Seroquel | Quetiapine: What are the Side Effects?
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The use of seroquel in the elderly population residing in nursing homes is an atrocity!
I don’t think it’s used a lot anymore maybe only on very severe behavior wards; the elderly get out on and taken off SSRIs and psych meds without tapering.. in a nursing home you have elderly going out of control putting others in danger and doing unstoppable things.. say someone keeps demanding to leave and won’t listen.. or keeps getting out of bed and doing unreasonable stuff.. you can’t have 1:1 for every patient 24/7 and then it might be impossible
I agree, i'm sure it's used as a babysitter drug sadly! At least in Canada.
@@teri-annhernandez1871 yes but at the same time there is also mental suffering the elderly and sedating them seems to work to just make them exist. Elderly people can be uncomfortable and require ten people to serve them
Used in prisons all day long
I'm one of the people who was misdiagnosed with "bipolar 2" and I took a low dose of seroquel for a few years. They wanted me to take a much higher dose and I'm glad I stood my ground and refused. I actually have high functioning autism, CPTSD and borderline traits, not any kind of bipolar. I settled on seroquel after Abilify induced or exacerbated mania, which no one believed or took seriously about 10 years ago. I'm glad to have a little vindication here. No doctor EVER said *anything* about *any* of this. In fact a doctor I saw *last year* insisted none of this was possible. I did have side effects and I'm horrified I ever put this in my system, *never again*. Thank you for putting this information out there.
Unfortunately, there’s no meds for borderline personality disorder. It’s a personality quirk more than a psychological issue.
What can I use to stop pain in shoulder I use 400mg I stop but pain is still there
What? I met some ppl with bpd with psychotic tendencies not saying the commenter is but it is classified as a psychological disorder im sorry that hurts ur feewings @hoosierbaddy3052
Me too. Misdiagnosed in 2006 with bpd. I had just witnessed my boyfriend’s murder, so I was naturally traumatised (not Bipolar😩). I am coming off 100mg as we speak, I am doing it with sleeping pills, no issues to date. I wish I had done it sooner, evil drug, doctors are misinformed. Good luck❤️
@@user-ey5yd3wz2x acupuncture
Was prescribed this for anxiety and it did nothing so I came off of in within the month. Thank God I did.😢
im on it now for same thing going doctor on Monday try get of it cause im tried and been sick on it they put it on me while I was in hospital for ANXIETY attacks and didn't tell my mum either she my guardin and they try give me sleeping tables as well so I rang my mum and she got me out so finger crossed my other gp take me of them I was fine on Lexapro they put dose up now it back normal I hate it when they think they can give you tables nd fact they said just cause my mum his Guardian they need tell her as well cause they said im 18 and they put my Lexapro up 30 now moved it down sometimes I feel like my body been used I told mum that and she agrees cause they can't keep on saying take this ect and not tell me the warnings signs oh and I had high blood pressure on them as well
I was prescribed this poison for sleeping. Of course nobody warned me about the risks...
Same. I asked a pharmacist friend about this and he nearly had a fit. After he told me what this drug does, he called the doctor and gave her supreme shit. Fired the doctor and have stayed far away from the medical industry since.
@@user-cc5od3zk4p You did very well. I wish I had done the same.
Anybody i tell who knows about this drug gives me a shocked look when i tell them the amount psychs set me on. 900mgs a day in one dose and i only saw my g.p. in the 8 years i was on it.
Going bk to psychs after that time to say "hey, this has f@cked me up". Even they were shocked. Their words were "we're sorry, you should not have ever been on that much".
@@bearclaus2676 I am sorry to hear that. Yes, this is a high and dangerous dosis. Have you managed to wean it off?
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I’ve been in the xr version of this for two years for my bipolar and it really helps me stay stable and as a bonus I actually get sleep
Not going to lie , this video scares me , and I’ve been on many different medications maybe about 15 different ones throughout the years, and was just prescribed this one☝️ for sleep 25mg …..
May I ask what kind of bipolar and dose? I'm predominantly depressed and I fear I might become too sedated
One of the big problems I’ve seen using this drug for sleep is that eventually the sedative qualities wear off and it stops helping you sleep. Then tapering and trying to come off make sleep nearly impossible and make the situation much worse than it was to begin with.
I been on it for 8 yrs n it still puts me to sleep
@@817phatbae Same with me , I think it's been more than 10 years for me .🤔
Not for me. 25mg a night is enough for me. Been that way for years
We over medicated veterans call is Serokill. TY Doctor.
Cause people don't know how to take it properly and some psychs don't know how to prescribe it properly
Heart breaking. I was prescribed this poison a decade ago for extreme anxiety. The irony was that the panic this medication caused me was so bad, I was prescribed propranolol to counter those effects. The same "psychiatrist" told me there was no way I had asd, turns out she was wrong again. To do this to vulnerable elderly population is criminal!
Me dieron eso para hacerme el mayor daño posible, totalmente intencionado. Son sus costumbres y sus diversiones.
