SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1505 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEROQUEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 3 | anxiety | It did relax me, but my reactions were severly delayed. My speech was slurred. I also got leg cramps while on the medication. | F | 16 | 2 weeks | 4/18/2007 | 4 | PTSD, Sleep Disorder | The side effects I’m currently experiencing are: feeling tired during the day and difficulties concentratin. | Due to PTSD, I sleep very little and awake often resulting in 2-years of sleepless nights. Without question, the Seroquel has helped significantly with sleep to include remaining asleep throughout the night. My wife states, I move very little and have been snoring which is a relief to her knowing that I’m finally getting some rest. I don’t awake during the night to screams and images in my mind which we both are grateful for. I’m concerned about long-time usage and the difficulties I’ve experienced in concentrating. The benefits currently outweigh the side effects and I’ll closely monitor changes with my doctor to determine ongoing treatment. | M | 39 | 8 days | 4/17/2007 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression | Extreme tiredness, blurred vision, blocking of the thought process, racing heartbeat, legs feel numb and lifeless. My entire body was weak and I felt as though I was a walking zombie 24/7. The other people on this site that said the same thing I totally agree with you, this medication is horrible and should not be used for people who just have every day anxiety and depression. | I was prescribed 50mg to start at bedtime then increase to 100mg. I never got to the 100mg. I totally regret taking this medication, the only thing it was good for was to help me fall asleep at night. Other than that I felt lifeless and I felt as though I had no motivation, no strength. I could barely go to work every day. I'm already stopping to take this medication after only being on it 5 days. | M | 23 | 5 days | 4/16/2007 | 2 | misdiagnosed bi polar | I am free of this crap and feel fine. | It has been over two weeks since I stopped taking Seroquel, my constant companion for six years, and I am free. The liver detox itching stopped , and I am now sleeping 7~8 hours on my own; waking up around 8am and functioning normally. I don't have that seroquel drag hangover that stays with you all day either any more. I feel clean and not toxic. This was my personal experience with it and if you like it then keep taking it. I did for over 6 years. | F | 46 | 6 years | 4/13/2007 | 5 | Insomnia(anxeity) | Other then being knocked out cold within 30 minutes of taking it the first week, I've had few (unwarranted) side effects. | Used to have intermitant bouts of insomnia, where I wouldn't sleep or only sleep for 3-4 hours a night for up to a week at a time. Works wonders for insomnia caused by anxeity, have always fallen asleep within a hour after taking 50-150mg. No more racing thoughts, upset stomach, etc.. At a lower dose I will ocasionally wakeup in the middle of the night. Never have had such regular good sleep. Even better is not having withdrawls if I don't feel the need to take it. Now if only I can get off the f***ing klonopin the doc previously started me on. | M | 17 | 1 months | 4/12/2007 | 1 | anxiety and sleeping disorder | I haven't had side effects because I have pill phobia but I know I need to take my meds but after reading this site it just scared me even more. | I know I need help can anybody suggest to me what to do I suffer from paranoia and am afraid to tell the psychiatrist that I have an issue taking pills while on meds years back I attempted to kill myself three times what Can I do? | F | 37 | | 4/11/2007 | 1 | Bipolar Type I | Drowsiness, Lethargic. Would probably be wrapped around a pole if I continue on it. | I talked with my psychiatrist and explained my situation. I stated that the medicine conflicts with my schedule seeing as how I work full-time (starting at 5 am) and I attend school at night. I told her that I fall asleep at the wheel and I can't complete my tasks at work, and forget about studying for school. She said I need to take the dose perscribed and if I don't like that I should get another Dr.....is that even ethnical? | F | 30 | 2 months | 4/11/2007 |