A few years ago I was put on seroquel for sleep only. They bumped it up to 1200 mgs very quickly and I weighed only 98lbs. I started having seizures shortly after taking this medication and I don’t remember anything while I was on this medication. I was also on 8mgs of klonopin and 800mgs of luvox. I felt like that was way too much. I now suffer from memory loss and rigid muscles and tremors. I don’t recommend seroquel for sleep at all. There’s more to my story but I’d rather not get any further into detail. All I can say is do not take it if prescribed for sleep only! Good luck to everyone out there that is on this med.

I have been diagnosed with dystonia from seriquel that constant muscle spasm tremors have been off work cause of this Er doc diagnosed me as well as neurologist im in constant pain cant work on short term disability my pcp prescribed this for sleep did not know it was for Schlizo

my only child died at age 26 . He was treated with the highest dose of Seroquel 400mg.He gained over 100 lbs, gained over 100 lbs hyperglycemia, became diabetic,experienced tardive dyskinesia rapid palpitation of hearth .All this was during the 1 year hospitalization at Interfaith hospital.He died 1 day after discharge.I never saw any advertisement for seroquel clients in New York.I just recently heard about it and will like a follow contact cause I feel i need to be compensated for my lost.Thank you.I need a lawyer or attorney general to contact me. He cannot be cut off in vain.Thanks in advance. God Grace prevail.

My fiance was on this med from 2002 until 2010. He had to have a huge cataract removed from one eye that took the surgeon 2 hours. He has many of the problems you all have listed also. We are trying to find a lawyer to help us as this has ruined his life. Does anyone have any info they can share with us? All the research I have done tells me he was prescribed this med for problems before it was approved for these problems. Thanks all and sending you all positive vibes.

i have never had swizures that is until i was put on this drug.yesterday landed me in the er my ten yr old found me convulsing and foaming out the mouth

I have gained over 120lbs since 2010 from taking seroquel iwent from 180lbs to 312lbs

I was prescribed seroquel in the early 2000.I was taken haha milligram of medicine and it cause me to have problems with sleeping in excess. I now have problem with my memory I can only remember things and short start where and when I was younger I had IQ ibetween 135 abd 145 depending on how i felt that day. But now i have head aches sleep insomia and. Other issues.

I was prescribed over 1,000 milligrams of seroquel nightly when I was younger than 13. Since then I only sleep a few nights a week, I get constant migraines, severe memory loss, muscle spasms, etc..

I have been taking this medication for sleep for years as well and I am now having all the symptoms of what they call Dystonia. It’s suck, I’m miserable, can’t work. Sometimes I lose my speech, or can barely walk. My memory is shot most of the time. I get tremors and spasms. Muscle rigid ness in my feet, hands, and back. I get pains even in my chest, my breathing can be affected and I can listen to my heart pounding sometimes it’s so hard. I have been a dog groomer for 8 years now and know nothing else. I can’t do it anymore. I’m having a hard time getting help with the issues. If any can send me in the right direction or help me and these others with similar effects please send info. It’s terrible and wrong and ruins lives.

My sister was on this medication for years for sleep. Now a few months ago she was diagnosed with spots on her brain and shaking of legs and handsand loss of memory. Since she was on this drug. Her doctor told her it may never go away now . We were informed about this the other day and I’m trying to find out what to do next please help

Albert, seek help.

I took it 11 years ago and it almost killed me. Beside causing a major problem with my artery’s for 11 years now I have suffered from whole body stiffness, chest pains, difficulty breathing, rubbery legs and when ever I get sick anymore I cannot function with even a minor cold. And if I sit around for a couple days being lazy I pay for it for days afterwards trying to walk again. There is more. I have been left in misery by the country I served for 11 years now.

My 11 year old son has been taking seroquel for a few years now, has been only medication that has helped his bipolar without side effects, however is starting to make his permanent teeth fall out. Dentist thought it was just poor teeth hygiene and dry mouth, but after having professional cleanings every 3 months and working with Him at home- she can see a big difference in reduction in plaque and in how much better he is taking care of his teeth. He drinks water all the time, we live in hot climate and he drinks a lot and never complains of dry mouth- on rare case has sugarless candy and water. Regardless, some teeth are loose and found out he has actually lost about 2 millimeters of bone so teeth may never recover.

