SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1512 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SEROQUEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 3 | bipolar? insomnia | knocked me out first night, but after that also needed a little xanax to sleep(and this is supposed to help me get off xanax), first several days after were very groggy, no emotion, after 4 nights,though I had heightened, unfocused anxiety, swollen glands in neck | I may not have been on it long enough to tell, but I don't think this is the right drug for me, I'm afraid to stop, though, because the last time I did I went into one of the deepest depressions I have been in and it took me over two weeks to rebound | F | 36 | 5 days | 5/20/2005 | 4 | Biploar disorder | Dry mouth (only a problem at night), involuntary jerks, trouble waking up in the morning (drowsiness goes after about an hour), fine hand tremor which may be due to the lithium I'm also on. (Since starting it I've had abdominal and pelvic pain, severe enough to be hospitalised, urinary problems and a complete loss of appetite but the drs don't seem to believe that there is a link with the drug- currently nothing else has been diagnosed to date (infections have been ruled out). I've lost about 7 lb in 5 weeks.) | I've been on 400mg Seroquel for 6 weeks after months of rapid cycling- I haven't had a mood swing since starting it, which is very encouraging. Also on 1g lithium daily. Need to spend some more time asleep but generally doesn't affect my life much- I'm still working full time and very pleased with the drug. | F | 38 | 42 days | 5/18/2005 | 2 | Mood stabilization | My moods were worse | F | 18 | 30 days | 5/11/2005 | 5 | prenisone anxiety | drowsiness and vivid nightmares when on 25mg.when on one tab. twice a day. | very effective as it calmed the anger associated with taking a high dose of prednisone for multiple sclerosis.i would not take this any longer than 2 weeks because the nightmares are very annoying.this is just to be used for 30 days maximum in my situation.as the prednisone is tapered off,the need for seroquel decreases | M | 58 | 2 weeks | 5/7/2005 | 2 | schizoaffective bipolar w/ ADHD and | dizziness, disconnection, hard to wake up in the morning, fevers,loss of coordination | seroquel made my thoughts much less intense, and for a while it seemed like it was really helping my moods and insomnia, but after about 3 months I became completely depressed and it seemed like it had just completely stopped working and i was right back where i began. | F | 18 | 5 months | 5/4/2005 | 1 | my 13 year old son has been taking | nausea.headache | M | 13 | 8 months | 5/4/2005 | 5 | bipolar II, anxiety | Seroquel does make me sleepy- I take 200 mg at night and 50 mg twice during the day. Sleepiness is not bothersome in the day time and is great at night. I do have some memory and concentration problems, but these could be related to 25 years with depression and bipolar disorder, or to the other meds I take (Wellbutrin 400mg, depakene 400 mg) | I began with a small dose of seroquel (50 mg) during a hospitalization 15 months ago, dose was increased to 125 mg about a year ago. Six months ago (another hospitaliztion!) seeroquel increased to 50 mg am 5o mg pm and 200 mg at bedtime. This dose let me quit Klonpin COMPLETELY and has really been holding my mood swings. I had had bad reactions to Topamax and Lamictal (increased/debilitating depression)-Seroquel has literally been a lifesaver. | F | 52 | 15 months | 5/3/2005 | 1 | severe depression, insomnia,anxiety | 6 stone of weight gain (nearly doubled in size), shakes, sleepy | I wish i'd never been put on this medicine as feel more depressed than before i started taking it. On 200mg a day, and feel terrible about the amount of weight i have gained, as is impossible to lose any weight whatsoever, when previously had no weight problems at all. Have cut back dosage very recently to come off it and feel slightly better. | F | 23 | 6 years | 5/3/2005 | 5 | bipolar,depression, can't sleep | Slight tremors occasionaly. Absolutely impossible to lose weight. Very pleased with the medication though. I have never been able to sleep more than 4-5 hours at a time. I now sleep 9 - 12 hours. | M | 54 | 1 years | 5/2/2005 | 4 | bipolar/depression/anxiety | weight gain/very distressing | I don't want to go off because it helps me, but the weight gain is causing me to feel bad too. Not sure what to do. If I go off, I know my symptoms will return | F | 58 | 6 days | 5/1/2005 | 3 | to help me sleep | Almost an amnesia type effect. Can't remember any part of an evening after taking this drug. A severe weight gain. | F | 50 | | 4/28/2005 | 5 | schyzofrenia paranoides | I have any side effects, I am feeling very well, my mood is fine, I can work as an assistant, I can go to the fittness, I can cook, I have a boyfriend and goog sexual live, I can watch TV, read books. I am not sleeply, I donīt have weight problems. I am verry happy. | I take 900mg by day. I am feeling very well. Before that I take Zypprexa, Risperdal, Solian, Sulpiryd, Fluanxol, Haluperidol. But I had side effects and many other problems. I canīt work, cook, excercise, I donīt have ani friends. I was in very bad situation, I staied at the bed all day. | F | 26 | 450 days | 4/26/2005 | 5 | Sleeplessness | When taking prescribed 25mg, woke up drowsy and foggy. | I only take a quarter of a 25mg tablet at night. I sleep about 7 good hours with absolutly no drowsiness upon wakening. That quarter of a pill does the job; if I get up at night to go to the bathroom, I can quickly fall asleep again | F | 56 | 1 years | 4/26/2005 |