Quetiapine for Insomnia User Reviews (Page 4)

• Dis...
• May 3, 2016

"I am in my late 40s and struggled with insomnia for years. I got by with Zopiclone for a long time, but it started to become ineffective. Finally, after many fears about side effects, I tried quetiapine. I have gradually increased to 50 mg at night, which seems to be the optimal dosage, and I have been sleeping very well and feeling much better. The main side effect is dry mouth, so I have to be mindful of dental care. There is no increase in appetite or sweet cravings, which I feared. It is worth trying if you are really struggling. I am very happy with this medication."

• bla...
• October 15, 2013

"I started taking 100mg a night 9 years ago, lowered my dose almost immediately to 75mg, a year or two later down to 50, and as of the past 10 months down to 25 a night. It works EVERY night. I get perfect sleep. I do sometimes find the urge to binge on food right before it knocks me out but not always, especially at the lower dose. Higher doses I would always binge eat. Although I'm lucky because I'm a 26-year-old male who weighs 120 pounds healthy weight for my height. Seroquel is a wonderful medication if you need the sleep. I used to get a sort of 'zombie' feeling in the morning and be slightly irritable, but nowadays not so much. A cup of coffee and I'm good to go."

• Hqu...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• January 30, 2024

"Quetiapine changed my life. I was prescribed 50mg for sleep depression and social anxiety. The first time I took it, I was on the way to my bed but could not reach it and slept in the middle of the salon. It was the best sleep of my life ever, excessive but not unpleasant. After a few days, I was another man, had energy, was social, had ambitions in life for the first time, like someone switched the light on inside me. I had side effects, blurry vision and grogginess in the morning, and decided to reduce to 25mg and even went to 12.5mg, which was a good idea because I still had all the benefits with fewer side effects. I'm still on it after 12 years, tried to quit many times, but the light goes off each time. Also, if I touch weed, alcohol, or sugar, I can have severe migraines. I exercise every day, eat only raw low-carb food, and intermittent fast. Discipline is the price to pay to support the medication on the long term for me, but there's no doubt it’s worth it."

• Anonymous
• August 1, 2009

Quetiapine "I am 49-year-old female with a lifetime of insomnia. I had been taking Ambien for sleep for over a decade for my insomnia but had been waking up during the night, cooking, cleaning, drawing, etc., so my doctor suggested I try 50 mg of Seroquel instead. I've been taking it for two weeks now, and I am sleeping and waking alert (YES!) and not semi-foggy...you all know that feeling, right? An added benefit is I am less anxious throughout the day."

• Anx...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 1, 2014

"I had been suffering from pretty severe anxiety and sleeplessness. I would usually be able to fall asleep, but would then wake up 1-4 hours later and never be able to fall back asleep. I started Zoloft (50, then 100, now 150mg) a little over a month ago, and my anxiety is basically gone. In conjunction with that, I started taking Seroquel at the same time for sleep, and it has been wonderful. I started out taking 50mg but am now taking 100mg a night about 30-45 minutes before bed. Within about a half hour, I feel incredibly tired and relaxed, it's wonderful. For whatever reason, this medication does give me the munchies, so watch out for that. After a couple of weeks on the medication, I no longer feel drowsy in the morning, which is great!"

• Dou...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 1, 2014

"I have had chronic insomnia for three years along with occasional anxiety and mind racing. I've tried many of the major hitters, Ambien CR, Temazepam, Lunesta, etc., along with many other OTC ones. Tried all the ‘before bed’ tips (tea, no TV, even tried massages, meditation, music). With three years of insomnia, I am surprised I don’t have some kind of mental illness going on. Anyways, after my doctor tried putting me on Quetiapine, 25 mg – All I remember is laying my head down on the pillow and it was ‘lights out’. I slept 8 full hours then had to use the bathroom. Then went back to sleep for another four hours and slept like a baby. Wow! I was a little ‘out of it’ when I got up, but after a hot shower and a cup of coffee, I felt great."

