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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | BP, Anxiety, Sleep, Withdrawals | Always tired, couldn't wake up in the morning, weight gain, restless leg syndrome 1 1/2 hours after taking if I didn't fall asleep. | I just want people to understand YES seroquel is a strong sedative. HOWEVER it DOES have use and many people benefit from it. These are people in the psychward. No this is not a joke. When I was there this stuff was handed out like candy. I had never even heard of it but I'd estimate at least 50-60% of people in there were on a certain dose. I knew this from when it was med time at night. It helped for schizophrenia, schizotypal, hallucinations, wasn't that great for the biplor patients but helped for the manic states, insomniacs (who were often depressed and tended to amplify depression but they were often put on other meds to combat it), extremely high BP that beta blockers alone couldn't lower, stopping seizures from withdrawal and psychosis. Most people gained weight while on it. Most people were in a perpetual sedated state. But the bad ones were the ones above 600-1200mg ed. In the ward is great for many reasons. But on the streets theres other better meds to take that don't work | M | 25 | 4 months | 3/24/2008 | 5 | insomnia | my trigycerides went thru the roof so i had to start taking cholesterol medicine. VERY vivid crazy dreams. | i take it to help me sleep. i take 12.5mg at night along w/10 mg of xanax...it keeps me asleep all night and i love the dreams. it's almost like going to the movies! it has been a life saver because i couldn't sleep before. | F | 41 | 3 years | 3/21/2008 | 4 | bipolar/insomnia | WEIGHT GAIN!!!!! Bloated feeling, blurred vision. | Started taking this since I have horrible insomnia. I sleep for at least 12 or more hours! Its hard to get up in the morning and when I do im groggy. Weight gain is minimal but I cant stand looking like im 5 months pregnant due to the bloat and weight. Im scared to come off it due to the insomnia, but Im going to try something else. Im on 100 mgs a night. | F | 25 | 2 days | 3/21/2008 | 1 | bipolar 11 | within half hour of taking the smallest dosage 25mg I was completely knocked out as if I had taken a tranquilizer meant for a very large animal!! I even cut that dosage by half and the same happend so I stopped taking it after a few days. If you want to sleep most of the time and then walk around like a zombie? then fine, but i actualy want to have a life. | F | 39 | 4 days | 3/20/2008 | 3 | Autism | Sickening, problems with my heart, more need to sleep. | Calmness, better sleep. | F | 18 | 4 months | 3/19/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Bizarre sleeping patterns, a bottomless pit for a stomach. | My psychiatrist prescribed Seroquel in a last-ditch effort to control my sleeping patterns, which have been off for years. The first night I took it, it worked all right -- I woke up early and not groggy with 50mg. The next night, 50 did nothing. 75mg took a couple hours, but eventually I fell asleep. Since then, it's been a turbulent roller coaster -- sometimes I sleep for 12 hours, while on other nights I don't sleep at all. I'm not even sure if I slept last night; I know I didn't the night before. It hasn't been very long, but I'm concerned about how effective the stuff is. Even when I do take 75mg and become sedated, I still don't sleep -- I sit barely conscious, unable to move but also unable to sleep. | F | 19 | 2 weeks | 3/19/2008 | 4 | biplar disorder 1 | I am from saudi arabia . seroquel was new here and i read about it and decided to try it > I experienced through manageable weight gain . sleepiness (6-9) hrs , red conjuctiva , immediate drowsiness after taking the current dose 500 mg once at night , feeling anxiety and dysphoric after the dose that got releived by klonopin 0.5 mg all together , sleeping like an infant , oversalivation during sleep that gone away after several months , rarely slurred speech that doesnt bother me . | This magic drug stabilize me throgh the day like a Bible .. make it so bright for me not to slip ..raised my social status , improved my cognitive functions and increase my anger thresold dramatically ...finally it gave me the fourth dimension of thinking that i had been missing all my life as a messy untreated undiagnosed BP !now I got it why i had been called mad most of my previous time ! | M | 34 | 4 years | 3/18/2008 | 4 | bi-polar II | Minor weight gain so far (2-4 lbs or so); knocks me out at night (100mg.) and makes me wobbly for a little while in the a.m. (another 100mg.); major sweet tooth cravings; dizzy when standing up; little bit weak; heart flutters from time to time. | So far, the side-effects don't outweigh the benefits. My psych told me recently that I seemed the most normal and "well" he's ever seen me - after a 100 mg. increase. This drug at this dose has calmed my nerves and helped me focus. I'm also much less irritable and angry. I have tried a number of other mood-stabilizers in combination with Wellbutrin, and this is the only combination that has worked without major, horrible side-effects. My only issue is that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have read others' testimonies and I am concerned that the side-effects I experience now (esp. the weight gain and ravenous cravings) are only going to get worse (my dose went up a lot recently). Sometimes I just want to quit everything I'm taking cold turkey b/c I hate putting serious chemicals in my body to find stability - but I know that's totally irresponsible. This whole treatment thing can really, really frustrate me sometimes. | F | 29 | 6 months | 3/18/2008 | 3 | depression/anxiety/sleep disorder.. | as of the last few years I've experienced rapid changes in my heart at night. I've been to the emergency room as of late and it's getting