http://www.medications.com/se/Seroquel Recent side effects for Seroquel Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:21:12 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29843 Yes, I gained weight, but I'm in my mid thirties, so I figured I was just getting older, metabolism slowing & all that, but my doctor began reducing my dose from 200 - 150. Good God! Such a small reduction, but I had explosive anger issues and I couldn't w http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29843 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:24:32 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28954 I have been on seroquel since july 2006.I take 200 to sleep at night, although in times of stress I add 25mgs pills as needed, and I also take effexor xr 37.5 and 75.First, the good effects- the combo got rid of the crazy highs and deep dark despairs of th http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28954 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:10:10 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28746 hated it. It was prescribed for insomnia and anxiety. Worked at first for the insomnia at 25 mg, then had to go up to 50 mg and barely worked then. My anxiety was worse, woke up with panic attacks. Vivid horrid nightmares. Spiraled into a severe, deep s http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28746 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:32:12 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28555 I have Bipolar Type II, since I was 12. I'm 52 now. Undedicated I'm a Rapid Cycler with psychotic depression. I was diagnosed at age 40, after worse and worse symptoms. So I have been on meds since - many different "cocktails" some effective and some not s http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28555 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:10:51 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28304 Started on Seroquel last September, and between then and Christmas was basically a walking zombie. I was on auto-pilot, functioning as if someone had programmed me to do things. I complained and the dose was reduced, but with no effect. After Christmas the http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28304 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:55:25 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27476 Cognitive confusion; if I had thought something and it was wrong, I would keep remembering the wrong thing instead of the right one...like I would come up with a plan with a friend, we would decide on something else, then I would do the original plan, forg http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27476 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:37:47 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27395 I was on Seroquel for about 3 or 4 months.It worked for me I guess. I developed a skin rash on my palm of my hand and my foot. And my sex life was none existent. So I decided to get off it. Because I herd a lot of other bad things about it I have heart dis http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27395 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:14:12 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27063 I was on Seroquel for about a year or so for "anxiety" and insomnia. I gained weight and noticed a thick white coating on my tongue while taking it. I eventually came off of this medication when I suddenly began to lose weight rapidly - I dropped to 88 lbs http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27063 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:39:17 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26666 I have been on Seroquel since July,2007. I gained at least 20lbs or more.I have never been so fat! I am 5ft9 and weigh like 230-235lbs.Please reply. I take Remeron also. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26666 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:11:27 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26661 I was on Seroquel for 3 years for tourettes and I went off it September. I went off it because I wanted no chemicals in m body that would hurt the fetus. Since then I have been dealing with insomnia.It is now January and I am pregnant. I was up all last ni http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26661 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:25:50 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26401 I was prescribed Seroquel, and initially I slept well. Unfortunately, after taking it for a couple of months, I developed another problem--sleep eating! I've gained 10 pounds in a very short period of time...Since that time, it has been discontinued by my http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26401 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:32:31 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25692 I was diagnosed with Dysthmia in April 07 and the doc prescribed Seroquel (25mg) and Topamax (25mg) I took them for about a week and felt spacey, like I was floating or something. I was scared to drive to work for fear that I would zone out and get in a ca http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25692 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:18:38 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25651 Seroquel helped save my life. It is one of 2 drugs I now take to treat my bipolar disorder. I take 75 mg at night before bed. About 45 minutes after I take it, and I get tired and go to sleep, and so my insomnia is cured. Getting tired before going to http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25651 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:16:59 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25581 My husband shattered his shoulder due to a fall. He has fallen 4 times in four months since taking Seroquel. His balance and motor skills are deteriorating and he is a zombie, a shell of a person. He is a very intelligent man and his cognitive function http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25581 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:51:50 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25573 Up until the end of August, 2007, I was on 20mg of Abilify a day. I weened myself off of the Abilify before my wedding on October 20. Then, I went on my honeymoon to Germany. When I returned from Germany, I could not sleep. This lasted for 3 weeks, unt http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25573 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:56:49 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25560 At first I didn't gain weight from Seroquel. but after 3 years on it all of a sudden I am retaining fluid and gained 15 lbs in 2 months all water. I have stopped cold turkey on Seroquel and of course I am not sleeping well