• Min...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 9, 2014

"I have been taking this medicine for a little over two years, but I recently stopped. It is a wonderful medicine for doing what it's supposed to do: making you sleep and stopping your racing thoughts. I don't regret taking it because I badly needed it at the time. However, this medicine has horrible side effects. For me, they outweigh the benefits. I developed an intestinal problem, high blood sugar, and gained over 30 pounds that I could not lose no matter what I tried. I also feel like my mind is slower, and I can no longer retain as much information. I would not recommend taking this medication long term. There are also other negative effects that I was lucky enough not to experience."

• Jul...
• September 20, 2019

"I've been taking Seroquel since 2015. Before that, about 2 years, I started having trouble sleeping after a string of deaths in my family, including my husband. I mean, I would be up for days. It was torture. And like with any medication over time, your body gets used to it. Now I'm on 300 mg and will see my doctor to up the dose. It was a lifesaver for me, and I've had no problem gaining weight like I've heard others say. Every great now and then, I get restless leg syndrome, but not often. Let me say again, this medicine was a lifesaver."

• JLB...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 23, 2019

"Quetiapine 12.5 mg puts me to sleep every night. Be careful on higher doses, as it caused me to gain a lot of weight, and it’s very well known for weight gain. 12.5 mg doesn’t give weight gain or any other side effects."

• Dfh...
• November 5, 2013

"I take 25 to 50 mg at night to help me sleep. It knocks me out and keeps me sleeping. I switched to this after other sleeping pills didn't help. I'd always wake up 3 hours later wide awake, which annoyed me. I do feel groggy in the morning, but I'd rather be groggy than not sleeping at all."

• Nat...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 15, 2014

"I take 3, 25mg of quetiapine fumarate at night before bed for insomnia. It works very well. I sleep well on it without waking through the night. I have found out that I've had to cut out citrus as it interferes with my meds, stops them from working, but apart from that, it's great. And I found when taking it I have to drink a lot of water when taking them and have to eat something after them to help them kick in quicker."

• jul...
• December 11, 2014

"I have extreme social and general, am bipolar, and insomnia so bad I would cry on and off all night, every night. Besides other anxiety meds, I take 50mg to 100mg of Seroquel every night about an hour before bed. It shuts off my racing thoughts, and I actually sleep. This has been my miracle because I was barely functioning, if at all. It does make me hungry, but I find if I eat a little something before I take it, I can control the munchies. This is a little payment for the new life it has brought me."

• Mak...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• April 27, 2024

"For sleep, it's amazing. I took 25mg at bedtime for over 10 years and now 50mg. I get amazing sleep. Once in a blue moon I take 100mg, so I get at least 10 hours of sleep. If you suffer from depression, try also 50mg of Tramadol in the morning. Between these 2, I got my life back. (PTSD, high sensitivity)."

• Mat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 19, 2020

"I was prescribed Seroquel as an emergency sleep aid earlier this year when I was having the worst insomnia of my life. I had some awful endocrine dysfunction (high cortisol, adrenaline attacks in the middle of the night, physical anxiety) that at its worst had me sleeping 1-3 hours a night and literally shaking with hypertension, serotonin syndrome, anxiety attacks, and God only knows what else. Seroquel is supposed to be like a mental whiteout, a chemical lobotomy, some sort of emergency shutdown switch that turns your crazy misfiring brain off for a few hours to give you a chance to escape. I couldn't find the dose to get there, though, and didn't want to go any higher for fear of the side effects. (It probably would have been at least 100 mg.) I kept waking up, and the Seroquel ended up giving me some sort of mild serotonin syndrome, with crazy restless legs and pins and needles down both legs."

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

"This drug was a life-saver. I had severe insomnia, the doctor said it was one of the hardest cases he has ever treated. I tried all the usuals and would get some sleep every couple of days. I started on this medication at 50 mg and moved up gradually to 300 mg. Within a week, I was sleeping wonderfully. It is a deep, deep sleep, and it was hard to rouse at the higher dosage. Very vivid dreams. I did not experience any hunger or weight gain. I moved back gradually to 25 mg and would sometimes only take half of that tablet. I just quit taking Seroquel totally after 8 months."

