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 |
| 1 | Bipolar Discorder/Insomnia | This medication did not really help me at all with my problems and it very possibly may have completely killed my reproductive function. I am currently waiting to find out if my body will ever recover, it has caused me to gain weight, develop breasts, varying levels of sexual dysfunction, it has damaged my blood sugar levels, and I may have completely lost the ability to procreate. There are over 10,000 law suits filed against AstraZeneca for things like this and I may be another soon, I implore you to research the rare and serious side effects before taking this in my experience worthless and dangerous pill. | M | 23 | 8 years 150mg 1X day | 12/3/2014 | 1 | Nervous breakdown/paranoia | I have experienced weightgain, tiredness, and muscle problems. Also I have noticed the memory loss, lack of thinking and inspiration/motivation. | I dont know why the f the doctor has prescribed this, I can't sleep without it now, If I go to sleep without taking it my mind races now, and I can't sleep. This drug should be prescribed less, as it forces individuals to continue to take it. The doctors are just feeding the psychiatric and pharmaceutical industry with money. I agree that people that suffer from insomnia and inability to sleep due to their respected afflictions or disabilities. But I recommend against it unless u can't sleep due to your mind racing or insomnia. This drug has f* over my life I can't have any fun… | M | 23 | 1 years | 8/2/2007 | 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 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression | Extreme tiredness, blurred vision, blocking of the thought process, racing heartbeat, legs feel numb and lifeless. My entire body was weak and I felt as though I was a walking zombie 24/7. The other people on this site that said the same thing I totally agree with you, this medication is horrible and should not be used for people who just have every day anxiety and depression. | I was prescribed 50mg to start at bedtime then increase to 100mg. I never got to the 100mg. I totally regret taking this medication, the only thing it was good for was to help me fall asleep at night. Other than that I felt lifeless and I felt as though I had no motivation, no strength. I could barely go to work every day. I'm already stopping to take this medication after only being on it 5 days. | M | 23 | 5 days | 4/16/2007 | 1 | Anxiety/Misdiagnosed bipolar | This drug sucked the life out of me - there is no other way to say it. I couldn't function; I couldn't remember if I had eaten a meal. I was a zombie. Waking me each morning was a task for friends. It did long term cognitive damage. Please, please don't take this | The bipolar was misdiagnosed - actually anxiety disorder | F | 23 | 6 months | 1/31/2010 | 5 | insomnia, OCD, anxiety. | dry mouth, nothin' else. | it is a wonderful antipsychotic to calm your mind, allow u to sleep like a baby and to reduce symptoms of anxiety. be warning to take it before driving, having sex, having exams or excessive work. for the first time, i do not shit an antipsychotic for akathisia or weight gain. | M | 24 | 7 days 50 mg 2X day | 6/1/2010 | 5 | paranoid schizophrenia | when i was first put on it i slept a lot but now it helps me get a good nights sleep. it had and has less side effects than any of the anti-psychotics i've been put on | in 3 years i went from an aggressive vitriolic drug addicted self mutilating misfit to having long term employment and a stable relationship. (i'm on effexor too) | M | 24 | 3.5 years | 1/25/2007 | 5 | psychosis | very sleepy at first, but this wares off find its best to take equal amounts morning and night i take 200 night and 200 morning | I am very pleased with this drug. no psychotic symptoms and it doesnt give that wierd zombie feeling like other anti psychotic ive tried. Very important to take equal amounts morn and night i tried taking more at niht and less in morning but made the drowsyness LOADS worse but this is completely gone now. | F | 24 | 3 months | 10/7/2006 | 5 | bipolar, schizoeffective, anxiety | Weight gain,increased heartbeat @ 1st,over heating/profuse sweating during summer,crazy dreams | I have been on seroquel starting @100mg each day to 400mg for about 2 years now,100mg morning and noon and 200mg at night. At first i was very tired throughout the day but after 2 weeks i felt completely fine, better than ever. The 40lb weight gain was on on big deal but i am lazy and dont work out. I am changing clinics and not had enough seroquel at times none @ times for 2 month. I have not been able to function without the seroquel, maybe dependant but it makes me feel "normal" i dont want to imagine my life without a med like this. | F | 24 | 2 years | 12/5/2007 | 5 | bipolar disorder with psychosis | slept for fifteen hours straight when i started it. my memory is shot to hell. put on maybe 14lbs over the course of three years which probably wasnt to do with the medication but thought i'd mention it. racing heartbeat, cotton mouth, weird falling sensation about an hour after i take it. | im taking 600mg a night