I've taken it for about 12 years now and it has treated the schizophrenia symptoms but makes me very tired and unmotivated. I'll choose the ladder symptoms any day, thus why I've taken it so consistently for so long. I started at 1600mg a day when my symptoms were severe, and have gradually moved down to 300 a day and feel good mentally. Much love to anyone struggling and don't give up on yourself.
@@johno6637 yea, most people I've met take around that much (30). I had extreme symptoms going on though. I was hallucinating and extremely delusional, and had become a danger to my own life. Hope you're journey goes well, even if this med doesn't work out for you.
@@danielbuhr4260 Thanks, doing better so far , not sure i notice anything on quetiapine yet,but sleep has improved a little although i still wake every 2 hours. Sounds like you've been going through a tuff time , hope life picks up for you vsoon 👍.
Believe me this medication saved my life. For 20 years I suffered from paranoia whereby I would feel people were staring at me when I looked into their eyes, causing me to avoid eye contact. It ruined my life. I avoided social situations . It was a dark time for me and lasted two decades. I tried anti depressants but they did not work; had copious amounts of therapy but no use, until this came into my life. I take a small dose of 50mg each night and started taking it about 7 years ago. Tried to come off them a few times but my paranoia quickly returned. A true lifesaver for me.
I have been on Seroquel for two years, at a dosage of 600 mg a day. This stuff is strong. As soon as I take it I am knocked out cold. It’s changed my life for the better though.
Do you sleep talk ??? Been taking it for a couple months I’m now at 200 mgs , I’ve had vivid dreams but I started sleep talking a couple weeks ago after my dosage was increased
Can i ask you some questions about seroquel, ive been on this medication for bipolar 2 and GAD, im at 300mg night and 100mg morning. Looking for some hope and success stories, as im digging myself out of a pretty bad hypomanic situation. This is all new to me, looking for some help
I could never "calm down" at the end of the day or "unwind" even as a teen🙈😔 I have have insomnia/broken sleep much of my life..5 Years ago due to complicated grief ,caregivers guilt, PTSD I was nooot sleeping.Maybe two hours around noon..my aunt gave me Qietiapine 100mg..I first took 1/2 but that was way too much,then 1/4, I found that that too left me sleeping 12 hours!!!Now a days I take 10mg or 20mg 2 hours before bed and I'm fine.This has been a treasure and the slow sadating feel I get is worth gold.Take Care All 💜💛🌈🌺🌹🖤🌷💙 I feel so sooo lucky to of come across this
I used this medication for insomnia, I would pass out 20 mins after taking it, It worked very well for sleeping. Unfortunately I had to stop taking it as I had an increased appetite and weight gain. I got prescribed this at 13, which in my opinion was way too young to be taking this drug. I still have stretch marks from the weight gain of taking this drug
Same. The sleep was great, but gaining 25+ LBS in 4 months (with gain still continuing). I’m stopping it today and trying melatonin again now that I’m chilled out a lot on 200mg Zoloft. Good luck!
Tip: Do not eat 1 hour before and 1 hour after you take Quetiapine, this can prevent you from feeling heavily sedated and stabilize your absorption rate.
Thank you cause I’m up rn scared af to take it cause last night it made me feel extremely sedated but I did eat when I took it . Hopefully tonight it’ll be better.
It makes u hungry...I have a banana at the side of my bed so I don't munch foods that are crap...banana help u sleep ...its not good to drive I was on 450 I'm now on 25mg...I was working in nursing care...they thought I was drunk...until I told them all in our morning meeting that I'm not drunk I'm on quatiapine...and thank god the nurse explained for me ...it was so embarrassing...I don't know how I got through it...the lovely nurse was so understanding and kind.. I was a single mum paying a mortgage and stressed...I ended up selling my home and moved into a rented house to take the pressure of myself...I was alone and afraid...I gave up my job...as my mum got cancer and my sister died ...I didn't give in though I stayed 💪 strong...I lost my mum...my brother in 2022 on Christmas day...and my partner stevie got oesophagus cancer...this all happen in 2007...till now...my dad has parkinsons dementia he stays with me 4 days a week I still work but only 2 hrs in the morning cleaning my local pub...life is good despite all the trauma...I'm blessed and loved very much and I'm the glue in my family 👪...I have 3 children 4 grandchildren...2 dogs...and I'm still trying...I have bipola adhd ...but I exercise and do the things I love like my garden and wildlife...we all have a story to tell...as I guess u all do in the comments...do u and educate urself about ur illness or mental health that's the only way u will do well ...take care,Sallyann 🏴
Took 50 mg seroquel er. I woke up to go to the bathroom and became very faint. Felt like I couldn’t breathe. I started to go pee but I was losing consciousness and had to stop and lye down. I don’t know how long I was on the floor. I woke up cold face down on the floor. I don’t remember this. Somehow I got a granola bar from my closet shelf. All I remember is doing an army crawl back to my bed because I didn’t want to pass out again. I remember my husband asking what I was doing? I said I’m trying to get back in bed. The next morning he said I was struggling with a wrapping for about 20 minutes. I have no recollection of this. But sure enough the wrapper was on my nightstand. All I remember is pulling myself back into bed and just passing out. I took this medication at 6 pm the night before. The dizziness and fatigue stopped 2 hours ago. Definitely not for me. But if it helps other’s then that’s great. Scariest shit I have ever taken. Never again!
Sounds incredibly true! My experience as well. I never know I'm up eating until some one sees me and tells me. Then I remember but it's like I was watching myself. It wasn't me. You were very truthful. That's what ppl need to hear.
Out of curiosity I started on 50mg and it literally knocked me unconscious I fell asleep without even realizing it. What does 200mg or even 400mg do to you how does thath even feel
@@marilee8288 you sleep better on a smaller dose. I've currently went down 100 mgs from 400mgs for sleep. It's God awful. Pure hell. Be careful with this drug. I was a zombie on this drug. It's meant to dumb you down. Can not wait to get off of this crap. At higher doses it can cause hallucinations among a multitude of other side effects. Taking a larger dose as you ask? Often feels like organs such as the heart and lungs are literally shutting down. When you wake up you may not be able to move for awhile. You may feel panicky as it's hard to breathe like your lungs are asleep. It does cause sudden cardiac death. I can't warn you enough. Please stay at a low dose. Look this drug up. Read ppls reviews. Look how many ppl take this drug. I know it rates in the top 10. I would also suggest "The history of psychiatry". Now that it's proven there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance they've came up with a new catch phrase. Very interesting stuff. I was utterly shocked by what I found researching psychiatry. Rose Kennedy given a lobotomy. So sad. Now they mostly do chemical lobotomies via drugs for depression and other things. Don't let Drs define you. Make good choices.
@@marilee8288 200 MG just makes me sleepy after about 45 minutes, most of the time. Some nights I have to take 2 and on rare occasion I've taken three. they just let me sleep, but sometimes I can really feel the anxiety leave my body, which is what it takes. Sometimes I do one 200 MG and a 10 MG Melatonin. That works pretty well.
i got bpd generalized anxiety and major depressive syndrome. ive been told to take them before bed to help sleep. it lets me sleep but has its own side effects this video covered. if only our doctors told us this stuff instead of having to google it
@@EDIBre It really helped me with finding a balance (emotionally speaking) and correcting the psychosis, which for me, was mostly voices. Hypomania for me was honestly horrible. I was extremely irritable, anxious and couldn't focus on anything for more than 10 minutes. Since being on it, I'm way more productive. I write more, I applied to my dream school (UCLA), sleep WAY better, etc. It's a subtle difference but it helps a lot. Life is just easier. I haven't self harmed, etc. I take 250 mg (going up to 300 on the 16th) and the only side affect I notice is a dry mouth. Everything else is as it was before.
It can be really helpful with anxiety and depression in adjuncts with anti depressant. Low dose, 75mil, still feels strong though, take at night it knocks you out. Improves mood considerably and gets rid of suicidal ideation. It's helped me. Expect weight gain, though.
I was getting to a point where I was having severe violent outburst and was staying up for days and couldn't sleep. It got the point where I was scared to death I was going to hurt someone I finally broke down and talked to my doctor. I was prescribed 200mg to take at night it has literally saved my life and possibly someone elses. I guess what I am trying to say is don't be afraid to talk to your doctor they are their to help.
@@sarahedrington5720 I slept supper hard drink lots of water. I am about 210lbs so I take it at 6pm for it to be working well by 10pm I was able to have dreams also something I hadn't had in awhile most the time nightmares every now and then a good dream though
My dosage is only 25 mg a day but it always makes me very sleepy after an hour, almost making me pass out. My heart tends to beat really fast sometimes so it helps to calm me down and feel a bit more relaxed but I also noticed that during the early stages of taking the medicine, my nightmares were increased and the dreams were really vivid.
I just took 50mg and went to sleep at 9pm yesterday. I woke up at midnight and i had a really vivid as you said nightmare that felt extremely real. I fell asleep again shortly after i woke up and i slept until 8am. I havent slept that good in a long time!
@@williamjackson8719 I will never use quetiapine again. The doctor gave me 25mg for sleep and it was terrible, I had nightmares, sedation, dizziness, a limp body, even an anxiety attack when I woke up, I couldn't get out of bed I was so lazy NOTE: I don't want to use it as a stabilizer, I started using lamotrigine, quetiapine would be just for sleep because I'm in hypomania, I'd rather not sleep until the consultation than take it again
@@TwizzyPatzki I will never use quetiapine again. The doctor gave me 25mg for sleep and it was terrible, I had nightmares, sedation, dizziness, a limp body, even an anxiety attack when I woke up, I couldn't get out of bed I was so lazy NOTE: I don't want to use it as a stabilizer, I started using lamotrigine, quetiapine would be just for sleep because I'm in hypomania, I'd rather not sleep until the consultation than take it again
Seraquil changed my life. Been on it 5 years. Be careful it will cause dramatic wieght gain. And do not take it before work or driving. I dont sleep without it. It levels me out, keeps me eating, and i get the amount of sleep i need every night. Good stuff
i was prescribed 25mg for my extreme anxiety and extreme panic attack. after i took it in the morning, put me to sleep right away for about 4 hours and make me feels like a zombie afterwards. but it really helps my brain again to get stimulated and access my emotions, gotta try this for a week and slowly get away with it till my condition gets better
Schizo affective here, at first I started 50mg and it made me depressed when waking up. But I'm beginning to feel more comfortable with side affects. I think majority of being on certain drugs is being welcoming to any of the symptoms induced by the drug. There's no perfect drug but rather how we feel while using it to better ourselves. All drugs have side effects.
