i did not no abt ths med until now my son took this med on diff times in the past 2years he would be so tierd and confused and i thought it needed time to work like all meds do he still has sleep problems and other problems i need to no more he does things in his sleep and does not remember does any one that has took this med have this problem

I am 28 years old.I was on seroquel for five years. Guess what happened? I have developed a disability. You can call it ataxia or motor impairment. All i feel like is commiting suicide. Its been more than three years sincei quit but still i dont feel normal physically.Not because i have depression or some mental illness but because i am sick and tired of this painful lifestyle.

I am so upset that the average payout is 10,000 to 11,000 that is no where near worth it. I weighted 150 when i started taking seroquel (900mg) now i weight 240. I now have to take 14 pills a day. My health is so bad that i just had a steint put in my heart. Who is to say in a few years if i will have to take shots everyday and then what cause there not gonna pay me again. They need to understand that your health just dont stop with being diabetic. The rest of your body is damaged to from all the weight i have pain in my back and hips all the time now and it is from the weight. My family has had to watch my health go down hill and its not fair. I now have Sleep Apena and have to have a machine to sleep and it is because of the weight doctor said so. I cant get the weight off no matter what i do. I am 37 years old and my health is worse than my mothers. 10,000 to 11,000 is a slap in the face they should be paying alot more if it was one of them they would want more to make up for the years of pain that we will all be going thru.

I have been taking Seroquel for approx. 1 yr. now. They now have me up to 400mg per day and they don’t seem to help me sleep better any more AND I’ve also gained 55lbs. I was a size 5 now I’m shaped like a keg of beer with arms and legs. Is there a alternative/replacement drug without the weight gaining side effects? Cause I’d rather be sick and skinny then fat and miserable That’s kindaof counter productive of the medication isn’t it? 🙂

Oh yeah I forgot to mention. Mom was only 64.

My mom took Seroquel for 2 days in October 2009. It made her so groggy that she fell asleep while driving home and was in a head on car accident. She died.

My 96 yr. old father-in-law has dementia — still walks with a walker, talks, eats, grooms & dresses himself with a little assistance, knows our family, & infrequently shows signs of dementia. Recently he gets a bit frustrated at times, so he was given Seroquel at the assisted living home he is in (without our knowledge). He was given a dose on Tues. at which time he became extremely lethargic, & again last night. We received a phone call at 9:30 that he was “going berserk” — my husband went over & was finally able to get him calmed down, but he had become extremely agitated & aggressive, & was very confused. This is not like him at all. We have him here with us today, & we can’t keep him awake…. After reading about this drug, I’m convinced he’s had/having some kind of reaction. He also only has one kidney.

I would like to know if giving 100 mg. of seroquel a day to a 35 pound 5 year old could have caused her to get a terminal brain tumor

i took seroquel for abut a year and i become a diabetic so i knowthe concerns people have i gained weight and now i have kidney damage from my sugar being uncontrolabe

I have been off and on seroquel for the last three years. I have been taking the drug to induce sleep. Like everyone else I have gained weight. I am 52 and I am experiencing radical pain in my neck and the tendons in my elbows. As much as I love sleeping…I can no longer continue to take this drug. This is not going to be easy. One night I ran out of the drug, I felt miserable and angry. Don’t go cold turkey.

When this whole thing started I weighed approximately 165 lbs and hadn’t changed my eating habits. I saw no need to do so. I started on psych meds, and I noticed a slight weight gain to approximately 210 lbs. Then I started my nightmarish journey with Seroquel. During the 5-6 years i took Seroquel I have almost doubled my weight, and I have not changed anything about my daily routine. However, as the weight got more intense I found myself less able to move around. Then, in July of this year I demanded my doctor take me off the 600 mg of Seroquel. After doing so I have lost approximately 40 pounds in four months. During the time I took Seroquel, it has caused mental anguish for not only me but my spouse. Things seem to be getting better for both of us. My advice to anyone on Seroquel, GET OFF OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!! IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE.

