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 | BiPolar I / Mild Aspergers | Better sleep. The first time I took this drug I made the mistake to take it immediately, it knocked me on my ass and my 25 minute drive home was difficult. I've found that its best to take at night and you might be asleep within an hour. | My moods don't swing nearly as much and I can hold a job better. I might be psychologically addicted to it already because I awake agitated when I sleep without it. This drug is very good at calming. I've only experienced normal 20mg dose.
In comparison to Zyprexa, which I took religeously for 2 years a few years back: Seroquel is a better (more moderate) dose for me. I still have access to the full range of natural emotions where when on Zyprexa I was just constantly in a state of void and not at full productivity. I compliment these meds with vitamins B complex (anti-depressant), C,Garlic(heart) & fish oil (mood swings (hard to judge its effectiveness)), and marijuana. I believe I function well under marijuana (when on zyprexa I often felt like additionally smoking weed would inflict physical pain on my brain). Due to the nature of Seroquel putting you to sleep, its not wise to drink alcohol after dose. Unless you like being the guy asleep in the pu | M | 26 | 6 months | 2/1/2006 | 4 | Paranoia | Weight gain, about 40lbs in one year, exercise & diet do not help. Increased appetite. Vivid dreams. | Easier to wake up in the morning, didn't feel groggy. Helped me relax and not worry. Better than Zyphrexa. | F | 24 | 1 years | 1/28/2006 | 5 | BiPolar II, Anxiety, Insomnia | I practically couldn't get out of bed for the first month. Some muscle twitches, blurred vision, minor memory problems intially. Weight gain - but that problem was solved through exercise. | Very effective for mania and anxiety. I didn't realize how it would help the insomnia. Good stuff. | M | 36 | 1 years | 1/27/2006 | 2 | ADHD/ anxiety acute Bipolar | well first i started to take seroquel and i loved it all my sleeping problems went away. until this pattern formed, right before id go to sleep and it would be all quiet i began to hear things and see things and i would have rapid nightmares. last week i woke up screaming god no's why? and because i had these thoughts i became paranoyed to sleep. the dellusions came and they would go away... but ive gained weight and i just want to tell people what happended. | great for insomnia. but not for me.... go see help if u have these side effects that happen to you.. | M | 15 | 6 months | 1/27/2006 | 1 | insomnia adhd anxiety and bipolar | i take 400mg and these are the side effect listed belowwwwwwwwww muddled think terrible nightmares. made me see things couldnt fall asleep disorentation. wakeing up by screaming.when i would try to fall asleep i kept waking up, i would have to turn the tv on and fall asleep somewhere else THE MEDICATION DIDNT WORK !!!!!!!! i hate it................... and i hope all this goes away. not to mention how this caused me to be paraniod see delusions and halucinate. unusual thinking and RAPID mood swings waking up..... | made me hear things and see things. muddled thinking and hallucinate. AND PARANIOD how do u think this made me feel and rapid mood swings waking up ...... like SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! and i hope there is a different medication to help me with these problems | M | 17 | 3 months | 1/27/2006 | 1 | anxiety and anger management | Makes me very very irritable. I'am worse off than before I started taking this medication. I have ony taken it for 13 days ..but I have to stop. It is affecting my job and home life ..because I'm so damn cranky on it. I called my doctor about this.. he said to continue taking it..it may kick in about 3 weeks..the thing is I can't wait that long because I won't have a job or a family by then. I just stopped.. I only take 100mg at bedtime..it does help for sleep..but I never had a problem sleeping. It didn't work for me and I don't plan to take it anymore. | I was wondering if other people had these type of effects from taking seroquel. I'm talking about the overwhelming irritability. | M | 49 | 13 days | 1/23/2006 | 5 | LOTS OF REASONS | Not Too sure on too medications and am happy to and extent....mostly dry mouth, needing sleep, muscle twitches, MAJOR WEIGHT GAIN, breathing is hard | good drug like i say it might be this one or the wellbrutrin but I have no more depression i think...not sure..at least dont want to die...and i am not angry anymore so thats good, although occasionly i would like to get mad to kick some bullies ass! | M | 16 | 4 years | 1/16/2006 | 3 | schitzo-effective | HAIR LOSS - I have hair down past my waist that is thinning. I am developing baldness. Have bald spots. I was taking 2,000 mg and have cut down to 200 mg but I'm still experiencing hair loss. Restless legs and dizziness with high dozes. It does help with anxiety and sleeplessness. | Helps with enduring hallucinations, but does not end them. | F | 56 | 3 years | 1/16/2006 | 1 | M | 22 | 1 years | 1/16/2006 | 5 | severe insomnia | side effects were positive. best sleep i've had in years-- including good dreams. i have not gained any weight as my appetite has remained unchanged. | makes ambien look like a placebo | F | 43 | 1 years | 1/15/2006 | 3 | insomnia | I experienced some increased appetite at first, but I was heavily anorexic at the time. Since stabilising my eating, I no longer have this problem, especially if I eat something right before taking it. | Regarding insomnia, it's either totally uneffective at 25mg or I find myself not only sleeping at night but sleeping the whole day at 50+mg. I'll purposefully miss activities because I cannot keep from sleeping. Thus, I look at it as a helpful but not so helpful drug. At least I'm sleeping, but the excessive sleeping is keeping me from being productive. I can't even begin to hold down a job, go to school, etc! | F | 25 | 2 years | 1/9/2006 | 1 | anxiety, depression, insomnia | Weight gain (35 pounds), unusual and sometimes disturbing dreams | I was prescribed this medication by a psychiatrist at an outpatient program I was in for one day. This doctor did not explain to me what the drug was for or what the side effects were, and it was not until I started seeing a more responsible psychiatrist that I learned about this drug. It was a highly innappropriate drug to be prescribed for my symptoms, and the side effects (weight gain in the short term, and tardive dyskinesia in the long term) were absolutely not worth it for me, and not for most people. It did let me sleep, which was why I continued taking it for so long and even started again after quitting. It didn't help my anxiety or depression. | F | 24 | 2 years | 1/9/2006 | 4 | Bipolar 2 / insomnia | drug hangover, and I do experience memory loss from about 1 hour after I take my meds until I wake up.... and trust me - alcohol on my prescribed dosages of meds is NOT a good thing. | I take 100mg of seroquel at night, along with 10mg of stilnox (zolpidem tartrate) as well as 2,500 mg a day of Epilim ( sodium Valporate ). 