My heart goes out to everyone that has suffered permanent damage caused by this medication. As for me, severe Tardive Dyskenia is the end result of taking the wrong prescription for the wrong reasons.

I was on Seroquel for about 1 yr. This was back in 2008 I believe. I was about 150lbs and it made me gain weight. I topped 375, I have lost some weight on my own, but it really hard. It is 2016 and I still have not lost the weight. I had gastric bypass before the Seroquel, so I should not have gained this weight and not be able to take it off. It is so depressing. It makes me even more disgusted with myself. I hate how I have become! I wanted help with my BiPolar, not make it worse. Do I have a case?? Can someone email me and let me know, please.

I have delt with clinical depression for over 20 years. 5 years ago I was suicidle and had what one would call a mental breakdown. I was referred to a psychiatrist, who dismissed me with bipolar type 2 ,PTSD, severe depression and anxiety disorder. He put me on Seroquel. Taking this medicine was the worst thing I could have ever done. Unfortunately, it took a year and half of taking it for me figure it out! A few months into taking Seroquel, I gained 50lbs!!! I started noticing tremors in my thumb and index finger on my right hand only. The tremors became more and more prominent. I went to my family Dr. who sent me to a neurologist. After a few visits and series of test he advised me that I had Young Onset Parkinson’s desease. Shocked by this diagnoses, only 42, no family history of Parkinson’s, I did not fit The normal statistics of having Parkinson’s. By this time I was already experiencing several care characteristics and symptoms of Parkinson’s which increased over the next year. Such is no movement in my right arm when I walked, moving slow, balance was off, slurred speech, mask looking face, Not able to grasp things in my right hand,dropping things, falling at times due to lack of balance, fogginess not able to focus and memory loss. I am a mother of five and at the time my two youngest children were 11 and 14. On one of my visits with my psychiatrist when I advised him that I was just diagnosed with Parkinson’s he was shocked. None of my doctors, my family doctor, psychiatrist, my neurologist, never said anything about my symptoms possibly being affect due to me taking Seroquel. Over the next year I still continue to take my Seroquel along with several different medications used to help with the Parkinson symptoms. That year was pure hell for myself, my kids and my husband. My health affected my kids my husband, my marriage his job and even our finances. Due to the fact that I changed my careers hoping that a less stressful job would help my symptoms. With doing so I cut my salary and half from what I was previously making. My neurologist sent me to one of his colleagues, for a second opinion, due to both of our frustrations at the several different medications he was putting me on would only help for a little while or not at all and my so-called Parkinson’s was rapidly increasing as if I had had this for many years and with the age of 60! I went through all the same test again with the new neurologist he had mentioned that he asked me if I had considered stop taking the Seroquel I responded with no why he said it possibly could be making my symptoms worse, not causing them but making them worse. My mental state was so bad at that time I was so afraid to stop taking anything that was supposed to be helping me. The neurologist ordered me to have a DAT scan. The scan would help confirm the diagnoses. The scan came back showing no dopamine loss. Which Parkinson’s is primarily caused by low and falling dopamine levels. Your symptoms of Parkinson’s increase the lower your dopamine levels get with increased symptoms that I had that would’ve made sense. But since the scan showed no decrease in my levels the neurologist advise me for the past year that I was misdiagnosed and I do not have Parkinson’s. He then states I see in your chart that you have been diagnosed with bipolar. Implying that my symptoms and what was happening with my Health was due to mental illness!! I was furious. My life is been so affected that year and I had just come to term with excepting the fact that I had Parkinson’s and what my future held. Now I was sitting in front of this Dr. Who is now telling me you don’t have Parkinson’s, but I see that you are bipolar!!! Really! I knew that way before I even went to see him! I knew something was not right. With everything that was going on with my physical condition and the symptoms I was having there is no way I was convinced that this was all in my head. So I thought back to when the doctor asked if I had considered stop taking the Seroquel because he thought was making some times worse. That got me thinking not until I start taking that medicine did all of the symptoms come about and the longer I was on the medication the more my symptoms increased. So a Google searching I went. I found article after article blog after blog how people had been taking Seroquel and how it had affected their health and had given them was called Parkinsonism. Not Parkinson’s but Parkinsonism basically is a mirror image of Parkinson’s. I then quit taking Seroquel over Time my symptoms did get better. Unfortunately it appears that Seroquel caused permanent damage. Although my symptoms are not as severe, I do still experience trimmers stiff painful muscles and loss of balance, short term memory loss. I am now almost 48 yrs old, but thanks to Seroquel my body feels and reacts like I’m 58. This drug that I thought would save my life has done nothing but the opposite.

