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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bipolar | fatigue | F | 46 | 2 months | 12/16/2004 | 3 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Drowsiness, midnight sweet cravings | M | 46 | 4 years 100 1X day | 7/22/2010 | 3 | Insomnia | First few days I slept extremely well. But I went through a long weekend (3 days) unaware of time or place and avoiding social contact unconsciously. The effect was very strong, a zombie like effect. Forgot to exercise, ate a lot of ice cream, both bad for me. Especially bad since I have high TG anyway and should stay away from carbs. Somehow it seemed not to matter if I ate a tub of ice cream a day. Nothing mattered. I tried to take it only some days, but then couldn't sleep. In the end I went back to just not sleeping at night. I sleep during the day, have an evening job which is "morning" for my body. Hey whatever, I learned to adjust. | Lots of people are saying headache. I think I understand why. I have migraines and they are affected most by my blood pressure which needs to stay low. Somehow this was pushing my blood pressure up, giving me a constant headache and tinnitus. It did have some great side effects like, my gut calmed down and stopped constipating by being uptight. My heavy periods became perfectly normal. It was almost worth it to stay on it just for that, except for the headache which was a deal breaker. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 25mg 1X day | 1/20/2016 | 3 | OCD | Weight gain right from the start of taking the Quetiapine. I never had a problem with weight before, but gained 40lbs in first year and always struggled since. Quetiapine, combined with an SSRI does help with OCD intrusive thoughts, but I am still very depressed. I am just existing, not living. I pushed myself for many years to overcome lack of motivation and apathy, but eventually it all got the better of me. Mental illness totally sucks. Side effects of meds are really bad, but often overlooked by “professionals” as they want us to shut up, take the pills and not bother them. | I figured out that because Quetiapine increases prolactin to decrease dopamine in the brain, we are basically being zombiefied. Dopamine is good for motivation and feeling good. It's just tinkering with our brain chemistry to make us docile and compliant. | F | 46 | 17 years 100 1X day | 10/10/2020 | 2 | Bipolar insomnia | Anxiety, muscle twitches, incapacitated next day because drug still acting | I am having ECT. A side effect of the ECT, for me, was muscle soreness. I'd been taking trazadone to sleep, but the soreness kept me awake. My dr. gave me Seroquel for insomnia. I felt strangely all morning after taking it once--I had a hard time talking, I was dizzy, tremors, disoriented. Went to breakfast w/friend, and tried to sleep upon return. Had FRIGHTENING anxiety, felt like I was going back into mixed state that I had earlier in the summer. (Depression hasn't lifted, hence the ECT.) Got up and called the drs. office, and hoping to hear back from him. It may be a sleepless night, but if it staves off the anxiety, it's a fair tradeoff. Back to trazadone, and maybe ECT will regulate my sleep! | F | 46 | 1 days | 8/21/2008 | 2 | misdiagnosed bi polar | extreme sedation, dry mouth, nodding out, insomnia if missed a dose, addiction, paralyzing feeling of body part but still could think, dizziness and weird high feeling, blacking out into a black hole each night | I have taken this drug for six years. At first it seemed great. I took it at night and it just knocked me out cold each night ( even thou I had no sleep problems at the time) and it gave a weird high sensation about 45 minutes after taking it. In the morning thou I would have a very hard time getting up, often staying in bed for hours ( sleeping 12 -15 hours a day) and if one want s to participate in the world by school or working this makes it extremely difficult. I also gained 40 lbs over the 6 years which is not good. I have liver problems and was given this anyway. M y blood sugar and pressure were not affected, but my heart rate was high ( 80 per minute before seroquel under 75) I eat a vegan diet so that probably helped, but my heart is working harder from the weight gain. I did not find that it helped with any of my low esteem problems, ( that is for counsling) but just sedated me and put me to sleep thus avoiding life and becoming zombiefied. three months agi I deci | F | 46 | 6 years | 4/5/2007 | 2 | see below | three months agi I decided i had had enough and began to lower my dose from 200 to down thru 25 mgs each night, and it worked. At 15 mgs i still was knocked out each night due to the slow tapering off. I f i had not done that i do not think it would of worked. I no