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 |
| 4 | Bipolar NOS - psychosis - anxiety | Currently I am on 400mg daily (split doses 3 times a day). No sleepiness, fatigue, or lethargy as others report unless more than 250 mg are taken at 1 time. So far I've noticed that I crave sugary foods, although I do not eat much at all anymore. Actually losing weight (probably because I eat sugar-free candies instead of the sugar I crave). No more roaring in my ears, weird out of body experiences, and my mind doesn't play tricks on me so much. | I actually like this med ALOT. When I feel myself talking way too wicked fast, and very confused in my own head, and hearing/seeing things, I know my next dose is due. Kicks in about 25 minutes later and I feel serene - a rare feeling for me. | F | 26 | 14 days | 3/17/2007 | 4 | Bi-Polar | MUNCHIES OMG the munchies are horrible and a very welcomed sleep | M | 22 | 3 weeks | 3/16/2007 | 3 | schizophrenia, major depression | weight gain, muscle spasms, sleeping all day and night | over all I think this drug helps me | M | 34 | 1 years | 3/15/2007 | 3 | schizophrenia, major depression | Weight gain. muscle spasms in my legs. sleeping all day long. | I think this helps me over all. I just have to make sure I get enough sleep on the weekends. I also took an over the counter med for muscle spasms and it helped. I have yet to find a solution for the weight gain. | M | 34 | 1 years | 3/15/2007 | 2 | Anxiety and help for sleeping | My problem was I was very depressed and was sleeping far to much. I was also on Cipralex(10mg). The seroquel made me want to sleep even more, and I found it made me more depressed. I felt i needed 12 hoursof sleep or more to function when on it. | F | 25 | 3 months | 3/15/2007 | 2 | Bipolar II | EXTREME weight gain, 71 pounds in 18 months, moderate solemness | I had been on Seroquel for 18 months when I finally looked in the mirror in horror at my fat self. My husband and I decided it was time to get off. Since getting off I've lost 13 pounds, in 2 weeks. A word of caution, my detox from this med (I stairstepped down from it) was vicious. I had flu like symptoms, chills, fever feeling, extreme nausea, dizziness, and pure exhaustion. Please be very careful if coming off. | F | 35 | 18 months | 3/13/2007 | 3 | Psychotic Bipolar Depression | Weight gain! To the tune of 60lbs! Lethargy. | Seroquel did help me with my illness, but at a high price. I slept all the time and gained alot of weight. I can hardly remember the year of my life while I was on this. Whether I can fully attribute that to Seroquel or a combination of the drug and my illness, who knows. But I was foggy and tired all the time even though the psychotic symptoms went away and my constant anxiety and insomnia were alleviated. | F | 25 | 1 years | 3/12/2007 | 5 | bi-polar, ptsd, adhd, boderline per | sleeping through the night and sometimes during the day!! THE BIGGEST SIDE EFFECT OF SEREQUEL IS THE 50 LBS WEIGHT GAIN!!!! BUT I LOVE TAKING IT. I HAVEN'T BETTER!!! | F | 38 | 2 years | 3/10/2007 | 4 | Bipolar II, Borderline Personality | trouble concentrating and staying on task, groggy upon waking (doesn't matter if I sleep 2 or 12 hours), slight heat sensation in forehead, sometimes it is hard to form sentences and certain words for about 4 hours after waking, definite memory loss | Unless you are willing to donate enough time to work through the side effects and create a plan that will allow you to deal with them positively, stay away from this drug. As a college student this has been quite a challenge. However, at the expense of my grades, I finally feel stable due to this drug. I am also taking Lamictal (150mg) and the combination of the two really help to control my anxiety, depression, and keep episodes from occuring often. | F | 5 months | 3/6/2007 | 2 | Insomnia & Depression | After taking Seroquel for 30 days in alcohol/drug inpatient treatment program, I returned home with a script to take 100mg, a fairly small dose, around 9pm each night to help with sleeplessness. It is day 44 and after taking it every night, I began experiencing muscle cramps in my shoulders and arms, so painful that I wouldn't be able to sleep and couldn't even lay down. I have also been taking Suboxone, a wonder drug for addicts recovering from opiate addiction. I have weened myself off Suboxone completely, with doctor's assistance, and figured the cramping was from that. Now I have not taken the Seroquel for 4 nights, have not slept in 4 nights, and am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I'm a mess. Anyone experienced this as a side effect, and if so, what did you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | F | 23 | 44 days | 3/6/2007 | 2 | Insomnia & Depression | After taking Seroquel for 30 days in alcohol/drug inpatient treatment program, I returned home with a script to take 100mg, a fairly small dose, around 9pm each night to help with sleeplessness. It is day 44 and after taking it every night, I began experiencing