Hello: My brothers autopsy was inconclusive. He does not use Seroquel , but yet .30mg was found in his system when they tested him. I am trying to find the time of death . he was missing on fri. at 6. he was found on wed at 5 pm. we believe he was murdered the week before he could not have Easter with us because his stomach was upset severly.( Aresenic is a sppision ) he did not take seroquel, he did not commit suicde . there was no napkin to have kept the pills , in his pocket, not bottle no baddie does it stop mataboilzing at death. is there a way to tell if it will tell me when he took it ? before he left the house, after ?e-mail me please, it is under investigation with a PI we hired. I also ran a drug test in about an inch of 151 rum, it was positive. we believe he was drugged then killed after it did not work, taken down to the river and had to be placed there because they said found face down legs out straight, I saw him r. arm adjacent to body rigor can’t do that. can you please help me

I take 400mg seroquel .i have had a stroke in the pass year and was diagnosed with parkinsons. Now they want to reduce my dosage .i have been taking 200mg and feal more shakieer now then before. Does this medication cause parkinsons

My husband just died from organ failure and signet ring cancer and he also had diabetes and was on seraquil for many years. I wonder if that drug had something to do with his condition.

We have a problem here in Canada, the doctors are still prescribing Seroquel here and should be sued, I have a young friend who was prescribed this medication and showed most of the side effects, he even grew breast. He has since been taken off of it but they still use it here in Canada, the government here should be sued as well as the psychiatrics a lawyer could really make hay here in Canada. Paul

I’ve been on Seroquel since ’07 dosing between 100-250mg/night for sleep. Last year I had two surgeries to remove bladder stones at the age of 39. It turns out I have been retaining urine for the last three years and didn’t realize it. I recently had a prostate MRI done and it came back normal, I also had a back xray done to see if I have any disc issues that could cause urinary retention. I have never had any neurological diseases that are linked to underactive bladder, which my urologist suspects I may have. I have urodynamics testing scheduled for early next month, and in the meantime I am cath’ing myself four to five times a day because I can’t pee. Catheters are not covered by insurance so that’s at least $60/month. I looked deep and hard into Seroquel side effects and discovered it blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Aceytlcholine is what is sent to the bladder to start contractions, which cause you to get the urge to go, and also causes the bladder to contract in order to completely empty. I do not get the urge to go until I’m north of 600cc (normal urge for people is 350-400cc) and then I’m only able to get out 150cc max. I then cath between 300-450cc. I am terrified that Seroquel has damaged my bladder to the point that it’s been distended for so long I will have to cath myself daily for the rest of my life. If I had known about this consequence of taking this drug for sleep I would have never consented. Over the last couple weeks I have weened myself off Seroquel, and the last two days of withdraw have been hell, but I refuse to touch another pill.

Has seroquel ever been associated with mitral valve problems?

I was on 400mg of Seroquel prescribed as a mood stabilizer,and to help with my insomnia and anxiety. I gained about 45 pounds, had severe sugary food cravings, and started to have trouble with my feet (diabetic symptoms) and it also was causing involuntary muscle twitches and memory problems and it caused me to sleep too much,- just to name a few horrible side effects. I finally told my psychiatrist that I had to stop this medicine, I feel that it also caused problems with my bladder or something which is still affecting me. After I stopped taking it, I experienced what I think were withdrawl symptoms- I itched all over and again still have bladder discomfort and problems which I now have to go to a urologist to get checked out. I would strongly advise NOT taking this medicine!! I did manage to lose all the weight because the cravings stopped and I changed my diet as well – cutting out a lot of refined sugar. But now I have saggy skin since losing the weight. This is very depressing for me and i already suffer from major depression. I am also very concerned about what else this terrible drug might have done to my body if anything shows up when I see my urologist. But how could I prove that Seroquel caused it. Please anyone out there- do not take this medicine. Although it is the only drug that really helped my insomnia I would rather just deal with it than take a drug that I think was just poisoning my body.

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Please call me for more detailed information. I have been on Seroquel for 10+ years at 1000 mg per day. My family and friends say that I need to get off of it because it is killing me. I am lethargic, physically I have no energy and increased pain. I have recently had multiple smaller strokes. I feel that Seroquel has been the cause of most of my health concerns. I ended up in the ER. At times I do not know who I am and struggle with other memory concerns. My best friend of 35 years says that she knows when I am on it and can tell when I am on it. When sleeping I thrash about and scream. I told the psychiatrist that I want off of it, but she will not comply. She says that my body is dependent and that I cannot be addicted, but I feel that I am.