The pills make me feel like killing myself infraction I have 120 or so 100mg pills and I’m leaning towards ending my life by taking them all

Been takn the drug for over 10 years 200mg only a few thing bad that i ca tell is my legs swell from time to time an when i stop takn it for 1 nyt i cant sleepi wud also cry a lot thinking about my kids that waa i a good father that i needed to be put on these drugs also the kida mother takn thm off me frm time to time didnt help me much anyway wt point i tryn to make is thy are a very bad drug but i still take thm or i cant sleep 🙁

Seroquel has messed my life up and I doubt that any of that can ever be fixed.

I was on 500mg of Seroquel for several years mainly for anxiety (which it did help with, at least a little) and it really helped with my chronic insomnia, but extreme drymouth was the main side effect. I tolerated it to appease the LPRN but after losing most of my teeth and finally seeing the connection, I stopped taking it and felt exactly the same emotionally. Now I’m sleeping ok with clonazepam, but with only five teeth left. I hate this medication.

I was given Seroquel in a cocktail to for my PTSD from 1998 to 2005. I developed Tardive Dyskinesia as well as my teeth became like wet sheet rock and began to crumble and fall out of my mouth. No one could tell me why. I need my mouth redone with implants. I’m so depressed and self conscience.

My names Benjamin I’ve been taking serquel since I was 16 for six years and still taking I haven’t gained weight because I strip for living to pay for my expensive medications when I started I was taking 50mg increased 50mg every year almost I take 300 mg serquel now because I was having sleep deprivation problems and hallucinations for taking serquel for so long I was feeling like I needed uppter so I take 10mg fluoxetine to help me get energy I also take naproxen 550 mg 3 times a day to help my aches and pains in body also have a license for marjuana to help with my schizophrenia I have really bad hallucinations

After my bout with this drug for insomnia i suffered involuntary movements, lost months of time spaced out till i had a heart attack, i Became Reclusive, I am not able to answer the door or phone, I became obese while taking it, on disability, never signed anything but were sent numerous packet to sign but my mental state stopped me from this or any type social activity, I am afraid to be in public, i was not this way before, I\\\’l probably die this way, there is no coming back from it\\\’s (Seroquel) damage, I am a victim of the FDA passing this as a safe drug, please stay away from this drug, you wont know what is happening to you till it is to late..

I have been taking Seroquel XR for several years. My last dosage was 450 mg. I now have type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypothyroid and I’ve gained close to 70 pounds. None of these diseases run in my family. I started falling asleep behind the drivers wheel, but now that I no longer take it I don’t fall asleep driving. I just recently stopped taking it and now I take Prozac.

Ifeel like my daughter would still be alive if she had not taken this medicine

I’m 15 and ive been on seroquel for 3 years for bipolar disorder it has caused me to have heart palipitaions gain about 60 lbs and it causes me to be so sedated and dizzy I can no longer exercize or even walk short distances wirhout feeling faint. I have also been dx with borderline hypoglycemia.

I was diagnosed with depression so a dr put me on seroquel this was about 3 yrs ago although I was depressed I was really healthy with a pretty face and a nice shape I started to notice a double chin and then I could no longer see my feet looking down my family and friends were concerned about the sudden weight gain and said I wasn’t looking to healthy so I asked the dr that iwas with a the time if it was theseroquel and I was advised not quit or lower my dose in fact he jacked it up another hundred milligrams then one dr visit my pulse was120 so now its back down to 300 milligrams I have no history of diabetes in my family so 80 more pounds later six. Months ago I was shocked that I was diagnosed with diabetes en

I think psychiatrist should be liable for prescribing Seroquel and other psychotropics that have the side effect of causing diabetes in patients with a family history of diabetes. They should check the family history as a matter of due course and at least warn the patients of this devastating side effect. I am angry.

I have taken seroquel for about four yrs..im taking it to treat my sleep disorder..sleeping pills do NOT make me sleep..I also have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder..last yr i had an episode or severe weakness..i was trying to pull my car over to the side of the road..i woke up two hours later in my local emergeny room..apparently i blacked out and totalled my car..i was unable to drive for months, had a head injury and was pretty banged up..i asked the nurse what my blood sugar was on admitance..i think it was 128..normal..after two months of different tests to find out why i passed out..my gyncologist ordered a test..glucose tolerance test..of course tested positive..after drinking the sugary drink my blood sugar spiked to over 200 within minutes..30 min later it was 62..i was severely weak, flushed. when i asked my general practictinor if i had diabetes he said no..my blood sugar spikes and drops suddenly..i am currently trying to control this with diet and im doing pretty good at this time.i have gained over 40 pounds in the past yr..this alone is enough to make a person depressed..My psychiatrist said i dont qualify for the class action lawsuit because im not being treated for my diabetes with medication..if i do in fact have diabetes i will have more health problems in the future..my psychiatrist still says this is the best med to treat me with right now..if they know this drug causes all these problems..i want to know why if hasnt been taken off the market..??