I recently lost my mom to this same medication. She was only 68 years young. She also was gaining weight and looked very flushed and bloated. When I found her she looked terrible. She had only taken these for several days.Why do they take so long to remove these medications from the market?

My father-in-law started taking this KILLER drug about 2 months ago. He gained over 60 pounds in 2-3 weeks. Now we are left broken hearted. He passed away on Nov. 15, his 50th birthday, of a heart problem he has never had before. If anyone is taking this drug please ask your doctor to take you off of it. I do not wish for anyone to have to go through what we are right now. It is not fair and Astra Zenaca should be held accountable for everyone who is suffering from this drugs’ side effects.

Dear Ken, Please know that I was on Serequel for 21/2 years and I barely remember any of it. I too gained alot of weight, would fall asleep on the toilet as well as during phone conversations. I plead with you to stop taking Serequel. It ruined a twelve year relationship with my boyfirend and also, I lost the respect of my family. Please let me know if I can help

been on seroquel for 3 years, had 3 major heart attacks in a 6 week period,have gained 66lbs.have had the shakes,and tremors,cant sleep without the horrible med!!!!The doctor says the next heart attack we go open heart,if I survive!!I’m 53 years old,worked hard all my life and now I wonder if I will see tomorrow somedays.It does not matter if its from the street or a doctor….its still a damn DRUG!!!Give it back to the Native Americans and use the medicines that got them thru what???1500 years!!

i am a 48 year old female,i was about 43 when i was prescribed seroquel, i am a recovering breast cancer patient since the age of 28.i had a few problems dealing with this at a young age.i was put on effexor,trazadone and requip.ihad terrible leg fidgets and couldent keep them still .so i have been taking seroquel for about 5 years .but,last june i was haviing a normal day out with my mother and all of a sudden i started shaking and had to hold on to the car .so i went to my neorologist,he sent me for an mri of my heart and a eeg on my brain…when i got the results ii was put in the hospital that day .i had 2 strokes and a hole in my heart .so now i have had open heart surgery on nov,1,2010 .after sergery i had another stroke,and now i have a big scar down the middle of my chest thatruns across my mastectomyscar my doctor has immediatly taken me off seroquel

I’ve been on seroquel xr 150mg a day for abour 4 months for bipolar disorder. I hate to tell you this but so far it’s the best medicine I’ve been on yet. I’ve actually lost weight and I feel very calm and sleep well. Since I’ve been through about eight other medications over the years which all worked well in the beginning but then had horrific side effects I’m hoping I can stay on seroquell until some other wonder drug is invented which hopefully will be less injurous to people.

My husband took seroquel for years many years. He was diagnosed with paranoid phschysophrinia he suffered for many years with this condition also depression and anixety. He develped diabities and had much weight gain. He was very dependant on the drug for sleep and mentally he felt he needed it. He was in and out of mental wards several times and could not really get stable. He had cholesterol problems along with the wieght gain. He passed away in his sleep on Feb. 8th 2010. We almost made it 25 years. cause of death was hypertension / diabities which in return led to ischemia to a heart attack. How sad for all who have suffered and to all who have lived with this or lost someone to this asta zenica should have to pay dearly but they can’t bring back a life thats been lost or bring back a family thats been torn apart by this. God Bless you all with the courage to go on and to fight for whats right.

ive had sucidal thoughts been in phyc units took my seroquel and ended up in hospital

i have diabetes because of seroquel, and can not sleep with out seroquel. i am hook on it like junkie! no one said that is the side affect!! this is real bad. i thouth that i was the only one ! help!!!

My mother died as a result of taking seroquil. She had diabeties and died from respitory heart failure from diabeties.

This is an undescribable hell ive been through as far as mentaly physicaly ,and a part of my life that has taken from me and still has potential of harm of me in the future. Thus far in the long run pancratitis,liver weight gain and even blackouts . Ive been wondering what was or is wrong w/ me and i came too a very possible conclusion.Its the seroquel on trial and i am a victim of pancreatitis and liver problems for this i know is a situation that has to be reconciled by any and all means ,for what it seems for and the percentage of side effects is INSANE and DEATH , that cause INSANITY and DEATH AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH THE AFTERMATH.