and have been for the past three years. i came off it by myself for about three months last summer which sparked a horrific manic episode which landed me in hospital for the next two months. i also suffer from psychotic episodes and its been great for that side of things. i tend to get visual hallucinations and delusions that relate to them and what i've found is that it doesnt stop me seeing these things. it just sort of makes it so i can live with it. left to my own devices i dont sleep at all so taking a drug that knocks you out for about twelve hours has been wonderful. its not addictive, its just that the problems come back if you stop taking it. i've tried a pretty vast selection of medications and i've found that seroquel plus paroxetine works the best for me. | F | 24 | 3 years | 1/5/2010 | 4 | EUPD & Severe Anxiety | Quetiapine has helped my mental health problem loads. I'm not so caught up on negative emotions anymore and my relationships are building back to where they should be. Overall mentally this prescription drug has helped me for the better. Only side effect noted on my body is enhancement of breast size. Highly painful when increasing in size; but as I 'was' a woman of smaller proportion... this seems to be adding confidence to me as well as building my mental and emotional positivity. | I have been diagnosed with EUPD (Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder) , Severe Anxiety & previously under 5yrs ago PTSD for being sexually assaulted at work by a 79yr old. | F | 24 | 9 weeks 50mg | 7/28/2015 | 4 | Bipolar disorder | I have dry mouth quite often, and if I don't remember to eat before I take it I get kind of loopy. My major complaint is it increases my heart rate drastically. | It made me gain a LOT of weight! | F | 24 | 3 months | 11/3/2007 | 4 | PTSD, Depression, Anxiety & OCD | Major weight gain, memory loss only enough to annoy me when trying to think of things in the past, feel very groggy in the mornings | Take 300mg before bed. | M | 24 | 3 years | 11/1/2008 | 4 | sleep/depression/anxiety | none | I have trouble falling and stay asleep. when i try to sleep i have heavy rumination and it's difficult for me to even keep my eyes shut. I take 50mg and it doesn't even make me tried or drowsy; however, when i lay down on my bed and try to sleep, i am able to. I wake up the next day as any normal person. (side note: i slept for 6-8 hours). | M | 24 | 1 months | 2/4/2009 | 4 | Bipolar/Impluse Control Disorder | EXTREME grogginess, weight gain. However, it significantly slowed down my racing thoughts. But my biggest positive is that it gives me a quick "pause" to think before I act violently which I had so much trouble doing before I started taking it. | When I first took Seroquel 4 years ago in the hospital, it nearly knocked me unconscious to the floor. I was taking 200mg at bedtime. I couldn't keep my head up. Usually happens an hour after taking it. The side effect feels as if my brain has a brick on top of it, and no matter how hard I TRY to think positively, there is a negative fog that clouds every thought I have. Usually all of this goes away after 2-3 hours, which is why I can only take it before bedtime. Recently, I relapsed and ended up back in the hospital because I stopped taking my meds. I now take smaller 50mg doses of Seroquel at morning and night. I do notice that the negative side-effect is not as severe. | M | 24 | 4 years | 1/11/2009 | 4 | anxiety, panic disorder, sleep | increased appetite not too bad though. drowsiness. | Its a very good medication in my opinion. I just am now trying to get off of it due to the potential side effects. | M | 24 | 2 years | 4/9/2008 | 4 | schizo affective depressive disorde | weight gain (nearly 40lbs), increased appetite, hung-over effect at first, sleepiness, vivid dreams, jerking body, swelling and numbness in my hands and feet, now I am experiencing mental confusion, lack of clarity, difficult concentrating, loss of memory | I liked it at first b/c it solved my emotional rollacoaster and I would suggest it for extreme cases but mine is mild and I want to get off of it because of the mental confusion and weight gain but will have a hard time because you have to gradually go off of it. | M | 24 | 2 years | 8/18/2004 | 4 | Bipolar I | F | 24 | 3 years | 2/25/2005 | 4 | insomnia | I black out entirely. I don't remember anything that happens when I take it, though my roommate says I am quite conversational and friendly. I do remember feeling very happy and content while I am "tripping." I sleep incredibly well after I have taken Seroquel. | I only take Seroquel about once a week when I can afford to really black out. I would never take it if I were alone. It makes me giggly and happy, but also very sensitive to loud noises, criticism, and worry. | F | 24 | 3 times | 6/19/2007 | 4 | anxiety | i havnt noticed any bad side effects, i have expienced alot of weight gain, 25lbs in just a few months but i also started Depakote 500MG 3x a day at the same time. my doc thinks depakote is the reason for my weight gain. i take 50MG to 100MG at night and it has helped me to sleep like a baby. I love it. | F | 24 | 4 months | 6/8/2007 |