Has anyone felt like weird experiences like being so lethargic like they are being tossed to and fo while sleeping…? sounds ridiculous but how far has technology come? this study subject has not been gainfully employed since enrolling in this study…can your woes be their pay check and their dysfunction and narcissistic tendencies…we all can’t be crazy…working a crazy hour job…can’t get a career? can you cope with the controlling drug…do you have a curfew?

Has anyone been in their study and felt there personal live compromised after study completed…boundaries crossed by researchers and/or dr’s?

I’ve been taking Seroquel for about 3 years. I sometimes get really shakey and random muscles twitch. Does anyone else get that? Also have had a ton of weight gain. Blood pressure recently shot up to 240/170 and it took a lot of metoprolol to get it back to normal (400 mg per day). Recently I was diagnosed with a heart murmur. It was prescribed because my brain wouldn’t go to sleep. It was high noon in my head 24/7. It does make me sleep but I don’t think it’s worth all the side effects. Trazodone only makes my body sleep. It doesn’t shut off the brain.

My mom (90 years old) has been on seroquel since 2006. At present, she is taking 50 mg. each night. She is always sleepy; never want to get out of bed. This year she has had several mini strokes (TIA). We have never been told why. August 23, 2012, she had a mini stroke at 7 AM and at 10 AM, she went into a very deep sleep. We were not able to wake her. This time when we got to the ER, the doctor decided that it was one of her meds. We decided not to give her any more seroquel. This morning she is more alert than she has been in a very long time. She will not be taking any more seroquel.

I was prescribed Seroquel 200mg to help me sleep. I was already on ambien, 2 seizure medications, neurotin, and medications for bipolar depression ,etc. Luckily I listened to the little voice that told me for several days to not take this medication. Well I listened to it for about 5 or 6 days. January 31st of this year I awoke at like 5 in the morning and decided I would try it. Luckily I only took Seroquel alone and didn’t take any other medication. I passed out in minutes and had a terrible dream. I awoke with a terrible gasp. Then my head was numb and I couldn’t breath. In this period I aspirated on my own vommit. Finally got my breath and had numbness on one side of my body, arm, hand, leg, feet, and face.I had a mild stroke or TIA. I believe and feel it was a mild stroke as I did see neurologist but never got confirmation on if it was a mild stroke or TIA. I had speech problems and had difficulty walking for awhile. To this day I have memory problems and blood pressure problems and on ocassion still have some numbness on same side of body. I haven’t filed a lawsuit… but am strongly considering it if possible . As I found out from the pharmacist that the normal dosage to start someone out on this medication is 50mg. Yet I was given 200mg to start. This medication should not be given to anyone. All you people praising this medication really need to think of how many people this drug has almost killed and has killed!!! p.s. I didn’t tell my neurologist that the dosage was so high as at the time I had no idea of how high dosage should have been given to me. Now don’t know if I can legally do anything about this. After reading many comments about what this drug has done… I decided I needed to share my terrible, life threatning experience with this drug. And to let everyone know that I still deal with day to day problems from it. As I believe I have had a TIA since then due to this terrible drug.

I”ve been on seroquel for 7 years and i have bad side effects that effect me at work. I am trying to find a lawyer that can help me in my seroqual lawsuit.

Welll seroqual claims another life. My son at 35 years old! I wish we could get rid of these drug companies!

I was prescribed Seroquel when my family discovered I was pulling out my hair and was diagnosed with depression and borderline personality disorder. Less than 10 months later, I had gained over 100 pounds and my doctors had to keep testing me for thyroid and diabetes issues. My hair pulling, depression, and weight gain continued to get worse and the suicidal thoughts began, so I had to be prescribed to a new medicine. Even then, I continued to gain weight because the medicine was still ingering in my body system. I have had health issues ever since then because of the weight. It was not a few weeks of water weight, as I had been told it would be. I am still struggling to lose the weight and dealing with the health issues doing so and I have been off the medication for a few years now. I am not pleased at all and the medicine does not need to be on the market.