i began taking this medication when i was sixteen years old to treat my chronic anxiety. before seroquel, i had a 94% average in three AP classes, was a designated genius, and was studying to become a general surgeon. within one month, my life changed. my panic attacks became so severe that i rarely went out, and i was plagued with lethargy no matter how much i slept. eventually, i became completely unable to leave my home (towards the end i could not leave my bed). i’d always been an active person, regularily going to the gym and taking yoga 3x/week, but after starting seroquel i gained 20+lbs and found myself eating just to feel some semblance of comfort. there was always a dull ache of a need to purge, but i never had the energy to do it, and this lead to more shame. i felt like a prisoner in my own body and after about a month i was forced to drop out of school, which — for many years, had been my only source of self-esteem. every morning i would cry because i didn’t understand how i’d become such a failure. finally, after about 4 months, i stopped taking it. within three days i was back in school and working towards graduation. this medication ruined my life, my perception of myself, my career, and caused me to lose control to the point of being committed to the psych ward. i will never be the person i was before seroquel. at only 17, i suffer from intense joint pain that makes it difficult to walk, stand, or sleep, severe short term memory loss, tremors in my arms and legs, and high blood pressure, not to mention the psychological reprocussions including severe mania and impared cognition. i lost my friends, i lost my scholarship, and i lost everything i’d ever worked for. if your psychiatrist prescribes seroquel to you, PLEASE don’t take the decision as lightly as i did. this drug can turn your life into hell on earth and i’m posting this here solely because i wouldn’t wish my experience on anyone else.

I took seroquel back in 2006 when I was first diagnosed with borderline personality disorder bipolar disorder and complex PTSD I gained over 100 pounds and now I have possible diabetes Hashimoto disease and hypothyroidism and before I took seroquel I didn’t have a weight problem or any of these diseases I completely blame my weight gain and hypothyroidism on seroquel and would like to file a lawsuit but don’t know how if anyone has any advice I would greatly accepted it’s really not fair I went from being 140 pounds – 272 and my depression is worse than ever

It definitely affect my life since I was in the mental hospital I was prescribed Seroquel and Abilify.When I was diagnoses with bipolar manic. Both medication didn’t help my problems except I did notice my behavior and my body, mind, where changing for the worst and I continued taking the both medications until I noticed my life was worsen. I did explain my problems with my doctor’s. One was my physician then my mental health doctor but still was told that it wasn’t my medication. So I continued but once I started to feel uncontrolled with my mind and thoughts I felt as though I was going to have a heart attack I stop taking the ability first. I continuing taking the seroquel and then I did notice things continue to worsen my thoughts got to be so that at times I didn’t no if I was coming or going I constantly forgetting just basic hygiene like brushing my teething forgetting the simple things, my hair began to fall off with every brush stroke, I even got to be afraid to be around family members I started spending with out thinking of consequence and debet I felt nothing until days even weeks later. What I did by then it was to late I had know control of my actions. The meds kept me isolated from everyone I loved. So decide to stop take them too Please help me everything of my my life is in disarray. I do have other medical issues like hep c but that is one problem that I decided to go through the 12weeks of meds to cure that. One more thing the only thing thing that was a positive act was to get a pet that was helpful with getting outside of these four walls I also can’t remember times and places so I’ve gotten very forgetful. Which didn’t help Please help me it took me a long time to actually do something about this because I was told it wasn’t the meds. So all this years I’ve felt guilty to even imply that it was the meds. And it was all in my head. I’m in need of help. I’m hoping there is someone out there that believes I was given meds that’s didn’t help but ruin my life. I pray to GOD and ask that’s if someone does read my comments reply with yes I will help you Kind regards Virginia

My son 26 years of age was given 12.5 MG for about a week. Had to rush him to ER twice . 2nd time still in hospital for Serotonin syndrome, nuropaletic malignant syndrome. The Dr.s are flushing drug out of system but we don’t know if he will ever be able to to function normally again.

I was given seroquel for symptoms I didn’t even have It has ruined my brain I now suffer from nightmares every night I no longer enjoy life I have diabetes And it killed me.

I was prescribed Seroquel when i was in MIDDLE SCHOOL. This doctor had me taking 800mg just for moderate depression and anxiety. After a while he just kept on raising the dose. This eventually brought me to a breakdown. I couldn’t swallow, my chest was tight. It felt like I was having a heart attack, I wasn’t myself anymore. After that I switched doctors and moved on to Zoloft. Now i’m left with trauma of that time of my life, and I have to live with it forever.

i took seroquel from 2002-2013 i have alot of sideeffects;over acttive bladder symdrome,kidneyproblems,servere interstital cystitis/painful bladder syndrome;side effects;stress,urge,both,otheractive,overflow,functional.i see my bladder specialist everyweek for a instalation.i have servere headachesi have heparin.dry mouth with a taste of chemicals.senitive eyes starting of cateracts.winter sweats.trouble breathing 3 inhalers.hashmotos thyroiditis diease ,hyperthyroidisms overactive thyroid.with a solitary nodule.seroquel has made me so stress out and fatique that i have a sleep disorder and hypersomnia.ialso have dyspnea which really is frighting.i also have temors and jerking of my body inside and out .my body hurts all over.i have trouble eatting witch is called gerd.i have major memory loss.i have mood swings.and i weighed235 now i weigh183 and now i can not eat.so i advize everyone to be so so carefull taking anykind of drug. iam proof of that in mi.