and it doesn't help that I am up http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25560 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:10:07 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25423 It has been hell on earth. In order for the Seroquel to tame down my anxiety and mood swings I needed to be on 400 mg. However, anything more than 25mg and I could not stay awake during the day for more than an hour or two. When it did work for the anxi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25423 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:41:11 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25383 Seroquel is awesome. I, at the age of 50 realized that most likely I was Bi-Polar. My swings we not drastic but were hard on me and people close to me. I am taking 300mg at bedtime. I sleep like a rock, wake up with a slight haze which disappears after my http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25383 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:26:25 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25017 Finally -- something works for my anxiety! But I'm clenching my jaw, gaining weight (including a pot belly), and snoring like a chain saw. Does anyone else have problems with snoring? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25017 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:24:06 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24606 Within the hour of taking it my heart started to beat very fast and breathing became difficult. Then I had difficulty speaking or forming words and had trouble walking. I grew increasingly tired and decided to lay down and had difficulty opening my eyes. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24606 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:34:47 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24386 Who ever said there is a fine line between love and hate must have been on Seroquel. I have been taking Seroquel off and on for about 4 years. When it comes to my dosage, I have been all over the map. I have taken as much as 800 mg. which I felt I needed f http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24386 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:34:40 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23997 Ive been on Seroquel for quite some time now, I asked my doctor too get me off. I am also on Lithium and Welbutrin. I have lost 45 pounds. Which isnt a horrible thing but with out Seroquel I am awake all the time. I stay up for days. After day three i brea http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23997 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:37:05 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23968 First month I gained 20 lbs was at 600 mg had racing heart rate, restless legs and couldn't get up before I had slept 12 hrs. Medications works well for my bi-polar disorder and I still have my personality which some other medications seemed to have wiped http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23968 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:29:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23429 ITCHING!! Holy cow!! I am weaning myself off seroquel, and as soon as I dropped 25mg, I broke out in a 24hr full-body itch! I'm weaning myself off it because the cardiac side effects were awful!! Racing heart, high blood pressures, shortness of breat http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23429 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:49:45 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23001 With any exertion my HR soars. I am a runner and 5'3 and 115 pounds. I have been on it three days and already have gained 5 pounds. Side effects so far: tachycardia, sedation, weight gain, nasea, light headed, dizziness, muscle pain and spasms, chest pa http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23001 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:04:48 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22596 I've been on Seroquel for a month now. My dosage was progressively increased from 100mg to 400mg for severe chronic insomnia, a symptom of manic depression. Within one month, I've gained 20 pounds and I look as if I'm six or seven months pregnant. I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22596 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:38:28 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22453 My freiends I have been diagnosed with everything disease a person can have over the past ten years. I have taken every single anti dep... and alot of other meds that make me misreable. I am convinced that most Dr do not have a clue what they are doing. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22453 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:46:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22407 I have been "self-medicating" with Seroquel for more than 4 years. I often take just 50 mg to get me to at least fall asleep for a couple of hours. When I tale the 100 mg tablet I sleep better for almost a whole 6 hours! I am a victim of my own distruct http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22407 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:46:28 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22027 Im from Cork,Ireland.I was put on Seroquel to treat my Body Dismorphic Disorder.I have really disliked the way i look for years.Hated the way i look in fact.I was very badly bullied all through my school life and teenage years because i was very heavy at t http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22027 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:28:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22008 I AM VERY COFUSED AS TO WHAT TO DO ABOUT TAKING MY SEROQUEL...I GAINED ALOT OF WEIGHT IN 5 MONTHS...WENT FROM 136 LBS TO 216 LBS. NOW!! MY DOCTOR WON'T CHANGE IT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT EMOTIONAL STATE NOW! IT WORKS GREAT FOR MY EMOTIONAL STATE OF MIND!!! http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22008 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:41:00 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20715 Hallucinations & paranoid http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20715 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:31:52 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20213 vomiting,severe headache,insomnia,low mood,sleepy all the time http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20213 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:47:52 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20019 i started taking seroquel about 2 years ago, and with being steadily increased in the dosage i have gaine 100 pounds, and i cannot lose anything. I have tried every diet out there, besides