I've been on it for more than 2 years and i literally can't sleep without it, I'll stay up for days at a time if i run out and 3 melatonin don't even work. Also, I've gained so much weight, it increases your appetite and for me, it causes binge eating
Its not simple its depends how you feel bad whats your life about,in a today language "how fucked up you are" this medicine is bad for some people and its also a survival rope for others,believe me when i say i drink a full bottle of 100%alcoholic beverages and i take 2 pills I barely sleep
If I'm to eat 1 hour after taking seroquel, I would eat three meals before going to bed. I was told to directly go to bed after taking it, so I have to take dinner before that. Was having quite uncomfortable RLS if I didn't fall asleep right away - so had to take two half doses half an hour apart; which was much tolerable..
I've experienced the exact opposite with quetiapine which is loss of appetite, i've really lost a lot of weight but the problem is i was already really skinny and now i look like a toothpick after all the weight loss lol
Dang this is this first comment that I fully relate to ... I’ll eat up until the very moment I fall asleep, and if I’m not in the bed within 45 minutes then I get horrible restless legs . Sometimes it’s like restless legs in my shoulders and neck! I’ve been taking this for a little over a year now and I take 150mg every night for sleep........ kind of a love hate relationship
Seroquel changed my life. I sleep now, I have less episodes that last for a quarter of fhe time, I hardly ever relapse, I have less psychosis episodes and sl much more. I did gain quite a lot of weight but ive lost 19kgs after eating healthier (Seroquel made me HUNGRY) but I am so much better now overall.
just me ...at 46 my wife died ....my nervous system was beat ....emotions ...nothing worked ...i found one MD ...i told him if I can sleep ...i can get through the day ...I was about 10 yrs from retirement ......he said lets try this ....seroquel ....50 mg at bed time ......i just had a Birthday ...70 ...and the 50 still does it ! ....Do not eat withing 3 hrs or so of taking ...and avoid greasy foods ...fried fish ...french fries ...etc .......I can say ...he and seroquel save me ....literally ...best wishes to all that are here !! :)
Does anyone else get a blocked nose from taking Quetiapine? I took it for almost 3 years to help with anxiety and it was good, I had no problems, then last year my nose started blocking up when I take it and it's still doing now every time I have one, so I basically have nothing to help with my anxiety anymore. Was wondering if anyone else experiences this and if they know why?
Me ive been talking 4yrs and no problem but now everytime i take it my nose block and the medicine makes me thing more and i feel like i want to shout uncomforble.
We know that this is the med that hemps balance my bi-polar. Ive been on it for a year now and its saved my life. Literally. My family and I noticed a drastic change in my mental health within the first few weeks.
Thankyou for your positive account of having bipolar. I was told I had bipolar many years ago and I was given Citalopram and for a while I tried Lithium but not for long. After many years on Citalopram it stopped working and I am now taking Sertraline but depression (only) is still there so Dr has now given me Seroquel 25mg but I am somewhat reluctant to take it and he said to keep taking the Sertraline as well. Thankyou again because it has given me more confidence. F Wilson
Had severe stress and anxiety and was unable to sleep for days was given serequel started having delusions I couldn’t tell from really from the lack of sleep.
My psychiatrist upped my dosage to 200 mg a couple days ago. I have a loss of appetite and idk if it’s from that. To the point where I just eat to put food in my stomach. I also almost fainted last night I was really weak and looked like a ghost in the mirror.
I was given this by my Doctor. It's super strong and I don't like it. I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. I have massive emotional attacks and was given 100 mg. I stopped taking it because it made me a literal toddler. I would speak but nobody could understand me. My words were mixed up. Honestly I never gave it a chance to work.
Hi I was the same but I promise it gets better I got used to it I take 50mg in the morning and 150mg at night it helps me with bpd sleep everything although withdrawal is so bad iv been on them since 2015
As a Dutch expat myself I must say that you have a very interesting accent. It is more American rather than British like you would expect from a Dutchman. Studied for a while at Harvard maybe? Great channel, thank you for the comprehensive information.
Thank you. Very informative. Just a small criticism. In my opinion, the choice of footage for mentioning schizophrenia and bipolar disorder was insensitive.
Yeah. I felt like It's making a joke of these serious issues in an otherwise serious video. It's like the absolute most cliched and surface-level view of it.
My friend has these for schizophrenia, I took one once and it was about half an hour of the most frustrating experience ever where I would forget my thoughts mid way through thinking them and couldn't remember what I was thinking only having this feeling that whatever I was forgetting was extremely important. It was awful but then I fell asleep and had a really nice sleep. My poor friend lol is on this everyday yet doesn't fall asleep.
@@lyndayates7533 ok agree this drug is evil. My poor husband’s on 500 mg we are starting my taper sadly still on 400 he is having possible seizures and dizziness brain fog it’s terrible he’s unable to work right now tomorrow he has an EEG to see if he’s having seizures this is one evil drug
I started lactating and lost my period and was incredibly itchy. It turned out that the tiny dose I took for sleep gave me a pituitary gland tumour that gave me menopause at 30, the endocrinologist said I had the hormones of an 80 year old. I had to take Dostinex to shrink the tumour and spent every weekend in bed throwing up from it. The first time I took seroquel I fainted in the shower, I was 22 and I phoned the doctor saying I don’t want to take this stuff. She told me I had to so I did what she said. She also put me on Effexor 150 and that eventually gave me seizures. Then Lexapro and that gave me seizures too. I now take a tiny dose of CBD and feel great and I sleep
I have used as well. It does help me sleep the only problem I have is gaining weight. I am not I do indicating everyone will gain weight from using it. I try to use a very small dosage. Thank you for the video.
This goes out to the doctor thank you for posting this. I am an EMT, CNA, phlebotomist finished my prerequisites for nursingA few months back my best friend died I perform CPR for an hour but no response. I would say a month afterwards my best friend started using
Could you please clarify? A few months ago, your best friend died (my condolences), but what did they die of? And this is one month after your best friend started using, correct? If so, what was he using one month before he died?
This Doctor has in no doubt been very helpful in explaining clearly and in depth medications and their uses. Those who need it probably wont have to look much farther than here. However, having recently been interested in big pharma and these medications, this Dr. seems to make this a very light hearted, relaxed discussion when talking about drugs with serious side affects such as Seroquel. Antipsychotics are not drugs to be taken lightly and alot of the side effects can be severely detrimental to your health (despite them being non-addictive). I would encourage people not to use this class of medications for extended periods of time unless you have extremely serious psychotic symptoms, and not just any and every thing under the sun. Only until now are Dr.s at least in the USA understanding the horrible side effects antipsychotics can have, and shouldn't be prescribed for such thingsa s "anxiety,depresssion,or insomnia"
also what they do not tell you is how difficult it can be for some patients to come of there medications. especially clozapine , the withdrawal symptoms can be horrific and you may have no choice but to go back on them. they will blame the return of your illness, whether it is or not.
Oh it's addictive. I have sleep narcolepsy and can not sleep without it. I can no longer get off of it on my own. I'm half dead. The only thing that makes me crazy is this drug.
Well thats my main drug coupled with mirtazapine and ssris for anxiety and depression. When u have severe case ssris dont help, they're like water to me. I need multiple drugs to get the hang on my anxiety. And even all these drugs combined dont do much, thats how severe it is. So yeah, its normal to treat mdd/panic with multiple drugs. The only difference is that i take low doses since i dont rly need antipsychotic effects. 50-100mg and plus mirtazapine 7.5mg and zoloft 100mg. Also lamotrigine. Its still not enough to sedate me but its manageable, i dont wanna increase it to higher doses.
@@davidbillyard6629 Well my doctor doesnt really want me to use many drugs. She would prefer that i'd be able to be just on an ssri. But it doesnt work at all. It used to work in the past but now my illness is so out of hand that i need either multiple drugs or high doses of heavy drugs. I guess instead of 4 drugs i could try 1 ssri + 1 heavy antipsychotic. Maybe that would help. Im either building tolerance or my illness just getting more severe and severe. Or both lol.
I've taken all the dosages, ranging between 100 and 400mg. The sleepiness is more of a side effect than a main feature. I pair it with trazodone for sleep.
I’ve been taking seroquel for about two years for insomnia, depression and BPD. I cant sleep without it, so it’s helped me in that way. But it also makes it extremely hard for me to wake up and get out of bed. For the past year I’ve been cutting the tablets into tiny pieces and taking a tiny piece instead of the whole thing. I know this is bad but I wanna know your guys thoughts on this.
First day with quetiapine. You're right, it is extremely hard to get out of bed. How are you taking it in a tiny peices? I'd like to know and maybe something I can also do. Thanks
@@Gabriella-ib1zy Have you tried stopping the seroquel? unfortunately i can't sleep without seroquel , but seroquel is reducing my energy, I am so sorry for that :(
Sero-kill has street names such as "Suzy-Q, quill, brain glue, Q-ball, baby heroin" It takes years off your life affects your nervous system, cardiovascular system, and can possibly cause irreversible brain damage the sooner you can get off of quetiapine the better. Grace & blessings ❤✝🙏
I'm getting this prescribed for my burnout. Important to add that I both have adhd and autism, which were both undiagnosed intill my early 30's. So I am experiencing a lot of overstimulation without having the skills to cope with those in a healthy way. So this medicine should help me sleep, if I take it in the later evening. Of course we're talking about a pretty hefty kind of medicine, so I'll be in contact with my doctor daily to see how it goes. Interesting that I'm not supposed to break it. I'm a nurse in the Netherlands, and often the farmacy doesn't send smaller doses then 25mg. So I'm forced to split it in order to give 12,5mg. I'll make sure to contact our doctor about that next time.
dont worry! look a bit into it for yourself you will quickly find that the medication off-label can be broken apart. you can make powder out of it if you want even. My psychiatrist also recommended me this for taking a lower dosage. The reason he doesnt mention it in the video probably is because it is off-label use. using seroquel for sleep problems is also off-label use for example.
Yes, my doctor also said exactly the opposite to this guy. I am going tto be taking this medication soon but am reading up on it to see if it is safe. After watching this video and then remembering what my doctor told me i feeling so confused which is making me even more stressful.
As mentioned in the video, I am trying to present a broad overview of Quetiapine. Usage in specific situations therefore may be different. That is why you should always follow the advise and prescribed dose of your own doctor. If you are worried or confused, always discuss this with your own doctor.