I TOOK SEROQUEL PROZAC THROZINE OVER 10 YEARS A LOT MORE MENTAL PILLS IM DAMAGE MATERIAL NERVES DAMAGE SPEECH PROBLEM OTHERS PROBLEMS THEY SAID I WAS SAHIZOEFFECT BYPOLAR HOMICIDAL SUICIAL IDEATION I CAN GO ON AND ON I OCCUR ALOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS IM IN CA

I went to my physician because I’d had a headache for over 2 weeks. He told me that this medication would help me sleep and feel more rested. He also stated that if I took one and wasn’t asleep in an hour to take one more. I took ONE pill and 15 minutes later I began to have a dystonic event. For the next 12+ hours I have no memory, only of a lady calling my name at the hospital the next morning somewhere around 8. I was told by my husband and some of the nursing staff that I was quite volatile in the ER, cussing, screaming, threatening staff, etc. I am NOT a violent person and have always been very compliant to anyone in the nursing field. I contacted the makers of Seroquel and was sent a form letter stating that I should have read the information that comes with the prescription. Well I did read the information and no where did it say that I would look like someone having a convulsion, become violent and loose 12+ hours of my memory.

Gregory I will be praying for you. I am on seroqel due to constant state of fear. icant live with the med and cant live without it. it seems.

