | F | 55 | 1.3 years | 4/15/2009 | 5 | Bipolar II, anxiety | Daytime drowsiness. | I take Seroquel XR partly as a sleep aid, but it does affect my daytime alertness, as well. It has taken a couple of dosing changes to find the right balance between mood and alertness, but all in all, I'm pretty happy with this therapy. I'd prefer to be more alert during the day, but it sure beats suicide, which is where I was headed. As others have mentioned, I do have to make sure I budget about 10 hours of sleep each night. I also take Welbutrin XR, lithium, Neurontin, and propanolol. | M | 54 | 1.5 years | 4/13/2009 | 5 | Schizoaffective Disorder; Insomnia | Worsening essential myoclonus and myoclonic sleep jerking | I take 800mg every night. This drug saved me from the very rapid and abrupt adulthood onset of uncontrollable mood swings and hallucinations. It is the reason I am alive today. However, it doesn't work for everyone. I know plenty of people who take like 25mg and then totally lose touch with reality it for 48 hours. Give it a chance, but be wary. | M | 20 | 10 months | 4/11/2009 | 1 | Mania | extreme dizziness; unsteady balance; extremely dry mouth; painful constipation; excruciating headache on left side of head; extreme thirst | It has terrible side effects. I stopped taking it after 2 weeks because I thought my brains were going to explode out of the left side of my head. | F | 51 | 14 days | 4/11/2009 | 1 | Anxiety, bipolar 2 | CATARACTS- at age 45. not sure what other side effects it caused cause also take Lamictal,Depakote, Klonopin, Effexor XR, and Zoloft | I am devastated by cataracts. didn't realize that other things-drowsiness. munchies etc were from Seroquel | F | 46 | 5 years | 4/6/2009 | 5 | because of bipolar disorder | sometimes i wanna sleep to much | F | 20 | 1 years | 4/5/2009 | 4 | OCD, GAD, INSOMNIA | None so far, except sleepiness, which I wanted. A lttle dizzy, but overall great. | There is such a wide range of likeability with Seroquel. Some people complain that the weight gain was horrible, yet have been taking it for years. That's difficult to comprehend, if it causes weight and health issues, stop taking it. There are always other options. Anyways, I am on 25 mg at night, and it seems to be helping a lot. | F | 21 | 5 days | 4/3/2009 |