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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Bipolar/insomnia | Sleepiness is the only one really. Small weight gain, not much. | 12 months ago, my behaviour was erratic, I had high levels of anxiety and it was very hard to follow my conversations. Since taking Seroquel I have gradually improved to the stage where I am almost symptom free. My dose gradually increased from 25 - 600mg over 12 months. I have had a long history with substance abuse which I believe added to my mental illness. Seroquel has worked absolute wonders in restoring me to a level footing. | M | 28 | 12 months | 4/30/2007 | 4 | Mild Bipolar | I have a problem with dry mouth and frequent trips to the restroom. I have also gained lots of weight, I am heavy already. Sometimes I don't feel like I am full and feel like I could continue eating. | Having said all that, it has really helped me. This is the only medicine that I take for my Bipolar. I have had to get a watch with 3 alarms so I can remember to take the doses. I take 250 mg per day. I break them in half and take it 5x a day. This has made a difference in my life. I used to be a morning person and when I was taking a pill at night, I needed help to get up in the morning. Now I can wake up on my own and feel much better. I hope this information can help someone else out there. | F | 32 | 1.5 years | 4/30/2007 | 4 | depression, panic disorder | 30 lb weight gain, fatigue, extreme thirst, frequent urination, I sweat a lot, sometimes it's hard to wake up in the morning. Despite having many of the diabetic symptoms sometimes reported with this drug my fasting blood sugar is normal. So I am not sure what is going on, but I am pretty sure it's this drug. | I like it because it keeps me very calm, and happy, along with the Zoloft and Remeron I also take. I feel emotionally "normal." I take 100mg at bedtime and I think that's too much now that I am stable again so I am going to titrate to 50mg. I require a lot of coffee to keep me going during the day and despite doing 1hr of cardio a day and eating a low fat low sugar diet my weight remains high. So I ask myself: fat and happy or thin and crazy? Hmmmmmm... I have gained 30lbs since 12/06 and I know that cannot ALL be my fault! It's kinda bad when you have to choose between your mental and physical health. It is a tough choice to make. | F | 27 | 5 months | 4/29/2007 | 2 | Misdiagnosed Bipolar, sleeplessness | Dry mouth, problems with balance(unsteadiness), disorder of words when speaking, slow to follow conversations, disruptive thoughts, continues desire to sleep more, weight gain +++,nightmares,diarrhoea | One tablet put me out of action for a night and half a day. If not taken sleeplessness intensified - most probably to dependancy. I had terrible nightmares. Short term memory was effected. I forgot what I wanted to say or what I wanted to do. I suffered from severe diarrhoea, upper abdominal pain & general disorientation. I experienced the feeling of being out of control on several levels of my life. It was not the right medicine for me! | F | 48 | 8 months | 4/28/2007 | 4 | Bipolar I | I was prescribed 14 months ago Seroquel for suspected Bipolar I. I had always been pretty nuts before, paranoid, repetative thoughts, anxiety, suicidal one minute -- king of the world the next etc. I gained a significant amount of weight on this drug, but I had always been very thin before and like having the extra weight. I think it suits me. Though eventually had to throw away all of my clothes and buy bigger ones! The drug makes me feel very sleepy and after about an hour after taking it, I have to crawl (sometimes literaly) into bed. Other side effects are stuffy nose, having to remember to breathe which is very alarming and perhaps the worst thing are the palpatations, heart kicking around all over the place (I have been to casualty three times as I thought I was havig a heart attack). I have been under the cardiologist for just under a year and he didn't know what was wrong. Having read this message board it seems it could be Seroquel. I don't want to stop taking this drug, becau | M | 36 | 14 months | 4/27/2007 | 4 | Bipolar I | I was prescribed 14 months ago Seroquel for suspected Bipolar I. I had always been pretty nuts before, paranoid, repetative thoughts, anxiety, suicidal one minute -- king of the world the next etc. I gained a significant amount of weight on this drug, but I had always been very thin