I’M PERMINATELY PHYSICALLY DISABLED FROM ANTIPSYCHOTICS, THE MAIN ONE THAT DID THE MOST DAMAGE WAS SERAQUEL 2005 – 2007 THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE, I’M 35 NOW & CAN’T FUNCTION,EATING MAKES ME WISH I WAS NEVER BORN, THE DR. KEPT PUSHING IT ON ME, REFUSING TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM WAS ADHD & I GOT OVERDOSED BY MY FIRST PSYCHIATRIST, HE WAS QUICK TO LABEL ME BIPOLAR AND GUINEA PIG ME ON SERAQUEL,ZYPREXA,RESPERIDOL,GEODON,& ABILIFY. WHEN COME TO FIND OUT BY OTHER DR.’S ACTUALLY A P.A. GOT MY MEDS & DIAGNOSIS CORRECT AFTER DR.’S KEPT LOADING ME UP WITH THESE TERRIBLE NTIPSYCHOTICS TILL I WAS PUT ON MY DEATH BED NOW WITHNON-STOP CHRONIC PAIN & PANCREATITUS, HYPOGLYCEMIC TO EXTREMES BOTH WAYS IN MY BLOOD SUGAR TO WHERE I’M LUCKY TO SLEEP 2 HOURS A DAY DUE TO PAIN, CAN’T EAT FOOD & WALK AFTER, I CONSTANTLY GO THROUGH LIKE SCHIZOPHRENIC APPEARING SIGNS, THE ONLY WAY I HALF WAY FUNCTION IS PROTEIN SHAKES KEEP ME ALIVE, THE DOCTORS ESTIMATED THAT I WOULDN’T SEE 2013 BUT I STARTED RECEIVING SSDI $400 LESS THAN PROMMISED THE FIRST TIME APPLIED & FILED TAXES SINCE I WAS 6 YEARS OLD, I’LL BE 36 AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I’VE BEEN ON THE SAME 2 PSYCH MEDS FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR ADHD,NOT ADD,PTSD,MAJOR ANXIETY & PANIC ATTACKS TO WERE I CAN’T KEEP UP MY APARTMENT ANYMORE, I TAKE LOTS OF TYLENOL – FREE OPIATE PAIN MEDS, IF MY HOSPITAL STAYS FOR PHYSICAL ASPECTS:(CHRONIC PANCREATITUS TO WHERE I COULDN’T HOLD DOWN WATER I HAD TO HAVE A PICK LINE INSTALLED TO HYDRATE ME & A MORPHINE PUMP LEANED AT 5MG EVERY 10 MINUTES WITH 1MG CONTINUOS FOR 7-10 DAYS EACH TIME& I WOULD BOUNCE BACK A LITTLE IN 2007, BY 2009 IT’S CONSTANT & THERE IS NO MEDICINE THAT TAKES AWAY THE PAIN UNDER A 5 ON A 1 – 10 SCALE, NOW BACK TO HOW MUCH TIME SPENT IN A HOSPITAL BED ON A PC MORPHINE PUMP CAME OUT TO BEING 2 YEARS PLUS, MY DAD DIED ABOUT A YEAR & HALF AGO,MY MOM HAS M.S. & CAN’T VISIT ME, I LOOSE MY VISION IF I TRY TO STAND MORE THAN 3 MINUTES BEFORE I GO DOWN, I NEED A NURSE HERE AT ALL TIMES,I’VE ACCEPTED THAT I CAN NEVER HAVE A GIRL FRIEND OR GET MARRIED,DAD BOUGHT ME A BURIAL PLOT NEXT TO HIM, IT’S EASIER TO STARVE MYSELF THAN TO EAT A RAMEN NOODLE OR BOOST OR WATER MAKES ME CURLE INTO A BALL ON THE BED & IT FEELS LIKE I’M GETTING STABBED WITH A KNIFE 1.5″ UNDER MY STERNUM, STRAIGHT THROUGH MY BACK,MY SKIN IS ALL TORE UP WITH SORES, I TAKE IN PILL FORM THE ENZYMES YOUR PANCREAS MAKES ALONG WITH INSULIN & PRILOSEC CAUSE MY BODY WONT BREAK DOWN ANYTHING & IT ALL COMES BACKUP LOOKING THE SAME AS WHEN I ATE IT EVEN IF IT IS 9PM WHEN I ATE, 8AM THE NEXT DAY IT COMES BACK UP 11 HOURS LATER LOOKING LEAFY GREEN, I DON’T DARE TOUCH A STEAK,WHEN WATER MAKES ME VOMMIT & SKYROCKETS THE PAIN I HAVE TO GO TO YHE HOSPIYAL & THEY HAVE PROBLEMS FINDING A VEIN CAUSE THEY COLLAPSE DUE TO DEHYDRATION, MY LIVER IS PERFECT SO IT IS PUZZLING TO THE DOCTORS CAUSE USSUALLY PANCREATITUS DEVELOPS FROM A HEAVY DRINKER AND ALL OTHER STUFF LOOKS FINE SO I KNOW IT WAS THAT MEDICATINS,NO ONE IN MY FAMILY IS EVER BEEN DIABETIC OR HAD DIGESTION PROBLEMS LIKE ME ,SO ITHOUGHT IT WOULD BE A DREAM CASE FOR A LAWYER,WHEN SSDI GAVE ME BACK PAY THEY ONLY WENT BACK 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR &MY MOM FELT ENTITLED TO MY MONEY SHE STOLE MY CAR & LIES ABOUT IT,I HAD A PASTOR I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST STORE IT FOR ME & IT WAS JUST A SMART BUY FOR AN ALL #’S MATCHING 1966 CHEVY HARDTOP CORVAIR WITH FACTORY PAINT RUST-FREE FROM THE GROUND UP & THAT’S THE YEAR ALL QUESTIONABLE THINGS ON SAFETY OF THE VEHICLES WERE TAKEN CARE OF AND HAD A REAR ENGINE LIKE A PORCSHE & I HAD MY INSURANCE COMPANY APPRAISE IT WITH 4 GUYS AT $10,000 PLUS,WITH A $250 DEDUCTABLE & I WAS AWAY SOMEONE FORGED THE TITLE IN TE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, COMPLETELY FACTORY EXCEPT 17″ RIMS &TIRES & I FOUND IT IN THE NEWSPAPER & CALLED I ASKED THE GUYDOWN TO BRASS TACKS KIND OF QUESTIONS & HIS RESPONSE WAS I GOT A CLEAN TITLE & WAS ASKING $5000 BUT I’LL SELL IT TO YOU FOR $3500,SO MY MOTHER HAS TRIED STEA LING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF MY LITTLE BACKPAY BUT AT LEAST I GET SOMETHING FOR FILING SINCE I WAS 6YEARS OLD I HAD TO BUY MY LUNCH TICKETS & MY DAD RAISED ALL 3 OF US KIDS & I WAS THE YOUNGEST AT 5 IN 1985, IF SHE WOULD HAVE GONE TO CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS MARRIED IN A CATHOLIC ONE & I WAS AN ALTER BOY FROM 7- 14YEARS OLD & WENT MOSTLY ON MY OWN,THANKS FOR YOUR TIME I HOPE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT 5 OR 6 OF THESE ANTIPSYCHOTICS, BUT SEREQUEL WAS THE WORST ON ME &RESPIDAL,INVEGA,& GEODON SCREWED UP MY NERVOUS SYSTEM BY SHARP PAINS UP MY TAILBONE 7 A PAINFUL TWISTING SENSATION,SO I HOPE A LAWYER WILL HELP ME GET SOME OF MY LIFE BACK LIKE THE OTHER NIGHT MY BLOODSUGAR WAS 20, I COULDN’T TALK NOR WALK & NOI ONE TO GET ME TO THERESTROOM IN TIME & HAD TO TAKE A BATH AS SOON AS ICRAWLED SWEATING IN MY PLACE WITH THE TEMP 68 DEGREES.