muscle cramps in my shoulders and arms, so painful that I wouldn't be able to sleep and couldn't even lay down. I have also been taking Suboxone, a wonder drug for addicts recovering from opiate addiction. I have weened myself off Suboxone completely, with doctor's assistance, and figured the cramping was from that. Now I have not taken the Seroquel for 4 nights, have not slept in 4 nights, and am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. I'm a mess. Anyone experienced this as a side effect, and if so, what did you do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | F | 23 | 44 days | 3/6/2007 | 3 | insomnia, anxiety/panic | Really bad restless legs for an hour or so after taking drug. Also, I ate everything in sight! | I was a complete mess going through a divorce. I couldn't get out of "the bad place" (like lying on my bed crying for 2 hours or wanting to all the air out of his tires). I'm on 37.5mg Effexor, 1-2mg clonazapam/daily, 10-20mg ambien, 0-1.5mg xanax/daily, 0-50mg trazadone/daily for long term anxiety problems, and the seroquel really helped get me "over the hump" emotionally. Only took it for a little over a week, but its like a heavy duty valium. | F | 30 | 10 days | 3/5/2007 | 2 | depession | dont really know if its doing any thing for my depession but i get this very spaced out feeling since i have being taking it,so much so i am thinking of giving it up ,as for weight no problem just drink plenty of coffee,works for me!!!car | M | 34 | 2 months | 3/4/2007 | 5 | Sleep and Bi Polar | Dry mouth , and its hard to get out of bed sometimes. | I think seroquel is awesome for sleep! also i feel better about everything the depression has subsided quite well. I took my girlfriend home one night and took seroquel and it is quite scary so be careful. I was almost daydreaming while driving my car back to my house. Looking at the streets and places in town i thought i was back in my home town where i grew up. Almost delusional Seroquel is in a way. It takes about 2hrs to work good and your head starts to tingle and u just pass out really good stuff. My kidneys hurt in the morning because i dont pee and the med may or may not wake u so be prepared to pee like a racehorse. But all in all its awesome , oh and the weight gain is there very little it slows your metablism down a tad just work out a lil bit and your good to go! Great stuff | M | 25 | 6 months | 3/2/2007 | 4 | insomnia | I started hearing every little sound like it was echoed and ten times louder. | I had high expectations towards this medicine as everyone here said it's great. I took my first 50 mg last night and it took about 2 hours before I got tired. I went to bed and instantly fell in sleep. Woke up only once during the night (to the bathroom) and fell back to sleep. It's not what people say it is, I don't get instantly tired nor so tired I couldn't stay awake. It just helps me to fall in sleep. That's what it's supposed to do. Will keep on taking this med! | M | 22 | 1 days | 3/2/2007 | 3 | sleep, PTSD, TRD, Self injury | weight gain | It's the only drug I can take to get any hope of a night without flashbacks and nightmares | F | 49 | 1 years | 2/27/2007 | 4 | Sleep - Bipolar Mixed | I have an insatiable appetite and am gaining weight (argh), My speach slurrs pretty badly if I don't get 8 hrs sleep | I take 300 mg at bedtime - sleep in 20 minutes; I really do not like the weight gain and possibly will go off for that reason. I finally lost 10 pounds after going off depabloat. I need to lose 10 more. I don't need this now. I also did not realize that this is prescribed for Manic episodes. This may be a good thing. I will ask my barometer (my husband). I have been sleeping through the night which is something new for me. | F | 49 | 60 days | 2/25/2007 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder NOS | weight gain, severe drowsiness | I gained about 15 lbs over course of a year, at which point I was prescribed Topamax to lose the weight (changing diet/exercise didn't work). I also was sleeping literally twice as much as before (14 hrs per night) on 400 mg per day, and felt fatigued all day long. Recently decreased to 150 mg, which in combination with Abilify manages the mania without making me too tired. | F | 39 | 2 years | 2/25/2007 | 3 | bipolar II | severe headaches, rapid weight gain, increased appetite, some memory loss, i couldn't remember anything from a half hour before taking the drug up to finally being woken up, waking up was quite the task also, i've been late to work multiple times this past week. the worst part, numbness in my left leg/hip region | I'm not sure what has caused the numbness, but I can't think of anything else that could cause it. It is numb as though i was given a shot from a dentist in the hip. I set up an appointment with my dr and hopefully can go off of it. | F | 20 | 6 days | 2/25/2007 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder NOS | acne | I forgot to mention this one | F | 39 | 3 years | 2/25/2007 |