Seroquel User Reviews & Ratings (Page 4)

• Adven...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 5, 2023

For Bipolar Disorder "Taking it actively at 100mg, Diagnosed BP1 Disorder and " monitored" schizophrenia. I am currently 18 days into treatment and it just has made me feel thirsty and tired during the day. I still have hallucinations and delusions, but it does reduce anxiety and paranoia."

• Anon
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 2, 2022

For Bipolar Disorder "Worst medication I have ever been on. If you want to test how how a lobotomy feels try seroquel. When I first started on a lower dose for sleeping which was fine. I didn’t find it very helpful but did help increase my appetite as I was underweight. If you are on 25mg for anxiety/depression/insomnia do not let you doctor increase this dosage. Every time my psychiatrist saw me he increased my dosage more and more. After about two years of having my dosage increased every month or two I began having serious side effects. I felt like a zombie, cause a lot of relationship issues as I wasn’t able to hold a conversation. It’s like I lost all my opinions and could no longer think for my self. Lost all creativity which worsened my depression as I am a designer. I eventually was taken off it when I was taken to hospital for losing control over my body. I lost all bladder control and would wet my pants frequently. Develop tardive dyskinesia. In the end I was on 300mg"

• Hotpi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 21, 2021

For Schizophrenia "I was prescribed this first in 2008 then again in late 2012 early 2013 when I was 15. I took the smallest dosage both times for schizophrenia and depression and I felt like sooo bad on this!! I was insanely sleepy, dozing off in class, at lunch, in public, I gained SOOOO much weight and my stomach was literally a bottomless pit! Otherwise it got rid of my symptoms such as mania, anxiety, paranoia and anger but still. I’m on something way better now"

• Debbie
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 8, 2021

For Bipolar Disorder "I was prescribed Seroquel for sleep and I was diagnosed with Bipolar II. At first I was prescribed a low dose, but still couldn't sleep, so now the dose is 200 mg at night. I also have ADHD, so take Adderall, along with the Seroquel. What I notice is this. If I go off Adderall, I get very depressed. I did some research on this phenomenon, and found out that Seroquel is a dopamine antagonist, which means that it actually suppresses dopamine in your brain. I also take 100 mg of Topamax twice daily as a mood stabilizer, and the combination of medications seem to work like magic. I don't gain weight at all. However, when I had some blood work done, my thyroid hormones were low, and also my blood sugars were very high, even though I am not overweight. I believe these are side effects from the Seroquel. I do not recommend Seroquel, unless absolutely necessary for sleep, because there are too many metabolic side effects."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 25, 2020

For Bipolar Disorder "I was put on Seroquel to help me sleep at night when I went into a Drug Addiction treatment center about 3 months ago for opioids. Seroquel is completely awful in my opinion. Did it make me sleep? for sure!! But let me tell you the side effects are awful! I would wakeup the next day and all day long I would sweat like a pig (even after detoxing), after about 2 weeks I noticed I had restless legs SO bad to where my legs would start aching and eventually my arms were restless also. At night after taking it I would become extremely hungry. Also I am diagnosed with depression and not bipolar disorder so noticed I started to feel extremely panicky/ couldn't stop moving. I stopped cold turkey getting off of this drug, I couldn't handle it one more day."

• shura
• June 1, 2020

For Bipolar Disorder "This drug Seroquel made me feel like a zombie. Sure it would make me feel "normal" but it would completely knock me out. I was with some friends and I was going to give them a ride home from my house and accidentally took my medication too early and I literally passed out and they had to get a ride from a friend. I was only at a 50 mg dose. This medication was just not for me. I take Latuda now, which made me really drowsy when I first started taking it but I have since gotten over it."