I started usung serioquel when I was diagnosed with bipolar acute manic disorder. The first day I took it it made me tired but I couldn’t sleep or stay in one place. I felt as if I was sleep walking but I was aware of it. My roommate found me walking around the house feeling the walls in the dark. It took hours before I was able to sleep but then I either couldn’t wake in time for work or I was just too tired to do anything. I shared it with my Dr. And was informed that it takes about two weeks before imy body gets use to it. Well it didn’t and he increased the dose. It’s been about a year and a half of use and I am now off of it but I am unable to sleep. I have now been diagnosed with chronic insomnia and restless leg syndrome. I am also depressed all the time and I never had these symptoms before or it wasn’t this extreme prior to using seroquel. I have also thought of and attempted suicide at least three times within the year.

My experience with seroquel varies. I’ve been taking it for approximately six yrs. My health as a forty eight yr old is that of a seventy yr old. My issues are as follows I gain one hundred pounds. I have never been even slightly over weight. I have only fifteen teeth left in my mouth. I have spasms in my hands. I can be writing or holding something and my hands will jerk causing me to drop things. Sleep patterns vary.i have severe body stiffness. I’m not sure because I hadn’t heard it from anyone else but, at the age of forty seven I had to have a total right knee replacement . I am now forty eight and have had a left hip replacement and am told I will need to have my other hip and knee replaced. I know of alot of people older than me. My body is breaking down on me and I don’t know how to stop it. My daily dose is 100 mg 3 x day and 300 mg bedtime.

My husband, as a wounded warrior, was prescribed Serequel for PTSD by Army physicians. This is one of the most horrible drugs on the market. When he began taking it his personality changed, he had memory problems and did nothing but sleep. Most days I couldn’t wake him for dinner, he was non-functional. In 2013 he suffered an aneurysm which put him into a non-recoverable coma….our world ended. I can not help but believe that this medication was a major factor in his death at age 48. I read another comment that the military has black listed the medication I do not know if this is true or not but I hope it is, but I do know they were handing it out like M&M’s. I know other wounded warriors that were also given this medication. I feel AZ is extremely culpable for the loss of my husband and should compensate me although they can never make up for the loss of the love of my life, my world.

I been on this meds starting in 2009 I was 130lbs I’m now 235 and high blood pressure and clostrole now there saying I have a inlarged liver my sleep is all over the place I’m always tired and no energy when I don’t take it I throw up sweat feel like I’m going to die

I am having, or was having different bad side effects from Seroquel 200 mg. was taking one a night for two weeks then 1.5 for two weeks. I have had mouth and tongue sores, pain, constipation, hemorrhoids, sore throat, fevers, chills, sweating increased. Heart rate increased and just so many problems. I hope I can have another Med for bipolar. Have other viruses and issues but feel connected to the Seroquel . A month was enough for me. Like talking, walking, sitting, pooping, and eating. Anyone else? I might be only one having these problems. In Georgia.

I am prescribed the prescription seroquel and have suffered very severe defects. Obesity, shortness of breathe, sweating, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, hallucinations talking to myself thinking i was talking to someone else, joint stiffness, high cholesterol, uncontrollable movements, and laughter.

Hi This drug has not only ruined my life for over 2 years but social services have taken my kids away because they just thought i was lazy and were neglecting them. I went to ask for help a long time ago but they wouldn’t listen to what i was going through.  Now i have to fight in court to get them back.  I came off these meds a month ago and feel normal for the first time in years. I was diagnosed with ME 14 years ago and depression 19 years ago.  Life has been horrendous enough without being prescribed this horrendous drug.  

I started taking serquel over a year ago for my sleeping disorder I starting dose was 25mg I was perfectly healthy. My dose now is 100mg at night. I hadn’t been feeling well I went in and was tested for diabetes that came back elevated I will be having another test this time an A1C as of right now my cholesterol is through the roof my tryglicerites are 315 and I an having extreme back aches headaches all cause from this medication I am now on cholesterol medication

My husband was diagnosed with Schizophrenia in the 2000’s. He had been taking Risperdal Consta and Seroquel. He died suddenly on March 21st. He ran out of Seroquel and did not take it for about two months. He had just started taking it again 5 days prior to his death. The autopsy results showed he had an enlarged heart. He had no symptoms. I want to know if the Seroquel could have been a factor in his death.

I was on this medication for a number of years. Various Psychiatrists put me on it. I finally stopped taking it a couple of years ago. However, I found that I now have PVCs of the heart due to taking the medication. The side effects are horrible. I now have a friend who lives next door to me who has schizophrenia and his brother keeps him on the medication. He has developed serious diabetes, and tardive dyskinesia His doctor and his brother won’t let him look at taking any alternative medication and I fear he is headed for an early grave. What is sad is that these types of medications are forced on people who have serious mental health issues and are often discounted when they complain of the side effects. I wish I could sue doctors from the past for sticking me on such a medication and giving me the permanent PVCs of the heart. This drug and others like them are being forced onto people as a cheap alternative to actual counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Where can we sue them ?