I’ve never been so confused about a drug in my life. They prescribed my 67 year old father this drug. He wasn’t depressed he wasn’t an insomniac. He took the pills for a few weeks felt great stopped taking them all of a sudden saying he felt great then 6 weeks later he took his own life. This was so out the blue for my dad. And it’s literally killing me all these questions. God bless you all✌🏻❤️
It causes high blood sugar. Started with 25mg, ended up with 100mg. Quit two years ago....now I got it prescribed again because of my mood shifts. I just don't want my health endangered that much...(I mean Seroquel)
Kindly let me know how to withdraw quitiapine or at least lower the dose?.... Cuz I've tried that and the result was sleeping disorders I do sleep only 4 hours sequencely and sometimes only 4 hours per day.... I've been taking that medicine for more than 5 years
I’m from Canada. I’ve had years and years of mental health medication’s. I’ve been on Effexor and clonazepam for eight years. Low-dose on both however, when we increase the effector, I started getting some bad thoughts, just hopelessness, and he gave me this medication. I’m terrified to take it. I think it carries a heavy stigma.
Been taking it for a year for MDD since I exhibited violence. I felt like a zombie but that's om me since I didn't take it in the recommended time. Now my doctor advised me to take it 4pm... 12hrs of sleep may sound great but it's such a waste of time that can be use for productivity
I was recently prescribed seroquel. I haven't taken it because I am afraid it will not help. I have been on a lot anti psychotic meds and each has never helped only affected me to the point where I couldn't sleep or failed at sex. I'm 42 and in college. I really need some advice on this.
Dr Evil is totally correct, I was put on this due to my army service PTSD issues & my head was always in the fridge looking for food. Ur sex drive should be ok after getting used to it plus the bonus I found was it was great at getting me to sleep 💤 take it about 30 mins before u plan to actually sleep n it should help greatly. When dealing with the actual issue of my major depression plus my anxiety & ptsd I would say it helped greatly with 2 of them which were the depression & anxiety, sadly it never helped my ptsd. All I an say is I’m sill on it n just dealing with my ptsd on its own via therapy etc. But plz trust Dr Evil & myself in saying if you have depression it will help & anxiety also. I’m on it purely so I deleted my first 2 issues as I said & i found it to be an amazing medicine, give it a go n listen to dr evil also. If u need any further advice plz ask. 😊
Have you tried exercising, but really tried it hard? That really saved me. At the beginning just the action of dressing up and walking to my street corner was exhausting. Everyday I made a new little improvement. Took me time to take my shit together and start exercising but only 2 years after starting, I was in a completely different place mentally. There’s times I stopped exercising, perhaps when I started feeling better but then relapsed in my meds. I quickly understood that the fight has no end, everyday I have to push myself and if I succeed, i stay far from those meds. Now I run not less than 6 miles everyday and I’m off those meds. It’s fucking hard but it’s possible to run that much. I’m not saying it will cure you but if you push yourself physically every single day, I guarantee you will see an improvement in your mental health. Consistency is the key. Man I can only wish you to be better
Has worked for me for over 12 years. Sleep a lot (9 hours), have great sex drive and performance and more stable mood and no psychotic symptoms anymore. Great effects over all.
it's because of these pills that I'm able to live a normal happy life. With everything that I'm going through these happy pills are awesome 👌. THANK YOU HAPPY PILL'S💯
@@ZyrexShorts129 I think you don't know about the side effect of this medicine.. this is not a happy pill this is a dangerous pill... you will understand after a year or two years... that this pill how much dangerous
Weird. Side effects. You do want the side effects...the beneficial ones that give you quality of life. Ive been on abilify and it made me compulsive. Seroquel has helped me sleep and delay depression and irritability. My life is better not getting random depression episodes and not lashing out with anger on people who dont deserve it. People like me more because im happier and nicer to others and not have a wall that blocks people from getting to know me. I can deal with the insomnia. People wanting to be your friend is worth it. Some medication works. Dont listen to those who says not the take effective treatment. Most likely they are not coming from experience or didnt find the right treatment and lose hope and say all of the meds are bad.
I’m the same way. I get very irritable and lash out at people. I get random moments of anger throughout the day and makes it very difficult to maintain a job. I’ve been prescribed 25mg to help with mood regulation but the list of side effects are scary. I haven’t started it yet and don’t know what to do.
I used to take this medicine all throughout my childhood, i stopped for a couple years, and when i tried to get it represcribed, all of my doctors refused. They said they only give to people with serious issues or are on hospice. Is there a reason?
I take this medication, I've been on 500mg a day but now I only take 50mg. It was so strong but I did adjust. Became a fall risk and gained 40lbs. Came off it and dropped weight immediately. Now I take 50mg and it makes me sleepy. It's weird how it has different effects depending on dose and need
One of the weirdest side effects i get when i increase the dose is stuffed/blocked nose to the point that i can't breathe at all and i have to breathe through mouth lol. But it settles down after 3-4days. Not so uncommon i guess. Edit: doesn't really settle down but it gets better 🤣🤣 even to this day after 40-50mins of taking it my nose gets blocked somewhat
Im taking this for insomia. Quetal 50 mgs . Is it okay to take it everyday Doctor ? I only use it to help me sleep. Amd if i take it everyday does it cause weight gain ? I would be pleased to receive any feedback from you doctor .
Hello . I shifted to Mirzagen since i feel like Quetal doesn’t work for me anymore . I feel better now with Mirzagen. I only take it when i really need it .
I've been taking seroquel when it first came out and still remain on it, my doctor started me out at 1,800mg at bedtime. I found out that high dose for a long time will cause permanent tremors I still suffer from
I e been taking quetiapine for yrs now and I'm really struggling to listen to ppl and I feel lyk its changed me as a person for the worst. I cnt hold conversations anymmore and my memory is terribke.I want to come off them but when I tried I felt very spaced out what am I ment to do? Thanks
I was in a chemical straitjacket. I was a zombie for 24 hours a day, sleeping incredibly long. When I finally got out of bed, it was a struggle to get to the kitchen. And then what happens on Seroquel is that it freezes your muscles and shuts your muscle system down. So, it's really hard to walk. And when I did walk I had no control over my ability to stop walking, so I walked into walls. With street names such as "Suzy-Q, quill, brain glue, Q-ball, baby heroin" you would think to stay far away from this ☠poison☠
I was in Quetapine for 3 yrs with NO FOLLOW UP REVIEW. My new GP though has helped me ween off it as it did not agree with me, it was making my mental health worse
Doctor advice from Ativan to quatipine, I am using 2 mg Ativan , It is good to sex,memory and thinking ,tell about us black box drugs,thx I am using vendep xr 37.5 mg . What is the long term affect , I am 58 male, thx again
If you have been on Ativan for awhile I think you will have a hard time getting off it. It’s a benzodiazepine so suddenly stopping it might cause some severe withdrawal. Serequel is probably more difficult to stop than any drug on the market today. The side effects are horrible. It’s in the literature that it causes cataracts and that’s exactly what happened to me. If you are using it for sleep it will work but try to use the lowest dose you can. I was on 100mg and I Have been tapering for almost a year to get to 50 mg. After I reach 50 able take me at least another year and a half to get to 25 mg. When I reach 25 mg I will have to make an assessment if I should go to zero. Most people can’t do it.
Hey guys. Did anyone use 200mg of this for unipolar depression? Did it work? How do people survive the extreme sedating effects. I used to take this sometimes at 25mg to help me sleep. Now Il have to start taking them for depression at 200mg. Is it even more sedating at this higher dose? Do these effects wane over 1-2 weeks?
That's the hard part. Took me over 6 months and still can't sleep without 25. Was on 250mg. Zero appetite and looking somewhere between a junkie and zombie.
My PDoc has gone abroad for good, I didn't want to continue on an outdated prescription, so I went down to 100, and there was no trouble. Then I stayed there for few weeks and went down to 50. After about a week I got nausea and irregular bowel movements. My appetite was zero and losing a lot of weight.
My anxiety levels gets very high when I'm going through a hard time, and it was a hard time. I was getting startled at a lot of things too often. When all that became just bearable, I lowered it to 25 and things got worse. It has been like 2 months like this. Can't sleep without 25, and not sure if I can lower anymore without losing all sanity left. Been to my therapist yesterday and week before after several years; because recently feeling quite messed up and suicidal. Seems like I would have to start all over again. Have to take some hard decisions that I wouldn't be able to forgive myself for. So many things have changed in so little time, not feeling sure about anything except a dread of impending doom, like everything's only getting worse.
so when I took it the positive it knocks you out helped a lot with insomnia and my racing thoughts. the negative when I took 150 mg I would get vertigo. 50 felt like it wasn’t enough. also one weird thing it would give me vivid dreams and if you do wake up on this it’s super hard to get out of bed or do anything you don’t want to walk around after you wake it.
My nightmares are very well spaced by 6 months or so but when they happen it is very frightening. Doctor told me to reduce my 25mg baby bear dose to 12,5 mg and it was OK for a while but not as effective so taking 25mg again!!
Hi ,i've been used seroquel for 3 years .For the first year I had 50 mg was fine cut it half was OK, then in the last year I reduce 25 mg into half 12,5 .I stop them for a 4 months because I was feeling asleep all day even with a small dose . After stop them for a couple of weeks I was fine I'm a good mood, sleeping well .But now it's worse without them ,I'm felling sick all time ,headeac dizziness ,no sleep well night etc .If I stop them for 4 months can I start to take them again ??I'm asking because I'm afraid about effects side please .Thanks .
no, you should not quit seroquel cold turkey. you have to ramp down with precise amounts at very specific times. i cannot advise on the amounts as i'm not a doctor. this is a question for a doctor, do not seek advice in a comment section for meds. the side effects of trying to quit cold turkey will be very unpleasant if not dangerous.
Everybody is reducing from baby bear dose of 25mg to 12,5mg to escape the nightmares and the doctor said it's OK to cut a 25mg into half but that wasn't as comfortable so now back on the 25mg baby bear dose.
Well, I got prescribed with 100mg per day, it's the 6th day of taking it and I have already fainted several times and I have never ever experienced faintings in my life before. What the heck? Have anyone experienced this side effect? I'll be able to visit my psychiatrist in 5 days, but I feel kinda confused and scared to keep taking it until I visit the doctor
I took only 50mg last night , while waiting for it to kick in I was up washing dishes & I started to get light headed , everything went black & lucky I made it to my bed & collapsed . It’s was scary af I’m scared to take the other pill tonight 😭
@@bratass7144 same! I'm scared to take it again. I was on a ladder when I collapsed in the first time, I'm lucky that I haven't got serious injuries from falling down
Hey maria..i took it for six days too but didn't faint..i had appetite loss palpitations and fast heart rate..i descided to quit it and two days later the withdrawal symptoms started kicking in..the first morning i experienced suiscidal thoughts immediately after waking up...i had never had suicidal thoughtsmy entire life...and i now cant sleep..thats the only problem but im not taking another one of those pills..freaking dangerous
This medicine made me gain so much weight over the past few years. My doctor finally decided to take me off of it and put me on trazodone. Every time I will take it at night, I will get a sudden urge of hunger and I would literally eat a couple meals until I’m uncomfortable it’s crazy also, if I run out of medicine and the pharmacy isn’t open I will not sleep at all. I would stay up for days. It’s very addictive and if you are off of it for a while and you’re used to being on it you could go through strong anxiety
@@Jahairalove84 why is trazadone just as dangerous? I haven't had any side effects. I take 200mg. It only knocks me out for about 2hrs. But I haven't been mad or sad in months.
