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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Bipolar Depression / insomnia | difficult to lose weight even while dieting, vivid dreams, and increased joint and muscle pain, even in my feet! | I like Seroquel, because I can now sleep through the night at 50 mg Seroquel XR. Yes, I have vivid wierd dreams, but generally dont remember having them until I am trying to wake up the next a.m. For 6 years, I used to use a Tylenol PM for my insomnia. Tylenol PM can permanently hurt your liver, I think. I think using Seroquel is healthier than Tylenol PM. | F | 51 | 8 months | 11/23/2009 | 2 | Bipolar disorder | Very vivid dreams which create tremendous anxiety in the morning. My hair is now falling out at a very rapid rate. The anxiety from going bald is almost debilitating. This drug is scaring me. I want to get off of it. I have very little motivation and thoughts of suicide. I'm extremely depressed. | This drug helps you sleep but the side effects are devastating. I've been on it for about a year now. My nightmares are vivid and make the mornings scary. Makes you groggy in the A.M. as well. My doctor wanted me to take 100 mg. three times a day. I couldn't even move at that point I was so sedated. Now, I've tapered to 50 mg. at night, but my hair comes out in clumps every time I comb or wash it. This has increased my anxiety tremendously. I feel like I am falling apart. These doctors have no idea what experiencing these side effects is like. They read what the drug companies print and subscribe accordingly. I am very sorry I started taking this medication. The first night I tried going without it, I didn't get one minute of sleep. Now, I think my body is addicted to it. I do not want to go bald so I'm going to try and go cold turkey here. | F | 51 | 365 days | 12/9/2004 | 2 | Bipolar disorder | Swelling of hands and feet | This medication did nothing for me. | F | 51 | 3 months | 5/19/2004 | 1 | back pain | Stevens Johnson syndrome. Can be fatal reaction causing rash or worse to mucus membranes. My doctor was very insane (hypomanic) | My back pain was determined to be delusional. An MD started me on tequin but the pyschiatrist said he would deny the antibiotic if I didn't take 800 mg of this poison, The man should be in jail | F | 51 | 5 days | 6/6/2007 | 1 | anxiety, insomnia | lethargic, couldn't focus or think straight, rapid heartbeat,achy muscle in neck,feeling flushed all the time | great for sleeping, but had trouble getting up. all the side effects weren't worth taking this med. back to my trusty ambien. didn't get the ravenous appetite others had problems with, actually lost a few pounds.. i believe due to the rapid heart beat. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 6/3/2008 | 1 | Post Traumatic Stress, Insomnia | Restless Legs, very uncomfortable, - which started about half an hour after taking the tablets. After a few months the restless legs syndrome was happening even before taking the tablets. I realised I was risking permanent nerve damage. Also weight gain, - a constant craving for carbs. | I'd thought I was getting some sort of arthritis, all my joints ached terribly, but after stopping the Seroquel these pains stopped, - such a wonderful relief. Although they helped me sleep the side effects caused far too much pain, - and possible permanent damage. | F | 51 | 4 months | 11/2/2008 | 1 | Sleep, anxiety, bipolar 2 | BAD NEWS! APATHY, COMPLACANCY. MASSIVE weight gain of 70 lbs in 18 months! Hard to wake up; could sleep for 10 plus hours, awoke groggy. Complacent, no drive. EX: Knew weight gain was due to effects of Serequel, but too complacent/strung out to stop taking it. | AWFUL DRUG...TOOK OVER MY BEING & I DIDN'T CARE OR REALIZE THE SEVERITY. I WAS NUMB; SLEEPWALKING IN MANY WAYS. Please STOP taking if you are having bad side effects like mine ~ there are better medications for your condition. Have been completely off drug for 6 weeks, and I am SO much better; back to my old self; it's so refreshing! Have lost weight, no more consuming urge to gorge at night. Coming out of mental fog and apathy. Want to do things again, to live, enjoy life... "get rollin.'" Details of my side effects: Voracious appetite after taking med. at night. Ate ravenously after taking medication before falling asleep...the gourging urge would take over..I'd continue eating although I could hardly keep my eyes open! Would awaken groggy, strung out (like a drug addict) no matter how long I slept. My mind was in a fog; would want to take 2 hours to get out of bed. Complacent about my life; became slothful: poor personal care, neglectful of home & family. Mental clarity dimmed.. I became "slow". Diminished or no initiative. (Used to be a go getter.) Hated my enormous weight gain, knew problem was Seroquel; DID NOT stop taking medication or request to switch to another medication. Until I came off of Serequel, didn't realize how much it was ruining my life..while on the drug ~ I WAS SO NUMB, DIDN'T REALLY CARE ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! APALLING. I encourage anyone on Serequel to consider serious side effects. There ARE alt | F | 51 | 18 months 50-600 mg 1X day | 11/7/2010 | 1 | Panic attacks, anxiety and insomnia | Shortness of breath, daze, slept good a couple of nights. Then started feeling anger Nausea, bitter taste in my mouth. The 7 might around 3 woke up shaking felt poisoned, couldn't sleep felt horrible. I don't understand why Dr's prescribe this drug. 8th night event bough I took my dalmanre and lexapro couldn't sleep. Slept for a couple. Of hours and woke up withhad a panic attack and shaking. Right know I feel bad and have an sppt with my Psychitrist . Stop taking this med is poison for your body | F | 51 | 7 days 50 | 11/22/2011 | 1 | Sleep only | Severe memory impairment. When I visit the neurologist he may well diagnose me with early onset Alzheimer's. Certainly I am as forgetful as patients with Alzheimer's. | Avoid this medication at all costs. Trazedone would be a better choice for a sleep aid. It's an antidepressant with sedating potential. Another problem with Seroquel is that is potentiates any other medications you may be taking. This means that Seroquel literally strengthens these meds. Health Canada has an alert for physicians/psychiatrists prescribing the med: "Don't give it to elderly patients." I read repeatedly that Seroquel messes with one's working memory. | F | 51 | 50 mg 1X day | 11/18/2011 | 1 | Mania | extreme dizziness; unsteady balance; extremely dry mouth; painful constipation; excruciating headache on left side of head; extreme thirst | It has terrible side effects. I stopped taking it after 2 weeks because I thought my brains were going to explode out of the left side of my head. | F | 51 | 14 days | 4/11/2009 | 5 | insomnia | Very difficult to get out of bed in the morning because I keep falling back to sleep. Sometimes I feel a little spacey. | I take only one-fourth to one-half of a 25mg. tablet. I get to sleep easily and, if I wake up during the night, I get back to sleep. A side benefit has been a big decrease in hot flashes. This drug has been a life-saver; the lack of sleep was making me forgetful, anxious and depressed. | F | 52 | 6 months | 7/6/2006 | 5 | Psychosis and Mania | somnolence, dry mouth, slurred speech, problems with walking correctly/balance. Some difficulty with sleep. Problems with urine retention. Zombie like state. Difficulty concentrating. | Seroquel has restored my life to me. I no longer experience mind riveting paranoia. I am much more relaxed. I live in the moment, I do not seem to worry about tomorrow as much as I did before. Overall my life has been restored to me, as I am much more affectionate to family, I have slowed down from mania and feel happier about my self. Please email me if you have any questions. | M | 52 | 45 days | 10/15/2005 | 5 | Psychosis | Zombie Like state. | Seems somehow to help me reintegrate myself into society. I was in complete withdrawal from people and totally paranoid. Seroquel, was started off light dose and now its 300mg per day. Seems to work and is so beneficial enabling human interactions. Very satisfied. | M | 52 | 60 days | 9/14/2005 | 5 | bi-polar 1, anxiety syndrome | First night I took 300 mg, fell into bed, and slept 24 hours. Subsequent evenings I noticed slurred speech, twitchy leg muscles, extreme dry mouth, raised heart rate, and drowsiness. During the day I became anxious easily and would sweat a lot. I began craving sweets like mad and have gained about 15 pounds in the past 2 months. My dose has been increased gradually to 450mg total. I sleep well at night, am alert and productive during the day, and much calmer than I was the first couple of weeks. | My psychiatrist explained that the sedating effect of Seroquel is higher at the lower doses. For example, a 50 mg dose will make a person much sleepier than a 300 mg dose. All the side effects have been worth it for me. I urge people to hang in there for at least a couple of weeks before making a decision about this drug. | F | 52 | 2 months | 5/26/2007 | 5 | insomnia | sleepiness, other than that, nothing | no weight gain, in fact I'm losing weight on 200 mg/bedtime | F | 52 | 60 days | 3/30/2009 | 5 | bipolar II, anxiety | Seroquel does make me sleepy- I take 200 mg at night and 50 mg twice during the day. Sleepiness is not bothersome in the day time and is great at night. I do have some memory and concentration problems, but these could be related to 25 years with depression and bipolar disorder, or to the other meds I take (Wellbutrin 400mg, depakene 400 mg) | I began with a small dose of seroquel (50 mg) during a hospitalization 15 months ago, dose was increased to 125 mg about a year ago. Six months ago (another hospitaliztion!) seeroquel increased to 50 mg am 5o mg pm and 200 mg at bedtime. This dose let me quit Klonpin COMPLETELY and has really been holding my mood swings. I had had bad reactions to Topamax and Lamictal (increased/debilitating depression)-Seroquel has literally been a lifesaver. | F | 52 | 15 months | 5/3/2005 | 5 | depression | I cant seem to get off it. I cant sleep. The good thing is since I stopped taking it im losing weight | F | 52 | 3 days | 9/21/2004 | 4 | sleep | drowsiness | worked great | F | 52 | 1 days | 2/6/2009 | 3 | Gen. Anxiety and PTSD | Zoned out episodes, memory loss, not able to think complex thoughts right after starting higher dose from original 12mg, then 25mg then last amount, twitchy fingers, toes, eyes, irritable, nightmares, crazy dreams, feeling of dread upon waking, could only sleep 3-4 hrs. but felt sleepy dopey all the time, nasal congestion at night very severe, more depressed, weight gain, can't hold conversations within first 2 hours after dosing nor talk about feelings unless it's anger or rage, freaking out more not less, talking in sleep, lack of personality, disoriented, difficult swallowing mainly at night, restlessness in limbs and generally, odd muscle movements, very grumpy in mornings, can't get out of bed easily, bad tempered more, horny but no drive to do anything about it | F | 52 | 3 months 50 1X day | 3/10/2010 | 2 | schizoaffective bipolar | dry mouth, constipation, nasal inflammation, increased heart rate, weight gain, elevated serum cholesterol, livid dreams. | I didn't know about the heart rate and cholesterol connection until my doctor commented that they had both dropped to normal levels shortly after discontinuing seroquel. I'm on gedon now, just have to take it a good six hours before bedtime, or it's up all night. | M | 52 | 1 years | 6/22/2004 |