I have been taking Seroquel 100 mg for quite some time now. I have taken the same medications without change for a long time. I have been diagnosed with a major depressive disorder & anxiety. I have had these problems for several years. I thought I saw a commercial on TV talking about a side effect of Seroquel being involuntary body jerking. I also have started almost like hallucinations. I’ll doze off & whatever I’m thinking I’ll find myself trying to do whatever it is with my hands when I strart waking up. It all seems so real. Sometimes I make these groaning noises for no reason. I would really like to know if the Seroquel is making me hafe these kind of side effects.

I started taking Seroquel and Zyprexa in 2003 for an episode of psychosis. The seroquel was given to me by the psychiatrist at the time for sleep (300 mg). Zyprexa (5mg) for the psychosis. Two years ago with the help of my family dr we decided to start reducing the seroquel. When it was down to 50 mg from 300 mg over the course of almost a full year I tried to commit suicide. I gained 60 lbs on these two drugs within a few months of taking them. All the weight was concentrated in the belly area. While I came off the seroquel I trained like a marine that year and lost the 60 lbs. I have a permanantly stretched midsection that will never return to normal no matter how much exercise I do. After the suicide attempt with 10,000 mg of seroquel I was in a coma for a week and was returned to the psyche ward. To those not taking this medication — imagine taking something that almost takes your life and then get sent back to the same people who prescribe the medications. How about that? The first psychiatrist I see puts me back on the seroquel (300mg) .. then after seeing him some time I tell him i’m not sleeping the same with the seroquel any more so he prescribes Trazedone as well. So there I was on 3 different medications AFTER a suicide attempt. I would wake up at night and the sheets would be soaked with sweat and my heart beating out of my chest. I decided something had to be done. On the next visit to the psychiatrist I told him I did not want to be on 3 different medications and told him why. I asked him if I could stop taking Seroquel. He said fine just stop taking it — keeping in mind my family doctor tried to ween me off it over the course of a year. I stopped taking it in March 2010 with no recurring suicidal thoughts. However coming off the medication was like going through hell. He had prescribed the Trazedone for sleep (as needed) When I would fall asleep with the Trazedone I felt like I was dieing instead of going to sleep. Using the dr’s – as needed – prescription I used that as a loophole to get off Trazedone as well. I am currently only on Zyprexa with intentions of getting off this medication as well in the future. To me these drugs have ruined my life and I may never get it back. If I were someone who has never taken these medications I would highly recommend you think twice before taking them. They really are a tough pill to swallow!

i started on 100 mg tabs for 7 days then moved to 200 mg tabs for a month i am like 2 weeks into that set and every night i wake up not knowing it like last night there was a huge bowl of cheese pop corn gone and my nesco cooker in the basement got moved to another room also i have found a burned cig each of the past 3 days in odd spots i smoke outside so this is not good i could burn the whole house down so yes ill have to stop taking this one it is not safe

Man am I glad that I haven’t been on this stuff for too long. I wasn’t liking the idea of taking it in the first place. I didn’t like anything about my doctor… Not only was he an immigrant to my country, I decided he was an immigrant to the modern age . He was totally condescending and had this attitude where one must need a “master” or else they will be too stupid to survive. He had this idea that philosophy could only be taught in europe, after I told him I didn’t think depression was neccesarily bad if you knew how to take advantage of it. My instinct was telling me he wasn’t a very bright man. He didn’t know how to talk to people, and he was pathetically shy. I wish these kind of people were injected with testosterone; it might make them think more wholistically and broad minded. The REAL problem was that I was unintentually losing weight (to the point of anorexia.. so I my body was starving and going insane) , and I was wondering what the hell was going on with me. My genius doctor decided I should be kept in the hospital and put on cipralex + abilify but then switched the abilify to the seraquel. Damn, the moment I was on seraquel, I knew I was messed. My muscle memory and motor skills were screwed; I felt like my IQ reduced to retarded levels, I couldn’t read properly, I would forget what I was talking about mid-sentence, and I could not summon the energy to feel the “beat” of music or dancing. It’s unfortunate that I lost trust in my own intuition and decided he actually knew what he was doing. From now on, I shall trust myself. I quit slowly, and barely noticed any withdrawal effects. I take omega 3’s, vitamin D3’s, and all that good stuff. That combined with lots of physical activity was helping, i’m guessing. Though I seriously am pissed off at my doctor, (he told me seraquel was perfectly safe, had no effects on your liver, heart, kidneys, etc etc and caused no weight gain.) and nothing would make me feel better than going up to him and going “Hey, I stopped taking this stuff. Bye.” I’m not even an adult yet, so why was I prescribed this? Thank god for the internet. Knowledge is beautiful.