HOW LONG ODES IT TAKE FOR THESE PATIENTS WITH COMPLAINTS TO BE NOTIFIED OF COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY?

The atypical antipsychotics (Zyprexa,Risperdal,Seroquel) are like a ‘synthetic’ Thorazine,only they cost ten times more than the old fashioned typical antipsychotics. These newer generation drugs still pack their list of side effects like diabetes for the user.All these drugs work as so called ‘major tranquilizers’.This can be a contradiction with PTSD suffers as we are hypervigilant and feel uncomfortable with a drug that puts you to sleep and makes you sluggish. That’s why drugs like Zyprexa don’t work for PTSD survivors like myself. -Daniel

My son was prescribed seroquel for a sleeping disorder. Shortly after beginning the medication he started having stomach pains. The psychiatrist that saw him even noted possible pancreatitis in her notes when re-prescribing the drug. Now my son has chronic pancreatitis and will never be able to work full time at anything due to the bouts of pain that disable I’m for weeks at a time. Not to mention the costly hospital stays. Class action lawsuits have proven that the only people making out from the suits are the lawyers. He was offered $2,000.00 for a lifetime of disability! STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG.

this drug was prescribed to me for sleep.the scrip.read take three at bedtime.Well knowing that i’m a light weight i took only 2 thank God.After a few hours of sleep????i got up to go to bathroom.i totally blacked out and on the floor,could’nt get up and i live alone. Plus after that i read side effects and it read can cause seizures,and here i take Dilantin so i don’t have seizures that i looked at the price,$789-00 you’ve got to be kidding.This is Medicare Fraud!This Doctor should be reported,he hands it out like candy,he would not call my Primary Doctor who knows i can’t take drugs like this.I stlll have the unused pills what do i do with them.What A Waste of tax-payers money.

I have been takingSseroquel since 2003. I also took Abilify, Lamictal, and Neurontin. I took Lithium from the mid 70’s to 2001. Lithium was wiping out my kidneys so I had to find an alternative to Lithium. I already had type 2 diabetes. I tried Avandia and Actos for diabetes. Last year I tried to find out which medications I really needed. I tried Abilify discontinuing Seroquel. Conditions worsened. I then tried dropping Abilify and restoring Seroquel Bipolar conditions improved. Avandia was shown to create bad side effects so I discontinued it and substituted Actos, Actos was shown to have bad side effects so I discontinued Actos and returned to Glypizide ER. My diabetes A1c is now in normal ranges. My lipisides are now normal and my bipolar is stable. I made all of these changes with the advice of my doctors. Please allow your disputes with AstraZenica be settled so I can find safe and effective Seroquel. If you do not want to take Seroquel I wish you well but for me I choose health.

For eight years I have been on seroquel.I have had a really tuff six months plus I have been experiencing lots of pain in my stomach all the way through to my back doctors don\\\’t seem to know what\\\’s going on I tell them. All the time I\\\’m tired wore out and have no energy chest pains ,pain in my stomack Dr told me may be from pancreaitis but blood test show everything is fine have had every test done still no answers. I have insational appitite very cranky. Thirst. beyond belief took blood sugar for weeks because I think all these drs are quacks blood surgars only in 60 to 70 even safer eating tell the drs. They say there. Test are not wrong I suffer from bipolar and severe depression I\\\’m 28 and in other words healthy condition weight. Just keeps packing on and i work to get it off then it comes back I\\\’m now medication dependent to sleep I don\\\’t sleep with out it even tried for a week to make my self go to sleep naturally but could not drs. Never told me eight years ago that this Med was. Addicting if so I would of never started taking it. I hope someone out there reads this and can help I don\\\’t know what to do but this pain I experience everyday of getting really old and I believe all the health problems I have now are from this Med and the years I have been on it high blood pressure chest pains unknown. Sorceof pain right under left rib cage right by or below sturnum all the way through to back hand tremmors for seven years so severe that family and friends think I have Parkinson\\\’s feels like spasms in stomach can\\\’t work because can\\\’t even function all day been. waiting five years for disability but continues to be denied at. T this point would rather died from depression then be here treated with in my opinion this dangerous addictive profit maker for the manufacture please help more side effect than what I went into and the list goes on as medical record will show

I am taking seroquel and my medical doctor told me that I was pre diabetic, high cholestrol and high blood pressure over a year ago; I told my psychologist and now I am having other side affect like high blood sugar.

i was prescribed seroquel for at least 5 years.In this time i gained some weight, i was hospitalized to have my gallbladder removed, i developed tipe 2 diabetis, triglicerides went high 205, and high blood pressure.I strongly believe that seroquel was the trriger to all of these.Last year my psychaiatrist took me off seroquel after the damage was done.I am dealing with all of these in top of my bipolar disorder that i was treated.

