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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SEROQUEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | insonima and high anxiety | it would turn me into a zombie state so i could only take it just before going to bed. | its really helped with being able to sleep and my overall anxiety is a bit lower. I havent had any side affects from seroquel. | F | 25 | 3 years 600 mg 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 4 | Bipolar, anxiety, BPD, ASPD | cant not take it or ill not sleep but dosnt help a lot to sleep weight gain | i want to stop but every time i try i cant sleep get agitated worked up agressive anxious i would like to get off seroquel im currently taking the XR 300mg morning and 900mg at night | F | 21 | 5 years 1200mg 2X day | 3/13/2011 | 4 | Psychosis, poss. schizoaffective | realized this should be under Seroquel XR... sorry, will post a re-write. | realized this should be under Seroquel XR... sorry, will post a re-write. | F | 29 | 9 months 150 retard 1X day | 1/12/2011 Patient History | 4 | schizophrenia | it makes me sleep, it can make mornings "drawn out" in terms of grogginess, irritability and non-motivation. sex drive is stifled which i don't mind. appetite appears normal with my dosage. | Without this drug I would quickly drift back into a paranoic, thought riddled chaos that makes movement outside impossible. The main drawback I think is the dampened mental and creative sharpness that I'm not completely aware of, but it is regularly suggested to me by the pitying treatment I recieve from normal people. Thankfully I'm too numb to care THAT much about it. | M | 40 | 4 years 100mg 1X day | 1/9/2011 | 4 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Helps me greatly with mood stability as well as the insomnia. Negatives.. drug hang over the next day, odd and very vivid dreams. Otherwise, I have had a good experience with this medication. I should mention that I was at higher dose of 400mg at one point. Dose didn't seem to matter when the vivid dreams occurred but I'll take the weird vivid dreams over lack of sleep any day. | F | 36 | 7 years 100 1X day | 1/3/2011 | 4 | Bi-polar | 100 plus pounds weigh gain, never feeling awake, hypersomina, constant feeling of fog, loss of concentration | I want to stop taking this so bad. But, when I have I can not sleep. Question to everyone who has successfully stopped how long did it take for the side effects to go away? How long should I plan to be out of sync before it is completely out of my system? | F | 45 | 6 years 75 1X day | 10/14/2010 | 4 | Sleep Apnea compliance to CPAP | I was first taking Seroquel XR at 150mg and I felt like I could not get enough sleep and stayed kind of blah all day. My doctor switched me to quick release Seroquel and I am much happier with that. The idea behind prescribing this to me was to help me sleep better so that I do not take my CPAP mask off. To date, it has done the trick. I wake up feeling rested, clear minded, etc. I wish I had started taking it long ago and then maybe I would have been more compliant with my CPAP mask. I would be happy to share my experiences with this medication if you wish to email me. Good luck to all of you. | M | 50 | 21 days 200mg 1X day | 10/7/2010 | 4 | Depression - Sleep Problems | In a fog when waking up. Memory problems, forgetting important things. Sometimes zombie like, zone out. Increased libido with no drive to act upon this increase. Days sometimes blur together, forget the day of the week. Very complacent. Someone said here that a gun could be put to their head and they would not care. I can relate as when I am taking, nothing phases me. Fear seems to melt away. Eat more, slight weight gain, three - five pounds. | Very effective for sleep. I have taken on and off for three years. I take when needed and will stop when I am getting lost. Hard to describe but this medicine is very strong for me and seems to change my personality. When I feel like I am going past the point of no return I stop the medicine. It takes a month or more for the real me to return. I would sum it up like this. I am normaly a very intuitive fast learner who is interested in all aspects of life and living. After a few days on Seroquel I become very complacent and pliable. I remember the movie the Stepford Wives and I guess you could say that I am the Stepford Husband when taking this medicine. I see why they give it for Bi-Polar as it certainly removes the highs and levels me out. Also it is the only medicine that I have ever taken that gives me a sense of peace and calm. The only problem with that is it does not stop at that