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 | bi-polar/anxiety/trouble sleeping | The only side effects I have exerienced so far is being tired in the morning, and a little out of it. I have also experienced some trouble concentrating, but I know that is just from my body getting used to this new medicine. | I have been taking Wellbutrin and Trazadone for years (although I came off of trazadone while I was pregnant). After the birth of my daughter, 3 months ago, I started experiencing deep depression. I was crying all the time, for no reason. My doctor put me on seroquel recently. I have been tired in the mornings (taking 100mg tablet at night), but my mind is so much calmer. I do not feel anxious at all, the manic phase of my bi-polar has calmed down (I have rapid bi-polar cycles). Also, as many others on this site, I am sleeping much better (and NOT having nightmares). I have tried over 20 different medications over the years, and this one seems to be working very well, even though it's only been a short time. My advice to anyone nervous about starting this medicine - HAVE A GOOD MIND SET! It is extremely important to go into something new like this with a mind set that you are going to be fine, and that this medicine will work for you. Try not to concentrate on the bad things | F | 34 | 3 days | 3/6/2006 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder, Depression, PTSD | Leg tremors after taking it at bed time, constant groggy feeling during the day that makes it impossible to function or want to do anything other than sleep. Weight gain, LOTS of irritability and crankiness, almost worse than without the medication. | It does help stabilize my mood swings, although it takes away all good feelings and leaves me feeling void of emotions and energy. It definitely decreased the pitfalls of Bipolar Disorder, but it made it almost impossible to feel up or happy or excited about anything, and most certainly made me very cranky. | F | 26 | 3 weeks | 2/28/2006 | 1 | Rapid Cycling Bipolar, PTSD, BPD | EXTREME grogginess upon waking up, stiff jaw, agitation, headaches, makes me sleep for anywhere from 10 to 15 hours at a time, short-term memory loss, insatiable appetite, paranoia, cotton-mouth, lack of interest in any and all sexual activities. But it definantly solved my insomnia, unless I miss a dose. Then it's like the worst manic attack that you can imagine. The energy, oh the energy. | This medicine makes me so groggy in the morning that I litteraly cannot hold my head up or my eyes open or my mouth closed, let alone function! I only take 1/2 of a 25mg tablet! I had lost alot of the depression in the beginning, but now the agitation is worse and I am severly depressed. When the mania hits, it hits so much worse now. Everything seems to be intensified by 10 fold, including my appetite and chronic physical pain. I am definantly going to ask my doctor to take me off of this medicine! | F | 21 | 2 months | 2/28/2006 | 2 | insomnia related to daily migraines | I gained 10 pounds in the first two weeks, which sucked, but it was all water weight. Also, I was ALWAYS hungry. Especially for sweets. But I sure did sleep well, and everything comes at a price, right? The problem that took me off of the drug really quickly was that after we raised my dose to 50 mg I started to have suicidal thoughts whenever my migraines would get bad, which was often. This was not normal, but I kept my worries to myself for quite a while. Finally, I had a bad enough migraine that I knew I had a problem. The thoughts were overwhelming. Luckily, I was clearheaded enough to take myself off of the Seroquel and tell my boyfriend what was going on. After that, I began to hallucinate - I was seeing things, hearing things, "feeling presences" in the room. This went on for an entire weekend, on top of the migraine. When my doctor came into the office the following monday, I told him what was going on, and I was admitted to the hospital. I truly thought I was g | At first, I thought this medication was a godsend - it helped me sleep better than anything else ever has. To this day, I'd give anything to sleep like I did during my time on Seroquel - 20 minutes after taking it, I would be out cold, and I'd sleep for 8-10 hours straight. This is unheard for for me, as every other sleeping pill I've tried has acted as a placebo by comparison. I consider myself lucky if I get 6 hours of sleep a night with high doses of Halcion in my system currently. It's the only other pill I've found that even comes close to working. It's a shame that it all worked out the way it did, and it really depresses me :-( | F | 24 | 2 months | 2/26/2006 | 1 | severe depression, DID, and insomni | extreme weight gain, zombie state, lack of interest in any activity...no amount of exercise or diet helped me lose the weight. I have lately been experienced frequency of urination, night sweats, and weakness. I have been tested for diabetes...the results are not back yet. | I was told by my Psychiatrist that the only side effects were sleepiness and POSSIBLE weight gain. I was not warned of the diabetes risk or other side effects | F | 55 | 1 years | 2/23/2006 | 3 | bipolar 2 and insomnia | weight gain, dry mouth, possible bad taste | F | 49 | 7 months | 2/22/2006 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Sleepiness, Dry mouth. | This drug works better for me than Risperdal or Largactil and with less side effects. I take 450mg a day. I have problems with speech, memory and thinking, There's been a lot of improvement. It's helped with anxiety but the attacks haven't stopped altogether. It also helps with insomnia. | M | 17 | 6 months | 2/21/2006 | 5 | Bipolar, Anxiety, Insomnia | Dry Mouth, Rebound effect if I do not take at least a small dose the next day. | I took Zyprexa for many years, and I cannot say it helped all that much, but if I missed my bedtime dose for any reason , I could not sleep. I stopped the Zyrexa over two years ago and still had really bad insomnia. Seroquel has taken care of that, and I actually have dreams at night again - good dreams, not the nightmares I get from the benzos or Lunesta ! | M | 49 | 3 months | 2/17/2006 | 4 | Bipolar | Extreme weight gain! I went from 126 to 142 in a month and a half. Is this normal?? At first I expirienced feelings of not being able to move my arms and legs once i was in bed. I was on too high of a dose, 300 mg. Now I am on 100 mg at night. | I started taking seroquel in December My doc says that it doesn't cause weight gain, but after reading all the comments I am going to give him a call. I love the med though. I have never slept so well in my life. Plus, the constant crying has stopped almost all together. But, this weight gain is making me very depressed and I don't know if it is worth it. I have changed my diet and have started running every other day and there has been no change. I have actually gained two more pounds since then. Any advise? | F | 32 | 2 months | 2/15/2006 | 3 | Bipolar II,anxiety,insomnia | Increased appetite, strong sugar cravings, eating in the middle of the night, quick weight gain. | I rated my satisfaction a 3 because it does help with what my primary complaint was, insomnia. I'm not sure if its helping my Bipolar, or mood stability, but I do sleep better, excluding the times when I get up in the middle of the night with such a strong craving. | F | 32 | 7 days | 2/13/2006 | 2 | BI-POLAR SCHIZOAFFECTIVE | Loss of coordination. Losing center of gravity and falling down on occassion. Extreme blurred vision. Slurred speech on some mornings as I only take it at bed time. I am on 300Mg currently | M | 32 | 3 months | 2/13/2006 | 1 | bi-polar disorder | Seroquel works at first, but over time it first loses effectiveness, then ends up working against you. | The problem with all of these drugs, seroquel included, is that you're introducing something artificial into a living organism. That living organism, us patients, responds until it can figure out a way around this instrusion. So the problem is that all of these types of medications work at first, but have no long-term value as prescribed. As I get older, my anger and frustration with psychiatrists and drug manufacturers is growing. It's like taking your car to a mechanic, with steam and smoke billowing out from underneath the hood. But the mechanic, for some reason, is some jerk standing there with a blindfold and ear-plugs, and he staggers over, gropes your nuts, pulls on your thumb, grabs your ass, pokes you in the eye, and then says, "Okay, I've made my determination! Take this pill!" It's the language itself that's the problem. When I say "anxiety", for example, I'm not talking about any kind of anxiety that's within their experience. I'm not talking a &q | M | 49 | 1 years | 2/11/2006 | 1 | bi-polar disorder | Seroquel works at first, but over time it first loses effectiveness, then ends up working against you. | The problem with all of these drugs, seroquel included, is that you're introducing something artificial into a living organism. That living organism, us patients, responds until it can figure out a way around this instrusion. So the problem is that all of these types of medications work at first, but have no long-term value as prescribed. As I get older, my anger and frustration with psychiatrists and drug manufacturers is growing. It's like taking your car to a mechanic, with steam and smoke billowing out from underneath the hood. But the mechanic, for some reason, is some jerk standing there with a blindfold and ear-plugs, and he staggers over, gropes your nuts, pulls on your thumb, grabs your ass, pokes you in the eye, and then says, "Okay, I've made my determination! Take this pill!" It's the language itself that's the problem. When I say "anxiety", for example, I'm not talking about any kind of anxiety that's within their experience. I'm not talking a &q | M | 49 | 1 years | 2/11/2006 | 1 | bi-polar disorder | Seroquel works at first, but over time it first loses effectiveness, then ends up working against you. | I've been using seroquel for around a year now, but I take it only once every week or so to get my sleep pattern straightened around. The problem with this drug- in fact, the problem with ALL of drugs like this- is that it works for a while, but gradually stops working, and then one day it starts doing nasty things to you, like night terrors, paranoia, anxiety, hypochondria, and so on. None of these drugs are worth shit as per what they're