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 |
| 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 | 1 | PTSD War Veteran | Weight Gain, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Type11 Diabetes, Glaucoma | I'm putting this here as a warning. I've gained over 100lbs and now have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and trouble seeing. My life as I knew it is over and now I'm on a road to death. My married life is no life, the happeness I once knew is over. I'm setting here crying thinking about the life I once had, Its a life no one understands. Please find another way and don't let this drug seroquel take your life and happeness, the world around you is a dream. I'm not the man I use to be, I've been on this drug for 5 years at 600 Mg. now and it controls my life, I tried getting off of the drug and the withdraw is painfull. This drug seroquel is in control and is fighting me very hard and won't let me get off. | M | 5 years | 7/16/2008 | 1 | insomnia anxiety | Became color-less & out of it most of the day. Unable to wake up at normal hours. Binge eating at night. Gained 16 lbs in 4 months. | Coma like sleep. It never occurred to me that this drug caused eight gain. It's a good drug if you only sleep or eat when you are not sleeping! | F | 41 | 4 months | 7/14/2008 | 1 | anxiety | WEIGHT GAIN!!! 130 to 175 in less than 3 months!!!!! | HORRIBLE WEIGHT GAIN!!!!!!!!! | M | 35 | | 7/14/2008 | 5 | Bipolar/Insomnia/Anxiety | angry a bit-headache | I personally LOVE seroquel, it makes me sleep(which i never can) during the day it makes me feel great, im all relaxed and giggly, I kinda feel like I did drugs on it.It dont make me hungry or anything it just makes me feel like im floating | F | 28 | 3 months | 7/11/2008 | 5 | Anxiety | I liked it, I have never done hardcore opiates, until I tried Seroquel. It made me nod if I was not moving around. I recommend it for anyone who wants to nod without the itchiness. I do realize it is not an opiate, I guess? | M | 32 | 2 days | 7/10/2008 | 4 | Insomnia, Depression | MAJOR APPETITE; BOTTOMLESS PIT; CAN'T STOP EATING. It's driving me crazy. | Gaining weight very fast. | F | 38 | 2 months | 7/7/2008 | 3 | Bipolar I | Tired. Weight gain. | M | 38 | 6 years | 7/7/2008 | 1 | coming off other meds | very dopie in am take it at night | fear being able to stop taking it | F | 49 | 7 years | 6/21/2008 | 3 | Bipolar | I have gained 35 pounds in 2 1/2 years. Also, I find it difficult to fall asleep without it. | Seroquel works really well for my bipolar disorder, but the weight gain has been horrible. | F | 30 | 2.5 years | 6/16/2008 | 5 | extreme anxiety/insomnia | I had one case of syncopi in the beginning, also gained 10 pounds. My cholesterol jumped some, but overall, this medication has been a Godsend and has helped me remain centered, focused, able to sleep at night, reduced panic attacks, and has definitely improved my quality of life. | When lipitor was added to treat my cholesterol, I developed terrible joint and muscle pains. I've been off the lipitor for 6 months now but my doctor wants me to try Zocor because my cholesterol has jumped up again. :( | F | 56 | 7 years | 6/12/2008 | 1 | anxiety | I was a walking zombie! I couldn't think straight. I was tired all the time. I stopped taking it. There was no way to function while taking this medication. It made me sicker than the anxiety! | This stuff should be banned! It is dangerous! | F | 52 | 5 days | 6/7/2008 | 1 | anxiety, insomnia | lethargic, couldn't focus or think straight, rapid heartbeat,achy muscle in neck,feeling flushed all the time | great for sleeping, but had trouble getting up. all the side effects weren't worth taking this med. back to my trusty ambien. didn't get the ravenous appetite others had problems with, actually lost a few pounds.. i believe due to the rapid heart beat. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 6/3/2008 | 5 | bipolar with psychosis, insomnia | weight gain | I love this med. I hate the weight gain, but it has helped with depression, mania, psychosis, insomnia. My tics are gone, but they are transient so hard to say. I just wish I could do something about the weight (25 lbs in 3 months). | F | 27 | 3 months | 6/1/2008 |