longer have the INTENSE all over itching that lasted for three days ( a liver detox?) and last night I FINALLY SLEPT FOR 10 HOURS! on my own with out the seroquel. The first 5 days were rough thou. | F | 46 | 6 years | 4/5/2007 | 2 | misdiagnosed bi polar | I am free of this crap and feel fine. | It has been over two weeks since I stopped taking Seroquel, my constant companion for six years, and I am free. The liver detox itching stopped , and I am now sleeping 7~8 hours on my own; waking up around 8am and functioning normally. I don't have that seroquel drag hangover that stays with you all day either any more. I feel clean and not toxic. This was my personal experience with it and if you like it then keep taking it. I did for over 6 years. | F | 46 | 6 years | 4/13/2007 | 2 | OCD and depression | It made me feel great. It helped me sleep. I didn't have to take it every day, but on nights I did take it, I woke up in a homicidal rage. Scary. I'd rather be depressed. | F | 46 | 6 months | 12/28/2008 | 1 | in hospital a dr. ordered it | sleepwalking, delusions, crying fits, weight gain, could not think rationally | I have had depression for many years (controlled with Zoloft). When my father was dying I became very agitated and depressed and decided I needed hospitalization to get me through it. I went in to an unlocked ward and that night they gave me a big dose of Seroquel (a drug I had never heard of) so I would sleep. The next day I was acting strange (I don't even remember it), so I was taken to a locked ward and the dosage of Seroquel was tripled. Soon I was basically screaming and delusional in the locked ward. My husband would visit me and kept telling the doctors I was getting worse by the day. I can't even remember seeing him at these times, all I remember is constantly waking up after having run into a wall or some other obstacle and not knowing how I got there--must have been sleepwalking a lot. Finally I got a patient's advocate to get the doctor to stop giving me Seroquel, this was probably 7 or 8 days into my stay, but I'm not sure when the drug was discontinued. My husband | F | 46 | 8 days | 11/21/2007 | 1 | psychotic episodes | I developed epilepsy. At 45 years of age, with no history of seizures in me or my extended family, after just a couple of weeks on this drug I began having grand mal seizures. I had a total of eight grand mal seizures before I made the connection between seroquel and my newly developed epilepsy. I woke up in the hospital with a catheter up my penis and realized that if I had gone into a seizure while waiting for the subway I could have fallen on the tracks and be quite dead. I was very lucky that didn't happen. I stopped taking seroquel and started epival (an anti-seizure medication) and have not had another seizure in a year and a half. | If you value your life DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. IT CAN KILL YOU! | M | 46 | 5 months | 5/17/2007 | 1 | depression, anxiety, BPD | Weight gain(15lbs in 2 months), sleepiness, bad dreams, lack of focus, crying more than ever and anger, actually bouts of extreme rage! I was sad before, but reasonable in dealing with other people, now....and I still have periods where I would like to hurt myself. | total lack of interest in sex, increase anxiety, sore breasts, sore tongue...I feel that Seroquel has contributed to making my symptoms (and spelling) worse than ever///I am afraid to stop and afraid to continue. | F | 46 | 2 months | 11/18/2007 | 1 | depresssion sleep problems | Dry Dry Dry mouth chest pain strange feeling slept 10 hours woke up felt drunk and tried I felt like I was on fire | This is the worst medicine I have ever taken. It gave me the sickest horrible nightmares And I dream the same nightmare twice. I couldn't wait until this garbage was out of my system. This drug is Creepy.... Do not take this stuff.... | F | 46 | 1 days | 1/20/2008 | 1 | bio polar | Extreme drowsiness. day time sedation | I started taking this in 2001 and at first it knocked me out so bad i could not even move after taking it. I have gained weight. It is bad for my liver. I have decided to stop taking it, so I began to taper off fromm 200 mg to 100 then 75 then 50 then 25. This is my 6th day of cold turky and I have not slept very good at all. I am used to being knocke out each night when I take it thou i never had insomnia before taking it seroquel has caused isomnia. I have not been able to get to sleep now until the early morning hours and have been getting 4 to maybe 6 hours of light sleep. I am detirmined to get this out of my system. I have some flu~like symptms such as sneezing, coughing, aches, and alot of itchiness all over. | F | 46 | 6 years | 4/4/2007 | 1 | insomnia | extreme fatigue, sleepiness during the day. Beginning to think