point, wish it would. After giving the sense of calm continues to numb mind and thinking ability. I have not taken for two months and I am having difficulty sleeping again so will start tonight again. Wanted to write this before as I will not have initiative to write this after I take it. Wish I could find something else as I am concerned about what the long term effects of this medicine could be. | M | 58 | 3 years 50 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 4 | sleep/anxiety/panic | sleepiness, hunger, could eat a horse. Slowed thoughts down tho | I like seroquel. I'm currently on zyprexa and I want to switch back. Seroquel always made me feel chill and relaxed without a lot of side effects. You'll probably feel groggy into the next day tho. | M | 27 | 5 years 25-75mg 1X day | 9/15/2010 | 4 | Major depression - psychotic | Very heavy sedation for first few days, not many side effects after that. | I found Seroquel to be very helpful. It greatly improved my mood, and also made me feel calm and less agitated - stable. I did find it increadibly sedating for the first few days, to the point where I almost slept non-stop for several days. This quickly wore off, and I found myself able to function normally (though I was always reluctant to drive as I did feel that my spatial awareness was still affected even though I did not feel drowsy). I didn't have any sexual side effects, though soon after taking a tablet the sedative affect would probably mean your libido would be lower for a few hours. I did find that when I was first put on a high dose that it can have a temporary paralysing effect, in that for the first time at a high dose you may find yourself paralysed and unable to move, walk etc. This only occured on my first night at high dosage, and didn't recur again. Overall, I have found this drug to be very effective, and with very few side effects, and it does also help with getting a good night sleep as many have said. | M | 35 | 4 months 100 2X day | 8/29/2010 | 4 | depression | none | I have been takeing seroquel 50mg and cymbalta 60mg. About 3 mo. ago i started feeling like i was in a black hole,sad crying felt hopeless. They up my cym. and seroquel. 90 mg cym. and seroquel xr 150mg. I started feeling better in a week.Still have a way to go. Going back to dr. today. I wouldnt wish this on nobody. | F | 60 | 8 months xr 150mg 1X day | 8/23/2010 | 4 | Bipolar I | on seroquel immediate release : weight gain --My body never let me know I was full and so I'd eat massive amounts of food. dry mouth, after taking it I would be so sedated that I would "wake up" and turn my alarm off, even after I put it on the other side of the room and didn't know I was doing it until after my bf say me. Seroquel ex: on 50mg I get manic on 100mg I cycle low. It takes a good 4-5 hours for it to kick in. If I take it too late i'm screwed the next day cause I will be drowsy until like mid day | I love the immediate release. I slept great, felt fantastic, and didn't really cycle. The only problem was the weight gain. The ex seroquel isn't great. I have to time it perfectly to get a good nights sleep and its still not the deep sleep that I enjoyed before. I've had to play with my dosage because it's had quite a different effect on how I cycle. If I take 100mg then I get depressed, if I take 50mg then I get hardcore manic. I've been taking 50 one day and 100 the next to see if that helps. The only reason why I take this is because I have had any weight gain, I pretty much lost all of my weight, I'm nt hungry like I was before. That makes it worth it | F | 26 | 18 months 50-100 mg 1X day | 7/19/2010 | 4 | Bipolar, OCD, BDD, Insomnia | Drowsiness, Increased Appetite | I think that this drug has helped me greatly in overcoming my BDD, and it totally levels out my moods, but I never really feel any intense emotions... It's not helping with the OCD part, if anything it's made it worse. But I no longer freak out in situations I can't control. I'm just more organized if anything. It helps with my lack of sleep, it's easy for me to get 8+ hours a night when before I started taking Seroquel I slept maybe three hours a night if that. It does take me awhile to actually get up and function in the morning when usually I'd be up and fully alert within a minute. No weight gain as I'm good at managing my weight, but I do feel hungry ALL THE TIME. But self control helps, lol. | F | 16 | 6 weeks 100mg 1X day | 6/29/2010 | 4 | bipolar - episode of mania | Drowsiness, difficulty focusing, no motivation, can't stop eating | It does seem to work it brought me back to earth. That having been said I'm going to stop taking it the side effects