supposed to be- not a single blasted one of them. These drug companies are full of crap on this point, and they have no business misleading people! The underlying problem is that something is wrong with a person's neurobiochemistry, which is a PHYSICAL PROBLEM. There is at present no way to fix that underlying problem. The problem with all of these drugs, seroquel included, is that you're introducing something artificial into a living organism. That living organism, us patients, responds until it can figure out a way around this instrusion. So the pr | M | 49 | 1 years | 2/11/2006 | 1 | Severe clinical depression | Strong sedative effects resulting in difficulties rising in the morning and daily somnolence (sleepiness), and an inability to concentrate or focus on the job at hand - Dizziness, and postural hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure) - Increased agitation, and some paranoia - Rapid weight gain (from 70kg to 94kg!), particularly around the midriff, which increases the risk of Type II diabetes (I am currently undergoing tests with my GP to check this) - Dry mouth with increased thirst and fluid intake (also a sign of diabetes) Markedly increased suicidal tendencies, where previously there were few and they were minor. | I hate this drug as it has far too many side-effects for me. My partner told me months ago to get off it, and he was right. I am now much more clear-headed and can concentrate at work again (I am a university scientist and need to be able to concentrate). I look back at 2005 as though I am looking into a fog. Not good! | F | 43 | 15 months | 2/7/2006 | 5 | severe depression, anxiety disorder | i just started to gain a lot of weight, no matter what diet i did, i coulndīt lose my weight. | it really makes you sleep, and get rid of anxiety | F | 16 | 3 months | 2/4/2006 | 4 | Bipolar disorder | Well...My BIG belly! Seroquel has worked really well for me over the last 6 years (off and on). But I can't take the weight gain part any longer. I've sorta gotten used to the drowsiness in the morning, but I never fully regained my energy, and it seemed to cause some muscle stiffness. Recently I've noticed some aggitation (bitchiness). Oh, and my libido went down a bit. | I was able to notice the side effects of seroquel when I would get off the meds. I started to lose weight, I had more energy, I was able to stretch easier (at workout). I've started to notice some aggitation from taking seroquel, like right after I take it, or the next morning. In the last several months I've been trying to find an alternative for my seroquel. I used to take 100 mg, while I was hospitalized, a few years ago, the doc was giving me 400 mg/day. I remeber I slept for 3 days! Now I'm down to 25mg, which helps me sleep, but I've developed a major dependence on it. Without it I'd stay awake for days, then I'd probably get manic again. This drug has definitely helped me through some bad times, but trying to lose weight on it is like shoveling snow in a snow storm. If I don't maintain my excersice routine within 3 weeks I'll gain the weight back and then some. I've gained over 50lbs. 6 years ago. I'm tired of being overweight, it sucks! I'm ready for a change. | F | 29 | 6 years | 2/3/2006 | 5 | SLEEPLESSNESS | NONE! No increase of appetite. NO GROGGINESS. | Works for me! For two years before Seroquel, hard time getting to sleep or wake up after 3 hours and can't go back to sleep. 25mg helps me sleep 9-10 hours each night, . More REM sleep! Can concentrate better. Everything seems sharper, brighter, crisper. Less moody and irritable. | F | 34 | 7 days | 2/2/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Increased Appetite | Yes, I've been taking Seroquel for a little over 5 years, and it is the best sleep-inducing drug I've ever tried. I take 50-75 mg at night, and in an hour I feel incredible and go to sleep. It also doesn't make me groggy in the morning, which is very nice. It works very well for me. | F | 20 | 5 years | 2/2/2006 | 2 | Racing thoughts | Confused, depressed, strange thoughts after just the very minimal dosage at night, but the day time was great. At night I layed in bed and obsessively thought about my mortality and death in general...not fun. | The first night I took the reccommended 25 mg starting dosage and took a shower and began to have weird thoughts like I have never had before. Memories of a long time ago, mixed with thoughts, mixed with an eerie depression. The next couple nights I increased the dosage and the thoughts increased, including thinking about death every night. I have thought about death every night since being on the medicine, not about suicide, but about mortality. Racing heartbeat evertime I took it at night, trying to fall asleep, I would also not be able to breath out of my nose, but that is becuase of the Depakote I'm also on...the doc said it's the combo of the two causing that. I felt great during the day, but at night, every time I took Seroquel, I would lay in bed trying to fall asleep and not be able to breath through my nose and think about my mortality until I nodded off. Not fun, let me tell you. Now, i'm trying to get off it, and I have never had insomnia before, until now. I couldn' | M | 24 | 3 months | 2/2/2006 |