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 | bi-polar I | I have experienced no adverse side effects. | Seroquel saved my marraige, job and life. I have been in my manic state for several months, I feel my cycle of depression beginning but have yet to suffer. I am hopeful seroquel will not only help greatly with being manic but also ward off depression. I feel more focused and alive than I have in years. | F | 35 | 5 days | 7/25/2005 | 4 | Anxiety; Panic Attacks; Depression | drowsiness a couple of hours after injestion. | 25 mg for 1 week so far....helps a lot with sleep and I awaken without that sluggish feeling + I don't oversleep. | F | 42 | 1 weeks | 7/21/2005 | 5 | Schizo Affect | Sometimes when the medicine is kicking in and I try to stay awake (at the computer TV etc...) I experience hallucinations and lathargy. I feel punch drunk etc... I take 1000mg (Heavy Duty Dose) at bedtime or thereabouts. I do this to avoid the sleepiness and knee tremors if taken during my daytime hours. For the most part I wake up sleepy sometimes I feel blunted in my awareness and emotions. Other than that this med has been much better than Zyprexa, Risperdol and definatley better than Navaine (Spelling?). I have also experienced weight gain on Seroquel. | I have at times due to the responsibilities of my life had to take lesser doses to be able to wake up earlier. I do not advocate this as my blood level has slipped too low on different ocassions and I started to experience full blown symptoms of Schizo. I take Nuerontin and Attivan as well. My doc is trying to ween me off those currently. | M | 35 | 6 years | 7/20/2005 | 3 | insomnia, anxiety | sleepyness, also made my head feel a little weird before falling asleep | I only took a tiny dose to aid sleeping, but felt drowsy almost the entire following day. | F | 21 | 1 months | 7/17/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe disorientation, muddled thinking, extreme difficulty waking up, distrubing dreams. | This medication made me feel like I was falling down a well that never ended. The pill made me sleep, but the sleep was not at all restful. I compare it to the feeling of being on an airplane for a very long time. When the plane finally lands and you get off, you don't know where you are or what day it is. It's very disorienting. I had frigtening dreams. I felt like I was too heavy to move from my bed. The first time I took it, I took one pill, the next time, half a pill, finally, one quarter of a pill. It was always awful. My insomnia is terrible, but honestly, I would rather not sleep than take this medicine and feel the way it made me feel. | F | 33 | 3 times | 7/17/2005 | 1 | ptsd,depression,insomnia,ed,anxiety | Ive experianced extream weight gain, rashes, | I take 50mg during the day to keep me calm. And 75mg at night to help me sleep. | F | 24 | 3 days | 7/16/2005 | 5 | bipolar | about five pounds weight gain in two weeks and a little sleepy at first, but it went away. The doctor says that the weight gain may be due to the fact that I feel so much better. Honestly, the weight gain stinks, but I feel so much better. My hubby says the weight gain is well worth the change in my attitude and mood. | the crazy thinking/racing thoughts have just almost stopped and i feel almost normal after just being on the meds for two weeks. I was on Cymbyax for three weeks and did not feel as good as I do after being ont he Seroquel for just two weeks. I take 50mg at night and 25mg in the morning. I also take 500mg Depakote at night, .05mg of Synthroid in the morning | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 7/5/2005 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Loss of Motor Coordination. Strange facial twitches (the symptoms are very much like Tardive dyskinesia) A lot of cognitive problems with concentration and problem-solving. | All off these problems were brought upon by a overdose of the drug. I absorbed about 3000 mg with alcohol one night and have not been right since. Constant pain and suffering that is only elieved by a pathetic sence these symtoms will go away. Lost my job and cannot leave the house. Cannot enjoy anything I used to do. My family doesn't treat me the same and are constantly irrtating me with humiliating imitations. This is Hell. | M | 26 | | 6/27/2005 | 3 | Insomnia | Very tired all day. Sometimes i couldn't fall asleep and experienced strange side effects like rapid heart rate, tremors all over my body - felt like anxiety attack. Sore bones and muscles. Ringing in the ears so loud I couldn't fall asleep. Jerking of the body. High cholesterol levels, however I don't know if this is caused by the drug. | I only took 25 mg to knock me out. Decided to quit taking the drug because the effects I was having in the middle of the night when I didn't fall asleep were scaring me. | F | 25 | 1 years | 6/26/2005 | 5 | schizo-affective disorder | dry mouth. morning sleepiness. | I love this drug. I take 75mg of seroquel with risperdal, gabapentin and effexor. It has given me sleep and serenity. It has been years since I was