I was started on Seroquel during a hospitlization in Oct 2009. I was in the hospital for 10 days and had gained aver 10lbs before leaving. From that time until March 2010, I gained about 40 pounds. I have NEVER in my life been overweight and at the time I started it I was actually underweight. I have gone from size 0-2 to a 12-14. I had anxiety and depression and body image issues and this weight gain has totally affected me. I do not go around people I used to know, I will not have photo’s taken, and of course, no clothes that I had fit. Being under weight it would have been fine to gain some, but I gained alot in a very short time. I have also developed Tardive Dyskinesia, which is very emabarrassing. These 2 factors together, are hard to live with. I currently am not on any meds and doing well, except for my body image and werid facial movements. I hate that I had to use this med. These side effects may never go away.

The VA has prescribed Seroquel 600mg over 10 years. I am 100 lbs overweight, tired, forgetful, chronic gambler, shopper, have no logic or commonsense. My eyesight is failing, started getting cold in the summer. I needed sleep, hence why I was given Seroquel, I have become a loner, can’t follow movies or even sit coms. My VA Dr. told me when I questioned Seroquel’s effectiveness; George just throw your computer away! I guess with no information I couldn’t question his choice for my closed head injury. This site helps me understand that Seroquel may be dangerous!!

this is for ronald in november of 2009, i hardly think seroquel can cause gambling addictions. gambling is something you do out of your own free will. it is ridiculous for you to try to pin that one on them. grow up and take your gambling problem where it belongs, it is your problem, not seroquel.

I had been placed on Serequil about one yesr ago. I have had many drugs like this over 10 years or so for depression etc. I sure wished that I never started listening to the doctors. In 2006 my family was left without insurance and moved to Texas. being very Depressed again after being off medication for a few years. I got free help with the Texas Mental Health Services in 2008. I spent Four weeks in an Instutution and it really helped but I was on big time drugs now. I left the mental hospital and used a program that supplied meds. One year later I was a zombie. I got off the meds again and stayed off, many side effects. Last year I found a cash doctor (something that is hard to find, when I tell any doctor I will be paying cash, Im told they are not taking new patients)to help again, Seraquil 300 mg on the free drug program, I got better for almost one year and I could sleep at night. I had to sign up for the program for another year so I started filling out forms 30 days in advance through my doctor. It got scewed up one after another. I am 8 days off this drug and almost ready to end my life. I got some sleeping pills because I cant sleep, They dont work and I roll around and have bad and evil thoughts 24 hours a day. I stay home inside our RV with the AC on high and do not even want to to talk with anyone. I dont have $400.00 to purchase this drug and I am still waiting to be approved for another year. I am scared because I have never experanced anything like the last 7 or 8 days. What if I dont get anymore from Astrizinica? Will I stay like this for how l;ong or will I die slowly with no insurance or help. I cant sleep at all !!!

Psychiatrists prescribed Zyprexa and Seroquel just because I was wearing gloves. According to her strange logic, dentists, motorcycle riders and mechanics should be given that same “medicine”. Please I need advice to SUE her for medical malpractice!

Zyprexa originally caused full blown diabetes. Got a settlement. After that I was prescribed Seroquel. Uncontrollable hunger and peeing every 5 minutes. I have nerve damage after only 10 yrs diabetic with blood sugars in the 500s taking damn Seroquel! The drug dealer unethical psychiatrist gave me this toxin for depression. The psychiatrist who prescribed it knowing full well the damage it causes to my health should be sued and prosecuted. Lawyer contact me to sue the drug pusher Psychiatrist!

