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 Posted - 05/13/2005 : 20:35:00
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| Quetiapine is an antipsychotic medication licenced for the treatment of Schizophrenia. It is also licenced for the acute treatment of mania or mixed episodes of Bipolar I Disorder. It is used for maintenance treatment of Bipolar I Disorder (but there is little research supporting this). Quetiapine often causes weight gain, and there is a FDA warning that it increases the risk of diabetes mellitus. |
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| Batterfly
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 06:33:02
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My experience of 2 years of quetiapine is that I have put on about 15 kg since - at the moment I am pregnant and I am not using it-However, I must admit I miss the confidence in character I had after taking it. Now I am a bit more insecure and worried about what people think etc. Overall it worked well for me (I had mild sz) and improved my way of thinking- not to worry so much. |
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| Birdy
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Posted - 06/14/2005 : 02:08:27
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| Seroquel makes me groggy when i wake up, and i have reduced the amount to the very least it takes for me to sleep and not be awakened by horrific nightmares/hallucinations/psychoses. I can also sleep every single night without which i would go days, 4-5 generally. I'll take the trade-off for a couple hours of groggy, i've tried others, like geodon, and it made the psychoses worse. |
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| Elfie
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Posted - 09/23/2006 : 19:59:09
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I have not gained much weight. I was hovering between 95-100 lbs after my last episode, from poor diet and rest and self care and severely needed what weight I did gain which was about ten pounds. (I am five foot five) But I know it was the drug that caused me to gain the weight I did. I haven't gained any weight since that gain, two years ago. I ate better once on the drug so that might have helped but still sort of ate like a bird because antipsychotics have a weird habit of upsetting my stomach. Is that normal?
Also Bridy, I know what you're saying about the grogginess. I feel very spaced out and heavy-headed when I wake in the mornings (I am on the 200 mgs - the white round ones) I also find I space out pretty regularly during the day and feel very sort of flat on them. like I have sometimes left my own mind behind and am running on this weird... I want to say autopilot but it's not quite that. Its hard to explain.
But hey. This is the best drug I have been on yet. Once I adjusted, the grogginess started to get better. It isn't gone and some days are groggier than others but it's not like before, where i felt thick and swolen in my head every day, most of the day sometimes. I get twitchy sometimes but I wonder if that didn't happen because of the other meds i have been on. Honestly, I just don't know and odn't even know what it is. I don't like to talk to my pdoc about it because I'm afraid she will think that it's just an excuse for me to again avoid m y meds ( because I spent a lot of time trying not being med compliant. She doesn't trust me yet i'm sure) I have mentioned it but don't know much yet.
Anyway, I don't know if I'd say I LIKE seroquel but it's definitely the best of the drugs I've tried so far. Again, that is me. Each drug is different for different people.
elfie/pea
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| simpleton
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Posted - 10/10/2006 : 02:07:06
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My son has just been put on Seroquel(Quetiapine).I have researched a bit on this new drug and found some information:http://www.drugdelivery.ca/s3647-s-SEROQUEL.aspx. I want to know if it is ok for a teenager to be taking this medication. Hopefully there wont be any unwanted effects on his health. So far his weight seems to be stable, no change at all. But I did notice he is a bit groggy at times after taking his medics.
Any opinion would be welcomed. |
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| adam
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Posted - 10/10/2006 : 03:09:48
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| Hi Simpleton, like the nick name by the way. Hope your son is or will be doing well. To get to the point I used to be on Seroquel. The doctors put me on it while I had a stay in the hospital and when I got out it did the opposite to me or my system. I mean it really wired me up tremendously but I was also on Lexapro at the time. Good luck and have faith! |
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| Metalhead
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Posted - 07/24/2007 : 10:50:59
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| I am using Seroquel now for one year. I have to take 600 mg per a day. 200 mg in the morning and 400 mg in the evening. It helps me, but i don't really know if this dose is correct. Well i still am giving some kinds of bad feelings, but it's not so critical. I will tell this to my psychiatrist next time. |
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