Quetiapine for Schizoaffective Disorder User Reviews (Page 3)
Brand names: Seroquel, Seroquel XR
Quetiapine has an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 from a total of 73 reviews for the treatment of Schizoaffective Disorder. 55% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 23% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Quetiapine
- mhadv...
- June 4, 2017
Seroquel XR (quetiapine) "My family member has been on the brand name Seroquel XR since 2009. When Accord Healthcare came out with their generic version in Nov 2016, she had to get the generic in Jan. 2017 until she could get approved for the AZ & Me PAP. I can tell you that the generic does not have the same efficacy as the brand name as she started experiencing symptoms on Accord's generic. Now we find out that Astra Zeneca will no longer have the PAP after Dec. 2017. They did a good job of marketing their product and it has helped many patients manage their symptoms. However, if the generic versions don't have the same efficacy, thousands of patients risk decompensation and symptoms. Accord even has the nerve to charge over 1300 per month for their med."
- Nia
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 10, 2022
Seroquel (quetiapine) "I have a love-hate relationship with this drug, I really do. It seems to be the most effective in reducing psychotic symptoms, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. It definitely helped me feel less depressed before, but I find that it doesn’t quite have that effect anymore (maybe it was a placebo). The major downside to this drug is that it triggers me to binge eat. As someone with bulimia, I have to be super careful with my dosage. I wish this medication didn’t cause me to binge eat, but none of the other ones work quite this well for me."
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- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 15, 2022
Seroquel XR (quetiapine) "I have been on Seroquel XR for five days and feel so much more positive and restful. I am on 150 mg. Still feeling the side effects of tiredness but apart from that all good. Very impressed with this medication"
- sin
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- October 23, 2016
Seroquel XR (quetiapine) "Hi I'm taking seroquel XR 400mg.it all started last winter with my psychosis episode. I went a bit manic,anexity,depression.wont get into details. I went in mental hospital for 2 months,there is where i started taking seroquel. to be honest 1st 2 weeks i have been vomiting every single night,had dizzines so hard that I had to hold walls while walking down the hallway.Its fine because at that point I didn't know if its just a bad dream or reality.after period of let's say 2 months I got much better.still i was feeling like my emotions, vocabularity, thought's was really in bad condition. as time passes I got used to it (im using it for 10months now.) DONT DO COLD TURKEY!!!"
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- Brandon
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- January 29, 2022
"I’ve taken this drug at low doses and at high dosages, and I believe it to be very safe if taken only as prescribed. I only took the high doses at the start of a psychotic break where my symptoms were at all time high about 250 mg and it made the situation manageable the only side effects I can report on the high dosages is it caused my vision in my right eye to get noticeably blurry which caused some alarm but was gone when I awoke and never caused any sort of long term damage and you shouldn’t drive a car in this state. Mainly I took 50mg one tab a day for a month or so and then 25 mg tabs for the remainder of the time and it treated all my symptoms helped me sleep and eat and be better socially. I no longer take any medication and if I ever had too it’d be quietapine. It works slow but it gets the job done you will notice a huge improvement after month one. Pricing get the offbrand it works just as well."
- juice...
- March 13, 2011
Seroquel XR (quetiapine) "The doctor decided to put me on Seroquel XR instead of Risperdal. Today I took it then felt the calming effects of it then I was conscious of it kicking in and I started sweating. The sweating stopped but all of a sudden I feel the same as I did before. Is this normal? I'm also still feeling impulsive and have trouble communicating with people."
- Kitty...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- December 29, 2020
"I've been on this medication two months. So far my paranoia has lessened but it makes me feel weird. It's difficult to move sometimes and I feel like it has made me somewhat more aggressive. I can't tell much difference with my delusions. Has helped my mania slightly."
- Monica
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- May 22, 2018
"I took quetiapine for several years, 800mg. It worked well for me with controlling my symptoms. I did gain A LOT of weight while taking it. I continued gaining weight the entire time I took it. It also caused my heart to feel like it was going to beat out of my chest. My psychiatrist and I decided to start ramping me down while starting me on Vraylar. I've only been completely off the quetiapine for one day. If not for the massive weight gain I would have stayed on it."
- Pixel...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- December 12, 2014
Seroquel XR (quetiapine) "Unfortunately after more than a year, pervasive stuff like weight gain, increased lipids, diabetes all started to be present. Great for a while but I started toned more of it to deal with psychotic symptoms and the sedative nature of it got in the way. Swapped to paliperidone ER, which is more focused on the psychotic symptoms and doing well without the sedation."