@@rsvp89 it's not about being mad or sad. It's dangerous because when I took it the next day it took hours for me to wake up. I looked like I was high off heroin and I don't do heroin never did never will.
I'm taking quarter of 25 mg every night as i can't get sleep without it I manage my anxiety well But i just read your comments about weight gain and I'm afraid I dont eat much even after taking it for months would still my weight be increasing ?
I'm on this for delusional disorder. One day I couldn't remember if I took it so I took it again, and ended up sleep walking to the shower where my mum caught me with a fork trying to eat the water. Scared the shit out of her. Her yelling snapped me out of it, I realised what I was doing, laughed and went to bed. Crazy stuff.
Hey there. I was just wondering, if i had a heavy night of drinking the night before, came home and took my regular dosage (12.5mg) to help me catch up on sleep during the day, can i take my regular dose again that same night for sleep or should I wait for the next day?
You are not supposed to take this drug during pregnancy it can have bad effects for the baby. You cannot breastfeed while on it either as it is excreted in breast milk!
No I would not worry. I wonder if you’ve been more athletic recently? I would continue to take the prescribed amount reach out to your primary care physician and continue with follow up blood work. There is no need to worry. This has happened to me many times. It is possible that the drug is causing these negative affects. HoweverIt’s nothing to worry about you just need to monitor it log your diet and how much you exercise. If you have any further questions you can private message me
My mate gets prescribed it I've been feeling pretty depressed lately and am running off 2 hours of sleep I probs have multiple problems haven't been to the doctors for over 5 years should I get some?
I have bipolar disorder along with some other issues and have been treated with Seroquel for 17 years. I am desperately trying to get off it now because for the last 10 years my prescription has been for 1200mg per day with lithium and oxazepam also both in large doses. I need a chance to be me and know with all the new information and help if I can maybe make something with my life instead of being an A grade psycho
Yeah it's part of the side effects sadly... I've been using it for a year now, and the sleepiness isn't as bad as when I started the treatment, but you're gonna have to get used to it Also, it might make you gain weight, but as long as it's effective and makes you feel better...
@@suetologyphd ohhh sorry Well I guess you're very lucky 25mg is a low dose I think, so you might not experience sleepiness as long as you don't go up to 50mg or more But I'm not a doctor, so don't hesitate to ask!
My doctor told me to break it in half and also recently told me to also use prometaziniumchlorid but I am afraid. Could you perhaps explain these two medications working together? i cant find anything online and I am afraid to use both. quentiapine already makes me feel weird.
I've been taking this for almost 2 wks and I was told to take it with it without food. I always come home late so I eat my dinner late. but as I have observed, it is best to take the med before I eat like for 30 MINS or so then I can really feel sleepy even I'm still eating. and if I take it after meals, it the meds would take like 2-3 hours before kicking in and I will feel sleepy the next whole day. and also, I learned from your vid I should not eat grape fruit or citrus? I just ate two oranges today. lol
I will never use quetiapine again. The doctor gave me 25mg for sleep and it was terrible, I had nightmares, sedation, dizziness, a limp body, even an anxiety attack when I woke up, I couldn't get out of bed I was so lazy NOTE: I don't want to use it as a stabilizer, I started using lamotrigine, quetiapine would be just for sleep because I'm in hypomania, I'd rather not sleep until the consultation than take it again
ckeck wikipedia for sleep meds. quetiapine is very addictive, so if doesnt help you stop immediately, it can cause strokes, heart attacks, blood clots anf many more. better request a z-drug like zopicline or a classic safe benzo.
I’ve recently been partying a lot more, coming into the right age for alcohol ect ect, been on this medication since I was 15 ish and now turning 19 in the summer. Recently I’ve been getting heart palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness mostly in my eyes. Along with change in mood. I’ve always carried around more weight and recently been especially struggling with it. Besides the weight could alchol consumption be bring on extra side effects??? If anyone could help me out 🙏🙏
Damn dude.....your brain isn't even developed yet and you're taking seroquel with alcohol. You are going to have life long side effects that no Google or TH-cam search will answer.
I've taken it for about 12 years now and it has treated the schizophrenia symptoms but makes me very tired and unmotivated. I'll choose the ladder symptoms any day, thus why I've taken it so consistently for so long. I started at 1600mg a day when my symptoms were severe, and have gradually moved down to 300 a day and feel good mentally. Much love to anyone struggling and don't give up on yourself.
1600mg wow ,i just started 25mg last nite for BPD with combined ADHD.
@@johno6637 yea, most people I've met take around that much (30). I had extreme symptoms going on though. I was hallucinating and extremely delusional, and had become a danger to my own life. Hope you're journey goes well, even if this med doesn't work out for you.
so many other ways to fix your issue, the router affects are causing you to Iive in a fog.
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
@@danielbuhr4260 Thanks, doing better so far , not sure i notice anything on quetiapine yet,but sleep has improved a little although i still wake every 2 hours.
Sounds like you've been going through a tuff time , hope life picks up for you vsoon 👍.
Believe me this medication saved my life. For 20 years I suffered from paranoia whereby I would feel people were staring at me when I looked into their eyes, causing me to avoid eye contact. It ruined my life. I avoided social situations . It was a dark time for me and lasted two decades.
I tried anti depressants but they did not work; had copious amounts of therapy but no use, until this came into my life.
I take a small dose of 50mg each night and started taking it about 7 years ago. Tried to come off them a few times but my paranoia quickly returned. A true lifesaver for me.
any hair loss? do you plan on taking it for life, and if so do you think that's safe?
Did you get a diagnosis for your symptoms?
I have been on Seroquel for two years, at a dosage of 600 mg a day. This stuff is strong. As soon as I take it I am knocked out cold. It’s changed my life for the better though.
Do you sleep talk ??? Been taking it for a couple months I’m now at 200 mgs , I’ve had vivid dreams but I started sleep talking a couple weeks ago after my dosage was increased
Do you take another drug on top of that? 600 is brutal. I feel your pain. How many hours of sleep you get everyday and how do you try to schedule it?
It will ruin your gut
I had severe palpitations and small seizures after taking this med. Hmmm.
Can i ask you some questions about seroquel, ive been on this medication for bipolar 2 and GAD, im at 300mg night and 100mg morning. Looking for some hope and success stories, as im digging myself out of a pretty bad hypomanic situation. This is all new to me, looking for some help
I could never "calm down" at the end of the day or "unwind" even as a teen🙈😔 I have have insomnia/broken sleep much of my life..5 Years ago due to complicated grief ,caregivers guilt, PTSD I was nooot sleeping.Maybe two hours around noon..my aunt gave me Qietiapine 100mg..I first took 1/2 but that was way too much,then 1/4, I found that that too left me sleeping 12 hours!!!Now a days I take 10mg or 20mg 2 hours before bed and I'm fine.This has been a treasure and the slow sadating feel I get is worth gold.Take Care All 💜💛🌈🌺🌹🖤🌷💙 I feel so sooo lucky to of come across this
I used this medication for insomnia, I would pass out 20 mins after taking it, It worked very well for sleeping. Unfortunately I had to stop taking it as I had an increased appetite and weight gain. I got prescribed this at 13, which in my opinion was way too young to be taking this drug. I still have stretch marks from the weight gain of taking this drug
So what are you taking now to ur insomnia
Same. The sleep was great, but gaining 25+ LBS in 4 months (with gain still continuing).
I’m stopping it today and trying melatonin again now that I’m chilled out a lot on 200mg Zoloft.
Good luck!
How much did you take too sleep, my friend gave me 2 25mg prescription ones and said too take both of them and I’ll be alsleep in half hour
@@bendack1755 oh Jesus. 12.5 knocked me out. A full 25mg made me catatonic the next morning.
@@almo33YO do you think I should take half of one of them there only small ones but still, I think 1 will be fine
Tip: Do not eat 1 hour before and 1 hour after you take Quetiapine, this can prevent you from feeling heavily sedated and stabilize your absorption rate.
Thank you cause I’m up rn scared af to take it cause last night it made me feel extremely sedated but I did eat when I took it . Hopefully tonight it’ll be better.
Is it a good idea to drink sparkling water with it? That’s what I’ve been doing for the past few days
Absolutely,Great tip
Actually I haven’t eaten all day and I’ve taken my quetiapine 50mg and I’m heavily sedated and dizzy😐
It makes u hungry...I have a banana at the side of my bed so I don't munch foods that are crap...banana help u sleep ...its not good to drive I was on 450 I'm now on 25mg...I was working in nursing care...they thought I was drunk...until I told them all in our morning meeting that I'm not drunk I'm on quatiapine...and thank god the nurse explained for me ...it was so embarrassing...I don't know how I got through it...the lovely nurse was so understanding and kind..
I was a single mum paying a mortgage and stressed...I ended up selling my home and moved into a rented house to take the pressure of myself...I was alone and afraid...I gave up my job...as my mum got cancer and my sister died ...I didn't give in though I stayed 💪 strong...I lost my mum...my brother in 2022 on Christmas day...and my partner stevie got oesophagus cancer...this all happen in 2007...till now...my dad has parkinsons dementia he stays with me 4 days a week I still work but only 2 hrs in the morning cleaning my local pub...life is good despite all the trauma...I'm blessed and loved very much and I'm the glue in my family 👪...I have 3 children 4 grandchildren...2 dogs...and I'm still trying...I have bipola adhd ...but I exercise and do the things I love like my garden and wildlife...we all have a story to tell...as I guess u all do in the comments...do u and educate urself about ur illness or mental health that's the only way u will do well ...take care,Sallyann 🏴
Took 50 mg seroquel er. I woke up to go to the bathroom and became very faint. Felt like I couldn’t breathe. I started to go pee but I was losing consciousness and had to stop and lye down. I don’t know how long I was on the floor. I woke up cold face down on the floor. I don’t remember this. Somehow I got a granola bar from my closet shelf. All I remember is doing an army crawl back to my bed because I didn’t want to pass out again. I remember my husband asking what I was doing? I said I’m trying to get back in bed. The next morning he said I was struggling with a wrapping for about 20 minutes. I have no recollection of this. But sure enough the wrapper was on my nightstand. All I remember is pulling myself back into bed and just passing out. I took this medication at 6 pm the night before. The dizziness and fatigue stopped 2 hours ago. Definitely not for me. But if it helps other’s then that’s great. Scariest shit I have ever taken. Never again!
