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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | insomnia | weight gain. pounding heart at night, which is now permanent. Makes you want to sleep all the time. | I started taking this medication for insomnia. Which, it works great for. but, I would not recommend long term as getting off of it it a nightmare. This medication stopped putting me to sleep when I started taking lithium bicarbonate for anxiety. I stopped sleeping. I went to a sleep Dr. for some new medication and she told me to stopped it cold Turkey, which nearly killed me. She thought I would just go back to sleep in 24 hours which didn't happen. This medication destroyed my ability to be able to fall asleep on own. It putting me in a hyper state of arousal many weeks not sleeping at all sometimes, maybe only getting a few hours a sleep a night if that. Going off cold turkey also messed my brain up making me puck every time I get anxious. I just wanted everyone to know that this is a very dangerous medication. Do the research yourself, many people who get off this medication loose the ability to fall back sleep and have to go back on seroquel with a whole bunch of other drugs. | F | 33 | 3 years 200 1X day | 8/25/2013 | 3 | Cyclothymia (Bi-Polar II) | Taking seroquel in hopes of solving mid-level cyclothymia. | At this point I can't say if Seroquel is helping or not. I haven't had anymore drastic cycling however, I have stopped taking the SSRI I was on that was probably making the cylcing worse. I started with 50mg and I'm up to about 175mg a night. I don't really sleep too well on this drug, I wake up several times a night. A little grogginess in the morning, but it wears off. This drug has a very short half life, so I don't understand the chronic day time drowsiness people commonly complain about. I'll give the drug another week, if things don't better I'll dump it and attempt to let my brain work this out on it's own. This drug is not nearly as evil as people make it out to be | M | 33 | 8 days | 4/4/2007 | 3 | Manic/sleeping | very dizzy, upset stomach, heavy breathing, really out of it, makes me really tired. Helps me sleep better but I have a hard time getting up in the morning. I have no appetite what so ever but I am only taking 25 mgs. | F | 33 | 2 days | 4/26/2006 | 3 | Insomnia | High as a kite felt like I was in lala land, couldn't for the life of me get out of bed and stayed in there for 48 hours. Short term memory loss where I'd forget what I was doing or what I had did. I'd stand there at times and stare in to space for a while for the life of me I didn't know what I was doing. Hangover felt like I'd been drinking copious amounts of alcohol and with that came nausea. Becoming a bit to slow in my movements like when I was driving. | I refuse to take this drug,fortunately the drug I'm taking hasn't given me insomnia again, yet. I already have some side effects from other drugs I'm taking and don't need anymore. I was wondering how I'm going to function in a job, the medication I'm taking now isn't that great for long term memory and to make things worse seroquel is bad for my short term memory. I was saying to myself that I'd get fired in the state I was in. Took 1 50 mg tablet first then went down to 25 mg because I felt like I was high on drugs, nice feeling but I can't live like that forever and 25 mg didn't put me to sleep. Not going back on it either going to tell the doctor that when I see her, there's got to be a better option. | F | 33 | 1 weeks 50mg 1X day | 3/12/2010 | 3 | depression and anxiety | Neurological symptoms: numbness and tingling in feet and legs, tripping and falling, severe enough that I was tested for MS. After stopping Seroquel, symptoms improved without reoccurrence. | It did improve my depression and anxiety. From what I have researched, my side effects were very rare. | F | 33 | 1 years 200 1X day | 4/21/2011 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder I | Crave sweets, 5 pounds weight gain, extreme fatigue, constant runny nose, drugged up feeling, laughing spells | My Doctor started me on this drug to help with my insomnia and also with my paranoid thoughts and perceptions. It has definitely helped both of these things, however, it makes me very tired and unmotivated sometimes. This feeling was even worse on the XR version. I feel drugged up (i.e. happy and peaceful) on this. I think its a little too "drugged up." It does help me be able to work through my anxiety which I was not able to