- Stusky
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- August 4, 2021
Seroquel (quetiapine) "If my diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type) is correct .... then Seroquel is working better for me, than Invega did. Invega is the only drug currently approved for schizoaffective disorder, but .... I predict, in 2021, that Seroquel WILL eventually be approved for schizoaffective disorder too. I am allowed to take 600mg to 800mg of Seroquel daily/nightly, and it works better, and more consistently for me than taking Invega daily by pill or capsule."
- K1tty...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- September 14, 2016
"Little side effects. All I got was weight gain, dry mouth, and I slept an awful lot. It did nothing for my psychosis, despite being on 750mg. At 600mg it started to help a little with my mood, but the change wasn't consistent."
- Jersey...
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- January 21, 2021
"At first Quetiapine took some dosage adjustments. It works great. I sleep so well now. My hallucinations are at a minimum now. When it gets bad I take 25 mg during the day which levels me out. I take 350 mg at night."
- Blues...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 23, 2022
"I just started this at 30mg. It knocked me for a loop. I had to cut the pills in half or I would fall down. I could barely make it upstairs to my bed! I am having nighttime hallucinations. All versions. This has just started and so my neurologist prescribed it for me. I don't want to take this everyday like you are supposed to. It definitely puts me out, but the next day I walk around groggily. This not something I will continue. I can't believe how high of a dosage some people are taking! Good luck!"
- Queti...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 25, 2024
"I have only had 2 schizoaffective episodes that were caused by my marijuana use, one major (full-blown psychosis) and then one acute (severe insomnia). Why I did it again is a long story, but I self-admitted for early intervention. I have tried another antipsychotic before (Zyprexa, horrible experience. I had to stop and deviate from my prescription order after a few days). Quetiapine is something that can be prescribed for those who are sensitive to other strong antipsychotics. It is a more gentle antagonism against D2 receptors and has sedative antihistaminergic properties. Those attributes of quetiapine were just perfect for thwarting my acute episode from developing any further; it has given me more insight into how insomnia happened to be the backbone of my episodes, personally. It's a pretty unique antipsychotic overall, and it's uniquely effective. I strongly recommend this medication for those who are currently having ineffective experiences with other antipsychotics."
- gertie
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- March 24, 2013
Seroquel (quetiapine) "Gained excessive amounts of weight. Made me feel catatonic."
- Anonymous
- January 5, 2012
Seroquel (quetiapine) "Seroquel is a life saver. I used to not be able to sleep, used to be stuck in my head. This has granted me a second chance to live a happy life."
- Bipolar...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- February 21, 2016
Seroquel (quetiapine) "Works kinda well but you will sleep like nonstop and you will gain weight. I gained at least 30 pounds on this med and was sleeping like 14 hours a day."
- lipo
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- June 18, 2014
Seroquel (quetiapine) "Feeling depressed, cried first thing I woke up."
- Charl...
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- October 8, 2014
Seroquel (quetiapine) "No problems, watch what you eat."
- solit...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- January 6, 2014
Seroquel (quetiapine) "For me personally, the weight gain WAS dose-related. I gained over 200 lbs. by the time I got up to 600mg a day. Even so, it does wonders for my schizo-affective and depression disorders."
- RowdyB
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- November 27, 2015
Seroquel (quetiapine) "Seroquel has been ineffective for me at dosages below 600mg. Even at 600mg my symptoms are decreased slightly. I have been on lower dosages of other medications that have worked better."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 10 years or more
- August 28, 2017
Seroquel (quetiapine) "If you have a mixed diagnostic, bipolar I or II, with traces of schizophrenia, seroquel acts as a good 'sidekick' to medications such as risperdal and zyprexa and abilify."
- cotto...
- October 9, 2011
Seroquel (quetiapine) "This medication made me gain lots of weight and after being on it for about a year or so I suddenly stopped being able to breathe after taking it. So I was placed on a different medicine."
- Anonymous
- May 11, 2010
Seroquel (quetiapine) "Caused excess morning sleep."
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Seroquel XR (quetiapine) "I have been taking Seroquel XR 800mg for almost 11 years. Before this I was taking low dose regular Seroquel for many years. It really helps me manage my schizoaffective disorder. I am also taking a doctors prescribed antihistamine hydroxyzine 50mg because I get hives while on seroquel XR. I have noticed male breast growth and hard glandular breast tissue build up under my breast during this year. I am also experincing breast pain. I am on a calorie restricted diet and have been exercising and lifting weights regularly for the past 10 years and have gained 5lbs to 10lbs in weight. I have low body fat and can do 70 push ups in a row easily so its not body fat."