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 |
| 2 | | 9/2/2008 | 5 | Bipolar 2 / Insomnia | Extreme drowsiness the first few days. Increase in hunger. Dizziness from overheating. | Seroquel has been a life saver for me. I was never able to get sufficient sleep on any other drug. I used to have major anxiety, but since taking seroquel, have not had to take anxiety medication. I no longer live on a roller coaster of ups and downs. Just because some people have bad experiences with a certain drug, does not mean that you will have those side effects as well. EVERY drug has side effects that affect people in varying degrees. | F | 27 | 7 months | 9/1/2008 | 3 | Bipolar | Extreme somnolence, restless feet at night, lack of interest and pleasure, blunted emotions, panic attacks, steady weight gain regardless of food choices, temporary worsening of concurrent neuromuscular disease symptoms, gradually worsening memory problems. | This drug is very effective in leveling mood (depending on the dose) and preventing psychotic symptoms. The steady weight gain has been horrible, and I've been placed on Actos to try to head off what my primary doctor terms "inevitable diabetes." The really big problem is I am no longer able to sleep at all without Seroquel. Nothing else works. | F | 35 | 5 years | 8/30/2008 | 5 | OCD | Sleepiness,bland mood,'jet-lag' | A superb drug for my OCD. I take 1 x 20mg in the morning and 10mg at night. it really hels with racing anxious thoughs and whilst there are some side effects the good point way exceed the negative. | F | 45 | 18 months | 8/27/2008 | 2 | I just started Seroquel at 25 mg, then slowly up to 300mgs. The first night i look 300mg, i started having crazy muscle spazms, and jittery eye vision. I also saw things like shadows. i felt like i was going insaine... I guess it works for some, but definitely not for me. | F | 16 | 6 days | 8/24/2008 | 2 | bipolar II, OCD, insomnia | This drug is a tranquilizer. My friend later told me it is known as a zombie drug--I definitely felt "drugged." Yes, it was great to exchange racing thoughts that kept me from falling asleep for blacking out into a stupor, but not for 20 hours straight! I would sleep that long, and I have kids to take care of and work to do. | The doctor said the side effects get better at larger doses! So when I took 25 mg I increased to 50 mg but things only got worse. This is the most sedating drug I have ever encountered. I know one is supposed to commit to it for a longer period to let the body acclimate, but the sacrifice in functioning was just too great. I felt terrible. | F | 35 | 1 weeks | 8/23/2008 | 3 | | 8/21/2008 | 2 | Bipolar insomnia | Anxiety, muscle twitches, incapacitated next day because drug still acting | I am having ECT. A side effect of the ECT, for me, was muscle soreness. I'd been taking trazadone to sleep, but the soreness kept me awake. My dr. gave me Seroquel for insomnia. I felt strangely all morning after taking it once--I had a hard time talking, I was dizzy, tremors, disoriented. Went to breakfast w/friend, and tried to sleep upon return. Had FRIGHTENING anxiety, felt like I was going back into mixed state that I had earlier in the summer. (Depression hasn't lifted, hence the ECT.) Got up and called the drs. office, and hoping to hear back from him. It may be a sleepless night, but if it staves off the anxiety, it's a fair tradeoff. Back to trazadone, and maybe ECT will regulate my sleep! | F | 46 | 1 days | 8/21/2008 | 1 | insomnia | suicidal thoughts, depression, fast heart beat, extreme grogginess, felt like a zombie | Seroquel is a terrible drug. | F | 26 | 5 days | 8/20/2008 | 3 | PTSS | Memory issues. I struggle to function and now friends and family have commented on my "forgetfulness". Seriously, I'll go to a movie with a friend, and the next day ask if they want to go to the same movie! | It really is an insidious drug. Helped me get to sleep. However, it has gotten to the point where I have hardly any short-term memory. I am weening myself off and am down to 25MG a night. I just hope I can multi-task again. | M | 49 | 18 months | 8/14/2008 | 4 | Anxiety/Insomnia | None so far. | Seems to work well on controlling my anxiety without the emotional compression I get from SSRIs. In addition, w/ 50-100mg at night it is the first drug I have ever taken for sleep that didn't stop working after two weeks. I feel like I have much more control in my life. My only complaint is that it doesn't work completely consistently, but I gather that that is because I am more stressed some nights than others. In that case I just take 50mg more and fall asleep. | M | 20 | 1 months | 8/13/2008 | 4 | Unspecified Mood Disorder/Insomnia | Heaviness in legs, sleepiness & a bit of