Sounds incredibly true! My experience as well. I never know I'm up eating until some one sees me and tells me. Then I remember but it's like I was watching myself. It wasn't me. You were very truthful. That's what ppl need to hear.
Seroquel is great for insomnia that goes along with depression. I do 200 half the time and when I'm having a hard time i will take 400mg. Good stuff.
is it really worth for insomnia?
You will notice a lot after some time has passed.
Out of curiosity I started on 50mg and it literally knocked me unconscious I fell asleep without even realizing it. What does 200mg or even 400mg do to you how does thath even feel
@@marilee8288 you sleep better on a smaller dose. I've currently went down 100 mgs from 400mgs for sleep. It's God awful. Pure hell. Be careful with this drug. I was a zombie on this drug. It's meant to dumb you down. Can not wait to get off of this crap. At higher doses it can cause hallucinations among a multitude of other side effects. Taking a larger dose as you ask? Often feels like organs such as the heart and lungs are literally shutting down. When you wake up you may not be able to move for awhile. You may feel panicky as it's hard to breathe like your lungs are asleep. It does cause sudden cardiac death. I can't warn you enough. Please stay at a low dose. Look this drug up. Read ppls reviews. Look how many ppl take this drug. I know it rates in the top 10. I would also suggest "The history of psychiatry". Now that it's proven there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance they've came up with a new catch phrase. Very interesting stuff. I was utterly shocked by what I found researching psychiatry. Rose Kennedy given a lobotomy. So sad. Now they mostly do chemical lobotomies via drugs for depression and other things. Don't let Drs define you. Make good choices.
@@marilee8288 200 MG just makes me sleepy after about 45 minutes, most of the time. Some nights I have to take 2 and on rare occasion I've taken three. they just let me sleep, but sometimes I can really feel the anxiety leave my body, which is what it takes. Sometimes I do one 200 MG and a 10 MG Melatonin. That works pretty well.
I just got medicated with bipolar depression and got prescribed with this and this video was great 🙏🏽
Dido, I just got diagnosed yesterday and starting my new med tonight.
And how is it going for you?
how many mg are you taking and is it quetiapine?
i got bpd generalized anxiety and major depressive syndrome. ive been told to take them before bed to help sleep. it lets me sleep but has its own side effects this video covered. if only our doctors told us this stuff instead of having to google it
This med saved my life
Can you explain how exactly? Would be really helpful since i‘m starting to take this medication with a low dosage today…
@@EDIBre It really helped me with finding a balance (emotionally speaking) and correcting the psychosis, which for me, was mostly voices.
Hypomania for me was honestly horrible. I was extremely irritable, anxious and couldn't focus on anything for more than 10 minutes. Since being on it, I'm way more productive. I write more, I applied to my dream school (UCLA), sleep WAY better, etc. It's a subtle difference but it helps a lot. Life is just easier. I haven't self harmed, etc.
I take 250 mg (going up to 300 on the 16th) and the only side affect I notice is a dry mouth. Everything else is as it was before.
@@EzraB123 thank you very much for sharing your experience 🙏🏼
how long has it been since you been on this? @@EzraB123
It can be really helpful with anxiety and depression in adjuncts with anti depressant. Low dose, 75mil, still feels strong though, take at night it knocks you out. Improves mood considerably and gets rid of suicidal ideation. It's helped me. Expect weight gain, though.
I was getting to a point where I was having severe violent outburst and was staying up for days and couldn't sleep. It got the point where I was scared to death I was going to hurt someone I finally broke down and talked to my doctor. I was prescribed 200mg to take at night it has literally saved my life and possibly someone elses. I guess what I am trying to say is don't be afraid to talk to your doctor they are their to help.
How did the first night dose go?
@@sarahedrington5720 I slept supper hard drink lots of water. I am about 210lbs so I take it at 6pm for it to be working well by 10pm I was able to have dreams also something I hadn't had in awhile most the time nightmares every now and then a good dream though
@@jeremyTallen1 Horrible nightmares every 6 months or so!
I completely forgot that I should avoid grapefruit and to take it on an empty stomach, thanks for the reminder
My dosage is only 25 mg a day but it always makes me very sleepy after an hour, almost making me pass out. My heart tends to beat really fast sometimes so it helps to calm me down and feel a bit more relaxed but I also noticed that during the early stages of taking the medicine, my nightmares were increased and the dreams were really vivid.
YES bigtime on the vivid dreams .....!!! ...
I just took 50mg and went to sleep at 9pm yesterday. I woke up at midnight and i had a really vivid as you said nightmare that felt extremely real. I fell asleep again shortly after i woke up and i slept until 8am. I havent slept that good in a long time!
@@williamjackson8719 I will never use quetiapine again. The doctor gave me 25mg for sleep and it was terrible, I had nightmares, sedation, dizziness, a limp body, even an anxiety attack when I woke up, I couldn't get out of bed I was so lazy
NOTE: I don't want to use it as a stabilizer, I started using lamotrigine, quetiapine would be just for sleep because I'm in hypomania, I'd rather not sleep until the consultation than take it again
@@TwizzyPatzki I will never use quetiapine again. The doctor gave me 25mg for sleep and it was terrible, I had nightmares, sedation, dizziness, a limp body, even an anxiety attack when I woke up, I couldn't get out of bed I was so lazy
NOTE: I don't want to use it as a stabilizer, I started using lamotrigine, quetiapine would be just for sleep because I'm in hypomania, I'd rather not sleep until the consultation than take it again
The nightmares are concerning?
Seraquil changed my life. Been on it 5 years. Be careful it will cause dramatic wieght gain. And do not take it before work or driving. I dont sleep without it. It levels me out, keeps me eating, and i get the amount of sleep i need every night. Good stuff
I just started it. Did you gain weight because you had a bigger appetite and ate more? Do you think weight gain is inevitable?
Just don't eat at night after you take it. That was a big issue for me.
If I took it and then gotta call to drive 1 hr to get 1 million dollars I would say nope and go to sleep
@@josephtiger- don't drive if you are on seroqel as it cause drowsy and sleepy the perfect time to take seroqel is at bed time
It will kill you. Seroquel takes 15-20 years off your life. Diabetes, heart disease, suicide.
i was prescribed 25mg for my extreme anxiety and extreme panic attack. after i took it in the morning, put me to sleep right away for about 4 hours and make me feels like a zombie afterwards. but it really helps my brain again to get stimulated and access my emotions, gotta try this for a week and slowly get away with it till my condition gets better
I started it on Monday and already I feel dreadful 😩 How are you finding it now, 2 weeks later?
Still taking it?
How are you guys feeling now? I’m due to take my first dose tonight and I’m scared but I know I need to get myself better. Starting it is scary tho.
WHY WOULD YOU TAKE IT IN THE MORNING
You have to take at Night I take it like at 6pm cuz I work it the morning by the time the morning come you feel relax not stressed
Schizo affective here, at first I started 50mg and it made me depressed when waking up. But I'm beginning to feel more comfortable with side affects. I think majority of being on certain drugs is being welcoming to any of the symptoms induced by the drug. There's no perfect drug but rather how we feel while using it to better ourselves. All drugs have side effects.
The stereotypical doctor costume does not help my confidence that you are a real doctor
Hi Matt,
Thank you for the feedback. In my recent videos I dropped the costume.
Or standing in front of a bookshelves full of textbooks
Sounds like a salesman?
I'm using this for 4 months. I always feel drowsy and sleepy as hell.
My psychiatrist medicate this drug to me before sleep. I’m using quetiapine Polpharma.
I've been on it for more than 2 years and i literally can't sleep without it, I'll stay up for days at a time if i run out and 3 melatonin don't even work. Also, I've gained so much weight, it increases your appetite and for me, it causes binge eating
Same lol I be feeling high asf
Ive been on it for 2 months and it made me feel like a zombie. I felt really high like if i was smoking weed. Im now changing to abilify
Its not simple its depends how you feel bad whats your life about,in a today language "how fucked up you are" this medicine is bad for some people and its also a survival rope for others,believe me when i say i drink a full bottle of 100%alcoholic beverages and i take 2 pills I barely sleep
If I'm to eat 1 hour after taking seroquel, I would eat three meals before going to bed.
I was told to directly go to bed after taking it, so I have to take dinner before that.
Was having quite uncomfortable RLS if I didn't fall asleep right away - so had to take two half doses half an hour apart; which was much tolerable..
I've experienced the exact opposite with quetiapine which is loss of appetite, i've really lost a lot of weight but the problem is i was already really skinny and now i look like a toothpick after all the weight loss lol
I really wanna eat something but at the same time i just feel full everytime even if i never ate anything for the whole day
Dang this is this first comment that I fully relate to ... I’ll eat up until the very moment I fall asleep, and if I’m not in the bed within 45 minutes then I get horrible restless legs . Sometimes it’s like restless legs in my shoulders and neck! I’ve been taking this for a little over a year now and I take 150mg every night for sleep........ kind of a love hate relationship
@@Dr.Phil_ lucky you. I was on 500mg everyday. Thank god I’m totally off this med and healthy today.
Seroquel changed my life. I sleep now, I have less episodes that last for a quarter of fhe time, I hardly ever relapse, I have less psychosis episodes and sl much more. I did gain quite a lot of weight but ive lost 19kgs after eating healthier (Seroquel made me HUNGRY) but I am so much better now overall.
just me ...at 46 my wife died ....my nervous system was beat ....emotions ...nothing worked ...i found one MD ...i told him if I can sleep ...i can get through the day ...I was about 10 yrs from retirement ......he said lets try this ....seroquel ....50 mg at bed time ......i just had a Birthday ...70 ...and the 50 still does it ! ....Do not eat withing 3 hrs or so of taking ...and avoid greasy foods ...fried fish ...french fries ...etc .......I can say ...he and seroquel save me ....literally ...best wishes to all that are here !! :)
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
Does anyone else get a blocked nose from taking Quetiapine? I took it for almost 3 years to help with anxiety and it was good, I had no problems, then last year my nose started blocking up when I take it and it's still doing now every time I have one, so I basically have nothing to help with my anxiety anymore. Was wondering if anyone else experiences this and if they know why?