before or maybe its just that my anxiety is lessened. I am very unhappy with the side effects though, and also don't like its lack of transparency. I am also taking Lithium (which works well for me) so I am not sure if it heightens any seroquel effects. | F | 33 | 1 months 75 mg 2X day | 3/21/2012 | 3 | depression | MAJOR restless legs, dry mouth, spaced-out during the day | I have been taking 150mg. daily (75mg. in morning and 75mg. at night). Doc wants me to work up to 150mg. twice daily, but the sedation effects are so strong now, I don't know if I will be able to function on a dose that high. It has helped me sleep at night and stay asleep until morning without feeling groggy. So far I haven't noticed it really helping with the depression, but am willing to keep on with it and see. I am VERY concerned about future or long term side effects. | F | 33 | 4 weeks | 12/25/2008 | 2 | BI-POLAR/SCYTZO | MASSIVE WEIGHT GAIN!!! COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED IN A.M | I TAKE 300MG AT NIGHT AND I HAVE GAINED 40LBS IN 5 MO. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR WIEGHT DON'TTAKE THIS. | F | 33 | 5 days | 10/30/2008 | 2 | schizoaffective bipolar OCD | I enjoyed the tiredness at night, but then I would wake a few hours later and throw up. I got terrible heartburn. | Just not for me. I've usually heard that people gain weight and that it is otherwise a wonderful drug. | M | 33 | 2 days | 2/7/2007 | 1 | Doctor's don't like me | You DIE after 5 years or use or SOMETHING. One need to discontinue these medications as soon as possible. USE OF THESE MEDICATIONS LEAD TO DEATH IF THEY ARE USED BEYOND 5 YEARS. | Withdrawal cause high inflammation and possible problems in blood parameters (blood transfusions). YOU DIE UNLESS YOU CAN TALK WITH THE PSYCHIATRISTS AND MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE NOT MENTALLY ILL AND DO NOT NEED THESE MEDICATIONS. | M | 33 | 5 years 400 1X day | 10/8/2013 | 1 | anxiety | This has to be the worst drug I have ever taken.After the 1st dose,major panic attacks hit ,one after the other.I felt like I was about to jump out of my skin.Could not calm down major shakiness and fear so disabling I was in fear for my life.I will never take this drug ever again,and would advise anyone else not to take it.Couldn't eat for a week,stomach upset,and so much fear its indescribable.Never taken an acid trip but my reaction to this med could not have been worse than a bad trip.Extremely scary. | I dont see how this drug does anyone any good,it has been the worst med experience of my life,please dont take this drug,to make someone feel like this,it cannot be good for you.Several times I felt almost on the verge of a seizure or as if something was going to explode,either my brain or my heart.I highly recommend not taking this drug. | F | 33 | 1 weeks | 6/18/2006 | 1 | Bi-polar | I now have diabetes, with high blood sugar, no family history. | I was not told of the increase BS issues and the questions surrounding this med, otherwise I would have never taken it. That said, It did a good job getting me to sleep at night. Don't know if it's helped anything else though. | M | 33 | 2 years 50 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 1 | Bi-polar II | DON'T TAKE!!! Anger, agitation, 2-3 hour crying spells like I've never had before. You will turn into someone else. Not cool. | Seroquel made me psychotic (ironically), and that's on the lowest dose! Please hear me out as I have a MA in Psych. and I am like you, off the bell-curve with supposed "Bipolar II". I've given this drug 3 chances the last 6 mo., & have not been able to take it. After drowsiness wears off, agitated in bed, angry, have 2-3 hour crying spells, and this last time at 3:30 a.m., had to get out of bed and hit my pillow against the wall because of anger and agitation. This is not like me!! My Bi-polar symptoms are quite different than this. I have never done this before and it happens when I take seroquel. People, please be careful! Be yourselves without taking drugs. Just because we don't conform to the norm in society doesn't mean we are not healthy or that we need fixed. There are no medical tests to prove "mental disorder". Be your creative unique selves w/out thinking you need to be a 9-5 M-F person. I'm done with pcyhiatric meds. Interesting how anti-depressant | F | 33 | 1 weeks | 2/5/2008 | 1 | bipolar | Sleep Problems, very drowsy during the day. Upset stomach, Weight Gain. | I was only on this stuff for 3 weeks before I had to stop. I felt worse while on the drug, and I couldnt stop eating. I wanted to scream. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 10/16/2004 | 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 | Bi Polar/Insomnia | Terrible drug, experienced extremly drugged feeling at 25mg dose, slept but awoke feeling hung over the entire day. Next day cut dose in half and had extreme anxiety, tingling in my entire body, hypotension, feeling of confusion, restlessness | I thought this was an awful drug for me. I'd say if you are going to take this to try a very small dose at first to see if it effects you the way it did me. Didn't help me at all. | F | 33 | 2 days | 2/16/2005 | 1 | recurrent depression | took 50 mg before going to sleep, slept for about 30 hours, no kidding, just went out of bed for going to the toilet, but was so tired, I just had to go to bed and sleep... | F | 33 | 2 days | 9/30/2009 | 1 | Treatment Res. Major Depression | PHYSICAL Huge allergic reaction Hives, bloating, swollen joints, swollen lips and eyes, water retention in legs so are x3 the size, swollen lumps on soles if feet. PHYSICAL acid reflux. Anxiety, restlessness, anger and irritability, inability to nap even though exhausted,staying in bed feeling low and numb all day, crying for no reason. No interest in other people and inability to maintain conversation. Cloudy head all day, so exhausted unable to do tasks such as cooking meals need help to look after my kids from husband and parents as not feeling 'with it' | This made me feel worse, I have re tried this drug x3 over six months each time its given me dehabiliting allergic reactions needing steroids. Psychiatrist set on pushing this on me not sure why. Just gone through 3 weeks on a 3rd attempt I cant live like this, having to take x4 strong prescription antihistamines just to try to control this and just does not work. I dont see why l should take even more drugs to support one my body clearly rejects? Also huge weight gain even when you are so depressed you cannot eat!!!! If your dr says it doesn't cause w.g if you eat healthily and dont snack exercise etc they are lying as it totally affects your metabolism!! I gained I was on orlistat for weight loss trying to lose weight from my first attempt on quetiapine (gained about 14 lbs) and it even stopped that from working. Ive only gone on to gain more weight due to being Ill with coronavirus and being too exhausted to exercise. I was around 134lbs I've easily gained 35lbs since I first tried Q in months. I've always been slim and keenly cardio exercises x4 a week before What's worse is that I did see a benefit first time around but not the times afterwards, it definitely caused me to feel worse not sure if this is because it affects my depression directly or because it caused anxiety and extreme fatigue and cloudy head adding to what I had already. All I know is that I cannot poison my body physically and mentally with this any longer | F | 33 | 31 days 25-50 1X day | 8/1/2020 | 5 | sleep | managable hunger | I have started this drug because I couldn't sleep(wondering thoughts)Dreaming but remember everything I dreamt and not sound sleep.I take 50mg. Life saver I am diabetic and was depressed after a baby I have no trouble. My kids are Pdd/adhd and autistic disorder. It helped with night terrors, The kids getting up every two hours or 5am. My house was dissrupted before they started 25mg. My oldest takes 50mg at night then 25mg during the day and I have a changed kid he had aggression irritable mood swings crying at little things a mess. he also takes focalin xr during the day with this. They have hunger before bed but nothing another serving of supper can't cure. Also helped them bulk up alittle with there diagnosis they where a little under weight. Key is not alot of junk. we follow the diabetic diet. I wanted my oldest to take risperdal for the aggression during the day but insurance wouldn't allow it double medicated I thought seraquel would make him groggy like bedtime but it don't he is out on cloud nine without the med he is centered with it. Usually takes an hr to work. | F | 34 | 3 years | 8/14/2009 | 5 | SLEEPLESSNESS | NONE! No increase of appetite. NO GROGGINESS. | Works for me! For two years before Seroquel, hard time getting to sleep or wake up after 3 hours and can't go back to sleep. 25mg helps me sleep 9-10 hours each night, . More REM sleep! Can concentrate better. Everything seems sharper, brighter, crisper. Less moody and irritable. | F | 34 | 7 days | 2/2/2006 |