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 |
| 3 | Bipolar | took 200 morning 200 night. Couldn't stay awake during the day. even 25 knocks me out. Don't complain at night... Love to be able to sleep. Otherwise other conditions anxiety keeps me awake. Stuffy nose after taking it??? anyone else??? Feel sky high for about 30 min then out like a light. Good for people that don't want to live much.. I refuse to take it in the morning time.. Would just be a vampire the rest of my life... | M | 28 | 4 years | 1/4/2007 | 2 | Insomnia, bpd | Lethargy, weight gain, muscle weakness, twitching | It worked for my mind but my body paid the price. I cannot deal with the weakness and lethargy due to the fact i am an athlete. I also will not tolerate the weight gain. | F | 23 | 5 days | 1/4/2007 | 1 | bipolar I | Very aggitated. Very groggy, unstable. Suicidal and angry, restless with no energy. I was really scared about how I felt while trying this medication. | I read many positive things about this drug on this website, so I thought it would be a good replacement for Zyprexa as Seroquel has less weight gain risk, but I would rather be fat and happy, than skinnier and a complete basket case. | M | 47 | 5 days | 1/2/2007 | 5 | bipolar disorder | none..which is why i love it. NO...correction...it makes me very, very tired. That did get better with time, but I'm on a med that helps with that in the a.m.....so I don't even notice it now... | first bipolar med I've taken that doesn't make me stupid | F | 39 | 20 months | 1/1/2007 | 1 | Bipolar | Massive weight gain, eventual loss of self, cold desperation,zombified. I would warn people to be careful with this drug because it will become your master and you it's slave. | 8 years i've been on this and while it semmed helpful at first, I've become a fat lazy toad lying on the couch watching the world go by in a zombie state | M | 31 | 8 years | 12/30/2006 | 4 | insomnia due to mania | rapid weight gain--I've taken LOTS of drugs where weight gain was a major problem for other people but not a problem for me. Then came Seroquel and I "grew" out of my clothes almost too fast to find bigger ones | Very much helped the racing thoughts and let me sleep but I stopped taking it because of the weight gain | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 12/29/2006 | 2 | Insomnia | None that I know of | A psychiatrist specializing in sleep studies prescribed 50mg of Seroquel before bed. It doesn't even come close to making me sleepy. I lay awake all night, and if it wasn't for a hot tub and several glasses of wine I would never sleep. Maybe I need a stronger dose. I am 6'4" and weigh about 230 lbs. | M | 55 | 3 weeks | 12/28/2006 | 1 | Panic Attack - High Anxiety | ABSOLUTELY THE WORST MEDICATIION THAT I HAVE EVER TAKEN. DO NOT TAKE. Restless Legs; Tremendous Hallucinations; Had to crawl on hands & knees to go to bathroom; Over Relaxed my muscles to a point where my old-dislocated shoulders were pulling themselves out of there sockets while laying down; increased panic attacks for short time; and Over-slept (uncomfortably) off and on for 2 days. Very groggy for 48 hours. Later, I felt my kidneys having a hard time processing medication. | Would not recommend. Zombie. Laziness and increased eating. | M | 40 | 5 days | 12/28/2006 | 4 | bipolar | extreme sleepiness (or just feeling high as ever.), dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, panic/anxiety, stuffy nose, difficulty breathing, difficulty walking, zombie-like. | seroquel has worked marvelously for treating bipolar disorder, however i'm not so sure if the side-effects are worth it. i'm actually terrified to take it some times, because of how strongly it affects me-- when i can't breathe well and i'm trying to sleep, i panic. when i can't swallow food, i panic. then, some days it has absolutely no affect on me at all and i will be awake until 2 in the morning; it's ridiculous. i hate the dependency on it to sleep, and i do not like that i feel as though i have zero control over my own body. | F | 18 | 3 months | 12/27/2006 | 1 | Sleep | Over eating like a hog urinating my bed every night not reccomended!!! | Was on 900 mg a night got all the way up to 456 pounds back to 350 in 9 months dont take it | M | 28 | 6 months | 12/27/2006 | 2 | Insomnia, over-sensitivity, stress | A drunk feeling and bad quality sleep. Difficulty to wake up. Groggy feeling all day. Greasy skin. And maybe other things, who knows?! | A word of warning! I was taking Seroquel at night 25 mg and then 25 mg on waking up after five hours. I wasn't sure it was reducing my anxious feelings but I did get a sleepy feeling from it. I was, HOWEVER, also taking other medicines to help me sleep (zopiclone, a cousin of benzoes, at first and then tematsepam, a benzo, and Somadril, a muscle relaxant, for a while because the zopiclone didn't seem to work effectively anymore). After 7 months I had to taper off on the strong sedatives as I had grown tolerant to them. That's when I noticed that Seroquel actually produced really bad quality sleep! No matter how many hours I slept I kept feeling underslept. The situation was only stabilized when I cut down on Seroquel and started on zopiclone again. Now I use about 25 mg per night only. I wouldn't recommend more than that. | F | 40 | 8 months | 12/26/2006 | 2 | On going off all my other medecines EXCEPT Seroquel I realized the quality of sleep was rapidly decreasing and I was going crazy from not ever feeling rested! Eyes hurting and tension from lack of decent, deep sleep. Even with sleepingpills the quality is better. | I forgot to mention in my earlier statement that I used to be on Zopiclone as wELL as amitripyline on the same time that I was taking Seroquel in the night time to help me slepp. So when I tapered off all the others expect Seroquel the bad quality of sleep showed up. I went off amitriptyline because a doc wanted I try cymbalta, but it was poison to me so I