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 | its the first day i take it....and the LAST one!!!!!! i am totally zombie....i dont feel in the reality.... so,weird! i took only 50 mg...i should take another one tonight,but NOOOOOO! finish for me...its scary! i take 600mg of lithium,2mg of xanax,7.5 mg of immovane.... my doctor is trying to find the good treatment for me...its been 2 years now!!!!!! | F | 31 | 1 days | 3/14/2009 | 3 | insomina, depression | Vivid, violent dreams; grogginess next morning, feels like a zombie throughtout the day, carb cravings | I'm currently taking zoloft for depression but Dr. switched me to Wellbutrin due to the side effects of zoloft. He also prescribed seroquel 100mg at night to help me sleep, as the wellbutrin will aggravate my insomina. Took the 100mgs and was still awake 2 hours later. Took another 100mg dose and 30 minutes later I demolished an entire bag of tortilla chips. Didn't notice til I got up the next moring that they were stale and 2 months past expiration date. Had some very disturbing dreams, scared me pretty bad. Getting up this morning was complete hell. Somehow managed to get kids to school and I'm currently at work suffering. When I first got to work spent the 1st hour staring at a tv that was not even turned on. Kind of a scary drug but it did help me sleep but the dreams were pretty bad. I dreamed that my 11 year old son attacked me so yeah that did not help my mood when I woke up. Think will keep tryin it for a bit longer see how it goes. | F | 29 | 2 days | 3/11/2009 | 4 | Not Sleeping | Initially very hung over in the morning but that passed after a month. Still have the dreamy feeling and a little spaced out in the morning. I take 50mg at night and after about 45 minutes the wave of calm nothingness washes over me and I drift away. If anything happens after that I can’t remember it. | I think seroquel is a very serious medicine. I also take 20mg of Lexapro and 4mg of Klonopin each day. I have been having trouble thinking and am wondering if the Seroquel is part of the problem. Thankfully I have spell check as my spelling is not as good as it once was. I am more calm and can relax better than before taking Seroquel. | M | 57 | 1 years | 3/10/2009 | 4 | bipolar ,anxiety, mind racing, ect. | I have experienced eye twitching, restless leg syndrome realy bad,extreme hair loss,feeling extremely hot when waking in night or amto the point of not being able to move easily. go out in winter in shorts to cool off 10 min. or once I'm up moving around for 10 min. it goes away.at 50- 100 mlg. at 300 mlg, massive head aches. Had to drop back down to 100 mlg. joint pain, head aches once a week lasting 3 days. | This drug works for my anxiety and depression and sleep at night. I take at night so if I don't go right to sleep, or wake within a couple hours I get the late night feeding frenzie, but I don't eat much during the day, so this is probably nutritionally good for me though I have eaten some crazy things at this time and vaguely remember what. I have to go off this med couse of hair loss and twitching, and feeling so old but am scared of other meds too. This takes care of a big portion of my symptoms but causes damage.been on for 2 years. | F | 38 | 2 years | 3/10/2009 | 3 | Bipolar mania/mixed episode | Excessive sleeping, stuffed/bloody nose, next day drowsiness, massive weight gain, tardive dyskinesia, Withdrawal is HELL. | Was really good for the first few weeks & snapped me out of a bad mixed/manic state within 2 days. At that time it saved my life. It only worked for about 5 weeks then just pooped out, but my psychiatrist wanted me to stay on it. Living on Seroquel is tough. You sleep all day, are drowsy and useless the next day, gain a lot of weight (40 pounds in 4 months for me, despite diet & exercise). I had terrible nasal congestion at night & not being able to breathe sent me into panic attacks. I eventually got tardive dyskinesia from it (manifesting in involuntary tongue movements, lip smacking & head twitches). Withdrawal is hell. Anxiety, agitation, hallucinations, headache, vomiting. This process cannot be rushed. I'd recommend this medication for SHORT-TERM emergency treatment of mania only. Schizophrenia is probably a different matter. | F | 37 | 4 months | 3/10/2009 | 4 | Imsomia | I am concerned about the blood sugar rise possibility of other serious side effects. This is definitely the most potent sleep med I have taken (though it is NOT FDA approved for sleep) I would like to get off of it but have to say my sleep suffers without it. | My problem with sleep is that I wake throughout the evening. Seroquel does not solve this but it does make it easy to fall back asleep. Its very hard to get out of bed when taking this medication. I am going to explore other options including a new drug that targets the sleep / wake cycle, and its approved for long term use. My true advice is to use this med with extreme caution and stop it if possible, depending on your condition. | M | 42 | 21 days | 3/3/2009 | 1 | bipolar | vivid dreams | scary, almost full blown violant manic dreams that kept affecting my thoughts the next day..horrible medication, will never try it again for depression. | F | 43 | 4 days | 3/2/2009 | 3 | insomnia | WEIGHT GAIN: I've always had a steady weight of around 128-130 lbs. But since starting on seroquel, I've gained 45-50 lbs. Started around 20 lbs more after a month and steadily increasing as the months pass. Even if i exercise and diet, I can't seem to lose the weight. I'm still gaining more weight. I think this is