I have been put on 1200 milligrams of seroquel for bi-polar disorder. It has been only tested up to 800 milligrams by the FDA to be prescribed to patients. Even after taking it for a few months in the beginning, there were several times that I could not be woken up, and was therefore raped because of it. This drug is dangerous at high amounts, know all the side effects, and do not take more then has been tested by the FDA even after taking it for months it can be dangerous, and trust who you take it around, and even when you do, bad things can still happen.

I was subscribed a very low dose of seroquel for sleep 25 mg. Within two weeks I had uncrontrollable flaying, jerking, short time after I had two massive seizures in two days, back to back, does that sound real. Went to ER twice, been strugling a year to compensate for memory loss.. Any ideas ?

I have been on quetiapine for over 3 years. I was given it to shut off the switch in my brain after 32 years of long haul trucking and a severe sleeping disorder that came with it. I took almost 20 Mg of Imovane every night for sleeping(could not sleep without it). I was prescribed seroquel to help me cut down on the sleep pills. I now take only 7.5 mg of imovane and 75mg of seroquil at night to sleep and it works for me. Working 10-12 hrs every day. I drink 8 cups of potent coffee every morning to get awake but it is the best for me. I walk and exercise lots and my weight is just fine

My mother is in a nursing home and I found out she was on Seroquel. She has a state guardian.I complained and she was taken off med. but I think it was to late. She now has shakes,sleeps all the time and I am now told they have to help her eat. She looks scarred all the time. She has trouble getting her thoughts out.

I have read these comments with interest, but also with fear of getting tardive dyskanesia. I didn’t notice much of it in the comments I read, at least. on the other hand, I have to say that I have only been on Seroquel xr 100 mg for three months so am still worried about this. Otherwise, it is definitely the best drug I have ever taken for bipolar 1 rapid cycling. And, believe me, I have taken everything and more. I can now sleep, and feel calm most days. By adhering to a small portion diet of mostly fruit and vegetables, I have actually lost three pounds and feel more sharp mentally than I have felt for years. I hear there is a generic for this drug – quetiapine. It might be worth looking into this. I fought having this severe illness for years, but have had to give in to it like I would have to accept diabetes or heart failure, for example. Good luck to everybody out there.

I went on it 7 years ago for insomnia, I went from 155lbs to 208 lbs. I had some bad pitting edima but, otherwise no real side effects. I weaned myself off 300mg and now after being fully off for 1 year I have lost almost 50 lbs and back to who I really am. Get off while you can. Ween yourself off by 25mg a week, it is easy. I sleep better now than I was sleeping before or after seroquel and I feel very very rested. There is absolutely no problem sleeping when off of it. Best of luck to all. seroquel sucks

I was only on Serequel for approximately 3 months and started to wean myself off of the drug because of a blackout on this medication. Now that I am no longer on it I found out that I have elevated CPK levels and will find out Tuesday (in 2 days) from a blood test, why I am having muscle pain in my upper arms because elevated levels as far as CPK-skeletal causes muscle damage. This medication should not even be allowed on the market; we are the ones who are paying the price. I was not even on this medication that long

I have been on Seroquel for about 11yrs and had nothing but bad side effects from this medicine.Approximately mid July 2011 I began to experience bad stomach pains its total hell.When I eat food of any kind I feel even in more pain and discomfort.I don’t feel hungry at all because my stomach feels full and bloated.I went to my dr and she gave me pills to treat a stomach ulcer,I stated to her I don’t have a stomach ulcer that the stomach problems are from the Seroquel.So I took the medication given to me,and had only 3 tablets left over,the reason for me not taking the full course of tablets is it made my stomach problem worse.I’m still not feeling better.On a waiting list to get my tummy looked at inside,probably get it seen to after the new year.Am losing wait from this problem.My quality of life is’nt great like it used to be,and can’t do the physical activities I liked doing.I really want to get off seroquel,what is the best way I can slowly reduce this horrid drug so I can be weaned off it totally,if anyone knows can they please help!.I live in Australia can I sue the drug company in Aust?.I am scared that seroquel is going to kill me.I just want my quality of life back.Can someone HELP ME.