User Reviews for quetiapine oral

My RNP prescribed it for me to just take 50 mgs at bedtime to help me sleep. I'm 55 years old, but I don't have bipolar disorder, just severe depression and was only able to get a total of 2 hrs of sleep and sometimes, 0 hours sleep. She tried Restoril, Ambien (made me hallucinate) and several other sleep aids without success. Then, she prescribed this and holy cow! I was fast asleep within 15 minutes and stayed asleep all night, getting 9 hours of sleep for the first time in 10 years! No hangover the next morning!Read More Read Less

Generalized anxiety, possible bipolar. Have the best sleep in years. Anxiety and handling stress improved since starting the med 3 days ago.

My experience with medication is; In the first time i got them,I wasn’t sure if I should take or not. But people who they supporting me with this they gives me a little push because of my safety.When I start to take the medication in the firs I was so sleepy and very tired also i hade a lot of memories from my childhood it was for me wowww I couldn’t remember them. My body was very low. But day by day i get to use to them and take them everyday. Now i feel much better. Off course I have my open and downs but with the help of the medication of course I’ll be more available and i will be mich better. Thanky EQRead More Read Less

This has been extremely hard on my body. I feel stoned nearly all day and struggle to get out of bed. I previously had plenty of energy. Also getting a lot of muscle spasms. They have reduced the dose from 300 mg to 100 mg but I am still feeling really fatigued. I want to stop it completely but have to reduce gradually as the side effects of suddenly stopping are heinous. My body feels really inflamed since beginning this. Don’t recommend it at all. I’ve also found it has stolen any feelings of happiness. I’m normally a positive person but have felt really flat and it is hard to feel positive now. I would call it a depressant.Read More Read Less

Been taking 300mg Quetiapine Fumarate for exactly one year and one day today to treat Bipolar II. This drug is incredible - in the past year, I started and graduated from a software bootcamp, was able to leave a toxic relationship with someone I lived with for years, land my dream career, and create the best new experiences with friends I haven't seen/or talked to in years. All this was possible because I didn't have to spend every ounce of energy trying to stabilize my emotions. For the first time, I lived with clarity in the present moment. To reiterate what other people have said, I wake up so happy each morning. Downsides: You have to plan your evening around when you take it (at least at my dosage). It is a soothing sedative, but I would never ever drive on this medication. Meals have a big role with it as well - sometimes I feel it in 30 minutes other times it takes 2 hours. Regardless, I feel like it stays in my system for 10-12 hours from the minute I take it. I shoot for 7:30 pm - Before that 12 hours is up I am a groggy zombie, but a ridiculously happy one so it's worth it. I'll leave here with this sentiment. Being medicated on this drug has allowed me to see my bipolar as a superpower rather than a hindrance. I think it's incredible that I(we) can relate and genuinely mean it when we say "I know how you feel." We have gotten to experience the extremes of every human emotion on the spectrum. I have become the 'therapist' to friends all throughout my life now because I can empathize with what they're going through and feeling because (I've) we have all been there before! * "We," meaning everyone reading this that also has Bipolar. Love and regards guys, and don't let anyone define you! Read More Read Less

This is best drug ever ever ever.... I Think more positive everyday in my life now with quetiapine.. Thanks who make this medicine ??

Lots of side effects. Muscle pain /weight gain /kidney problems/tiredness /dizzyness/addictive.

I'm neither schizophrenic nor bipolar, yet I've been on Quetiapine "XR" for 5 years now and its been a major help to me. (Note: "XR" is the extended release formulation.) It is mild and it is very soothing - for example, when I get off work & my nerves are still frayed, need to wind down, that's when I take my daily dose of the XR. Its like slipping into a soothing, warm blanket - yet I'm still active and alert. Quetiapine XR stays in my system into the next day, keeping my thoughts orderly and I don't lose my temper for small reasons. Yet I still function & work like a champ. If I was on this medicine a long time ago, my life would've probably turned out so much better.Read More Read Less

I went into a full out suicide experience jumping in the middle of the road at nighttime begging for a car to kill me. Wife had to save me. Now the same psychiatrist is trying to give it to me again after 5 years of that incident.

The side effects outweigh any benefits. Extreme anger, fatigue, dry mouth, burning and stinging sensation in your skin, ringing in your ears. I was a total zombie the next day. I don’t have drug allergies but I’m pretty sure this one comes close.

To tell you honestly I am already dependent to this sleeping pills that my psychiatrist prescribed me I started drinking this way back 2015 then from now on I’m taking this pills up until now.

I started quetipine about 6 months ago it really helped me with my mood staying stable and my panic attacks. This medication dosnt make me feel like a shell of a person which has been a struggle with previous medications. I’m just over all much happier and can appreciate the little things again.

Loved it!

I'm not to sure we're to start I have been on q for about 5 years now and I hope it's not just me that wakes up with really bad munchies, I went to bed the other night and woke up with chocolate next to my bed. it makes me so tired and I just eat. I was eating the other night falling asleep and my partner had to wake me so I didn't choke lol. well all jokes aside I do really find this effective as I said I've been on this for 5 years I've had other medications in the past and quituipuine just sits right with me but I know we are not all the same.Read More Read Less

Do not take this medication, especially if you have history of concussion associated bipolar - it will not work and create more problems than necessary. Read health literature, holistic medicine and balance your mood naturally instead.

I just started taking this and have noticed it has made me very aggressive. Idk if I'll stay on it.

Been on it 2 years. Only helps me sleep. Nothing Else. Dont do it