before and like having the extra weight. I think it suits me. Though eventually had to throw away all of my clothes and buy bigger ones! The drug makes me feel very sleepy and after about an hour after taking it, I have to crawl (sometimes literaly) into bed. Other side effects are stuffy nose, having to remember to breathe which is very alarming and perhaps the worst thing are the palpatations, heart kicking around all over the place (I have been to casualty three times as I thought I was havig a heart attack). My last thought before I usually fall asleep is; will I wake up in the morning? | M | 36 | 14 months | 4/27/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | I am unable to function the next day, on a dose of 25mg in the evening. I have tried taking the pill earlier to offset the sleepiness the next day but it didn't work. I become sleepy earlier and continue to be really tried and "dragged out" the next day. I have also gained over 10lbs. in 10 weeks which I do not like at all. | I don't think that I will be on this drug much longer. I seem to have all the side effects and none of the benefits. | F | 56 | 4 months | 4/27/2007 | 5 | Obssessive Thoughts/Extreme Anxiety | My side effect is sleepiness about 1 - 2 hours after taking. | I love this medication, it has changed my life. I am now able to live life more and go out and do things without the extreme anxiety and panic from my agoraphobia! I also take Celexa (antidepressant). | F | 43 | 2 years | 4/26/2007 | 2 | Mood Stabilizer | Weight gain! Excessive sleeping. No energy. Unable to think or function. Blurred vision. | Only thing this is good for is to get some sleep. Other than that the side effects are NOT worth taking this. I stopped taking it last night and NEVER want to take this again. I would rather stay awake all night long. | F | 43 | 3 months | 4/26/2007 | 4 | Bipolar I | Daytime sleepiness, sleeping for long periods of time (12-14 hours), difficulty getting out of bed, and occasional dizziness within 20-25 minutes after taking pill | This drug has been weight-neutral for me. It works for me better than Ambien or Sonata to help me fall and stay asleep; however, once I swallow the pill, I can expect to be too sleepy to stay awake during a simple conversation. It took two years for me to work up to the point (at 50 mg.) where I can stay awake (and alert) for an hour and a half before going to bed. Before, it was 20-25 minutes. Occasionally, I'll forget things I do or say directly before going to sleep (usually parts of books I'm reading). Daytime sleepiness went away for me after two years, as well. | F | 32 | 2.3 years | 4/25/2007 | 4 | chronic schizophrenia | no side effects except horrific nightmares when I first started taking it; also some dissociation that may or may not have been a side effect; helped me lose 48 lbs I had gained on Zyprexa; I took 900mg/day | Took it for 2 yrs and it worked well enough so that I was able to get my own apartment and work full time. But then it slowly stopped controlling the symptoms and I had to stop working, move back in with my parents, and go back to taking Zyprexa. | F | 48 | 2 years | 4/25/2007 | 4 | Bi-Polar | Sore Lymph nodes, irritation, severe drowsiness, Extreme Dry Mouth, Headaches. | I like Seroquel, I have extreme episodes and thee help me to rationalize my thoughts. Most the time I sleep for about 10 hours and wake up out of the madness. It is a very strong drug, but a controlled dosage will fix this. | M | 27 | 5 days | 4/25/2007 | 2 | chronic schizophrenia | extreme anxiety about 30 min after taking it; difficulty breathing that led to ER visit; insomnia; nightmares | I had taken it once before w/o problems but this time I couldn't tolerate it | F | 48 | 3 months | 4/25/2007 | 4 | insomnia from panic disorder | Daytime lazyness, hunger before it put me to sleep. | Ok, Im not a doctor, so IM not prescribing YOU on how much to take, but I have never needed more then 12.5 millagrams of this to be put to sleep. This is when I had absolutely no chance of falling asleep on my own, and was in withdrawals from something else on TOP of that. I HIGHLT doubt any of you need these high doses. When this is prescribed just for sleep, I am doubtfull high doses are needed. If you are on this for something besides sleep, then I dont know what you should be on. But, like I said, if you are being given this just for sleep I HIGHLY doubt you should be on 50 milligrams like some guy above said. Once again, I have