Seroquel for Schizophrenia User Reviews (Page 2)
Seroquel has an average rating of 6.4 out of 10 from a total of 43 reviews for the treatment of Schizophrenia. 58% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 30% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Seroquel
- Anonymous
- February 19, 2009
"Pretty good medication for the condition. My thoughts are more straight and I seem to have less visual and auditory distortions. It is sedating though and takes a little time for your body to adjust to it. I take 100mg in the morning and 400mg at night, seems to work pretty good in combination with Effexor for depression, and it's decent for mild anxiety (however if you have major anxiety, it may not be enough on its own)."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- September 3, 2017
"Wow this medication.. it may have knocked me out many times (put me to sleep).. Hell it may have had made me sleepy 24/7, I would sleep sometimes 18 hours a day I spent a lot of time recovering with this medication.. sleeping. But I can't complain because well.. I have my life back. And I thank all those people who put their time and effort in producing this medication because without them, who knows where I'd be.. right now I'm back in college off of this medication but still on abilify. This drug may not be the cure to schizophrenia.. but it does wonders."
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- voskhod
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- April 12, 2017
"Definitely calmed me down during the first-time onset of schizophrenia. However it makes me very sleepy, sometimes I sleep 14 hours a day - and when I wake up I feel like I want to sleep even more. Also resulted in a lot of weight gain. Eventually had to stop taking it because of how tired I always was."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 18, 2012
"No anti-psychotic medicine is perfect. But Seroquel is quite okay. Gives you a good night of sleep. You can feel dizzy. But the best is no extra pyramidal symptoms. I tried 4 or 5 other antipsychotics but this as good as it gets considering side effects."
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- ac674
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 7, 2017
"helps with delusions and hallucinations with schizophrenia, it doesn't help anxiety but does aid sleep at start but now I can take 400-800 at night and it still won't make me tired just calms my schizophrenia down a lot. It is a very good antipsychotic not sure how people use it for sleep and it did help with sleep for the first week and now it doesn't make me sedated or tired but sedates my mind."
- ITrus...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 24, 2020
"The first couple of Days I took seroquel, I was more or less a zombie. I was given the drug for multiple suicide attempts because of a severe depression. At day 8 I had the worst manic episode I have ever had in my life, I had no control over what happened and I had trouble breathing. My mild Schizophrenia have since worsened and I experience more hallucinations than I ever have before. This drug is NOT recommended in my opinion."
- English...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 2, 2016
"I've been taking this drug for a few months I'm on a very high dose (800mg). I was finding on lower doses my paranoia was overwhelming and my depression was getting to the suicidal point. Now I'm on a higher dose I'm like a zombie, lack of motivation in everything I do. For me personally, I do not think its the right drug for me but everyone takes to medications differently"
- Alexa
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- September 1, 2021
"This saved my life. I take 400mg at night and am still working on finding the right dose, but this drug is the most helpful I have ever been on. Because of my psychotic symptoms (I had an undiagnosed, psychotic disorder) I was unable to live my life, but this drug saved me. The only downfall is it makes me sleep a very long time and it has caused some weight gain, but the benefits far out weigh the side effects."
- Alex...
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- January 30, 2023
"I have been using Seroquel since 2016. It has improved my sleep but my other symptoms have gotten worse after I started using it. I hated the experience and would never recommend it to anyone. I’m hoping to heal naturally soon and no longer use it."
- Pango...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 30, 2022
"It’s been two weeks now so it’s little bit early but wow. I don’t have a diagnosis, I just know I was feeling bad from the moment I opened my eyes in the morning to the bedtime. I mean, I had the feeling I was in danger, stuck on the hyper vigilance mode all day long, and I was so tired. Since one week I’m on seroquel 300mg, I just feel lighter. My body isn’t this huge bunch of flesh and dark thoughts anymore. I can breath again !? Light side effects for now, I hope it will last ! Suicidal thoughts are fading away slowly and that’s pleasing."
- Hotpi...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 21, 2021
"I was prescribed this first in 2008 then again in late 2012 early 2013 when I was 15. I took the smallest dosage both times for schizophrenia and depression and I felt like sooo bad on this!! I was insanely sleepy, dozing off in class, at lunch, in public, I gained SOOOO much weight and my stomach was literally a bottomless pit! Otherwise it got rid of my symptoms such as mania, anxiety, paranoia and anger but still. I’m on something way better now"
- Zero
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- April 21, 2022
"Seroquel was like a miracle, helped in every way but made be very sleepy but over time I started getting shaky and my nerves started breaking down, plus I felt like was wasn't going to wake up whenever I went to sleep, these side-effects increasingly got worse so I had to stop taking it, currently looking for something else. Was a miracle while it lasted, for those that don't get those kinda scary side-effects this could really be your miracle, I recommend giving it a try."
- Vkk
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- June 12, 2022
"I took Seroquel/quetiapine for 7 years and It works like magic. Made back normal. I had no more delusional thoughts, no more paranoia and no more fearful feelings. My life was the BEST. However BOYYYYY the side effects is serious. I took 800 ml at night before bed and it knocks you OUT! I used to sleep to like 4 pm on it, if not, MORE. Had me sleepy ALL the time. And I didn't mind that but what I didn't like was it when I would take it my heart would beat so fast I would feel like it would explode and I used to feel really high and like I was catching an episode of psychosis so I would just hurry and go to sleep as (as if the medicine didn't make me sleepy anyway lol) and these side effects never let up over the seven years but it was a miracle drug. I'm no longer on it because I got pregnant and was afraid to take it and it stopped working once I started taking it again. So now I'm on invega sustena injection but I would kinda recommend and the reason I say kinda because of the side effects"
- Katie
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 25, 2019
"I rely on this for my sleep and psychosis episodes. I take 1/2 the 25mg as needed. No weight gain. I exercise and eat healthy. It's a lifesaver knowing my scary episodes can be treated with this."
- Kat
- Taken for 10 years or more
- October 19, 2019
"I find Seroquel great I was diagnosed with schitzophenia in 2001 and haven't been hospitalized since then. It works great for me"
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 7, 2019
"Seroquel makes the psychosis easier to deal with but makes me very tired. experienced side effect drowsiness every time I took it."
- Schiz...
- December 16, 2008
"It worked really well for a little while but I've started having delusions again. It still helps though. It also puts you to sleep."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- April 7, 2023
"I didn't like Seroquel because peeing started to hurt and when my dose got raised I started seeing huge bugs that weren't real."
- Ricky
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- February 14, 2019
"a purple 300mg seroquel tablet really works to set rehab in motion."
- Anonymous
- September 8, 2021
"It helps a lot for me and lowered my psychosis episodes"
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"I've been on seroquel twice now. I was hearing voices all day that affected my PTSD, then it was a falling block thing with my anxiety and depression. I love this medication because I also have sleeping problems - falling asleep and staying asleep. There's XR and non XR (time release). I'm on 450; the higher you are on, the longer it takes to fall asleep. The only bad thing about this medication is weight gain. Be careful with that. I did research on all schizophrenic medications and they all cause weight gain. Just a note; the reason I pay $60 is because I need to take 300 + 150 to make 450. The XR is $15 more. I go under blue cross blue shield, if this helps anyone."