Has anyone had bad experience with seroquel?
613621
Somebody, somewhere has a problem with any medication.  Please, please, please be patient, talk to your psychiatrist, let them know exactly what you are feeling and what the effects are so they can adjust.  Not all meds are for all people.  You are talking about some good psychiatric medications.  So many of these take a while to get into our systems and balance the sleepiness may be temporary until your body gets its balance right.  The doctor can adjust dosage for you.  I would love for you to feel good and not be sleepy on them but again talk with your doctor letting them know exactly what you are feeling.  I personally do not use these meds but those patients that I have experience with using them have the same result until the meds are in the system and balanced.  TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR AND LET HIM/HER KNOW YOUR EXPERIENCE.  You will not get the correct advice here unless it is what I have just said.  TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, call his/her office for an appointment even if you already have one, try to get one sooner.  Under no circumstances should you stop taking these medications, keep taking them in the dosage the doctor prescribed until he/she changes the dosage.
439022
This drug is given for from medicine book ---systoms of schizophrenia, mental order marked by illutions,disrupted thinking,loss of contact with reality. It is first in new class of antipsychotic medications.Reachers believe it works by diminishing the action of dopamine and serotonin, two of the brains chief chemical messengers.                                                                                       Important fact about this drug-----may cause tardive, condition characterized by uncontrollable muscle spasms and twiches of the face. Problem can be permanent,appears mostly in older women.                                             Side effects common are admonial pain, constipation, diminished movement, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, excessive muscle tone, headache, indigestion, low blood pressure, nasal inflammation, neck regidity, rapid heartbeat, rash, tremor, uncontrollable movements, weakness. This is just list of common if want more let me know.       Warnings about this medicine---- if you get muscle stiffness, confusion, irregular or rapid heart beat, excessive sweeting, and high fever CALL DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. hAS OTHER EFFECTS TOO.                                      DO NOT TAKE WITH-----barbiturates such as phenobarbital, carbamazepine,cimetidine,erythomycin,fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole,levodopa, lorazepam,phebytoin, rifampin, any steriod medication, or thioridazine           OVERDOSE SYSTOMS----dizziness;drowsiness, fainting, and rapid heartbeat.                                            NO WHERE IN THE BOOK DID IT SAY IT WAS FOR ALOCHOLISM----but yes I know they use same drugs for different things.
1064651
As Dr lentfer said it is now off the market and largely unavailable. I have taken it in the past for weight loss and alertness and found it to definitely reduce my appetite and also improve my alertness, but I also felt very nervous, had "palpitations" and had trouble sleeping even up to 16 hours after taking it! I do not recommend it, I feel the ill effects are worse than the benefits.
695532
I don't know about Abilify, but I was once on Zyprexa, and the side effects it had on me were bizarre. I experienced a lock-jaw kind of reaction. I couldn't control my speech, kept biting my tongue, and couldn't get words out correctly.It was so bad I had to go to the emergency room. The doctors had never seen this reaction. It was the scariest thing I ever experienced. Apparently, this is a problem that can occur. We found the side effect listed in some medical data about the drug. It was called Articulation side effects. Anyway, be careful with any new drug, and always watch out for any unusual effects. Hope this helps.
296555
Yes, I use to have it really bad.  I had it so bad that pollups developed on my vocal cords from the acid and I had to have throat surgery a couple of years ago.  Since that time my doctor has me on Prevacid 30mg once a day.  As long as I take it as prescribed I NEVER get acid reflux... but if I go without taking the prescription for a few days I get acid reflux so badly that I can't sleep at night.. it's pretty awful.  Needless to say, I make sure to take my prescription!
739420
I took it for a short time....for depression. I had headaches, and gained weight.  Also, when I stopped taking it...my hearing kept going in and out.  I kept hearing this zzip..zzzip...I could actually feel a strange vibration going thru my head...and that's when I figured out it was my hearing....fading in and out.  Really weird.  And they say it is not habit forming....but, then they say "well, you can't just stop taking it..you have to be weaned off of it."  If that's not an addiction....then explain that one to me!! I ended up just going to a counselor and now I am doing great....I just had to have someone not involved with my life to help me figure things out.
372998
I was on Zyprexa also and they gave it to me along with the CELEXA.  The Zyprexa was to help me sleep because I just can't sleep more than a couple hours at a time.  HOWEVER! ZYPREXA has MANY MANY class action law-suits against it and this drug about to be pulled from circulation.  It causes way too many side effects.  I wouldn't take it anymore if I were you, but that's up to you.  Don't do anything without asking your doctor.  I received all kinds of papers in the mail about this nationwide lawsuit and even calls at home advising me to no longer take it.  It basically the first few times I used it, did it's job and knocked me out cold, I was on next to the smallest dose.  Then it got to where it didn't faze me.  I did however find it made me more angry.  Just my own experience with it.  Good Luck.
108532
I'll tell you one thing, being on seroquel is not fun. I would take the effects of caffine over being in a trance all day.
872043
Yes, horrible, sweating, wake up screaming nightmares.\n\nI quit using it, I ended up smoking to calm myself because I was so freaked out, and I desperately needed some sleep.