never needed more then 12.5 which is half of a 25 milligram tablet, to be put to sleep for 7-10 hours. If you are taking a high amount it could be screweing up your sleep, and making you feel weird, and tired the next day. This is a med I believe you should not overdo for sleep. I would just try to take as much as it takes, try some doses, and see what | M | 3 months | 4/23/2007 | 2 | bi polar insomnia | intense agitation and anger. cloudy head all day. increased appetite.bloating. the worst was the irritability. not worth it! | makes you sleep | M | 39 | 2 days | 4/22/2007 | 1 | Extreme anxiety, psychotic episode | My drives have been deadened, I have no inner life (there's a horrible feeling of absence and numbness from the top of my shoulders down to the bottom of my loins, as though my core was somehow gutted), my consciousness doesn't feel attached or anchored to my body, I can't experience any excitement or genuine emotions, I feel hollow and empty, I've been made impotent | Between the Seroquel and the Risperdal (which I was on for nine weeks before starting Seroquel) my life has pretty much been destroyed. The'side effects'(consequences, really)started a month after starting Risperdal, and have only gotten worse with time...I'm down to 50 mg of Seroquel a day (from 400 mg) and have noticed ABSOLUTELY NO IMPROVEMENT in the side effects I mentioned...like I said, things only seem to have gotten worse, and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight...I feel helpless, hopeless, and terribly desperate at this point... | M | 32 | 3.5 months | 4/22/2007 | 5 | Bipolar II | The first couple of weeks I was extremely touchy. I snapped alot, felt very angry. Around the 3rd week I began to feel fabulous. I read all of the comments on sites such as this and began to panic with possibilty of weight gain. I still had not lost all the baby weight. I have actually lost 13 pounds. I quit eating all the time...didn't realize I was eating all the time until Seroquel. It was as if I would "wake" up eating again. There are people who have positive effects. Sorry to those who do not, but those like myself that are initially put on it and panic because of all of the bad results people have had. Others too need to see there are those that are not experiencing all bad things. | I am also on Wellbutrin. That may contribute to my high rate of sucess. I also eat very healthy. | F | 31 | 4 months | 4/19/2007 | 5 | bipolar | Extreme drowsiness when first prescribed. After it gets into your system, you will feel ok. Take only when you can devote sleep time to it though. i.e don't take it, and then go driving afterward. | It eventually doesn't knock you out right off the bat, but there is weight gain. Workout and watch what you eat. | M | 25 | 10 months | 4/19/2007 | 4 | mood swings - bipolar symptoms | (Note : this is the rest of the rating posted below)...a bad shape either, so this shouldn't be happening). 4. I have noticed some weight gain, but I'm not sure how much is due to the drug 5. Some hair loss (hair on the floor, the sink, the tub!) 6. Reduced sex drive but the sex is still great ! 7. I cry VERY easily! I used to cry easily before the drug but now it's 10 times worse. 8. I get agitated and frustrated very easily too... That's it! I think... | It has definitely improved my quality of life... | F | 25 | 1.5 years | 4/18/2007 | 4 | mood swings - bipolar symptoms | 1. The worst of ALL : STUFFY NOSE !!!!!!!!! I don't understand why only a few people mention it! I used to take 400mg at bedtime, now I take 300 and 20-25 min, after I take it (as soon as it starts working and you begin feeling sleepy) my nose stuffs up completely! Then, I feel like I'm gonna have a panic attack unless I use a decongestant... 2. If I wake up in the middle of the night , 9 out of 10 times I'll go straight to the fridge for cereal or chocolate !!!! I never did that before! Fortunately or unfortunately as soon as I try to do the simple task of opening the cereal box, or pouring the milk, I start to get extreme heart palpitations and feel like I'm going to have a panic attack or even a heart attack!I'm only 25 ! So what I do is go straigt to bed and fall asleep in seconds 3. No energy, no stamina. I try to walk up the subway stairs and can hardly make it anymore without my heart racing like crazy and me being totally out of breath ( I'm not a fat person at all, and not in | It has definitely improved my quality of life... | F | 25 | 1.5 years | 4/18/2007 |