Yes. I have bad blocked nose. Even had an op
Yes
Yeah, constantly - have been taking Sudafed anti-congestion spray for years (can't be good as I can now blow air out of my eye sockets!)
First night I took it I couldn't breathe through my nose, horrible lol
Me ive been talking 4yrs and no problem but now everytime i take it my nose block and the medicine makes me thing more and i feel like i want to shout uncomforble.
We know that this is the med that hemps balance my bi-polar. Ive been on it for a year now and its saved my life. Literally. My family and I noticed a drastic change in my mental health within the first few weeks.
Thankyou for your positive account of having bipolar. I was told I had bipolar many years ago and I was given Citalopram and for a while I tried Lithium but not for long.
After many years on Citalopram it stopped working and I am now taking Sertraline but depression (only) is still there so Dr has now given me Seroquel 25mg but I am somewhat reluctant to take it and he said to keep taking the Sertraline as well. Thankyou again because it has given me more confidence. F Wilson
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
@@faywilson5794 25mg dose is the baby dose and very comfortable except for a nightmare or two?
Had severe stress and anxiety and was unable to sleep for days was given serequel started having delusions I couldn’t tell from really from the lack of sleep.
My psychiatrist upped my dosage to 200 mg a couple days ago. I have a loss of appetite and idk if it’s from that. To the point where I just eat to put food in my stomach. I also almost fainted last night I was really weak and looked like a ghost in the mirror.
I'm like that
I have the faintness/weakness all the time. I very nearly pass out every time I stand up...
I was given this by my Doctor. It's super strong and I don't like it. I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. I have massive emotional attacks and was given 100 mg. I stopped taking it because it made me a literal toddler. I would speak but nobody could understand me. My words were mixed up. Honestly I never gave it a chance to work.
Hi I was the same but I promise it gets better I got used to it I take 50mg in the morning and 150mg at night it helps me with bpd sleep everything although withdrawal is so bad iv been on them since 2015
As a Dutch expat myself I must say that you have a very interesting accent. It is more American rather than British like you would expect from a Dutchman. Studied for a while at Harvard maybe? Great channel, thank you for the comprehensive information.
Thank you. Very informative. Just a small criticism. In my opinion, the choice of footage for mentioning schizophrenia and bipolar disorder was insensitive.
But it's a fact.
Im a scizophrenic and I have no problem with them
Yeah. I felt like It's making a joke of these serious issues in an otherwise serious video. It's like the absolute most cliched and surface-level view of it.
I thought they were funny, and I have mania and psychosis 🤷♀️
I agree. When you consider how much negative stigma is associated with these disorders, the footage choice does seem inappropriate.
My friend has these for schizophrenia, I took one once and it was about half an hour of the most frustrating experience ever where I would forget my thoughts mid way through thinking them and couldn't remember what I was thinking only having this feeling that whatever I was forgetting was extremely important. It was awful but then I fell asleep and had a really nice sleep. My poor friend lol is on this everyday yet doesn't fall asleep.
Poor guy
Lol maybe don't take drugs that aren't prescribed to you... of course it didn't work and freaked you out
This is a drug from hell.
@@lyndayates7533 ok agree this drug is evil. My poor husband’s on 500 mg we are starting my taper sadly still on 400 he is having possible seizures and dizziness brain fog it’s terrible he’s unable to work right now tomorrow he has an EEG to see if he’s having seizures this is one evil drug
Sounds like me unmediated lol
I started lactating and lost my period and was incredibly itchy. It turned out that the tiny dose I took for sleep gave me a pituitary gland tumour that gave me menopause at 30, the endocrinologist said I had the hormones of an 80 year old. I had to take Dostinex to shrink the tumour and spent every weekend in bed throwing up from it. The first time I took seroquel I fainted in the shower, I was 22 and I phoned the doctor saying I don’t want to take this stuff. She told me I had to so I did what she said. She also put me on Effexor 150 and that eventually gave me seizures. Then Lexapro and that gave me seizures too.
I now take a tiny dose of CBD and feel great and I sleep
I have used as well. It does help me sleep the only problem I have is gaining weight. I am not I do indicating everyone will gain weight from using it. I try to use a very small dosage. Thank you for the video.
This goes out to the doctor thank you for posting this. I am an EMT, CNA, phlebotomist finished my prerequisites for nursingA few months back my best friend died I perform CPR for an hour but no response. I would say a month afterwards my best friend started using
Seroquel seems to stop the high from methamphetamines. Will he suffer long-term damage from 25 mg
Sorry about your friend
Your best friend started using in the afterlife?
Could you please clarify? A few months ago, your best friend died (my condolences), but what did they die of? And this is one month after your best friend started using, correct? If so, what was he using one month before he died?
This Doctor has in no doubt been very helpful in explaining clearly and in depth medications and their uses. Those who need it probably wont have to look much farther than here. However, having recently been interested in big pharma and these medications, this Dr. seems to make this a very light hearted, relaxed discussion when talking about drugs with serious side affects such as Seroquel. Antipsychotics are not drugs to be taken lightly and alot of the side effects can be severely detrimental to your health (despite them being non-addictive). I would encourage people not to use this class of medications for extended periods of time unless you have extremely serious psychotic symptoms, and not just any and every thing under the sun. Only until now are Dr.s at least in the USA understanding the horrible side effects antipsychotics can have, and shouldn't be prescribed for such thingsa s "anxiety,depresssion,or insomnia"
also what they do not tell you is how difficult it can be for some patients to come of there medications.
especially clozapine , the withdrawal symptoms can be horrific and you may have no choice but to go back on them.
they will blame the return of your illness, whether it is or not.
Oh it's addictive. I have sleep narcolepsy and can not sleep without it. I can no longer get off of it on my own. I'm half dead. The only thing that makes me crazy is this drug.
Well thats my main drug coupled with mirtazapine and ssris for anxiety and depression. When u have severe case ssris dont help, they're like water to me. I need multiple drugs to get the hang on my anxiety. And even all these drugs combined dont do much, thats how severe it is. So yeah, its normal to treat mdd/panic with multiple drugs. The only difference is that i take low doses since i dont rly need antipsychotic effects. 50-100mg and plus mirtazapine 7.5mg and zoloft 100mg. Also lamotrigine. Its still not enough to sedate me but its manageable, i dont wanna increase it to higher doses.
@@carnifex8 They’ve got you on a good cocktail of drugs!
@@davidbillyard6629 Well my doctor doesnt really want me to use many drugs. She would prefer that i'd be able to be just on an ssri. But it doesnt work at all. It used to work in the past but now my illness is so out of hand that i need either multiple drugs or high doses of heavy drugs. I guess instead of 4 drugs i could try 1 ssri + 1 heavy antipsychotic. Maybe that would help. Im either building tolerance or my illness just getting more severe and severe. Or both lol.
Quetiapine has greatly improved my anxiety and sleep quality. I've been on it for like 6 years.
I've taken all the dosages, ranging between 100 and 400mg. The sleepiness is more of a side effect than a main feature. I pair it with trazodone for sleep.
I’ve been taking seroquel for about two years for insomnia, depression and BPD. I cant sleep without it, so it’s helped me in that way. But it also makes it extremely hard for me to wake up and get out of bed. For the past year I’ve been cutting the tablets into tiny pieces and taking a tiny piece instead of the whole thing. I know this is bad but I wanna know your guys thoughts on this.
First day with quetiapine. You're right, it is extremely hard to get out of bed. How are you taking it in a tiny peices? I'd like to know and maybe something I can also do. Thanks
@@gherrymanaois I use super sharp scissors and cut it in fourths
@@Gabriella-ib1zy Have you tried stopping the seroquel? unfortunately i can't sleep without seroquel , but seroquel is reducing my energy, I am so sorry for that :(
I do the same it works for me
Sero-kill has street names such as "Suzy-Q, quill, brain glue, Q-ball, baby heroin" It takes years off your life affects your nervous system, cardiovascular system, and can possibly cause irreversible brain damage the sooner you can get off of quetiapine the better.
Grace & blessings ❤✝🙏
I'm getting this prescribed for my burnout. Important to add that I both have adhd and autism, which were both undiagnosed intill my early 30's. So I am experiencing a lot of overstimulation without having the skills to cope with those in a healthy way. So this medicine should help me sleep, if I take it in the later evening.
Of course we're talking about a pretty hefty kind of medicine, so I'll be in contact with my doctor daily to see how it goes.
Interesting that I'm not supposed to break it. I'm a nurse in the Netherlands, and often the farmacy doesn't send smaller doses then 25mg. So I'm forced to split it in order to give 12,5mg. I'll make sure to contact our doctor about that next time.
There's a liquid format which your doctor may be able to request.. I'm from UK
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping.....
dont worry! look a bit into it for yourself you will quickly find that the medication off-label can be broken apart. you can make powder out of it if you want even. My psychiatrist also recommended me this for taking a lower dosage. The reason he doesnt mention it in the video probably is because it is off-label use. using seroquel for sleep problems is also off-label use for example.
This med has helped me but has made me gain so much weight
Fascinating. Everything the doctor at the hospital said and did was the opposite of what this guy says.
Yes, my doctor also said exactly the opposite to this guy. I am going tto be taking this medication soon but am reading up on it to see if it is safe. After watching this video and then remembering what my doctor told me i feeling so confused which is making me even more stressful.
Just goes to show you some doctors don't know shit 🤦♂️
As mentioned in the video, I am trying to present a broad overview of Quetiapine. Usage in specific situations therefore may be different. That is why you should always follow the advise and prescribed dose of your own doctor. If you are worried or confused, always discuss this with your own doctor.
I’ve never been so confused about a drug in my life. They prescribed my 67 year old father this drug. He wasn’t depressed he wasn’t an insomniac. He took the pills for a few weeks felt great stopped taking them all of a sudden saying he felt great then 6 weeks later he took his own life. This was so out the blue for my dad. And it’s literally killing me all these questions.
God bless you all✌🏻❤️
It causes high blood sugar. Started with 25mg, ended up with 100mg. Quit two years ago....now I got it prescribed again because of my mood shifts. I just don't want my health endangered that much...(I mean Seroquel)
Kindly let me know how to withdraw quitiapine or at least lower the dose?.... Cuz I've tried that and the result was sleeping disorders I do sleep only 4 hours sequencely and sometimes only 4 hours per day.... I've been taking that medicine for more than 5 years
reduce 25 mg every month
get a better replacement
I’m from Canada. I’ve had years and years of mental health medication’s. I’ve been on Effexor and clonazepam for eight years. Low-dose on both however, when we increase the effector, I started getting some bad thoughts, just hopelessness, and he gave me this medication. I’m terrified to take it. I think it carries a heavy stigma.