surgery. I am afraid to go off them because i have insomnia and d http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20019 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:54:41 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19602 i have been taking seroquel for over a year and i have gone from 125 to 165 in only 8 months. i am trying everything to get rid of the weight but nothing has worked so far.the only good thing about seroquel is that i do sleep at night and without it i don' http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19602 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:54:01 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19100 i was on seroquel for 2 count tnem 2 days and my heart would pound and ache and my muscles would twitch and ache like i had run for 5 miles, nothing was ever so scary and i was always hungry, i mean i gained 3 pds in 2 days. I am quiting this crap, at this http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19100 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:01:18 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18818 Mental meds are destroying our bodys and minds.. I would reccomend to any one going on marijuana, smoked once or twice daily and tramadol/Ultram for spot relief of depression and anxiety. The marijuana WILL help you if you are bipolar or schizophrenic or j http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18818 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:48:46 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18817 I've been getting chest pains since starting on seroquel, for bipolar , anxiety, depression and anger.. chest pains, lethargic, muscle spasms and eye twitching... we should kill all the doctors and figure it out ourselves... http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18817 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:52:00 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18805 I have never posted anything to a website before. After the terrifying effects of Seroquel - I feel the need to inform others. In December of 2004 I was under alot of stress from work. I went two weeks without sleep. I went to the doctor and he perscribed http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18805 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:41:12 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18569 I ALSO GET DRY MOUTH AND A BIG BELLY WITH WEIGHT GAIN,BUT THE WORST PART IS THAT I HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING AND IT CONTRIBUTES 2 MY PANIC ATTACKS.MY DOCTORS REFUSE 2 TAKE ME OFF OF IT AND I DON`T KNOW WHAT 2 DO....PLEASE HELP ME. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/18569 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:16:14 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/17263 I was on Seroquel for a while because the other Pills I was taking really messed my symptoms up..I had very little problems with Seroquel I had a good night sleep and it made my mood swings very stable..Yea I was happy with that but during the day I would http://www.medications.com/effect/view/17263 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:46:24 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14547 Hi i am 21 and i have high prolactin 5776. I don't know what it means and so scared. Pls do you need anything about it? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14547 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:45:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14541 I am 39-I have always had a great figure,I am 5 feet and being a size 3/4 flat chested and no hips was always comforting to me being that I have delt with an eating disorder all my life-Well out of now where I went from a nice 115 lbs to 154 in one year-no http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14541 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:31:07 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14343 Not for sure but I think it is causing my back to hurt very badly that I can't get out of bed by myself. There is a good side I sleep very well when taking it http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14343 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:40:20 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13554 MHN took away my PTSD diagnosis and told me that I should apply for SSDI with borderline personality disorder. I refused and got a private pay psych eval. Now MHN say's I am refusing to follow there treatment plan because I didn't mess up my application wi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13554 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:24:28 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13317 well all that i have read here today. 2/24/06 is so scary. i am truly concerned about only my midsection meaning my stomach i have been stressing out about where did the big pot belly come from. now i know. i started taking seroquel about 3 weeks ago a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13317 Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:34:34 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13210 I have been on serqeol for three years.I have gainged 70 pounds,have deveopled diabete,can sleep and can't get organized. My doctor keep on increasing the doseage. Diabetes was brought on by seroquel. Drs. treating mental health are destroying our bodies http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13210 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:37:22 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12954 diabetes. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12954 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:17:05 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12728 I had a horrible burning sensation from the middle of my back going up my spine and through the back of my head. It comes and goes randomly. I could sleep hardly any at all. I kept waking up every 15 minutes throughout the night. I seemed to get extrem http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12728 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 06:15:01 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12608 Severe effects on irritable bowel syndrome when changing dosages and severe withdrawal causing nausea and cramps http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12608 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:39:18 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12328 I am having problems with seroquel I am having bad side effects. They are heavy menstruation, after showering my underwear appear so to be wet it's embarrassing I use baby powder and baby lotion this never happen to me before I started taken this medicati http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12328