worse. This is the only medicine that I"m currently on. I cannot come off of it and I fear that after 7 1/2 years, it's causing damage. However this is the only medication that keeps me sleeping, most of the time. I have lost my ability of having a natural sleep rhythm. The only way for me to sleep is with drugs. | If someone could tell me if they're having problems too, PLEASE email me. I need help. This only happens at night when I take it. I cannot go lower than 300 mgs. I was on 600 at one point, but now I range btwn 300 and 450. I am going to a cardiologist but I need help. | F | 24 | 7 years | 3/17/2008 | 3 | severe insomnia, panic disorder | Dr. has had me on 600 mg a night for sleep. The side effects I have had are weight gain and a hard time getting up in the morning. I am also on bp meds and klonopin which all cause drowsiness. | Major porblem- weight gain and not eating any more than usual/ | M | 55 | 12 months | 3/13/2008 | 5 | schizophrenia | occasioanl poor sleep, apathy, increased appetite for carbs, lower appetite for sex | Really a good drug. Helps to calm the inner noise so you can see and interact with the real world. Only problem is apathy, which works for and against you...it helps you to go and do your job and not be too reactive or paranoic, but makes you a little less clued into emotional 'subtleties'...perhaps. Overall the tradeoffs are small compared to the stability it provides. | M | 37 | 3 years | 3/12/2008 | 5 | mania | extreme drops in blood pressure, light headed, dizzy | 1200mg. no weight gain, no over eating. no over sleping. vivid dreaming but nothing scary or weird. keeps my mania under control. | F | 22 | 7 months | 3/11/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | Increased sleep, daytime drowsiness, difficulty driving. The most common side effect for me that I noticed was sedation. My doctor recommended me to take this along with prozac. I am on 100mg of Seroquel for anxiety. Its way to much. I don't enjoy life anymore, sleep way to much and am feeling hungry(eating more) during the day when I'm actually trying to lose weight. This is NOT a good medication if you are trying to LOSE weight. | I would not recommend this medication if you are trying to lose weight. There are others out there. I've been on nearly all SSRI's, SNRI's, and Benzos. Sweroquel is not the drug of choice if your looking for something to help with anxiety/depression. I feel more paranoid on this medication also. Dont start it if you dont have to!!! Educate yourself. | M | 27 | 1 weeks | 3/11/2008 | 2 | bipolar II - Depression | very sleepy, absolutely no concentration.... | I've only taken this drug for two days and I will not take it again. I'm also on Limictal and am having a bad reaction. I was on effexor, wellbutrin and lexapro. All the same....I'm done with titrating up and down with medicine. Enough already.... | F | 50 | 2 days | 3/6/2008 | 5 | Explosive anger outbursts | None so far, it does help sleep. | I am only taking 25mg at night and on weekends 25mg in the am. It has helped me remain calm when I might normally have an angry temper tantrum. It does not knock me out all night like some people say but it does help me sleep and I usually fall back to sleep if I wake up. I am not tired in the morning - maybe only a day or 2 when I first started it. So far, I love it! I hope it continues to work at the low dose because I am afraid of the weight gain aspect. | F | 43 | 3 weeks | 3/4/2008 | 4 | Insomnia, Depression, Anxiety | A little drowsy in the morning | I LOVE THIS MED!! I never realized what quality sleep felt like until I tried Seroquel. I take 12.5mg before bed and I have never felt better. It also helps with my anxiety, depression and alcohol cravings. And, as an added bonus, I am actually loosing weight!! I have so much more energy so I started running daily with my dogs. They are happier now too:) | F | 27 | 1 months | 3/3/2008 | 4 | Bipolar 2 | crave carbs, pancakes,cookies cakes,but on 20lbs trying to eat the wright foods now after 9 months | still trying to find the wright dose around 200-300 mgs a day | M | 49 | 9 months | 3/1/2008 | 5 | anti-psychotic | In the beginning I felt tired. But now after many years, and many different dosages (up to 550 mg a day.) I find it helpful. | F | 38 | 5 years | 2/26/2008 | 4 | lamictal drug induced psychosis | rapid heart beat, sedation | lamictal gave me a psychosis, that means drug induced psychosis, what helped so far is abilify and seroquel. i am currently taking 100 mg twice a day for this condition, i will talk with my doc to increase to 200 mg, it has helped me but it has side effects | M | 14 days | 2/23/2008 | 2 | insomnia/bipolar II | 10 lbs weight gain within six weeks on a dosage of 50mg. Had nightmares which I physically and verbally acted out (on my husband). Increased heart rate up to 120 resting. One night I started to have signs of ketoacidosis. My blood sugar was 228 and I was spilling sugar in the urine (I was not diabetic before). I became very thirsty and felt like I had to breathe very deeply. I immediately discontinued the medication and my blood sugar went down. | I slept well the first couple weeks on Seroquel although I was "high" the first day. Eventually my sleep became very disturbed and I felt more fatigued than before. When I had the high blood sugar incident I was told that Seroquel could not have caused it by several health professionals and I must have eaten too much that night. That is an outright irresponsible thing to say when their web site admits freely to this side effect. Since then a nurse admitted to me that she has seen several cases of pancreatitis on this med. There is no benefit to taking a drug that doesn't help my bipolar, my sleep, and causes diabetes. Always educate yourself about side effects because you can't be guaranteed that your doctor has. | F | 35 | 42 days | 2/23/2008 |