Seroquel and lithium

started taking seoquel 25 mg an hour before sleep, then 50 mg. went up to 75mg because i wasn't "tired" enough to sleep. it was working okay, but my friends had warned me that i might experience weight gain and absolutely uncontrollable hunger for carbs and sweets. and as a 46 yo woman that already weighed 200 lbs. that was not a happy prospect. but i ignored that; maybe it would be different for me. btw, i am diagnosed as bipolar 2 and am taking lamotrigine, celexa, lithium and now seroquel. i was in a couple months ago for anxiety and loss of time, for lack of a better term. my pdoc told be to get off the 75mg of benadryl i was taking and gave me samples of seroquel to help me sleep, etc.. so, after experiencing weight gain, sore breasts, bigger stomach (i don't have a scale), labored breathing when walking to the freakin' mailbox and feeling like a truck has run over me for at least half the day, then anxiety immediately following, i have decided to pitch the seroquel. also, i am going off lithium and my blood pressure med (i was taking that for migraines associated with pre menstruation and now am menopausal). i'm going to start melatonin again (which i used for years and it worked) when i'm weaned off the evil seroquel... sigh. and no, the docs DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT GAIN!!!! THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU ALIVE AND UPRIGHT IF POSSIBLE! i'm more depressed knowing i could easily balloon upwards to god-knows-what. so if your doc hands you "free" samples of seroquel, please keep track of your symptoms. maybe it will work for you but be cautious, please!

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 break down and take a Seroquel and wake up with the worse body aches ever. It feels like someone beat me up with a metal bat and put me back in bed. If I don't sleep for at least 11 hours I cannot get up and function much less do any daily activities.It also makes my depression worse, on top of my lithium. The bodyaches I cannot do any more.

i have been on seroquel 4 a few months now and im not gainin any weight.my doc put me on topamax 200mg a day and it helps me lose the cravings 2 eat.im already an overweight woman as it is so i wouldnt go on the med unless my doc gave me something for weight gain. i am on 600mg of seroquel only at bedtime and i sleep so good.its my miracle drug. im also bipolar and on lithium and lamictal,between all 4 of the meds i feel pretty stable for once.the only long term side affect im havin from the seroquel is i have no sex drive,and bein married that is a little problem...if anyone else has this problem please feel free 2 email at ******

I have only been onSeroquel for two years. Severe weight gain, 75 pounds? But there was mass confusion in what I heard, ie, a question, and what I answered. The doctor wanted me in the hospital for a closed head inury I got at work. You do not take seroquel for a closed head injury, he just wanted the bread fro9m the insurance companies. Seroquel once taken for a few weeks can make you act weird enough to allow a shrink to get you in a psychiatric ward. I learned that was his forte and when I refused because of knee surgeries, the Orthopedica Specialist went ballistic and calleed my family doctor and put me on lithium for a year, a much safer drug. Read, research, and learn from the pharmacist what your prescribed drug can do before you get it filled. It may be not for you at all. Seroquel is only for Schizophrenics which is not a closed head injury.