the fattest I've ever been. | I started with 1/2 of 25 mg tablet. I would immediately fall asleep with this dose. After 3 months, I couldn't go to sleep anymore. So, my doctor upped my meds to the whole 25 mg tab. Now, I notice it takes me longer and longer to fall asleep. Also, I get so very groggy in the morning. It's hard to concentrate. I feel kind of fuzzy. | F | 37 | 10 months | 3/1/2009 | 2 | depression, anxiety, and sleep | Helped sleep but harmed my cognative processes. I thake this, Transodone and Klonopin when I go to bed. I also have sleep apnea and on a CPAP. I have difficulty waking and getting out of bed before 9AM. MY doctors have started me on Provigil to try and wake up more quickly. They still haven't sorted out dosages of this and the other meds. | It makes me feel very tired through the day. | M | 61 | 1 years | 2/28/2009 | 1 | sleep problems due to cronic pain | Extreme sleepiness during the day, felling tired always, hunger comes from felling tired, therefore, you want food to give you more energy. Just felt generally awful. | A very nasty drug. I would not recommend it to anyone. | F | 6 months | 2/28/2009 | 4 | bipolar 1; anxiety; help me sleep | Cataracts when I was 55!!! (both eyes had to be operated on) (drug company recognizes this major side effect for humans but won't publicly confirm it)Interferes with memory and cognitive processes. Drowsiness. Caused aching in legs. Headaches (mild to moderate but occur daily; however, may be aggravated by Lamictal which I take and can cause headaches. | I take the medicine reluctantly because it has helped stabilize my bipolar condition. I feel strongly that it causes problems with clear thinking, coming up with ideas (no problem before) and memory loss. Major problem with cataracts needs to be publicizing. Manufacturer's PDR entry mentions (actually highlights) that dogs had gotten cataracts with this medicine. Former doctor said she believes it causes cataracts, but my cataracts were the price I had to pay for seroquel's positive effect on bipolar. I also take Lamictal (200 mg. a day); wellbutrin 300 mg.; Clonazepam (5 mg. a day) | M | 59 | 5 years | 2/27/2009 | 4 | bipolar disorder | weight gain. 10 lbs in 2 months. | always been skinny never gained weight. eat whatever i want until now | M | 25 | 2 months | 2/23/2009 | 4 | Depression, anxiety, insomnia | Grogginess, but the worst may be irrational, hair-trigger rage, whic has developed in the last 7 months. | Definitely helped the sleeplessness. | F | 49 | 3 years | 2/23/2009 | 3 | bi polar II and depression | get sleepy within an hour of taking it, but can stay up if i want. headaches at first, but they have subsided after about a week. | so far so good...it is seeming to help with mood, focus, regular sleep pattern, depression etc. i am concerned about its long term usage and plan on talking to my dr about it. i don't get the over eating problem that i am reading in many of the comments...my appetite has remained normal. i'm curious to see how i feel in another month of taking it. but as of now, i am starting to feel much better with each day that i'm on it. i rarely get side effects from RX drugs...dunno why. | M | 27 | 20 days | 2/22/2009 | 3 | bipolar I | On higher dose, rapid weight gain (from crazy sweet cravings) and major hair loss. Dry mouth and some confusion. | I had been on this medicine at 25 mg dose in the a.m., 100 mg at night, for about 6 years, no problems besides some foggy-headedness. My pdoc took me off of lithobid and trileptal, and put me on lamictal. After about 10 months she increased my lamictal, added lexapro, and upped the seroquel to 200 mg at night. I started having these side effects, and she thought it was the lamictal. Told me to go off and she'd see me in a month! I don't think so! I didn't stop the lamictal, but ran into a snafu with insurance over seroquel. It's the best thing that could have happened. Within a week the cravings stopped and I could see a difference in my scalp! Not getting up in the night for drinks anymore, either. I just figured all this out today. Yay! | F | 21 | 7 years | 2/21/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Took 12.5 mg only. Felt zombie like throughout the day. Stiff arms. Sleepy all day. Increased heart rate most of the next day. | Awesome sleeping pill, but comes with quite a price in the beginning. | M | 41 | 1 days | 2/14/2009 | 2 | sever insomnia | none, nothing, I am still wide awake! From what I have heard I thought this was going to help me sleep. Why is it not working????? | Today is the first time I have taken seroquel. I feel like I am going to cry. My whole body hurts I would cry if I had the energy.. I am so tired I have gone for months now only being able to sleep 3 or 4 hours a night. I can not think clearly I am so fusterated. My doctor gave me the starter pack. I took the 50 mg 3 hours ago and I am still sitting here wide awake. | F | 36 | 1 days | 2/10/2009 | 3 | sleep/depression/anxiety | next day drozzyness/ weakness/ sluggishness/ nightmares | other than the side effects its works ok | M | 19 | 2 years | 2/8/2009 | 4 | sleep | drowsiness | worked great | F | 52 | 1 days | 2/6/2009 | 4 | sleep/depression/anxiety | none | I have trouble falling and stay asleep. when i try to sleep i have heavy rumination and it's difficult for me to even keep my eyes shut. I take 50mg and it doesn't even make me tried or drowsy; however, when i lay down on my bed and try to sleep, i am able to. I wake up the next day as any normal person. (side note: i slept for 6-8 hours). | M | 24 | 1 months | 2/4/2009 |