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 |
| 1 | PTSD induced nightmares/insomnia | Took Seroquel to induce sleep and stop nightmares. I had a hard time falling alsleep when taking Seroquel as well as increasingly vivid nightmares. I felt as though my brain was overactive, but my body couldn't wake up even though I was aware I was having a nightmare. Very odd sensation. Also, during the day I experienced dry mouth, nausea, dizziness, feelings of being disconnected, off-balance physically and mentally. | After 2 nights at 25 mg, I am have decided that this is not the medication for me. | F | 34 | 2 days | 9/10/2006 | 4 | schizoaffective disorder/ bipolar | I was first diagnosed with a problem and given Seroguel while I was in a drug rehab. I was a zombie for the first few days. Within a week it didn't make me tired anymore. Within my first month I felt amazingly happy/ content for the first time in my life. I have noticed the sugar cravings, and the weight gain!!!! My god I've gained 30 lbs. I've also noticed I get a heat sensation in the small of my back. For no apparent reason my back will feel like im leaning on a heating pad. It's nothing serious enough for me to discontinue use of Seroquel but it is odd. | I do think Seroquel is a miracle pill. It is rather expensive when you start taking high doses, for example I take 500 mg per day. However you cannot put a price on your health and happiness. So it is worth it. | F | 21 | 4 months | 9/9/2006 | 1 | Serious Depression | Mood swings resulting in increased depression | This drug is the worst thing I have ever seen. Please, do not allow you or a loved one to take this drug. My mother took it as perscribed and without warning had a depressive mood swing resulting in suicide | F | 53 | 3 months | 9/8/2006 | 5 | ocd/ bdd/ bpd | Weight gain (no problem for me as I was very underweight; I actually like the fact I've put on 1 1/2 stone). I take it at night because of extreme tiredness (like being stoned). I crave sweet things after having taken it. Muscle twitches before sleep. Vivid, strange dreams. | I love seroquel. I take 100mg as well as 40 mg prozac and they've KILLED my ocd and bdd. I don't remember feeling so happy: I enjoy my life now and before wanted to kill myself. These drugs worked will for me. | M | 28 | 4 weeks | 9/7/2006 | 5 | BP1, Depression, insomnia | I take 400 at night to start off. i've only been on it a week or so. just drowsiness in the morning a bit, but easy to deal with if i get 7-8 hrs sleep. | i would like to know about dieting and seroquel. i take Wellbutrin XL450, lamictal 300 and now seroquel 400. i read another post from someone who said a diet pill program was working, and i'm just wondering if any one else has input? please email me. | F | 25 | 1 weeks | 9/6/2006 | 2 | Sleep & Mood | Seroquel is very addictive. You’ll need lots of sleeping pills when coming off this med because what it does for dependency for sleep (replacing brain chemicals). If you know the history of drugs used for epilepsy (BP patients have a chance of having an epileptic episode while people with epilepsy may have BP symptoms with sudden discontinuation) never go on and of this kind of drug suddenly. Concentration is another issue when on this drug. | If you need a drug because you’re just too antsy it will definitely chill you out (maybe too chilled because you’ll feel tired all day). This drug will affect how you feel in the morning (drowsy) and how long you sleep. I would not recommend this drug. Avoid it if you’re just taking it for sleep since it will give you side effects that you have never dealt with before, particularly during discontinuation. | M | 28 | 5 years | 9/4/2006 | 3 | Depression, DID, Bipolar | 200mg per night and 50mg 3 times a day: It took forever for me to get up in the morning, and an hour after taking the night time dosage, I'd start hallucinating such as monsters growing from the walls. Hard time with eating disorder problems while on medication. | Went from having thoughts of self-injury on a scale of 1-10 at a 10 to having a 1 or 2. Personalities from the DID don't take over anymore, but still pose somewhat of a problem. | F | 18 | 4 months | 8/26/2006 | 5 | toxic psychosis | i experience alot of side effects when i first started taking it right away i noticed a difference talking alot which was good butt weight gain its horrible i couldnt control it i had stopped taking seroquel when i started again it was the intake f food i couldnt control but it was my moods i was screaming at everyone wanted to fight with everyone and then i would start crying and then i`d be happy basically i also tried risperdal but seroquel for me worked | even though the side effects might be strong it all becomes worth it in the end i now stopped this drug but this drug works well and after you stop this drug the weight gain goes away but you might have trouble sleeping but now i dont feel paranoid anymore and i have more self esteem and is less withdrawn | F | 17 | 8 months | 8/20/2006 | 5 | toxic psychosis | also on thing i forgot to say about this i had no concentration so i failed my school year i couldnt