Been taking it for a year for MDD since I exhibited violence. I felt like a zombie but that's om me since I didn't take it in the recommended time. Now my doctor advised me to take it 4pm... 12hrs of sleep may sound great but it's such a waste of time that can be use for productivity
Does it causes high triglycerides? Just asking plz guide.
Yes and raises cholesterol and sugar. It makes you so hungry you want to eat everything. It blows you up. Horrible weight gain.
I was recently prescribed seroquel. I haven't taken it because I am afraid it will not help. I have been on a lot anti psychotic meds and each has never helped only affected me to the point where I couldn't sleep or failed at sex. I'm 42 and in college. I really need some advice on this.
Hi Kevin,
I can't really give you any personal advise over the internet. Therefore it would be best to discuss this with your personal physician.
If this is still an issue u gotta change meds as they obviously don’t suit u. Good luck with everything my man
Dr Evil is totally correct, I was put on this due to my army service PTSD issues & my head was always in the fridge looking for food. Ur sex drive should be ok after getting used to it plus the bonus I found was it was great at getting me to sleep 💤 take it about 30 mins before u plan to actually sleep n it should help greatly. When dealing with the actual issue of my major depression plus my anxiety & ptsd I would say it helped greatly with 2 of them which were the depression & anxiety, sadly it never helped my ptsd. All I an say is I’m sill on it n just dealing with my ptsd on its own via therapy etc. But plz trust Dr Evil & myself in saying if you have depression it will help & anxiety also. I’m on it purely so I deleted my first 2 issues as I said & i found it to be an amazing medicine, give it a go n listen to dr evil also. If u need any further advice plz ask. 😊
Have you tried exercising, but really tried it hard? That really saved me. At the beginning just the action of dressing up and walking to my street corner was exhausting. Everyday I made a new little improvement. Took me time to take my shit together and start exercising but only 2 years after starting, I was in a completely different place mentally. There’s times I stopped exercising, perhaps when I started feeling better but then relapsed in my meds. I quickly understood that the fight has no end, everyday I have to push myself and if I succeed, i stay far from those meds. Now I run not less than 6 miles everyday and I’m off those meds. It’s fucking hard but it’s possible to run that much. I’m not saying it will cure you but if you push yourself physically every single day, I guarantee you will see an improvement in your mental health. Consistency is the key. Man I can only wish you to be better
Has worked for me for over 12 years. Sleep a lot (9 hours), have great sex drive and performance and more stable mood and no psychotic symptoms anymore. Great effects over all.
I had
Lost a bunch of weifht and gained it back within a matter of weeks my appetite majorly increased very frustrating
it's because of these pills that I'm able to live a normal happy life.
With everything that I'm going through these happy pills are awesome 👌.
THANK YOU HAPPY PILL'S💯
Good to hear you are doing fine.
Does ut help
Yes it helped me to sleep I can now sleep whenever I want
Have you gained weight? What’s your dose?
@@ZyrexShorts129 I think you don't know about the side effect of this medicine.. this is not a happy pill this is a dangerous pill... you will understand after a year or two years... that this pill how much dangerous
Weird. Side effects. You do want the side effects...the beneficial ones that give you quality of life. Ive been on abilify and it made me compulsive. Seroquel has helped me sleep and delay depression and irritability. My life is better not getting random depression episodes and not lashing out with anger on people who dont deserve it. People like me more because im happier and nicer to others and not have a wall that blocks people from getting to know me. I can deal with the insomnia. People wanting to be your friend is worth it. Some medication works. Dont listen to those who says not the take effective treatment. Most likely they are not coming from experience or didnt find the right treatment and lose hope and say all of the meds are bad.
Should I take it ive been off it for a week and a half now and i feel good but i underatnd where your coming from as well… with lashing out at people
I’m the same way. I get very irritable and lash out at people. I get random moments of anger throughout the day and makes it very difficult to maintain a job. I’ve been prescribed 25mg to help with mood regulation but the list of side effects are scary. I haven’t started it yet and don’t know what to do.
I used to take this medicine all throughout my childhood, i stopped for a couple years, and when i tried to get it represcribed, all of my doctors refused. They said they only give to people with serious issues or are on hospice. Is there a reason?
Its so strong... chew off bits... take as needed... side effects are just as bad as whatever you are dealing with... I use it for sleep
how much should i use
for sleep
I take this medication, I've been on 500mg a day but now I only take 50mg. It was so strong but I did adjust. Became a fall risk and gained 40lbs. Came off it and dropped weight immediately. Now I take 50mg and it makes me sleepy. It's weird how it has different effects depending on dose and need
copy
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
One of the weirdest side effects i get when i increase the dose is stuffed/blocked nose to the point that i can't breathe at all and i have to breathe through mouth lol. But it settles down after 3-4days. Not so uncommon i guess.
Edit: doesn't really settle down but it gets better 🤣🤣 even to this day after 40-50mins of taking it my nose gets blocked somewhat
me too!!!
I get that stuffy nose thing too, 20min after taking it, and the dreams are so far out and vivid I remember them when I wake up
Same i experienced that too
I get thus all the time
Im taking this for insomia. Quetal 50 mgs . Is it okay to take it everyday Doctor ? I only use it to help me sleep. Amd if i take it everyday does it cause weight gain ? I would be pleased to receive any feedback from you doctor .
Following
Could you update us on your 50 mg daily use?
Hello . I shifted to Mirzagen since i feel like Quetal doesn’t work for me anymore . I feel better now with Mirzagen. I only take it when i really need it .
What about the increased risk of developing movement disorders caused by quetiapine at doses of 75-100mg ?
I've been taking seroquel when it first came out and still remain on it, my doctor started me out at 1,800mg at bedtime. I found out that high dose for a long time will cause permanent tremors I still suffer from
I've been on it for 10 years. Gained weight but now have lost 45 lbs. Its all self control, calories in, calories out.
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
Many thanks for that as I created a calorie deficit and I lost all the weight!
I e been taking quetiapine for yrs now and I'm really struggling to listen to ppl and I feel lyk its changed me as a person for the worst. I cnt hold conversations anymmore and my memory is terribke.I want to come off them but when I tried I felt very spaced out what am I ment to do? Thanks
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
Smoky,, same here,, I was off it for nearly a week, as I ran out of my tabs, I'm on 500mg,, a day,,, I was wreaked from it.
Get off of it a.s.a.p Sero-kill
Great video Doc ❤️💯
I was in a chemical straitjacket. I was a zombie for 24 hours a day, sleeping incredibly long. When I finally got out of bed, it was a struggle to get to the kitchen.
And then what happens on Seroquel is that it freezes your muscles and shuts your muscle system down. So, it's really hard to walk. And when I did walk I had no control over my ability to stop walking, so I walked into walls.
With street names such as "Suzy-Q, quill, brain glue, Q-ball, baby heroin" you would think to stay far away from this ☠poison☠
oh i take 25mg twice a day
I was in Quetapine for 3 yrs with NO FOLLOW UP REVIEW. My new GP though has helped me ween off it as it did not agree with me, it was making my mental health worse
my GP is thinking of prescribing a small dose of this to help with my severe anxiety. Anyone?
Jennifer,, I'm on 500mg, and two other antidepressants,, quiatapine make my anxiety worse, I even dread a knock at the door.
orry was meant to read seriously.also I was forced to take them against my will as I was locked up in mental hospital in UK.the nhs is shit sometimes
Doctor advice from Ativan to quatipine, I am using 2 mg Ativan , It is good to sex,memory and thinking ,tell about us black box drugs,thx I am using vendep xr 37.5 mg . What is the long term affect , I am 58 male, thx again
If you have been on Ativan for awhile I think you will have a hard time getting off it. It’s a benzodiazepine so suddenly stopping it might cause some severe withdrawal. Serequel is probably more difficult to stop than any drug on the market today. The side effects are horrible. It’s in the literature that it causes cataracts and that’s exactly what happened to me. If you are using it for sleep it will work but try to use the lowest dose you can. I was on 100mg and I Have been tapering for almost a year to get to 50 mg. After I reach 50 able take me at least another year and a half to get to 25 mg. When I reach 25 mg I will have to make an assessment if I should go to zero. Most people can’t do it.
I take 20 mg of Lexapro in my doctor prescribed to me 50g of Seroquel today and I'm wondering if you can still microdose with mushrooms?
Im taking quetiapine for not slerping 25mg. Is it ok?😊
Me to first night today... Wonder how it goes
Hey guys. Did anyone use 200mg of this for unipolar depression? Did it work? How do people survive the extreme sedating effects. I used to take this sometimes at 25mg to help me sleep. Now Il have to start taking them for depression at 200mg. Is it even more sedating at this higher dose? Do these effects wane over 1-2 weeks?
Hey, is there any alternatives that don't make me sleepy 24/7 ? Its the XRT version.
Drink coffee.
I take 100 mg of this around 01:00. Then sleep to around 09:00.. then im so drowsy i sleep to around 18:00. So im awake around 7 hours aday 😳
What about tapering off Serequel if you want to to stop it because of all the horrible side effects?
That's the hard part. Took me over 6 months and still can't sleep without 25. Was on 250mg. Zero appetite and looking somewhere between a junkie and zombie.
@@vishva8kumara Well, at least you are WAY down from where you were!! Good job.
@@vishva8kumara How did you do it?
My PDoc has gone abroad for good, I didn't want to continue on an outdated prescription, so I went down to 100, and there was no trouble. Then I stayed there for few weeks and went down to 50. After about a week I got nausea and irregular bowel movements. My appetite was zero and losing a lot of weight.
My anxiety levels gets very high when I'm going through a hard time, and it was a hard time. I was getting startled at a lot of things too often.
When all that became just bearable, I lowered it to 25 and things got worse. It has been like 2 months like this. Can't sleep without 25, and not sure if I can lower anymore without losing all sanity left.
Been to my therapist yesterday and week before after several years; because recently feeling quite messed up and suicidal. Seems like I would have to start all over again. Have to take some hard decisions that I wouldn't be able to forgive myself for. So many things have changed in so little time, not feeling sure about anything except a dread of impending doom, like everything's only getting worse.
so when I took it the positive it knocks you out helped a lot with insomnia and my racing thoughts. the negative when I took 150 mg I would get vertigo. 50 felt like it wasn’t enough. also one weird thing it would give me vivid dreams and if you do wake up on this it’s super hard to get out of bed or do anything you don’t want to walk around after you wake it.