I was subscribed the drug back in 06 by the Four Rivers clinic off of Broadway in Paduach. I took it for month. At the time I weighed a little less than 200. I rode a bike 3+ miles to and from scool. Then another 5+ to work and back everyday. Still went from a bout a 33 to 36 waist. I am now prediabetic possible diabetic since I have relucted to find out. However I was tested about 2 years ago and I was prediabetic. This was never a problem until I took the drug. What I really want to know is when are these drug companied going to uphold the Hippocratic Oath and not give out drugs and treatments that are harmful? These people should be charged with crimes against humanity. At the very least mass murder.

Ive suffered from 2 siezures, coma, heart trouble had to have a pace maker installed, inability to walk I now use a walker at all times, also a terrible time with my newly found diabetes which developed after having been on serequel a year or so, I believe astra zeneca was lax in its explaination process warning people what could or could not happen also have only one kidney left, and nearly died.

my son was diagnosed bi-polar disorder this past february, he was put on seroquel, xanax, and a sleep aid. because the seroquel were so expensive the doctor gave him samples, higher doses , time released , and said to just break them in half. what the doctor didn’t bother to find out, is my son had heart disease, discovered in the autopsy. yes, he’s dead, july 1st 2010. there’s more to tell, but this is sufficient for here and now.

DO NOT take this crap. I took one pill, well the doc put me on 200 mg for the first time…which sounds to me like alot, but anyway…it is way too strong for me. I still feel it in my system, makes me way too weak to do anything. I had to miss school today because of this medication…or Satan’s drug as I like to call it…overall a bad choice. I’ll def. try something else.

I have been taking Seroquel XR for 3 months. Other than dry mouth, I have found it to be the best drug for my condition. My panic attacks would happen whenever I would get out in public or busy traffic. My blood pressure would rise, I would get road rage and and angry at everybody. I have been diagnosed with ADD and Bipolar. Seroquel has eliminated the road rage and panic attacks. I sleep better than ever before. I no longer get uptight in crowds and I have even started to socialize more. My only complaint is the price. It is a shame that when something good comes to market that can help thousands has to be so expensive.

i was put on seroquel oct 2009 for insomnia, on 11/13/09, i had a grand mal seizure and never had any before this date i am 45. has anyone had seizures from seroquel?

i just started taking seroquel they started me at 300mg and now i am taking 600mg and all in two months. i get the hot flashs i dont know what to do cause i cant sleep if i dont take it.

hi im on seroquell have been for 3 yrs and i have weight gain and generally feeling unwell. i was put on it for psychosis and my son has just gone on the med for the same illness. ive been ill since ive been taking it.

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I was on seroquel and it caused me a heart attack and I gained 75 lbs and since then have had a high cholesteral level I hear voices,my temper is almost out of control, my breathing is where I get shortness of breath .I see things and hear things that are really not there. this medication did me more harm than good. so I got a lawyer who always tells me that astra zenaca still hasn”t settled any cases yet . so I feel that the only one that is going to be compensaded is the lawyer for his time, I say what about me and my permanent injuries. I feel for those who have lost loved ones and received injuries from this medication.

Was on seroquel for a long time and now was diagnosed recently for diabetes…my siblings don’t have it, only me…my mom has it, but got it in her seventies from old age…i’m only 47…

I was prescribed 200 mg. per day of Seroquel for anxiety and sleep, but it made my condition worse, as I experienced repeated spasms of anxiety throughout my body for severl hours after taking it. I quit taking it after about a wekk of rather severe problems, and those symptoms, or side-effects, immediately went away.