• Polar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 3, 2020

For Bipolar Disorder "This drug absolutely did not work for me. Well, the sleeping part worked... I never slept so much in my life. Instead of waking up from 12 hours of sleep feeling well-rested, I woke up angry and wanting to punch someone in the face. Sure, I can have anger outbursts, but only while on Seroquel did I want to punch someone. Started low at 25mg, and my doctor kept increasing my dosage to 100mg. At 100mg, I would sleep 18 hours straight, and my days and nights were blurred. The anger caused me great urges to drink alcohol, which is ironic because I don't even like alcohol. Eventually, I just stopped cold turkey, and to this day, I have never woken up as miserable as I was on Seroquel. Also, I gained 60 pounds in a little over 2 months and had severe impotence. So definitely not for me."

• Neens
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 16, 2019

For Bipolar Disorder "Has done nothing to curb my problems lack of self care, vertigo hypersexuality, suicidal thoughts round the clock. UK resident so cost not part of assessment."

• Rotti...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 6, 2019

For Bipolar Disorder "I tried this medication a few years ago and could never get the dose correct. It was either too much or not enough. I recently tried it again and only took it for a week before the doctor took me off. I was taking this medication for bipolar disorder and insomnia. 30 minutes to 1 hour after taking this medication I would have constant dry mouth and my legs would twitch, RLS. Constant tossing and turning because of my legs and having to drink water because of the dry mouth finally passing out hours later and feeling like rubbish the next day."

• nosta...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 6, 2019

"My psychiatrist prescribed me Seroquel for my depression as a teenager, and in hindsight, I have no idea why, seeing as it is an antipsychotic. He might have thought it would help with my mood swings and anxiety, but all it really did was make me too exhausted to get out of bed and cause my depression to get worse. It got to the point that I was institutionalized for six days, I felt so utterly depressed and miserable. All the people I've talked to have had similar experiences with this medication. I definitely wouldn't recommend taking Seroquel unless your psychiatrist really thinks it's the best option for you."

• In Wo...
• July 22, 2019

For Bipolar Disorder "Female, 22 years old. I was given seroquel for what was thought to be psychotic depression. I was given 50 mg to take at night. The first night I took the med, it absolutely knocked me out BUT before I actually fell asleep, I felt super anxious, had shock like sensations through my body. It made me actually want to fight the medication because I did not like the way it made me feel. So the next night I went down to 25 mg, side effects weren’t as bad but I still felt very anxious then the next morning when I woke up, I noticed I felt super angry like my first thought as soon as I opened my eyes I just felt like so angry and I’m not usually an angry person. I also drooled on myself so bad that my shirt was soaked the next morning. I didn’t feel well rested, I tossed & turned & remembered doing things in the middle of the night that I knew weren’t dreams (all of these happened both nights I took the seroquel regardless of reducing the dose)."

• VickyEE
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 21, 2018

For Bipolar Disorder "I was prescribed Seroquel for treatment resistant depression. I only took it for about 2 weeks. For every night I wasn't able to sleep my doc upped my dose. Which was most nights. In my opinion, it was upped too quickly. It literally made me feel like I was going crazy. I'm aware that is a very subjective feeling, but I can't put it in words how bad it made me feel. I would still recommend it only if titrated very slowly."

• FOUND...
• December 26, 2017

For Bipolar Disorder "I was on numerous different bipolar medications but this one was the worst! This medicine landed me in the hospital. I had pain in right waist when I urinated. My creatinine levels were high. And picked up a LOT of weight. I wonder if some of these reviews weren't written by the company itself. It seems there are lots more people struggling with these meds. I weaned off it but now it seems I have bad withdrawals, blood pressure problems, headaches, fainting, dizziness, severe insomnia, heart palpitations, red spots on my skin, my insides feels like they are shaky! I would never ever recommend this"

• dynam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 20, 2017

For Schizoaffective Disorder "Seroquel did not work for me (this is NOT to say it may work for you, because everyone's biochemistry is different). It caused me to sleep 16 hours a day or more on a extremely low dose (75 mg), and over 2 weeks caused me to auditory hallucinate and creepy or hellish nightmares (worse than my normal ones). Over time it actually caused anxiety instead of reducing it. Hope you have a better time with Seroquel than me!"