are too much especially the lack of motivation and drowsiness. It's a real effort to accomplish anything significant which is a bit of a problem. | M | 32 | 45 days 100 1X day | 6/17/2010 | 4 | Insomnia | wt gain 60 lbs, hi cholesterol | F | 59 | 3 years 400 mg 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 4 | insomnia, bipolar II | I woke up daily with food wrappers in my bed and only vaguely remember eating, difficulty waking up for the first week or so. | It worked really well but there are some crazy long-term side effects. | F | 20 | 2.5 months 150 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 4 | bi polar OCD pain | Weight gain from 148 lbs(size 12-14) to 183 lbs(size 16). Memory issues both long and short term.Confusion,can't seem to keep linear thought processes, eyesight worsening, have to reason with myself not to eat, no willpower to resist! Very sensitive to sun and heat.Muscle cramps, chest pains, high cholesterol. | Having listed the side effects, I am willing to live with them, because seroquel has helped me tremendously.I take 200 of the plain each night, along with 2@ 37.5 effexor xr for depression and fibromyalgia-like pains.Within 1 hour, I sleep serenely, and wake refreshed. Sleep, a precious commodity for bipolar people!I must stick to a rigid schedule or the side effects worsen rapidly.I experienced the rapid weight gain when I was put on seroquel XR- I gained 20 lbs in 3 months, and could not sleep.Back to plain seroquel and lost 5 lbs only.I take this med because it has quieted down the psychosis, allows me to order my thoughts, keeps me more even when combined with a rigid schedule.I can do some sustained work without going off the deep end, drive places without panicking, leave my house to do basic stuff, am able to live a more normal life within very confined parameters, have more empathy for others as my own condition is not the only thing in my brain... But, I have yet to complete any major projects, have less ability to concentrate, there is weight gain, it's a trade off because it is a novelty to feel 'sane' for extended periods although somewhat confused, less giving in to whatever crazy urges that have ruined my life, and more happiness, less psychic/emotional pain!I combine meds with a very quiet life. | F | 57 | 5 years 200 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 4 | Bipolar II/Depression | Weight gain, hungover feeling, dizziness, MEMORY LOSS, appetite only increases if I take it at night and do not immediately fall asleep. VERY TIRED THROUGH OUT THE DAY. | Seroquel has greatly helped my bipolar disorder and I have had great results with it. However, after a year and a half of being on it I'm still very tired during the day and need to be in bed for a total of 9-10 hours. Still a struggle to get up after that, but if I don't I feel very hungover all day long. I do not experience in increase in hunger if I take the meds when I'm in bed and about to fall asleep. It takes a bit for the meds to kick in, but if I'm already trying to go to sleep, then I don't have the urge to eat something. I would like to find something that doesn't make me as sleepy and will help with my memory loss, not make it worse. But for now, this will have to do. | F | 25 | 1.5 years 400 mg 1X day | 5/1/2010 | 4 | bi-polar,OCD,anxiety,depression | When I haven't had enough sleep I feel grogy for the first part of the day. Dry mouth.Recently(in the last year) I have gained 18lbs. I find that I am hungry ALOT, and I never ate alot.I have a few muscles spasms,mainly in my hands.Constipation. The first 6 to 7 months I was unable to achieve an orgasm. OMG! But it corrected itself, or I wouldn't be on it. | Though there are side effects, seroquel has helped me like no other pill has before. I went through so many pills trying to find one to "fix" me. Seroquel has done that. It controls my racing thoughts at night so I can sleep, and controls my mood swings. Though there are major withdraw symptoms if my perscription is late, it dosen't take but two days and things are normal. I keep a regular check on my sugar because diabetes are in my family. But have had no problems yet. The only problem Is the weight gain. If it levels out and dosen't get to drastic, then I don't care. I would recomend seroquel to anyone needing help with depression,bi-polar,anxiety,OCD. It effects everyone differently, and I think it's worth a try. I can honestly say, if I had not found my doctor and been perscribed Seroquel, Then I wouldn't be here today. Hope this helps. | M | 25 | 3 years 450mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 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 |