it's better to deal with less sleep than to have this hung over feeling during the day. | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 9/23/2004 | 1 | Poss. misdiag. of dprssn for bipo 2 | After first night of 50mg the next morning I had the worst "charlie horse" in my left calf I've ever had. My RX was for 25mg in a.m. 50mg in p.m. The following morning the pain lessened some but never went away and I was forced to hobble when I walked. After a week of this I call the pharm. and she said that I probably needed to find another med. and then I called the emergency psych. and she told me to take one more the next night and then quit. She emailed my psych. and told him she'd taken me off. He nor his nurse think that the seroquel was the problem and that maybe the "heat" or low potassium was the issue. I asked then shouldn't I get my levels tested. And she said no, just wait a few days and start again. Screw that, I wasn't playing lab rat! I called my m.d.'s nurse & she put in a blood work order for me. All my electrolites ect. were just fine. It's been over a month and I still have a rock solid calf. I limp all the time and it's thrown all the rest o | I waited a week after this "new" diagnois'was made to make sure that I really needed it and that I understood all the side effects. I was scared to death of this med. Muscle stiffness was all that my prescrip. made reference to that would even remotely cover what I experienced, until I read of 2 others here that had calf and foot cramps. I knew it was the Seroquel. | F | 46 | 7 days | 9/28/2005 | 1 | Anxiety, bipolar 2 | CATARACTS- at age 45. not sure what other side effects it caused cause also take Lamictal,Depakote, Klonopin, Effexor XR, and Zoloft | I am devastated by cataracts. didn't realize that other things-drowsiness. munchies etc were from Seroquel | F | 46 | 5 years | 4/6/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | My Therapist of 15 years died, We finally found a combo that didn't make me sick or like I was in hell. BP2-GAD-ADHD-Primary insomnia -Boarderline Personality. Took a lot of being a lab rat. From 4 meds including geodon which almost killed me. Celexa,Adderall,Xanax,Ambiem. Don't ask me how all that works together but I was doing art, walking and Happy. Never abused any of them, sadly I have witnessed a few deaths on these controlled very addictive meds. What is so sad is that's all these prescribers consider. I understand that however used correctly I was alive. | Now after going off all of it because no doc. Fail by Doctors to look at my history. Long story I've been on everything but Seroquel, suggested replacing Seroquel for sleep no ambien. Trial 10 MG a night I cut these nasty pills in half, 3 weeks into it as I figured I woke up after 20 hours of sleep felt like I was in a coma. Sore joints, legs hurt to walk, severe abdominal problems, black hard stools, when I can because my stomach is so painful I feel horrible. Days go by different things I notice on just that small amount. Now I am certain the peptic ulcer I had @ in. My 20s, is back and perferated, Bleeding. This needs to be dicontinued it will kill you. | F | 46 | 1 days 10 mg | 5/18/2015 | 1 | Anxiety | Woke up and felt like I was on fire. Took it 23 hours ago and I feel so groggy! Will never take it again! | F | 46 | 1 days 150 | 10/9/2014 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder (misdiagnosed) | Huge weight gain, lethargy, dry mouth/trouble swallowing, confused and dizzy head, fatigue. | I would advise people to think twice and then think twice again before taking this drug. My experience on this was awful. The only positive thing I can find to say about it is that it was very good for my insomnia. This stuff literally knocked me out cold within 30 minutes of taking it. In fact, I used to sleep 12 hours or more every night and could barely function during the day as I was so groggy and spaced out. My weight ballooned and I was permanently exhausted. I cant stress the weight gain enough. Before taking this drug I was a slim guy in great shape for his age. By the time I finished I looked like I was wearing a fat suit and was unrecognisable! It didnt even work as an antipsychotic for me - I literally went nuts on this stuff and had one psychotic episode/delusion after another and nearly lost everything. Ive been off it for around 3 years and am still suffering. Ive lost all the weight, but I dont feel well at all. If you suspect you have a mental health problem, seek out a therapist and not a doctor who hands out pills. Thats what I did after wasting 10 years of my life with mental health quacks and the difference was amazing. These drugs dont belong in your body any more than cigarette smoke or recreational drugs do. | M | 46 | 4 years 1X day | 6/19/2019 |