November of 2004, I visited a therapist and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He wrote me a prescription for zoloft and handed me a small box full of the drug Seroquel. He said it was still in it’s testing stages, but assured me the drug has received nothing but positive feedback. Within the first week of taking this drug, I was sleeping 16-18 hours a day, I had no recollection of memory during the short few hours I was “awake” (more like a zombie), I missed ALOT of school. After the second week, I was experiencing bizarre dreams and horrific hallucinations — alone, and in public. My anxiety and paranoia increased, suicidal thoughts occurred more often, I gained about 30 lbs during the course of this “medication”. I had never had physical health problems, but soon after taking this drug, I developed an acute kidney infection. I tossed the drug out, haven’t taken it since, but after taking seroquel, it seems like I am being admitted into the hospital once or twice a year (for 2-5 days in some cases) for kidney problems. It doesn’t matter how healthy I eat, my water intake, nor how much OR lack of carbonated beverages I have, and now because of ER visits and hospital stays, I am seriously in debt. I am 24 years old, I have a part-time job and I attend school full time. Lately my mood swings and depression issues have resurfaced to the point of being intolerable, I know I probably SHOULD see a therapist, but since the last time I went and was given this drug, I don’t think I could go back. To those of you whom have said Seroquel should be taken off the market, I absolutely agree. If you think your situation is bad before the drug, Seroquel will only make things worse.

I’m absolutely confused and looking for answers as a majority of you are. Just 11 days ago my father, grandfather of 3 with a 4th one on the way, shot himself in the head on fathers day. He had been taking seroquel for the last 2 years and just two months ago after a psychotic episode, his milligram dosage was increased to 1200. It appears he only stayed on the pills for about a month after the increase and suddenly stopped. The last few weeks he acted strangely but I didnt suspect that he had stopped taking them because he was functioning rather normally. On fathers day after having lunch with me and my 2 year old daughter, he went home and killed himself. He had just hung up the phone with my sister telling her he would be coming over for dinner in 20 minutes. My dad was suffering from depression after loosing my mother 3 years earlier and was also diagnosed with dillusional disorder for some paranoid episodes he was having. But NEVER, EVER in a million years was this gentle man capable of doing something so horrific to himself or his family. It’s unbelievable, and if you knew him he had the kindest, most gently heart. It seems as though when he quit taking the pill suddenly, he had horrible side effects. I blame myself for getting him started with this medication in the first place, in this case the benefits obviouisly did not outweigh the risk and people need to educate themselves before allowing themselves or a loved one to be pursuaded into taking this med. A very painful loss that I know could have been avoided had I read up on the risks years ago.

I have been on Seroquel for about 2 years . I was put on it because I could not sleep at night and had suffered from depression in the past. Yes it made me sleep , but I would have a ” Seroquel hangover” the next day . I could barely function. I also put on about 30 lbs , have chest pains , memory loss is the worst . I could always remember everything. Since being on the medicine my brain feels foggy and disoriented at times .I could not even remember a conversation I would have earlier in the day. I started out on 200 mg . I could not handle that so I started taking 100 mg down to 50 mg on my own. I finally went to my doctor and told him I wanted off the medicine . He precribed Prestiq . I also have anxiety and the seoquel made my heart race too. I would suggest to wean yourself off . Just tell your doctor you want to try something new . That Seroquel just is’nt working for you.

Seroquel is terrible. It almost killed me. I am constantly writing to AstraZeneca about this. I am trying to get the word out to as many people as I can so that there are less deaths. 🙁 http://thebipolarmom.com/2010/06/17/dear-astrazeneca-seroquel-medicine/

I stopped taking Seroquel about 3 months ago. For 2 years, daily dose ranged between 200mg and 300mg. With my doctor’s approval I weaned myself off of Seroquel. Now, I have symtoms that i have never had before. Frequest urination, low globulin level, high A/G ratio, high MCV and MCH levels, eye sight going bad suddenly. I did not experience weight gain; my weight remained constant. Diabetes I and II have been ruled out. Other blood results are within normal ranges. I have only one kidney, and I am concerned that Seroquel might have damaged this kidney. Is Seroquel the blame?

I began taking Seroquel about the year 2000. I have gained approx. 50 lbs. and developed type II diabetes. Ironically, my psych. still prescribes it to me. I hate to admitt it, but it has been effective in treating my insominia, anxiety and even manic episodes. The manufactures still should have made me aware of any and all possible side effects. I want justice.