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 |
| 2 | bipolar 2, anxiety | zombie-like at times, increased need and duration of sleep | I didn't take this long enough to probably give much of a testimony, however the first couple of days I took it helped me sleep and I woke up feeling rested. After about a week it didn't knock me out I would still be up later than I wanted to but then I would sleep in too late and be really out of it and anti-social. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 11/28/2007 | 2 | anxiety and insomnia | weight gain of 50+ pounds, severe dependency, apathy, decreased sex drive, zombie throughout the day, irritability | I am warning anyone out there that once you get on Seroquil, you are selling your soul! I have withdrawn from MANY drugs, and this one BY FAR has the most dependency of anything that I've ever taken! If you want ANY quality of life at all, run in the other direction...anything is better than being dependent on Seroquil! I am currently decreasing the dose on my own until I am off of this drug....I want my life back! I was prescribed 600 mg at night, and looking back on my history with this drug, I have noticed that EVERYTHING I hate about my life was a direct result of the side effects that I have from Seroquil! Sure, you may feel better after 7 days, even 7 months, but take it from me, the long-term effects are not worth it...and I pray they are REVERSIBLE! | F | 35 | 2 years | 11/26/2007 | 4 | Sleep disturbances | I only like this stuff for sleep. It helps for that then completely wears off by the time it's time to get up. Taking this stuff during waking hours is not advisable due to a drunk like affect. | If you want to read about my paranoid induced condition, I'm at (deleted - no longer exists) where you can read about my condition in the Interest Section. Be advised, this is a high-speed internet load & takes about 4 minutes with a 1.5 Mbps connection. My page also loads correctly with Firefox or Netscape. | M | 37 | 6 months | 11/22/2007 | 4 | Racing thoughts/Insomnia | WEIGHT GAIN!!! I gained twenty pounds in a year due to eating cookies from the munchies this med produces! Drowsiness through the next day. | I wish I had known about the weight gain side effect. I have been craving a LOT more sugar since I've been on seroquel. I only take 12.5mg a night, but the risk of diabetes from seroquel still worries me. my new doctor told me i shouldnt be on it because I dont have bipolar, and instead to try ambien. i remember trying it before and felt dizzy and cried, so i want to stick with seroquel. maybe only every other night or so, to see if the weight can be lost! | F | 27 | 1.5 years | 11/21/2007 | 4 | bipolar | WEIGHT GAIN! I get incredible munchies after I take this medication. My husband finds me in the kitchen at 11:00 pm eating all of his cookies. I've gained 15 lbs in a year. | I have slept really well. They prescribed me this in the hospital where I was being treated for major depression/bipolar. I haven't slept this well in years. I don't have to get up at a set time each morning so I don't know if it would affect me if I worked. I am also taking lamictal, geodon, and lorazapam. I tried all kinds of drugs before and this combination seems to work for me. I've have had "small" manias and a little depression but nothing as serious as when I went into the hospital. Because this combination seems to work for me I'm reluctant to try something else because of the weight gain. My psychiatrist and I have been trying to find the right combination for years since various drugs either stopped working or made me a zombie and increased the mania and depression. I'd never go back on depakote again. | F | 36 | 1 years | 11/21/2007 | 1 | in hospital a dr. ordered it | sleepwalking, delusions, crying fits, weight gain, could not think rationally | I have had depression for many years (controlled with Zoloft). When my father was dying I became very agitated and depressed and decided I needed hospitalization to get me through it. I went in to an unlocked ward and that night they gave me a big dose of Seroquel (a drug I had never heard of) so I would sleep. The next day I was acting strange (I don't even remember it), so I was taken to a locked ward and the dosage of Seroquel was tripled. Soon I was basically screaming and delusional in the locked ward. My husband would visit me and kept telling the doctors I was getting worse by the day. I can't even remember seeing him at these times, all I remember is constantly waking up after having run into a wall or some other obstacle and not knowing how I got there--must have been sleepwalking a lot. Finally I got a patient's advocate to get the doctor to stop giving me Seroquel, this was probably 7 or 8 days into my stay, but I'm not sure when the drug was discontinued. My husband | F | 46 | 8 days | 11/21/2007 | 4 | GAD, OCD & Depression | Fatigue, hunger, twitching, chest pain, acid reflux | If you can tolerate the numerous side effects, Seroquel is a potent anti-anxiety treatment, adjunct with other antidepressants and sleeping pill. Effective if you have severe anxiety disorders, treatment resistant depression and chronic insomnia. | M | 36 | 3 years | 11/20/2007 | 1 | depression, anxiety, BPD | Weight gain(15lbs in 2 months), sleepiness, bad dreams, lack of focus, crying more than ever and anger, actually bouts of extreme rage! I was sad before, but reasonable in dealing with other people, now....and I still have periods where I would like to hurt myself. | total lack of interest in sex, increase anxiety, sore breasts, sore tongue...I feel that Seroquel has contributed to making my symptoms (and spelling) worse than ever///I am afraid to stop and afraid to continue. | F | 46 | 2 months | 11/18/2007 | 3 | Bi Polar | Weight Gain -30 lbs in 6 yrs. After meds kick in, I was unable to drive or even communicate - slurred speech. It really PUTS ME TO SLEEP but I can't wake up even if there