went back on amitriptyline and doubled the dose. It's supposed to better the quality of sleep and reduce pain a bit, so I suggest you take that rather than seroquel! I know the docs say a lot of bullshit about the safety of seroquel but I'm sure it's more slyer than any of the straightforward and maybe old and proven sedatives! | F | 40 | 8 months | 12/26/2006 | 5 | gifted | I heard that president Bush's airforce one pilot takes seroquel. It really help's him fly the world's most important man safely, across the globe. He keeps it in his side pocket, and as soon as he's stat's seeing things he pops a few hundred mg's. Definitely a wicked drug, I'd reccomend it for the entire human race. If everyone took it, there'd be no wars because everyone would be sleeping or eatting all the time. I think scientists should try to geneticaly engineer this molecule into the human body permanently. It makes average people feel like their alive for once in their life. Take it before dinner, take it while with friends, and give some to the kids. You know serouqel will only make them better, and never worse. Props to astrazeneca and teh monkies which got the first chance to test it out. | M | 19 | | 12/25/2006 | 5 | Bipolar--mixed episode | Weight gain (in just 7 days!), muscle soreness (has anyone else experienced this?), lethargy, increased appetite (I want to eat everything in sight!), I am doing well except for the weight gain--I lost 60lbs in the past couple of years from drug side effects and I don't want to gain it all back again. I don't want the depression of weight gain in my life. Any ideas? I am thinking of getting back onto Weight Watchers, but with the mixed episode and the lingering depression at this time, I just don't think I have the energy left. I also don't have clothes to wear if I gain weight--I got rid of all my bigger clothes. Help! Any ideas? | suicidal thoughts are gone, sex drive is still good, i love that I can sleep again (I do wake in the middle of the night, but I can fall back asleep with few problems), I don't hate everyone anymore (decrease anxiety and irritability), increased concentration and cognitive functioning (I actually can make a joke again and I know that means that I am doing better because my brain in processing information at a good speed--not too quick), I don't dread the words that come out of my mouth such as "shut up you stupid idiot!" (while people may need to hear this, I now am beginning to feel that I have a "ego filter" for my id again!). I am currently taking Lamictal 300mg, Seroquel 100mg, Klonopin 3mg. I was on Klonopin and Lamictal only for 2 and 1/2 years and was doing great and then in the past month I became manic/depressed again and on the verge of psychosis--I started getting paranoid which has never happened before. Please keep talking because I feel alone in this a | F | 35 | 7 days | 12/24/2006 | 5 | bipolar II | Sleep 10 hours a day; hard to wake up; a little spacey; gaining a few pounds | I love this drug! It really works for my bipolarity. Everything has calmed down. I used to take Ambien and Lunesta for sleep, but now I don't need to. I take 100mg every other day, and 50mg every other day. This way I'm not so spaced out in the morning (well, afternoon!). I'm gaining some weight, but I didn't know that this drug makes you hungry until I did some research. So, I'm going to just watch my diet and get to the gym. | F | 36 | 3 months | 12/17/2006 | 4 | I gained 25 lbs pounds and worked out daily and eat nutritionally each day. FYI this medicine causes at least 10 lbs gain from medicine alone | Be careful of weight gain and this slows down your metabolism and also makes you hungry more (scary about weight gain)!!!! | F | 35 | 9 months | 12/16/2006 | 4 | bi-polar/anxiety/mood | eat uncontrollably after taking dose (200 mg/night) severe leg restlessness and some cramping (very uncomfortable) | my doctor put me on this and backed down my prozac dose because I was having some unstable mood swings including aggitation and anger....it seems to have helped quite a bit, but am very concerned about weight gain...anyone with any type of weight control tips, PLEASE e-mail me.....I eat even when I'm asleep! | F | 42 | 6 months | 12/9/2006 | 3 | bipolar 2 | sleep | psychiatrist gave me samples of this to replace klonopin for nights when I can't sleep because I was beginning to abuse Klonopin and ended up getting it a car accident and a DUI for it. This helps me sleep, but it's expensive so I stick to klonopin- just have to be careful and my psych. understands that cost is very important | F | 20 | 5 days | 12/3/2006 | 2 | Depression | weight gain (15 pounds so far)Dry mouth, always tired | I have had no changes in my mood since starting seroquel, the only thing it does is make me sleep alot. I take 250 mg once a day before i go to bed. | M | 16 | 23 days | 11/29/2006 | 5 | Bi-Polar II / Anxiety | Only on 75mg/day - feel bloated, gained a few pounds, but I think the weight gain has Plateaued. Felt my metabolism shift into low-gear when I first started taking it. Been on it for about a month, if I gain anymore, I will cut back even more than the 100mg/day the doctor initially prescribed. More diet and excercise will be the rule for the time being - we'll see | I can't say how much this medication has brought me back down to earth. I'm also on 100mg Lamicatal. Lamictal took me out of depression - but also took me too high. (especially with coffee...turned me into the great corn-holio). Seroqel "quelled" the racing thoughts and gave me a good nights sleep. Why does there always have to be a trade-off with medications? You either do well physically without, but suffer mentally - or you take the meds, feel well menatally, but pudge out! If these med-researchers ever figure out the metabolism/weight gain/endocrine problems, they would hit the jack-pot!!! GET IT RIGHT DOCS...but still...Seroquel is a mental life saver for me. | M | 30 days | 11/28/2006 |