Iv Ben on seroquel for 6 years iv gained over 100 lbs and I can’t do a lot I lose my breath easily and have memory loss.was on 900 milligrams I trued to stop using it and I had bad withdraws could not sleep 4 nights straght could not quit sweating could not do much of anyting .now I’m on 300mg I fill like its a life sentence and I should have been prescribed seroquel for sleep since it was not made for that and the FDA did not OK it for that.

I witnessed the murder of my roommate by my other roommate. The Psychiatrist said I was suffering from major depression, PTSD, anxiety and insomnia. He prescribed Seroquel 800mg daily. He said I would not have to take it forever, just for awhile because it was “situational”. He never mentioned he was giving me something “off label” that the FDA had not approved use for. He never mentioned possible side effects such as a 150 lb. weight gain, diabetes, hypothyroidism, or other serious health conditions I now suffer from. Hippocratic Oath: “Physician, Do No Harm”? Yes, I would like a little financial compensation…

I have Bipolar II. My Dr. put me on 300mg for sleep and to help with depression. He knew of my history of suicide attempts and ideation. I now have suicidal thoughts, impulses, ideation almost daily, sometimes intense for days at a time. Almost acted on suicidal impulses. Dr. did not warn me or advise me that Seroquel can increase suicidal thoughts and impulses. The warning about those side effects is buried in small print in the manufactures information that consists of technical jargon. I found out today about the increased risk of suicide associated with Seroquel by looking up Seroquel on the FDA website. I feel betrayed by my Dr. for not advising me of the increased risk of suicide. I have not seen this concern mentioned in any other post so I wanted to alert users to that danger.

i take 50 to 100 mg a day for aniety. when i first took 50 it wiped me out. now not a great effect. does the body get accustomed to it?

I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LONGTERM DYSFUNCTION OF TARDIVE DYSKINESIA WITH AKITHISIA. DIAGNOSIS OF EPS AND DYSTONIA ALL FROM SEROQUEL XR. I WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED.

Dear Greg, I do not believe you for one second. Do you believe these patient testimonies ar false or trivial. Serious sde effects/ even death caused by lifestyle????? Please up your dose, you ar obviously sick and delusional.

I have been on Seroquel since 2007.Was not advised of side effects and I found them through health issues.I’ve had a heart attack at 37 yrs old and thyroid and parathyroid problems along with extremely high cholesterol.I’m a diabetic and have chronic pancreatis.I’m manic more often than not and my sleeping habits are all over the place.I am unemployed due to all my health issues but don’t know what to do.If there is a cold or flu going around I find it and when I get sick its full on. It feels like my arms and legs are jelly.When I started it I put on 70 pounds .I was a healthy happy productive person when I started this medicine now I’m a sick miserable shell of a person.

I recently was in the hospital for depression, eating issues, and lacknowledge of sleep. I have sleep apnea, I am a-fib, have a pacemaker and defibrillator, high blood pressure, bi-polar, back spine issues and more. The Dr put me on Seroquel 300mg for the mood stabilizing and to induce sleep. When I take them I can barely walk, rubbery legs, head feels grog as if I am drunk, no balance, tripping on carpet, feel like my nerve endings throughout my body are on speed tingling and sensitive. I’m scared I will develop other medical issues if I continue on this drug. There is no telling what other health issues it may be causing.

I took this med years ago and with in taking it for couple of days. My entire left body went limp. No one , not even neurologist could figure out why.I also suffered from seizures that happened and I had to be rushed to the E.R. many times. I was hospitalized for 4 days to do testings and it went away in about 40 something days which is when this drug was completely out of my system. I had pile of hospital bills, work that was missed. I thought I would never walk right again. It was one of the most horrifying experience of my life. I simply asked if I could get something for sleep and this is what happened.

I’ve been on 600 MG XR for over 5 years. NO PROBLEMS to report and I feel I benefit from it. Seems everybody has problems that “may” have some connection to seroquel.Most aren’t provable but ya gotta blame someone I suppose. Terribly sorry for your ills but sometimes genetics and LIFESTYLE can lead to many of these maladies.

I have been taking 25mg Seroquel for 4 months and have developed swelling under the eyes. Anyone else had this problem?

I went from 105lbs to 180 lbs in about a year or 2 taking seroquel xr 300 mg daily. It was perscribed to me for sleep. And i went from a size 3 to a size…well i am too embarassed to say. I am now depressed because of it. I dont have the money for a dr. To see what other health issues i possibly have. Scared to know. I just keep praying.

I took it 11 years ago and it almost killed me. Beside causing a major problem with my artery’s for 11 years now I have suffered from whole body stiffness, chest pains, difficulty breathing, rubbery legs and when ever I get sick anymore I cannot function with even a minor cold. And if I sit around for a couple days being lazy I pay for it for days afterwards trying to walk again. There is more. I have been left in misery by the country I served for 11 years now.