• Fra...
• February 8, 2020

"I am prescribed a 50 mg dose of Seroquel at night about 45 min before bed for sleep. It also stops my restless leg syndrome! Not what it is usually prescribed for, but it does the trick. I have been using it for 3 years with no side effects."

• Ugg...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 31, 2020

"Haven't had my med, quetiapine, for 3 days now, and I have not been able to sleep. I have been prescribed it for over a year now, and I recently moved and haven't managed to get a new prescription. This is causing hallucinating at this point. I have tried sleep aids, NyQuil, nothing helps me sleep. If you're on this med and looking to get off, good luck sleeping again."

• Jan...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 20, 2019

"I take 25 mg quetiapine at night along with zopiclone 10. This makes me sleep, deep sleep for 7 or 8 hours. I do not sleep on zopiclone alone, so I have to take quetiapine to sleep well. So, I highly recommend it for people who can't sleep."

• nat...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 8, 2013

"I am on this medicine for insomnia, works very well. I sleep like a baby on it. I sleep right through the night. Would recommend it to anyone, however, I've found that I have to take it with lots of water to get a much quicker effect. Other than that, it's amazing. Where would I be without it?"

• cha...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 15, 2020

"I have been on quetiapine 50 mg a night for almost a year. It has helped me sleep, which I am truly grateful for. I do think I rely on this drug now and feel like I won’t ever get off it. The only negative side effect is my memory is awful, I have to write everything down."

• Bor...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 15, 2020

"I have depression coupled with panic disorder. I have been on 20 mg of paroxetine coupled with Xanax, then as of late Clonopin for the past 30 years. I started feeling very depressed and drugged out lately, so I cut down very, very slowly on my benzodiazepines, and I switched to Seroquel for my chronic, and I mean chronic, insomnia. It’s very strange, during the day, I feel as if a white hot glow light is on deep in my brain making me more aware, but it is not attached to my nervous system, meaning it does not make my heart beat faster. I have only been on it for three nights, but I have slept all the way through those three nights. What is funny is for about an hour it gives me restless leg syndrome!"

• Dan...
• August 26, 2020

"My doctor started me out at quetiapine 100 mg for sleep deprivation due to a frozen shoulder. Turns out opioids have fallen out of favor even if you have a history of taking them as prescribed. After an acclimation period, which was tough, it mellowed out and did the job. I ended up at 200 mg. Folks, with this drug, lower dosages are going to have a very massive sedation effect. My advice is to really talk to your MD about that. As you raise the dosage, the sedative effect weakens. I rate it high, although the first few days, I felt really funky, lol!"

• Eh ...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 11, 2019

"Ever since I was a child, I have been that kid who had endless energy and pulled regular all-nighters. I never knew any better because it was from birth, but it was detrimental to my mental/physical health whether I knew it or not. I was diagnosed with moderate depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder in 2012 and was prescribed quetiapine. I’ve now been taking it for 7 years, and I’ve seen a great difference in my sleep. Sadly, though, I still have some nights like these where I can’t sleep because I’m excited. If I don’t get any sleep at all, then I get pretty much the equivalent of a stomach virus. I don’t like that part at all, but considering 99% of the time I get sleep with the meds, it’s not that horrendous. But it’s definitely something that has helped me a lot!"

• Ner...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 10, 2015

"I've been taking a very low dose of Seroquel (1/2 tab, 12.5 mg, I think) off and on for several months now, for anxiety, depression, and insomnia (off-label). It is the most effective sleep inducer I have ever taken. The problem for me is that the effects last for about 36 hours, not just 8! The whole next day is low-energy, although it is also low anxiety. So it is good when you absolutely need to recover sleep or take a break, but I cannot use it on a regular basis at all and continue to function at work, etc."

• Bre...
• January 13, 2016

"I have been on Quetiapine for sleep for 5 weeks now, and I have been sleeping great! I have had no side effects except the first 2 days, it took a while to get out of my system in the late morning to early afternoon. Now, just a good night's sleep and refreshed, ready to go first thing in the morning. I have severe sleep issues, this has been a lifesaver along with escitalopram for depression/anxiety."