• Aubrey...
• September 23, 2016

For Bipolar Disorder "I've been taking this for a few weeks and I think I've already gained 10 pounds because I am hungry 100% of the time. I've had insomnia for all 20 years of my life and have yet to find a medication that makes me sleep till this one, and on the 50 mg dose. That would be amazing if it did not make me sleep for the rest of the day too. It shuts me down to the point where it is harder than normal to breathe. I've been staying with it in hopes that I would improve but all I've noticed is that I am more irritated by even the smallest things."

• Postm...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 19, 2016

For Bipolar Disorder "Very horrible experience on this medication that I took years a go. Side effects were not pleasant."

• suezy...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 19, 2016

For Bipolar Disorder "Made me feel like a zombie. I slept too much, gained 20lbs, had restless leg syndrome and congestion at night, increased depression , I had a breakdown of laughing and crying at same time. I lost of reality."

• Draco...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 13, 2016

"I'm 47 and have severe insomnia associated with Young Onset Parkinson's. Normally I take stilnox/Ambien nightly for sleep but recently I went through a 2 month period when the Ambien was not working effectively so my doctor gave me this stuff...It gave me the worst, most vivid nightmares I can ever remember having. Thankfully the Ambien is back to working so I won't be taking this horrendous stuff ever again.....If you have Parkinson's, I would definitely just say no to seroguel as I have talked to several other Parkinson's patients that have had a bad time with it."

• JPhurts
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 15, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "My mom was prescribed Seroquel in 2010 for dementia ! I talked to my pharmacist. Tom, he showed me the FDA's warning; Seroquel had been given the highest warning "Black Boxed" Mom had Dementia, was 75 yrs old, and weighed 76lbs, she died in October, '11"

• Which...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 2, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "This was the first anti-psychotic I was put on, I was pushed into it by my psychiatrist at the time. I was on a low dose, 150mg. I took it for four months before taking myself off it due to extreme tiredness and horrific weight gain...I gained over 2.5 stones in the time I was on it, despite managing my food intake very carefully and exercising rigorously. A couple of years later I wound up being prescribed Seroquel again, this time at 300mg. Same as last time it really knocked me out and once again I gained weight. This med did nothing for my mood, but I kept being told to 'give the medication time to work.' After 6 months I came off it again. Since weaning off the med I haven't slept properly, and that was almost 3 months ago."

• pookie...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 30, 2014

For Bipolar Disorder "I was on Seroquel for a year. I was fat, no energy, restless leg syndrome, and elevated glucose. Seroquel has too many serious side effects."

• BPD_B...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 5, 2013

For Bipolar Disorder "I was prescribed this for sleep and my doctor told me it has multiple uses and can be used for Bi Polar as well. Unfortunately this medication causes auditory hallucinations I am a 24 year old male and I will have to have a talk with my doctor about this."

• spark...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 24, 2012

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "Felt like I was in a chemical straight jacket."

• EngTe...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 23, 2012

For Depression "I have been taking 150MGx2 along with 10MG of Lexapro to help with chronic depression. Due to divorce this summer, I told my Dr I was feeling more depressed and he raised my dose of Seroquel to 200x2 at bed time. I am a teacher and the last 2 days I have not been able to get up. I start to get dressed and wake up hours later standing at the mirror with a toothbrush in my hand. Lucky for me we don't have students yet but I am terrified I will continue oversleeping and miss my classes. Also, I am having muscle spasms in my right hand, dropping things I am holding, throwing eggs across the room. The only change in my routine is the bump up in dose so the problem has got to be that. "

• Anonymous
• January 21, 2012

For Insomnia "I was hospitalized and couldn't sleep due to intense anxiety in the hospital. I was given 50mg Seroquel. I felt the effects within 20 minutes, but then they kept getting stronger for well over an hour until my perceptions of time and space were very distorted. I couldn't even sit in a chair without feeling I was going to fall out of it. Next I started getting paranoid until 16 hours later I took Klonopin and everything went back to normal. If I was at home or work and took Seroquel for the first time, it would have been a disaster. I did sleep for a few hours while I was on it, though."