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 |
| 3 | Insomnia | Made me tired, but decreased the effectiveness of my other meds. | F | 30 | 6 weeks | 2/2/2005 | 3 | | 2/1/2005 | 5 | psychosis | extreme sleepiness, mild headaches | F | 16 | 8 months | 1/31/2005 | 5 | F | 26 | 6 weeks | 1/20/2005 | 1 | Hallucinations | drowsiness, dizziness, twitching, appetite inrcrease, depression... | being lethargic is the worst side affect. i can not wake up in the morning and i feel comatose throughout the entire day. im only on 50mgs, though i have been on 125mgs for over a month last year and the affects never got better. it makes you lose your will to live. awful medication. | F | 17 | 2 weeks | 1/20/2005 | 1 | mood stabilizer, bipolar disorder | very sick when i didnt take it..it made me light headed...but it made me feel good...but i didnt like the effects it had on me when i didnt take it...it felt like i was withdrawin from heroin | dont take it | F | 17 | 2 years | 1/18/2005 | 4 | bipolar II | Apetite increase after night dose (450mg)Cannot control food intake--so hungry, to the point I don't care about my fat bum; like wead withought the high. Gained about 10 pounds. When I start falling asleep my body feels figgity, can't explane it very well; like if you overdosed smth... | One of the best mood-stibelisers I have tried. (Kill zyprexa, put on 30 pounds in half an year) | F | 25 | 1 days | 1/17/2005 | 4 | unable to sleep at night | Have had some weight gain, and notice that I am more hungry and wanting to snack during the day. Have had charley horses in my feet at night, but am unsure if it is caused by Seroquel, and will monitor them. | By taking Seroquel 25 mg. at bedtime, I have noticed that I am now sleeping between 6-8 hours per night and was unable to do that before. With my anxiety condition and problems with arthritis, I was a mess during the day without taking the Seroquel cause I was always tired from lack of sleep. My doctor and I agreed that not sleeping during the night was causing much stress on my joints and that's why we decided on the Seroquel. When I was taking Ambien for sleep, it wasn't working near as well, and that's why I was changed to Seroquel. It's nice to be able to actually get a full nights sleep for a change. My joints feel much better after a full nights sleep. | F | 2 weeks | 1/15/2005 | 4 | chronic insomnia, manic depression | was the only medication that helped me sleep, gained about 25 lbs which is very good in my case... I'm about 155lbs now.Chronic ringing and hissing in the ears, blurry vision. | I believe i was the first one to overdose on Seroquel in summer 2002, i took 9000 mg one night, 3 hours later i went into a deep sleep and 15 hours later i woke up in the hospital ICU and here i am, i survived it and glad i did because no matter what every day above ground is a good day. | M | 3 years | 1/11/2005 | 3 | Bipolar & Insomnia | restless legs & weight gain | This medications works like a charm. I sleep great and it stabilizes my mood well. However, the weight gain is terrible and it won't come off no matter how much I watch what I eat & exercise. Also, it gives me wicked restless legs shortly after taking it. Its like a surge of adrenalin rushing through my legs until I konk out. Its also tough to wake up. Im going to ask my doctor to take me off of it. Too bad since it works so well. | M | 26 | 6 months | 1/5/2005 | 4 | Chronic depression/anxiety | increased appetite, occasional drowsiness/tired, improvement in sleeping, over-full sensation, continuously snacking. | In 2003, I had major surgery for a pancreatic tumour (Whipple procedure), so I am not 100% sure about the side-effects as I have difficulty in digestion. What I did notice is an increase in hunger and an extremely full feeling after eating, and extreme hunger pains avery 2-3 hours. I sleep all-night now, but, have some pretty wild dreams and occasional dizziness. | M | 39 | 2 weeks | 1/4/2005 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Tiredness, Dry mouth, Excessive Weight Gain. Been on the medicine for just under 5 years, have developed some light twitching.. being taken off of it due pancreas problems and diabetes like symptoms. Doctors think I may be bordering diabetes and the seroquel has taken a tole on me. | This medicine has helped me TREMENDOUSLY but now it's found that it may have been harming too. I have to switch meds now. Not sure what to think.. was a child when I was put on it, I was told 5 yrs ago long term effects on children weren't known, so I took that risk williningly... | F | 18 | 5 years | 1/3/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Had to stop taking it when hubby works. I don't wake up when the baby cries. I sleep right through everything. Fire Engines and police outside apartment building one night and I NEVER heard them. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 1/1/2005 | 1 | Depression with mania | Although I've only been on Seroquel for a month, I have grown to dislike this drug very much. Initially it seemed like a | F | 39 | 4 weeks | 1/1/2005 | 1 | insomnia due to fibromyalgia | Uncontrollable craving for sweets which caused a huge weight gain in very short time, dry mouth so bad that it woke me up at night unable to swallow,hung over feeling in AM. | Prescribing dr would not let me go off so when she went on vacation I went to another dr who was flabbergasted that anyone would prescribe this drug for fibromyalgia. She got me off and I will never again take it | F | 50 | 5 months | 12/31/2004 | 1 | | 12/25/2004 | 1 | anxious,sleeplessness | muscle aches, disoriention, forgetfulness, unable to wake up in am. HUGE WEIGHT GAIN!!!! severe headaches upon withdrawl.... | side effects on it and getting off it outweight the pros...loved to be able to sleep with it....cant take the side effects of the weight gain and uncontrolable eating on it....has adversly effected my life negatively...very dissatified...to say the least.. | F | 34 | | 12/22/2004 | 3 | bipolar | fatigue | F | 46 | 2 months | 12/16/2004 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | Chronic ringing in my ears. Short term memory loss. Periodic muscle twiching in my arms and legs, following nite time dosing. Taking 400mg at 7:00 PM daily. | Seroquel is very effective as a antidepressant. Very good sleep inducer. Without the drug, I am unable sleep more than 3-4 hrs. per nite. In combination with Trileptal, moods are balanced. Compared to other drugs used for similar treatments, there are very few side effects. | M | 50 | 2.5 years | 12/15/2004 | 1 | I had a few psychotic episodes | My main complaint is a tremendous weight gain of 25 pounds in 2 years. I take so much other stuff for depression, that I can't separate out the other symptoms. I desperately want to get off Seroquel and tried tapering it, but tapering threw me into even worse depression, so I had to go back on it. How can I stop using it? | I think it works for my depression, but I'm not positive, since I also take Prozac, Antenolol, and trazodone. I need a safe way to test out which meds are working for me and which I don't need. | F | 59 | 2 years | 12/12/2004 |