is a fire. Sleep 10-12 hours. Got Diabettes and now Kidney problems | I just want to share with those who are taking seroquel to monitor your blood sugar. I got diabettes 1 yr after taking seroquel. my psychiatrist just stopped seroquel as it may "cause" diabettes is some ppl and also kidney problems, which I am getting now. I thought I hv found the MIRACLE SLEEP DRUG but it is making my life miserable now. My hands and feet are numb most of the time - diabettes neurophaty BUT my diabettes has been under control most of the time - sugar level about 115-133 most of the time. So, please check your A1c (blood test)frequently. I am kinda too late to help. Don't get to my point. I hv lost more that 25 lbs after stopping seroquel. | F | 36 | 5 days | 11/13/2007 | 4 | bipolar type II | Very drowsy at first, could only take it max 1 hour before bedtime, hard to get up in the morning, minor weight gain. | This drug ended my sleeping problems that I was having: disturbed dreams, frequent waking, trouble falling asleep. Also it helped tremendously with my near constant hypomania. However, I began going to work over an hour later than I did before - I just couldn't get up. Started going to bed at 10 pm regularly just to be able to function in the AM. Just stopped taking Seroquel (100 to 150 mg per night) and can't sleep, crazy dreams and nightmares, wake up every two hours, withdrawl is not pleasant. | F | 33 | 3 years | 11/10/2007 | 4 | bipolar, ocd, anxiety | sleepiness, dizziness | I take 25 mg in the morning, which is enough to take the edge off my anxiety without making me groggy. At night I take 50 mg to let me sleep. I naturally sleep too long when I'm in a depressive state, and of course it doesn't help with that. Overall, I'd say it's worth it. They put me on 300 mg first, which I couldn't tolerate at all. Once we lowered the dosage, my side affects went away. | F | 23 | 2.5 years | 11/8/2007 | 5 | Insomia | 100 mg at bedtime. The first week drowsy the first few hours of the morning. | Now, after 3 months...I sleep soundly 7-8 hours a night, wake up with an abundance of energy and no weight gain...actually, a weight loss due to increased cardio daily. | F | 45 | 3 months | 11/6/2007 | 1 | Manic Depression | Loss of muscle control, voices, spacing out. | I was put on this when i was 15 for manic depression, but it didn't help, it made it worse. I also couldn't walk more than two feet without falling down due to loss of muscle control. My legs felt like jello. I would NOT recommend taking this. | F | 17 | 2 weeks | 11/4/2007 | 4 | Bipolar disorder | I have dry mouth quite often, and if I don't remember to eat before I take it I get kind of loopy. My major complaint is it increases my heart rate drastically. | It made me gain a LOT of weight! | F | 24 | 3 months | 11/3/2007 | 5 | anxiety | numbness in arms or legs during sleep, but my anxiety and racing thoughts, which I've had all of my life, totally dissipated. | when I increased dosage, I began to crave carbohydrates and gained 10 pounds in one month. I don't think the drug causes you to gain weight, it's the food you crave and amount you eat because of the drug. | M | 54 | 1 years | 11/1/2007 | 3 | major depression anxiety insomnia | for about two weeks sleepy all day | seems to work okay to augment 40mg Celexa. After two weeks, Celexa pooped out a bit so I increased Seroquel from 75mg to 100mg and it augmented the Celexa. Helps me sleep, actually knocks me out 45 minutes after I take it. I still need Buspar, 10mg 5 times during the day for anxiety and occassionally Atavan, .5mg 3 times a day for panic. | M | 50 | 4 weeks | 10/29/2007 | 2 | bipolar rapid cycling psychotic | weight gain and associated depression, uncontrollabe craving for sugar. | I take 100mg at night. Used to help me sleep now it makes me sleepy sometimes then I also wake up in the middle of the night not sure how it will affect me at times. Depression and social withdrawal due to weight gain and paranoya of people harming me. I have trouble making decisions not passionate about anything except eating sugar. | F | 40 | 3 months | 10/24/2007 | 5 | psychosis but my diagnosis changed | dizzy for the first few times I took it. | This medication was originally given to me for psychosis, now my diagnoses has changed, I don't think my doctor knows what's wrong with me. Anyway, whatever is wrong with me, seroquel helped. It helped calm my thinking and it helped with depression that I was having. I am not 100% better, but I am close to it. I sleep better for the most part but I still wake up during the night. | F | 33 | 1 months | 10/22/2007 | 4 | depression | Sleepiness, lethargy | Seroquel is a good medication if taken properly. It really helps me get a good night sleep and I dont wake up groggy. I take a very low dose, 25mg. I think the key with making this medication work is allowing enough time from the time one takes the medication to time of sleep. I usually take it 3 hours before I go to sleep and it kicks in at the right time. | M | 46 | 9 days | 10/22/2007 | 1 | Misdiagnosed bipolar | NEAR DEATH | All these stupid fuking so called 'doctors' who prescribe this shit should give it to their spouses and try it themselves. That would certainly put a fast HALT to the bullshit that comes along with these 'human and chemical experiments.' I am beginning to believe the doctor's have stock in the pharmacy companies. I was misdiagnosed with bipolar when I had just plain depression from 2 very close deaths. Fuk the doctors and their bullshit. This almost killed me. 'Do you hear voices?' that out of control Physician assistant needs a good quick kick in the ass along with the doctors.Proper diagnosis for plain and clear case of death related depression and wrecked nerves are just not out there. Outlaw the doctors from owning stock in these companies and people would be treated right. FOR ALL THE 20-23 yr olds...GROW UP you like to feel stoned! | M | 54 | 2 days | 10/22/2007 |