weight gain | I have taken this for coming close to a year now, 200mg once a day, it has helped SO much. I can finally sleep! I've managed to gain 8lbs while on this. The carbohydrate cravings are pretty bad. But it has helped me so much I would never give it up. However the one time I went off of it was HORRIBLE! I was vividly hallucinating. I had experienced hallucinations before but I could always tell that they were just that, these withdrawal hallucinations were too real...and frightening too. I've also noticed that if I don't get enough sleep I get extreme heaviness in my leg the following day. I never had this until I went on Seroquel. | F | 18 | 1 years | 8/12/2008 | 5 | Anxiety, Mood Stabilizer | Minor weight gain. I already have dry mouth and constipation from other medications I take (Welbutrin, Lamictal) and have not noticed any change. | I am currently taking 100 mg but will continue to increase the dose until I get the benefits that come when I drink grapefruit juice in combination with this medication. After 32 oz of grapefruit juice taken over 48 hours, I am so happy and full of energy. I will risk the side effects in order to be the person I've always known was underneath the dark cloud I have lived under all my life. I hope I don't have to increase the dose too much before I get the same effect that I do with the grapefruit juice (which is listed as potentially dangerous to drink while on this medication.) | F | 54 | 2 months | 8/8/2008 | 4 | anxiety, OCD | Sleepiness, but it's a good thing. A dazed, hung-over feeling the next day. | I only take it as-needed for anxiety/OCD symptoms (in addition to my regular meds) and I think it's awesome. 12.5 or 25 mg at night leaves me feeling calm, mildly euphoric, and pleasantly sleepy. I try not to take it more than once or twice a week because I fear becoming addicted to it and unable to sleep without it. | F | 27 | 6 months | 8/5/2008 | 5 | Bi-polar Disorder | weight gain, increased appetite, numbness of my arms and fingers, dryness of mouth, light headness. | Well, when i first started taking seroquel, I started at 25mg, then slowly progressed up to 300mg. I take it once a day at bedtime. It has been the only medication to help. I've been on many others before and this is the best. Of course most medicines in this category make you gain weight, but i have found that this can be managed with proper dieting and a good excersise. | F | 22 | 5 years | 8/4/2008 | 1 | OCD, anxiety, insomnia, bipolar | sleeping for 12 plus hours, hair loss. | i was on 25 mg. worked exceptionally good for OCD at the beginning (but not for anxiety). Increasing the doze to 50 mg caused memory loss and drowsiness, so i stayed on 25 mg. In a month this medication gave an adverse reaction, I experienced panic attacks and more anxiety than normally, insomnia was back. | F | 29 | 6 weeks | 8/4/2008 | 4 | insomnia | morning grogginess, so I take it 1-2 hours before bedtime. | When I was first being treated for depression/anxiety, there was no medication that would help me sleep - Ambien, Lunestra, OTC Benadryl, melatoin, etc. Once I had been taking an effective antidepressant (first Effexor, now Cymbalta), 25 mg of seroquel works like a charm. I get naturally drowsy as bedtime gets near, fall asleep shortly most nights, and sleep pretty well - I do wake up a few times at night (that is why I rate it a 4 instead of a 5) but fall right back to sleep. | F | 48 | 13 months | 7/31/2008 | 1 | insomnia | Extreme drowsiness but unable to sleep. Woke up screaming. Restless leg | Took 25 mg one night for insomnia. One of the worst experiences of my life. Couldn't open my eyes, but unable to sleep. Was in bed for 11 hours but slept 2 hours. Woke up screaming, in terror. Restless leg, also. | F | 34 | 1 days | 7/24/2008 | 1 | Mood Disorder NOS | I feel as it was slowing my brain down. | F | 18 | 4 months | 7/24/2008 | 2 | Depression; Psychotic | I was very tired all the time when I took this, and I ended up sleeping very long hours. People with asthma: do NOT take this medicine. I have asthma, and by the third day I felt like I was going to die because my breathing was so heavy and whenever I heard a sound my heart would hurt so much, and everything around me was closing in like I was going blind. I needed my inhaler with me all the time. Also, in the morning I could feel my heart in my ears, and there was a slight buzzing sound coming off from the back of my head. The weight gain has been horrible--I gained fifteen pounds from it, and I am still trying to shed it all off. | It helped, yes--but the side effects were not only horrifying, but I had a risk of dying. I will never, and people with asthma should never, ever take this medicine. | F | 15 | 3 months | 7/18/2008 |