SEROQUEL Reviews (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE)

Average Rating: 2.9 (1505 Ratings)

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SEROQUEL  (QUETIAPINE FUMARATE):  This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, sudden episodes of mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder). Quetiapine is known as an anti-psychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. This medication can decrease hallucinations and improve your concentration. It helps you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less nervous, and take a more active part in everyday life. It may also improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level. Quetiapine can help prevent severe mood swings or decrease how often mood swings occur.   FDA Approval Date: 2005-10-04 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUELCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  Schizoaffective/Schizophrenia Increased Appetite, fixed by adding Topamax, so now I have no side effects. This medicine helps me so much. I am also on Risperdal Consta Injections and taking this medicine helps keep me from noticing when the Injections wear off. I feel great all the time. The increased appetite was helped by the doctor adding Topamax to my medications (also helps with my mood). Seroquel helps me sleep at night and doesn't make me tired the next day. I haven't felt this good since I was 5 years old. F 22 2 months
700 MG 1X day
7/26/2010
 5  bipolar 2/ bpd/ insomnia weight gain and mild increased appetite I am 22 years old was recently diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and bipolar 2. After going through a variety of meds, my doc finally modified my med plan perfectly for amazing results. He says my plan is unusual because he has not come across another patient with the same med plan as mines; I take 75mg 3 times daily and 200mg at night. The only side effects I have experienced is weight gain and hunger, which is not a big deal to me because of the rewards and excercise and self control helps with those side effects. I have been taking seroquel for almost a year and have been following that dosage plan for about 4 months and have been getting great results. I can truly say I feel better than I have ever felt before in my life and I have been depressed for 18 years. Seroquel has saved and improved my life for the better. I feel less depressed and more stable than ever. My quality of life has improved greatly, I am able to complete and set goals and actually follow through. I do not feel empty no more, I feel full of motivation and confidence. I am doing so well, actually I think that right now I am peaking in performance with my studies because my concentration and focus is finally restored. I will be completing my bachelors in psychology in a year and will continue my studies on to get a phd. Without seroquel this would have been delayed or not even possible because it has also helped me overcome social anxiety when it comes to school. I believe seroquel is a wond M 22 11 months
8/17/2009
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 4  Mood swings, insomnia. Severe exhaustion, difficulty waking, grogginess, irritability, increased hunger. I was placed on Seroquel first, and experienced severe hunger and also exhaustion and difficulty waking, etc. Then I was placed on ADHD medication, Strattera, which causes a severe loss of appetite, so that fixed the hunger also. F 22 3 months
6/25/2009
 4  Anxiety/Bipolar/Insomnia weight LOSS, vivid nightmares, extreme grogginess in the morning for the first 2 weeks where i had to stay in bed most of the day, now it's just grogginess in the AM that goes away after coffee and time, the worst side effect has definately been the nightmares. I see so many bad comments about seroquel, which I understand..it is a very strong drug and you should not be on it unless you have a serious problem. I feel like many of these comments are made by people who probably didn't need the drug. It has changed my life. I'm surviving and prior to Seroquel i was near the end. F 22 6 months
9/11/2009
 4  Bipolar/ Anxiety Major, weight gain (fast) At first I felt out of it , fuzzy and disconnected from reality, now I sleep well but now have NO dreams (which sucks), Memory problems, but severely increased focus It comes at a price if you are in a fix with moods and manic phases you must sacrifice your weight/looks to feel better,but then of course in turn you feel worse with decreased self esteem. F 22 2 months
4/15/2009
 4  anxiety, deppression, insomnia Seroquel helps me sleep at night, and helps stabalize my moods, and i am currently still taking it. . . The only problem i see with this drug is that my life revolves around my sleeping schedule, i won't wake up without a minimum of 9 hours of sleep. i have tried going off but mentally i can't handle it. . . i have read about long term effects of taking seroquel, some have muscle twitching problems for life. . . Seroquel really does help me, But sometimes i fear that it makes me someone who i really am not. F 22 1 years
100 1X day
4/9/2010