able to go to bed and feel assured that I would fall asleep and stay asleep. I am calm during the day and social skills have improved. Less anxiety around people. Fewer hallucinations. | F | 47 | 90 days | 6/23/2005 | 2 | mood disorder | I had what first started as occasional and then became daily occurances of hypotension. My BP would drop from 120/80 to less than 80/60 in a heartbeat. It would take me 3 to 4 hours for my body and the blood pressure to recover. My Dr. has taken me off of it. Not very good for the | 200 mg 2 X daily, combined with 2 other seizure meds, UGH! I was very zombie like, although I certainly had an even mood. We were never quite sure this is what I needed. I feel better off of this. | F | 43 | 9 months | 6/22/2005 | 5 | Sleep problems, mood swings | At first, experienced agitation and very zombie-like throughout the day. Was also hard to wake up for work. Now I don't really get any side effects at all. | I LOVE this medication, it is the best Ive ever taken. My moods have stabilized and I am very positive and upbeat all day long. I sleep very very well and have hardly any side effects. all side effects went away after taking it for a week or so. I recommend it! | M | 26 | 2 weeks | 6/14/2005 | 3 | Sleep | Drowsiness, emotionless, not caring about anything, anger/agitation. | At first I started at 100 mg at night, but couldnt wake up in the morning for work. Then went to 50mg, still had trouble waking up. Now am taking 25 mg, and am ok with getting up, however, I am very stolid and emotionless throughout the day. I don't care about much and at night before I take my dose, I feel really pissed off...? The anger/agitation I feel is annoying, but I hope that it will wear off, as I have only been taking it a week or so. | M | 26 | 1 weeks | 6/8/2005 | 3 | Mood stabilizing | I am taking 25mg at night and 25mg inthe morning. I feel as if i have the flu or something I don't want to eat at all so i have to force myself to eat a couple times a day. Then I feel as if I havn't sleped in days although i sleep usually 12 or more hours a night. | I'm just atarting out so if any one can tell me if it is worth it to keep on with this drug please tell me. | F | 24 | 3 days | 6/6/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | None except sleepiness (which was the whole point) | I used to take Ambien for insomnia, but I found myself the next morning having no memory of what I'd done the night before (made dinner plans, had sex with my fiance, etc.) Seroquel is much gentler--it just makes me feel tired, like I should. Sometimes I still wake up in the middle of the night, though. | F | 8 months | 6/4/2005 | 4 | Bipolar-clinical depression | Weight gain +/- 40lbs. Fatigue (good for sleep though) Extremely vivid dreams occassionally. | I just hate the fact that I gained so much weight. I'm not sure if it's b/c around the same time I began a whole new medication regimine. I discontinued taking lithium after my skin basically exploded with acne and I had hope it would help me stop gaining weight. I haven't gained anymore, but it's still not going back down. After reading everyone's comments, I'm starting to wonder if it could be the seroquel that is causing excessive weight gain too. *pondering* | F | 23 | 7 months | 5/31/2005 | 5 | bi-polar rapid mood swings | wieght loss, sometimes hard to wake up in the morning. | I am now taking 350mg at night and for the first time sice I was teenager I am sleeping 7-8 hrs a night. At higher lvls seroquel cleared my head and I could comprehend stuff much better than I could before. This drug actually has helped me lose wieght by stabilizing my mood swings, so I can focus and carry out an exercise program. The only time I have side-effects is when I drink, thats when I get the muscle spasms and zombie like feeling, but since seroquel stop me from going manic when I drink, I don't see any point in drinking at all. I guess I could say seroquel has helped me kick a very bad drinking problem. This is probably a result of its mood stablization properties, it keeps me from goin manic so I don't get the unbeiliable high I used too when I drank. | M | 30 | 2.5 years | 5/26/2005 | 4 | bipolar / insomnia | I slept very well on 25mg at bedtime. I had to be sure I took it early enough so that I would have at least eight hours to sleep, otherwise very sleepy in the am. Problem is I developed mouth puckering, which my md said could be a side-effect.(dyskinea) | I'm disappointed I had to go off. Hoping maybe I only had the mouth puckering because I was also on Prednisone for asthma. Maybe when done with prednisone, can try again. | F | 41 | 10 days | 5/26/2005 | 3 | bipolar and sleep | I gained 100 pounds over 12 months! I had bad sleep | It does help with sleep- but it it makes you drag the next day if you take 400 mg. a night like me. | F | 53 | 12 months | 5/24/2005 | 3 | bipolar and sleep | I gained 100 pounds over 12 months! I had bad sleep | It does help with sleep- but it it makes you drag the next day if you take 400 mg. a night like me. | F | 53 | 12 months | 5/24/2005 |