My nightmares are very well spaced by 6 months or so but when they happen it is very frightening. Doctor told me to reduce my 25mg baby bear dose to 12,5 mg and it was OK for a while but not as effective so taking 25mg again!!
Hi ,i've been used seroquel for 3 years .For the first year I had 50 mg was fine cut it half was OK, then in the last year I reduce 25 mg into half 12,5 .I stop them for a 4 months because I was feeling asleep all day even with a small dose . After stop them for a couple of weeks I was fine I'm a good mood, sleeping well .But now it's worse without them ,I'm felling sick all time ,headeac dizziness ,no sleep well night etc .If I stop them for 4 months can I start to take them again ??I'm asking because I'm afraid about effects side please .Thanks .
no, you should not quit seroquel cold turkey. you have to ramp down with precise amounts at very specific times. i cannot advise on the amounts as i'm not a doctor. this is a question for a doctor, do not seek advice in a comment section for meds. the side effects of trying to quit cold turkey will be very unpleasant if not dangerous.
It’s fuckin horrid to get off , I’m currently trying and suffering loads
Took it for six days and i now regret...im not taking it again though
@@kennedymutinda4806 did u recover
Everybody is reducing from baby bear dose of 25mg to 12,5mg to escape the nightmares and the doctor said it's OK to cut a 25mg into half but that wasn't as comfortable so now back on the 25mg baby bear dose.
Well, I got prescribed with 100mg per day, it's the 6th day of taking it and I have already fainted several times and I have never ever experienced faintings in my life before. What the heck? Have anyone experienced this side effect?
I'll be able to visit my psychiatrist in 5 days, but I feel kinda confused and scared to keep taking it until I visit the doctor
I took only 50mg last night , while waiting for it to kick in I was up washing dishes & I started to get light headed , everything went black & lucky I made it to my bed & collapsed . It’s was scary af I’m scared to take the other pill tonight 😭
@@bratass7144 same! I'm scared to take it again. I was on a ladder when I collapsed in the first time, I'm lucky that I haven't got serious injuries from falling down
OMG ! tht is not coo , I’m glad you’re okay & weren’t hurt 🙏🏾 100mg is high , have you taken it again ?
Hey maria..i took it for six days too but didn't faint..i had appetite loss palpitations and fast heart rate..i descided to quit it and two days later the withdrawal symptoms started kicking in..the first morning i experienced suiscidal thoughts immediately after waking up...i had never had suicidal thoughtsmy entire life...and i now cant sleep..thats the only problem but im not taking another one of those pills..freaking dangerous
Yes, I've experienced this side effect on a daily basis for about a year now. I can't stand up without nearly passing out.
This medicine made me gain so much weight over the past few years. My doctor finally decided to take me off of it and put me on trazodone. Every time I will take it at night, I will get a sudden urge of hunger and I would literally eat a couple meals until I’m uncomfortable it’s crazy also, if I run out of medicine and the pharmacy isn’t open I will not sleep at all. I would stay up for days. It’s very addictive and if you are off of it for a while and you’re used to being on it you could go through strong anxiety
Trazodone is just as dangerous.
Me too
I have the same problem with food..
@@Jahairalove84 why is trazadone just as dangerous? I haven't had any side effects. I take 200mg. It only knocks me out for about 2hrs. But I haven't been mad or sad in months.
@@rsvp89 it's not about being mad or sad. It's dangerous because when I took it the next day it took hours for me to wake up. I looked like I was high off heroin and I don't do heroin never did never will.
Does this med help with mood swing?
I have taken this as a mood stabilizer. Don't know about mania, but it does help against depression.
Yes it does
@@npc29182 was on 300mg as mood stabilizer. Now only 50mg to sleep.
I think so.
It helps you not feel at all.
The video's used while describing Schizophrenia & other mental disorders were not appropriate. They create Stigma. Please edit
I was advised to take mine with yogurt, to help it go down.
Can I use seroquel 100 mg once daily for a few days till i restore my good mood then stop it?
Better to ask a doctor about the dose do not take without advice of the doctor ,but once you start you can not stop it it is very difficult.
I gained 10Lbs in two weeks with this medication, this is causing more stress on my body with pain
Why were you prescribed it in the first place?
How much daily mgs? I gained 20pds in a month!
Was it due to overeating or just the medication?
@@anthonyharder1469 for sleep
@@sandyrivera1827 same here. It worked for me. How about for you?
I'm taking quarter of 25 mg every night as i can't get sleep without it
I manage my anxiety well
But i just read your comments about weight gain and I'm afraid
I dont eat much even after taking it for months would still my weight be increasing ?
So happy that 6mg the smallest baby dose is helping!
I'm on this for delusional disorder. One day I couldn't remember if I took it so I took it again, and ended up sleep walking to the shower where my mum caught me with a fork trying to eat the water. Scared the shit out of her. Her yelling snapped me out of it, I realised what I was doing, laughed and went to bed. Crazy stuff.
I couldn't agree more as the nightmares produce a measure of terror and sleepwalking and its scary as hell!
Hey there. I was just wondering, if i had a heavy night of drinking the night before, came home and took my regular dosage (12.5mg) to help me catch up on sleep during the day, can i take my regular dose again that same night for sleep or should I wait for the next day?
If you can sleep without it just sleep.. And take the next day the other..
Please answer does seraquil come in 12.5 dosage. My doctor tell me it don't.
@@GODwesay it doesn’t u get the 25mg and cut it in half
@@marilee8288 Thanks but the 25 mil I get is so tiny you can't cut it in half and its round also its not flat
Ask your doctor but it's not good to mix up alcohol with medication!
Do you know any side effects from taking quetiapine during pregnancy?
You are not supposed to take this drug during pregnancy it can have bad effects for the baby. You cannot breastfeed while on it either as it is excreted in breast milk!
I would never get pregnant while taking this drug. I think you need to taper off then get pregnant.
What mg would.u take with 40ml lovan for anxiety
Abilify failed me. Let’s see if Seroquel is any different.
Does it lower libido like ssri?
Tq
Sir for good information
Im from india 🌹
I did some blood tests
and my creatine and transaminase are high. Should i worry?
whatshould i do?
No I would not worry. I wonder if you’ve been more athletic recently? I would continue to take the prescribed amount reach out to your primary care physician and continue with follow up blood work. There is no need to worry. This has happened to me many times. It is possible that the drug is causing these negative affects. HoweverIt’s nothing to worry about you just need to monitor it log your diet and how much you exercise. If you have any further questions you can private message me
Just to be clear I am not a physician I just do a lot of research on my health and I work in the medical field
ask your doctors
research online for reasons
yes you should worry
test every 3 month
My mate gets prescribed it I've been feeling pretty depressed lately and am running off 2 hours of sleep I probs have multiple problems haven't been to the doctors for over 5 years should I get some?
I have bipolar disorder along with some other issues and have been treated with Seroquel for 17 years. I am desperately trying to get off it now because for the last 10 years my prescription has been for 1200mg per day with lithium and oxazepam also both in large doses. I need a chance to be me and know with all the new information and help if I can maybe make something with my life instead of being an A grade psycho
1:31 to 1:37 unnecessary depictions of people with mental illness. Please be more sensitive and respectful.
Can Seroquel be used while taking phenobarbital
I got prescribed with this (25 mg) and it made me sleep for 7,5 hours. I thought I'll be asleep like for 12 hours at least. Why? Is it ok?
Yeah it's part of the side effects sadly... I've been using it for a year now, and the sleepiness isn't as bad as when I started the treatment, but you're gonna have to get used to it
Also, it might make you gain weight, but as long as it's effective and makes you feel better...
@@cecilia_9625 that's the problem. There's no sleepiness. So I'm confused...
@@suetologyphd ohhh sorry
Well I guess you're very lucky
25mg is a low dose I think, so you might not experience sleepiness as long as you don't go up to 50mg or more
But I'm not a doctor, so don't hesitate to ask!
@@cecilia_9625 thank you!
25mg is a really low dose. Ask your psychiatrist to increase the dose. I'm on 150mg as adjuvant treatment for Depression.
My doctor told me to break it in half and also recently told me to also use prometaziniumchlorid but I am afraid. Could you perhaps explain these two medications working together? i cant find anything online and I am afraid to use both. quentiapine already makes me feel weird.
It says on the label not to break it in half.
@@PamHowe-j5p I know.
I've been taking this for almost 2 wks and I was told to take it with it without food. I always come home late so I eat my dinner late.
but as I have observed,
it is best to take the med before I eat like for 30 MINS or so then I can really feel sleepy even I'm still eating.
and if I take it after meals, it the meds would take like 2-3 hours before kicking in and I will feel sleepy the next whole day.
and also, I learned from your vid I should not eat grape fruit or citrus? I just ate two oranges today. lol
I will never use quetiapine again. The doctor gave me 25mg for sleep and it was terrible, I had nightmares, sedation, dizziness, a limp body, even an anxiety attack when I woke up, I couldn't get out of bed I was so lazy
NOTE: I don't want to use it as a stabilizer, I started using lamotrigine, quetiapine would be just for sleep because I'm in hypomania, I'd rather not sleep until the consultation than take it again
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
....didn’t help me sleepy and make my lips dry in the next morning and I stopped using them... is there something else to replace it ? Thank again.
ckeck wikipedia for sleep meds.
quetiapine is very addictive, so if doesnt help you stop immediately, it can cause strokes, heart attacks, blood clots anf many more.
better request a z-drug like zopicline or a classic safe benzo.
I’ve recently been partying a lot more, coming into the right age for alcohol ect ect, been on this medication since I was 15 ish and now turning 19 in the summer. Recently I’ve been getting heart palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness mostly in my eyes. Along with change in mood. I’ve always carried around more weight and recently been especially struggling with it. Besides the weight could alchol consumption be bring on extra side effects??? If anyone could help me out 🙏🙏
Vigorous exercise helps more than you can imagine.
How come you guys even seek psychiatric help so young ! It’s so scary hope you’re fine
Mixing alcohol with prescriptions is asking for more side effects
Damn dude.....your brain isn't even developed yet and you're taking seroquel with alcohol. You are going to have life long side effects that no Google or TH-cam search will answer.
It is very effective, but makes me sleepy during the day. ;(. Please, some tips?
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
What about using Seroquel for the treatment of Alcoholism relate insomnia due to too much Dopamine.
Check out👆👆I got the best (psych), mushroom,chocolate bar, SSRIs,SNRIs,TCAs,
LSD,they are the best and free shipping......
How long does it take to work?
about 10-30 minutes
Can I use it on top of venlaflaxine?