 4  bipolar disorder weight gain and slept alot at first Now my weight has evened out and i sleep well F 22 3 years
4/17/2006
 4  Psychosis schizoaffective disorder Difficulties to speak properly in the first few days, I sounded like I was drunk. Difficulties to sleep in the night the first two weeks. Absolutly no problems sleeping during daytime. All the side effects are gone. I don't gain any weigth and my sleeping patron is normal again. Psychosis symptoms are away most of the time. F 22 3 months
2/18/2007
 4  schizoaffective disorder SEDATION,,,feeling of worthlessness, sleepiness, drowsy This is very sedative drug. it helps me to sleep well. and it really reduce the symptoms of biploar/schizophreni,,, i think it is the best atypical antipsychotic drugs.. M 22 300 days
4/27/2008
 4  bipolar I didnt notice any symptoms when I first started this medicication. After two months on it the weather became warmer and I began to pass out frequently and was told it was a side effect of the medication - it makes it difficult and sometimes impossible for the body to cool down once it gets warm. I stopped this medication because my passing out was not a side effect that I could live with. F 22 2 months
5/11/2008
 4  insomnia I started hearing every little sound like it was echoed and ten times louder. I had high expectations towards this medicine as everyone here said it's great. I took my first 50 mg last night and it took about 2 hours before I got tired. I went to bed and instantly fell in sleep. Woke up only once during the night (to the bathroom) and fell back to sleep. It's not what people say it is, I don't get instantly tired nor so tired I couldn't stay awake. It just helps me to fall in sleep. That's what it's supposed to do. Will keep on taking this med! M 22 1 days
3/2/2007
 4  Bi-Polar MUNCHIES OMG the munchies are horrible and a very welcomed sleep M 22 3 weeks
3/16/2007
 3  Schizophrenia dry mouth and involuntary movement of tounge during first couple weeks of medication. Now i'm experiencing horrible dizziness and halucinations if i miss just 1 dose. Another side effect i've now noticed is nightmares when i'm sleeping and random muscle jerks during the day The medication stopped my delusional and disorganized thinking,I feel like this medication is addictive because I feel like I need more and more of it sometimes and I'm afraid I may overdose. F 22 2 years
9/21/2004
 3  bipolar Dry mouth, tired a.k.a zombie-like,higher sex drive although I am almost unable to ejaculate which is very frustrating, gain in appetite... M 22 3 months
9/26/2009
 2  PTSD When the effects first started, i was drowsy, almost like i was drunk. I was woozy and falling over my own feet to lie down and i couldnt keep my eyes open. I woke 3 hours later with EXTREME rage ready to take on the world and I'm normally very withdrawn. Im sensing bad things will happen if i continue taking this drug thats making me so enraged. I began taking it January of 2015, stopped in July 2015 and was on 25mg x 5 daily (125mg total). I was in a unit when i first started this drug so I can't really remember much about it i was that zoned out. After taking just one, i think i'll pass this time. Never again. F 22 1 days
25mg
5/8/2016
 2  bi-polar I have a tremor. My hair is falling out I have a bald spot about the size of a silver dollar. It does some what help my sleeping. I eat alot more. F 22 1 years
4/25/2005
 2  Borderline Personality Disorder Wierd feeling in my left leg like it's cold but it's not, A long unquenchable thirst. I have IBS and this caused constipation. A constant dull headache and really dry eyes. Friends reported I was slurring my speach and was like in a daze. But I suppose that was a positive with my usual being the opposit and on extreme highs. It is causing me to be more paranoid hence im looking this up here and spending hours looking for things that are not their ! Appears to me that after reading the side effects some of which are irreversable and lethal I will take my chances off of this drug. I feel I should quit it before the effects get worse. M 22 3 days
4/19/2008
 1  Bipolar Depression I felt like I was on a horse tranquilzer. The first day I took it, I was totally out. I stopped it after that day. F 22 1 days
2/23/2008
 1  Anxiety Very lethargic, cannot function at all, indigestion, uncontrolable movements, if I would close my eyes, I would start 'soaring', blurred vision, fast heartbeat, stomach upsets On the second day of taking it, I had an indigestion in the morning and stomach upsets. I was very lethargic and I would not recommend to begin a treatment with seroquel if you have work the next day. M 22 4 days
2/1/2008
 1  Insomnia Since being on this drug for nearly 7 months, I have experienced weight gain and hair loss. This is very concerning to me, I'm only 22 years old and want to keep my youth. I wish there was a wonder drug of come kind that has no side effects, but I don't foresee that ever happening. Hair loss is not one of the listed side effects, so it is important to note that not all of the side effects are sometimes known. And I was only taking 150mg for insomnia. M 22 7 months
12/11/2004

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