I was part of the trial group back in 1996-97, my doctors told my mum that the drug had not been approved yet but could help control my mood swings, depression, delusions, oh and seizures. The first three were side effects of social isolation/ostrazation and the drug cocktails I was on the fourth was due to my clinical epilepsy that had no known source or cure and was so severe I had a date of death given to me when I was four years old that no matter what happened with medication to control them if I still had the by the age of 16 I would die. I was ten years old or so when I was given it, maybe younger or older by a few months.. We were not told it was for bipolar and schitzophrenia, we were not told it was not for epileptics, and there was no mention of the metabolic destruction it could wreak on my body. I took it for 2 months maybe 3, the entire time I felt like I was a passenger on a ravenous freight train of self destruction. I could not eat enough, I was always eating, always sleeping, I felt like a eating sleeping zombie and went from being super active to unable to do anything but eat and sleep. I gained almost twice my body weight going from a child’s 00 due to being naturally thin to a 28 size pant in three months. I went from being teased for being too thin to being called “whore” and pregnant with triplets, I went from being semi ok with how I looked to hating my body to the point I tried to cut out the fat that I now call “seroquel fat” with a razor. I would sob and lock myself in my room at medication time for fear of taking the pill any longer, because the pill did not just make me eat, gain weight and lose energy it made me a zombie. They did not take me off due to the weight gain, they took me off due to the psychosis it triggered when I started to see the menacing bug fog and feeling watched. Seroquel made me temporarily schizophrenic, it also destroyed my body and made my existing controlled eating disorder go out of control while doing nothing to cure my epilepsy and destroyed my thyroid gland. Seroquel also gave me severe depression as a result of the changes it caused, I truly hated myself after I was on it and refused to get pictures taken or let them be taken for years because of how it altered me. I may be very lucky that shortly after they took me of it something worse happened.. It took many years to get rid of the overeating side effect because seroquel actually altered my brain chemistry so severely I had to retrain it and I still avoid many foods I craved while on it, but the metabolic side effect has never gone away not truly and as irony would have it the only way to stay in shape is eat at a Anorexic level as in less than 800 calories a day. My diet these days is hyper restricted, I managed to lose most of the fat and weight I gained on seroquel but I need surgery to remove the rest. I am no longer epileptic, a different treatment fixed that. The single worst thing seroquel did wasn’t the weight gain or thyroid destruction, it was changing how I see myself in the mirror because every time I look in it I still see that obese girl seroquel made me. I have no idea what I look like now, all I see is that fat girl and I am not sure if I can ever get over the trauma that the severe weight gain and metabolic drop caused me. Thanks to seroquel I will never be able to recover from my eating disorder because I will never know if I have lost that “seroquel fat” most of which can only be removed via surgery and I can never eat normally again. Thanks to Astro Zeneca I will never know what I really look like, I will never be free of Anorexia Binge Purge Sub Type and other problems, and I will never have a working thyroid gland again. I put back together the life this drug destroyed, however I must forever live with the long term side effects it and many others caused; ironically one of those side effects is allergies to almost every medication that exists. The last one I should mention is legitimate medication related ptsd anxiety, just mentioning seroquel can send me into a fear fit of panic and if it is mentioned as a possible treatment I can’t describe the feeling of terror that grips me. Honestly I hope this pill gets banned, it should never have been released after what it did to those of us in the trial group; some of which were not even bipolar or schizophrenic like myself they were just chosen because they had a “expiration date” and their parents were desperate for anything that could save their kids. But sadly I doubt that will happen..

I took seroquel and got Pancreatitis. Have been hospitalized 4 times 6 to 14 days ar a time. Now i have to take insule because my pancreas Dont put out enough, they thought it was my gal bladder took it out and it was dine nothing wrong with it. More studies doctors said it come from seroquel. Pancreatitis is a very painful pain and now im sick and on disability due to it. Thanks for reading.

This drug is horrible, all side effects, mania, hospitalized, loss of family, this drug ruined my life, mid diagnosed and I quit cold turkey, bad night sweats, ammonia smell/ urine smell. This is a catch all drug, if you have a hang nail the Dr will prescribe thus drug. It caused delusions and nightmares, suffering with insomnia for 60+ days now, kelp upping dose last was 800-1200 per day after re searching this drug it occurred most people will die because of over presribed. I don’t recommend any one it’s helping stop yet if you are having all the aforementioned side effects from all the above comments then be your own best friend and seek help. This drug is debilitating and it can wreck havoc on your life. Satan in a Bottle bought to you by your local Dr and AZ. Thus product has been blacklisted by the military and it is a dangerous drug, if I knew back then what I know now, I wouldn’t be writing this . please seek help the Texas AG is filing a lawsuit against AZ, go figure. Good luck to all as this drug can and will destroy your life