stay focused | again it works great! but your always tired and dont seem to wana move and eat as if ur always high off marijuana | F | 17 | 8 months | 8/20/2006 | 3 | Bipolar/Anxiety/Paranoia | Extreme lethargy if I take during the day so I made it only for night time, makes me sleep right quick. Took my full dose once (300mg), but it caused racing heartbeat (200 BPM+) which fluctuated. Inability to ejaculate a few hours after taking and drymouth. Abnormal vivid dreams, agitation/irritation towards others. Trouble with memory and some incoherence. Slight hallucination (Bug flying around where the was none) and at times increased Paranoia, slight arthritis. Increased appetite after I take, but haven't seen weight gain as of yet. | So far Seroquel has been helping my mood but at some expense. My fuse is alot shorter now, and I tend to be snippy and easily annoyed by almost everything around me, alot of the time in the daytime. When I first took it while using Marijuana, It skyrocketed my paranoia to a level where I could no longer function in society. I was scared for my life from some unseen threat for 3 months until I calmed down, and I had only taken the Seroquel for a week before I crashed. I still haven't recovered from that 6 months after taking, but It's almost there. Taking it again to help my mood. And it does, but nothing can help my cognitive process. | M | 21 | 2 weeks | 8/18/2006 | 5 | bipolar 1 | primarily fatigue. I take a large dose (700 mg) at night and I go nite-nite very soon afterward! Then I take a smaller dose (150mg) in the morning. About 30 minutes after taking it I feel fatigued but that passes with the hour. The weight gain with Seroquel is generally less severe then with other anti-psychotics. I have experienced some weight gain but nothing that I havent been able to control with nutrition and exercise. i weigh a bit more but my mood is a whole lot more stable and life is much better than it was years ago!! | I take seroquel along with Lamictal (lamotrigine) to aid in stabilizing my mood. Seroquel has been able to keep me from becoming fully manic and aids me in sleeping when I become hypomanic. It has been a life-saver for me! | F | 39 | 2 years | 8/14/2006 | 5 | augmenting an SSRI (OCD) | Experienced a whole-body slight burning/buzzing sensation upon taking first dose. Felt unpleasantly forced into sleep, and woke up at 4am in an oddly subdued panic-- as though my brain had split and one side was freaking while the other was too groggy to care. Currently: slight involuntary muscle movements before sleep. | I take 20mg Celexa in the morning and 12.5 mg Seroquel before bed. Seroquel helps enormously with Celexa-induced insomnia, and allows me to keep normal hours. I no longer wake up fearing consciousness: instead I'm clear-headed, calm and functional. Five stars! | F | 25 | 2 months | 8/12/2006 | 4 | Anxiety & OCD | Dry mouth, twitching, muscle spasms, gained 30 lbs, excessive sweating. Coming off of it I have experienced muscle aches, headaches, dizziness, lightheadedness and flu like symptoms... it's been 1 week since I have been off... and for the most part I am not experiencing the dizziness etc. I haven't lost weight yet. | I have never gained so much weight in my life except through pregnancies! | F | 28 | 2.5 years | 8/9/2006 | 2 | Insomnia and bipolar | Dry Mouth, clumsiness,grogginess. | I couldnt get out of bed in the morning and getting up with my kids at night was almost impossible. I couldnt hear them because I was so knocked out. | F | 31 | 14 days | 8/8/2006 | 1 | insomnia | I received tardive dyskinisia after taking seroquel for a month at 250 mg. I have muscle twitching and cheeks blowing out. I am quitting this drug | Don't take it.It is hard to wean yourself off without experiencing bad side effects like insomnia. | F | 52 | 2 months | 8/1/2006 | 5 | PTSD paranoid personality insomnia | some nightmares long sleep times | I slept around 2 hrs a night before seroquel and was extremely paranoid After seroquel 10 hrs a night sleep and gradual lowering but not completely of paranoia | M | 39 | | 7/26/2006 | 3 | insomnia | extremely drowsy the morning after, need more than 8 hours of sleep | i take it farly infrequently because i rarely have more than 8 hours to sleep but it really helps when i can take it. | F | 20 | 30 times | 7/23/2006 | 2 | Depression, Bi Polar, Anxiety, ADHD | It only took 2 days to know that i would not be taking this med any longer. It made me very tired all of the time, like a zombie. No way i could work taking this drug! | As with any drug, people respond diffently, so there is only one way to find out if this is the drug for you. | M | 43 | 2 days | 7/21/2006 | 1 | schizophrenia | I was put on seroquel about four years ago. I was at first on 1,200 mg the thereputic dose. I have kidney, liver problems, authritis, neuropathy, obesity. | Seroquel made me look like I was heroin not madication from a profesional.Seroquel is supposed to help concentration but has been shown to worsen concentration. | F | 27 | 4 days | 7/16/2006 | 4 | schizophenia | dry mouth, nice tiredness | I take 600+ | M | 36 | 1 years | 7/13/2006 |