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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | DID, PTSD, depresssion, insomnia | I gained over 40 pounds on this medication. I have been gaining weight with several anti psychotics for a while. I went from 110 to 230 pounds, then I finally went from 230 to 165 and then my new psychiatrist started me on Seroquel, very slowly. I then gradually went up to 195 and I can not lose it no matter what I try. My Psychiatrist reduced my dose from 800mg to 600 mg at bedtime. I do crave sweet foods late at night. | I hate the weight gain but it helps me sleep when I don't take it I just don't sleep at all and become paranoid and suffer horrible child sexual abuse flashbacks. There has got to be a better way to help with PTSD effects rather than a drug that causes horrible weight gain. I used to be an active anorexic and was very thin and this just makes everything so much worse with body image. | F | 38 | 2 years | 1/21/2008 | 5 | bi polor and to help me sleep | it just makes u really tired and hungry i would fall asleep with food in my mouth | F | 23 | 2 years | 1/20/2008 | 4 | Bipolar I | Very groggy in the morning and find it hard to get up early. Also, if I am forced to wake up too early, I have "waking dreams" with Seroquel...kind of like hallucinations, but more like a dream (except I know I am awake and what I am seeing is not real). I don't dare drive before 10 am. | I take this drug 25mg in the morning and 50 mg at night along with 125mg Lamictal. I used to only be on the Lamictal and became suicidal. In the hospital they added Seroquel to my regimine, and two nights later I woke up laughing in my sleep; the improvement in my mood was incredible in both its degree and its rapidity. Mild weight gain has been an issue, but I now just avoid sugar and simple carbs and exercise more. | F | 40 | 1 years | 1/20/2008 | 4 | Anxiety & Depression | Sleepiness and dry mouth (but both really did stop after 2 weeks). Awesome sleep continued after the sleepiness stopped. | Antidepressants or benzos work by "compensating" (for depression or anxiety or mania). Seroquel works by "normalizing." So at a low dose it works for insomnia and at a high dose, it works for schizophrenia. For me, Seroquel really helped stop suicidal thinking. Since it's great for PTSD, it got me to finally acknowledge and deal with having been an abused child. I never realized how much supressed memories were messing me up every day. I have to credit Seroquel(100mg 2x/day) for giving me the strength to deal with this -- something that years of SSRIs couldn't do. After being on Seroquel for 6 months, I downgraded to benzos for a year and then to nothing. Hopefully I'll continue to stay well. The two biggest problems with Seroquel (my opinion) are: 1) It "turns off" your ability to feel hungry or full, which means that you overeat -- and gain 30 pounds in the process. If you know this -- and can measure portions instead of trusting your | F | 40 | 6 months | 1/20/2008 | 1 | depresssion sleep problems | Dry Dry Dry mouth chest pain strange feeling slept 10 hours woke up felt drunk and tried I felt like I was on fire | This is the worst medicine I have ever taken. It gave me the sickest horrible nightmares And I dream the same nightmare twice. I couldn't wait until this garbage was out of my system. This drug is Creepy.... Do not take this stuff.... | F | 46 | 1 days | 1/20/2008 | 4 | anxiety,insomnia | 58 | 6 days | 1/19/2008 | 1 | bi-polar | Weight gain. | We thought Seroquel was working a little for our daughter (now 11, she started at 9). But when it seemed to be working less well, the dosage would be increased. Finally, after maxing out on the dosage, we came to the realization that this drug was a disaster. We think all it was doing was making her tired. So the combination of the rage of bipolar disorder and tiredness was making her even worse. We dropped it and tried Risperdal, which was her wonder drug. Without Risperdal she was heading toward institutionalization. | F | 11 | 18 months | 1/19/2008 | 1 | Secondary insomnia | VERY drowsy in the am. After 1 month, dose increased from 50 mg to 100 mg. Now I feel like a zombie. I am going to stop taking it. VERY scary dreams - Freddy Kruger type dreams where u are in a dreamlike state and wake up trying to talk/scream. Sugar cravings, eating in middle of night (which I have NEVER done). | My doc prescribed this for "secondary" insomnia. He says if you find your thoughts racing at night, this drug will shut off your thinking. I feel like I am losing my mind now, harder to fall asleep now, afraid of falling asleep. I don't get it, I have always been "pretty together" as a person. I feel crazy now. I am going to stop this insane junk. | F | 49 | 2 months | 1/18/2008 | 4 | bipolar, anxiety, insomnia | restless leg | This drug has helped tremendously with my panic attacks and depression. I am sleeping through the night consistently. 100 mg a day don't help me sleep as heavily as I'd like, but 200 mg increases the restless leg problem which lasts about an hour before falling asleep. I have not experienced any noticeable weight gain. I have not had as much help with my anxiety and depression as I have had with Seroquel. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200 mg a day, though.. | F | 32 | 6 months | 1/17/2008 | 3 | ocd | drowsiness and insomnia at the same time, severe restless leg syndrome | took only one dose in my life, which was larger than what the doctor prescribed. first effect noticed was an euphoric calm-like feeling after which a state of intense drowsiness followed, also accompanied by insomnia and restless leg syndrome. it was a horrible state as i couldn't do anything because of the drowsiness but couldn't sleep either. | M | 19 | | 1/16/2008 | 3 | schitzoaffective disorder/insomnia | Fluttered heart beat, inability to walk, extreme dizziness, difficulty swallowing, 15 pound weight gain, severely anxious, trouble speaking and thinking clearly, very vivid nightmares | Although there are sometimes terrible side effects when I take it at night, i would never get off of it because it's the only thing that will put me to sleep at night since I have racing thoughts due to bipolar disorder. Definitely an excellent drug for insomnia but just like any drug there also can be some pretty serious side effects. | F | 20 | 5 months | 1/14/2008 | 1 | Depression | Gained 12lbs in one month. Extreme hunger and thirst. Extremely hard to wake up in the morning, and very sleepy throughout the day. Tendency to nod off at my desk. Erratic sleep: I can sleep 15+ hours on this medication one night, and the next sleep three hours and be wide awake at 3 in the morning like I am right now. Tossing and turning all night, waking up with heart racing. General confusion and in a constant state of being out of it. Feeling very hot and sweaty. Lately I sleep with just a sheet and the window wide open (mind you that it's 10 degrees outside). | F | 25 | 33 days | 1/13/2008 | 5 | Bipolar II | This drug SAVED my life, despite the 15 lbs I put on, I feel like I have never felt before. | I have been on many antipsychotics before, and the side effects were brutal, but with Seroquel @ 300 mg I don't have ANY side effects, I take it @ 9pm, around 11pm I start feeling groggy by 3am i'm fine, up at 7am and feeling wonderful, the only thing is my appetite, I was allways thin, not so much anymore, but I was never so happy in my life, and so at peace, like I'm now. | F | 28 | 4 months | 1/12/2008 | 4 | psychosis, insomnia | i've had the side effects since i first took them. i've been on 300mgs for six years and for me positive benefits far outweighed the negative ones. twitching, jerking slurred speech, totally unable to get out of bed, sugar cravings at night like you wouldn't believe ( i've woken in the night dribbling melted chocolate)electric shocks that can make me drop my coffee. annoying but bearable. | what i'm concerned about is the possibility that seroquel has harmed my daughter. i took the seroquel throughout my pregnancy and i take my full dose all at night, the leg twitching drives me nuts if i take it in the day.when my daughter was born (12 days early by elective cs)she would not feed properly, never more than a ml of milk at a time, she cried constantly developing into an excruciating screams at 3days old. she seemed to be in so much pain, croup and digestion medicines fom the doctor did nothing for her then at about a week old she started to feed properly and got better. could that be withdrawal? the other problem she has is that she doesn't sleep. she is now three and can still be up for 4 or 5 hours a night. she has only slept through the night a handful of times. i've tried all the sleep tactics that have been invented, nothing works. my doctor took pity when she was 2 1/2 and prescribed sedatives. a two week course turned into three months and still she didn't 'learn' t | F | 36 | 6 years | 1/12/2008 | 4 | insomnia | Unable to walk, talk, or move, but I did sleep for 14 hours straight. | M | 21 | 6 months | 1/11/2008 | 4 | depression/insomnia | 200mg turned me into a zombie. Could barely walk to bed. Found that 50mg worked good. Takes me a long time to wake up in the morning. Only taking it because Ambien no longer worked for me. | Guess this drug affects people differently. My wife was taking 200mg and had no trouble getting up and going to work. I wouldn't be able to function in the morning on that dose. | M | 66 | 5 days | 1/6/2008 | 1 | Depression | Slurred speech, drunk feeling, made me feel like I was spinning, made me scared, therefore more anxious so did not help with sleep. This drug terrified me!! | I took 25 mg of this last night, which I believe is the lowest dose you can take. I have never felt so weird in my life. Now it is almost 12 hours later, and I am finally feeling normal. Scary drug--please find another option. | F | 37 | 1 days | 1/4/2008 | 1 | inappropriate bipolar diagnosis | severe constipation, jittery feeling, very dry eyes and mouth/throat | I was prescribed 600 mg per day just because of one manic session - which is way too much esp. considering my weight, 100 lbs. I have never had a problem with constipation, but it was so severe it took a lot to get back on track. Be careful about taking this medication especially if you already are susceptible to sinus or eye problems (my eyes still seem effected). Also, it is bad for anyone with restless leg syndrome or other preexisting conditions. It did help me sleep but that is all, otherwise it made me feel jittery and unstable. | F | 52 | 45 days | 1/4/2008 | 3 | Anxiety and Mania | Increased Hunger, no libido, muscle weakness, brain fog and apathy | Other then the side effects it helped the mania, per say, but instead of feeling at a normal level I felt apathetic. For anxiety it helped 100% | M | 17 | 3 days | 1/3/2008 | 5 | Severe insomnia | A little foggy headed when I first get up in the morning | I tried everything to help me sleep: Ambien CR, Tylenol PM, Lunesta, Rozerum, nothing helped. Sure, I could go to sleep but within a few hours, I'd be wide awake with my mind racing. This made functioning during the day impossible. I take 12.5 mg Seroquel within an hour of going to bed and it helps me sleep for 7-8 hours. I'd be lost without it. I can't imagine taking a strong dose though - | F | 47 | 1 years | 12/30/2007 |