387121
I was living in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Met awesome sexy beautiful woman. Was super eager to get together with her. My fly was stuck. I reefed it down then pulled up. Eeeeeeeeeeek! Blood was pulsating out of me. She was freaked(as was I ). No stitches. A superficial wound.It was still awful when they untangled me at the hospital.\nThe worst part was everyone in the building knew what happened.Including her man.\nHer boyfriend broke my nose and shattered my right orbital bone. Which I think was a lot worse, almost.
1080407
well i have tried seredyn...dont take it regularly but on as 'as needed' basis...it seems to help a bit...not too much though.
98035
ATIVAN  side effects:\nhttp://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/loraz_ad.htm\nNote: it's lorazepam, not lorazipam.\n\nLUSTRAL side effects:\nLUSTRAL is a brand of sertraline hydrochloride marketed in the UK. I've found the side effects of Zoloft, which is also sertraline hydrochloride, currently on the US market:\nhttp://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/sertral_ad.htm\n\nThis is for both: Zoloft (US) and Lustral (UK):\nhttp://counsellingresource.com/medications/drug-pages/sertraline.html\n\nThis is for SEROQUEL:\nhttp://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/quetiap_ad.htm\n\nPLEASE NOTE: most of this information is found in the package inserts of the products, and it's aimed to physicians. If you are not a medical expert (as it seems to be, because you are asking for basic information on the products) it can be very difficult for you to correctly understand this stuff, and even more difficult to try to relate it to a particular clinical situation. This can be very misleading. Please bear in mind that this information is not medical advice. I urge you to contact your doctor or any other doctor, to get specific advice. You also can contact a pharmacist for a general opinion.
873075
He needs to take the meds prescribed for him.  The side effects he read only happened to a handful of people, and there are millions taking Seroquel.  I have taken it for 3 years, and I have not had problems.  Really, it is one of the better meds.  If he can tolerate pills and weed, I think he can handle a prescription.  If he is concerned about his health he will leave the street drugs alone and take the prescription meds.  He's making excuses.
456125
I was on this for 3 months (couldn't make it the 6 months) and had numerous problems.  Some people have little to no issues while others experience a lot.  Below is what happened to me.\n\n1. Continous migraine-like headaches.\n2. Dry heaves after eating anything.  It was very diffult to keep food down.  I lost 16 lbs in 3 months.\n3. This one's obvious - hot flashes and night sweats.\n4. Anxiety.  I felt like I needed to crawl out of my skin sometimes.\n5. Heart palpitations.\n6. I would get a fluttering that started near my heart and then expanded out just a few seconds before a hot flash.  It was really weird.\n7. Memory loss and difficulty concentrating.\n\nThese were the main issues I had.\n\nI was on this for endometriosis.  It stopped my periods but there was still some pain.  The side effects were so bad though that my doctor put me on hormones which caused the period to start back up!!!  Anyway, based on my experience I wouldn't recommend this as a first drug of choice.  There may be better options.\n\nThe other GnRH agonists similar to Lupron are Zolodex and Synarel.  Synarel is a nasal spray and Zolodex is a subcutaneous implant.  My doctor said that Zolodex is painful and he didn't recommend it.  Synarel may be a good option because if there are lots of problems you can stop taking it.  You can't squeeze out the injection if you have problems.\n\nGood luck.
520573
I took paxil for 7 months til I couldn't handle the side effects any more.\nI was constantly tired and had no drive.  I would sleep for 14 hours a day (that left no time for anything).  I also had HORRID gas when I first started to take the medicine.\nI couldn't take sudifed or advil while I was on paxil because it made the side effects worse.\nI also was very moody and short tempered.  I lost ALL interst in sex and didn't even want to cuddle with my husband any more.  I was super hungry and gained about 10 lbs.  \nThe wierdist side effect I had was...  I lost all pereferal vision in my left eye due to an accident (I can't see on the side, only straight fordward).  I started to see things out of my left eye, and it was REALLY freaky, and that is the main reason that I stopped taking the drug.\nI had a friend that took paxil and she didn't have any side effects and loves it.
895778
Yep - I've got it too.\n\nI used to take Effexor, but it killed my libido and the withdrawal effects are super-awful (I now kind of understand drug addiction - vomiting, dizziness, the whole she-bang) I took a lot, though, 150mg so that didn't help.  The med helped the anxiety a ton, though. So much that I thought I was better and decided to wean myself (bad idea - don't do it - you will be sorry 3 months later and have to spend another 3 months getting something new into your system)\n\nI am now starting Prozac.  So far the only bad side effect is I can't take it before bed or I don't sleep well.  It is too soon to tell if it is working - so it isn't helping much yet.  Hopefully soon.  \n\nGood luck.  Go to a psychiatrist - they can prescribe meds and have much more background than a family physician so they will have experience with lots of meds.
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You are taking seroquel proabably.  Getting fat is just one of the lovely side effects of this.  There is no way to counter this side effect.  Excercise might help some.  Take a little walk each day.