49 tablets a week is a little annoying..... I have been an extreme insomnia for the last 5 years, 30mg of Stilnox would only knock me out for 4 hours that was until I was prescribed seroquel now I can sleep for 8 hours straight, sometimes more. I wake up and feel a little doped out in the mornings however I can live with that considering its save me from the tragedy of no sleep and late night TV! | M | 33 | 6 months | 1/5/2006 | 3 | schizophrenia, insomnia | Main side effect is drowsiness, which is kind of what I wanted, except it didn't give a natural sleep. I didn't dream normally on this drug & woke up extremely groggy and miserable after a while. Going from 25mg to 50mg actually made this worse, so I went back to 25mg. But the poor sleep eventually made me stop cold turkey. | I actually like this drug, because it levels off symptoms of schizophrenia/neurosis so very well, without any weird side effects (like zyprexa). I was less reactive and could go out and do things without much concern, while still being 'connected' enough to relate to people half decently. It's just that it created a lack of quality sleep, which started to negate all the positives after a while. This is ironic because seroquel is sometimes prescribed to alleviate insomnia. | M | 35 | 6 months | 1/1/2006 | 2 | bi-polar depression paranoia | terrible withdrawal feeling when not using the drug hangover feeling in the morning, zombie like feeling during the day. | just like what the others said dont take it, it makes you lose your will to live. awful medication. | M | 19 | 16 months | 12/18/2005 | 3 | bipolar psychosis | Hangover in the morning, very hard to get going. Constipation that just about never goes away. Nightmares, feelings of withdrawl when a dose is missed. Headaches, oh the Headaches! Symptoms of diabetes | Seroquel helps me with my state of mind, but I find myself often times chosing mental health over physical because although this drug works well on the mind, its side effects can be horrible on the body. | F | 20 | 3 years | 12/17/2005 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder/O.C.D. | Extreme weight gain (of about 30 pounds) and this weight has not dropped a single ounce since I stopped taking this medicine about five months ago. Back when taking it, I had uncontrollable facial twitching at night while I laid in bed. My nose and mouth would involuntarily draw up tight like a puppet on strings. Horrible nightmares about things like Hell, fire, brimstone,etc. Had to be taken about thirty minutes before bed because it made me so drowsy I could not hold my head up. | I was diagnosed with O.C.D at age 19, then a few years ago a different doc said Bipolar, I am still not sure which one. While this drug helped a HUGE amount with my unwanted obsessive thoughts,it also made ME huge, LOL, and gave me side effects that remain with me to this day, five months after stopping the medication. Anyone who has experienced the same weight gain from this drug and has been unable to lose it since stopping the drug, please post here. I would like to know how to get my normal weight back and my metabolism corrected again. I don't like the thought of having to diet and excercise the rest of my life to get myself back to the way I was originally and stay that way. I apologize if that sounds lazy and snotty, but no one likes having to add a routine they didn't have previously to their lifestyle because a drug gave them permanent damage. It doesn't seem fair. I also suspect my blood sugar is now low as a result of taking this drug, since I sometimes wake in the n | F | 29 | 3 years | 12/13/2005 | 3 | Sleep | Let me just warn anyone contemplating taking this medication: Seroquel makes you FAT and KEEPS you fat! I started this medication at a size 4 with a 24 inch waist, now, two years later I am a size 10/12 with a 32 inch waist. No matter what I do or how healthy I eat I simply can not drop the weight. I was put on Seroquel as the anti-epilectic medication I take (Lamotrigine) has a rare side effect that unfortunately has affected me. It makes it impossible for me to sleep, so my doctor gave me Seroquel and yes, it does make you sleep like a baby. But it is really not worth it when there are other medications out there. I am now seeing the Dr. to switch medications and discontinue Seroquel. I will wait for three months (after being off of it) and then come back and post my results. In other words, I will let you know how long it took to lose weight after discontinuing Seroquel. | F | 32 | 2 years | 12/8/2005 | 4 | Sleeplessness | I love that Seroquel (300 mg) makes me sleep like a rock, but the weight gain sideeffect is horrible. I am getting desperate for a good nights sleep - I have tried so many sleep aids and the Seroquel is the best so far. I am currently taking Lunesta, which is a joke for me - puts me to sleep, but I wake up about three hours later and cannot sleep the remainder of the night. | F | 45 | 1 years | 12/5/2005 | 1 | manic-depressive disorder | Worst effect was when I would try to get up at night and would colapse onto the floor as none of my muscles would work. I would try to talk and just slurring would come out. My mind was coherent but my body would not work. VERY SCARRY!!!! My husband said "THROW THEM OUT" and I am absolutely taking his advice. | I described this to my doctor and she didn't seem so concerned. I think when our doc's prescribe things like this they don't take the time out to research the drug themselves, so they can't warn us of these horrible side effects. For some, they do more harm then good. | F | 48 | 4 months | 12/4/2005 |