@@laino-mn7ku Lamento mucho lo que te pasó. También se han reído de mí cuando estos medicamentos me han hecho sentir que me estoy volviendo loco. Espero que estés bien ahora. Los mejores deseos
@@laino-mn7kuguinea pigs. Like a lab rat. Im right there with ya.😢
@@bearclaus2676 , han sido los mismos que me mandaron a una familia de cierta etnia cuando tenía 6 años ( la muleta del patriarca era fake).
La iglesia. 😉 😉
@@bearclaus2676like me is horrid and dangerous
Thank you for this information. I am an RN, working in a hospital setting and get a lot of patients on this drug. Some once daily at night (ha ha! for sleep) others prn for agitation, and a lot who just take it for what ever. I will now be able to better assess my patients when they are having issues and discuss those symptoms with the physician. I was unaware of the more dangerous side effects you mentioned.
I was on it for a short time. Low dose, could not wake up in morning, tried to end it all.
Somebody called it jail house heroin,I just about freaked. I stopped using it.
I took it and it ruined my brain forever. I am a very young person.
Quetiapine should only been at bedtime. Ideally 25mg. 50mg if necessary
Seraquel prescribed for sleep on top of 60mg of Adderall, 6mg and two 12.5mg ambein.
Medication pre diabetes. I reversed it with exercise and healthy food.
How long did it take to get off??
I am told that in CA it is illegal for medication to be given in order to make the patient more manageable by the staff caring for them.
Great work Dr Josef...Kudos, Kman
I greatly appreciate this information, and I liked this format a lot for conveying such information, Dr,. Josef. Thank you, and keep up the good work!
I take this sleep aid every night for stage 4 b cancer insomnia for 1.5 yrs now. There are no side effects for me, labs good, heart liver kidneys thyroid good.
I'm ok with it
"A lot of problems with this drug" is the understatement of my lifetime. Thank You for creating this video, grateful to be here, despite that.
Consider covering the harms to Veterans and how it was fast-tracked to market for off label use of PTSD in 2008 in studies conducted in a few months on psychiatric patients 3-4 different state's.
You know, where Compliance is Heavily pushed for any hope of release because of money invested is per study body count.
The reasoning was the potential for memory loss in those with flashbacks.
I will not get into how I know, except my hair has been WHITE since I was 28, from my heart 'stopping'.
Memory loss.. my memory loss it even anterograde amnesia. I am young and it ruined my brain forever. I am dull as hell. I am so mad.
@@brak1827i also have memory loss.
I remember when i was taking it id be thinking of something and id just lose the thought. Gone without recollectiom. Headaches were connected also.
The racing heartbeat was terrible. I believe the result is my new and crippling anxiety.
Dr. Rx pattern I've noticed for the elderly is first Klonopin, then antidepressants, next antipsychotics. One added on top of another. They end up super intoxicated and super sick.
Oh joy! I was ripped off this after two decades! Then when my withdrawals hit from being ripped off a shitload of meds. I wasn’t tapered properly. Never heard the word Akathisia or tardive dyskinesia.
I was given this as an aid to my Lexapro for depression as a "mood stablizer" and sleep aid. I'm not bipolar nor schizophrenic, and feel like I should not be on this mediation at all, much less the rather high dose of 300mg. 12 years later, my brain and body are so dependent on this crap that when I ran out recently and had to go 1 night without my dose, literally just 1 dose and I became so sick I had to miss work the next day. The absolute worst feeling I've ever had in my life I thought I was dying. I never want to feel that feeling again and at the same time desperately want off but I don't see that happening any time soon. I'm essentially a prisoner to this mediation and there's nothing I can do about it.
Yes same to me
Same here, i am lexapro 10mg and was on 400mg of seroquel for sleep Im now down to 12.5mg with little to no side effects. THC became legal in Missouri and decided a very low dose of thc/cbd to assist to me. Its still rough those first few nights to get use to taper dose but not nearly as painful. I lowered from 400mg to 300mg , 300mg to 200mg, 200mg to 100mg, 100 to 50 mg, 50mg to 25mg, 25mg to 12.5 (current). You got to take the tapering process very slow. I am 1 year and a couple months in. I did take a 4 month break in tapering. I have been on seroquel for 10 years.
Side effects the first few days of tapering: Insomnia, possible nausea(higher doses), shivers (higher doses).
I did a brisk walk in the morning, not to only to wake me up but to help me fall asleep at night. I was 250lbs and now i am 210 lbs. The munchies are still there but less extreme.
Everyone responds differently , id recommend THC or CBD if THC is not legal where you are at. Take a small dose, i take 2mg THC(indica) 2MG CBD gummy. I dont get high from it just drowsy.
I do not recommend those who have the actual reasons to be on seroquel to try THC without talking to your doctor as both thc and seroquel are both psychoactive drugs.
And remember slowwww and steady wins the race with seroquel. Snails pace if you have too. Maybe cut that 300mg in 4 and take 3 (225mg) or 3 1/2 (262.5mg) and stay their for 2 weeks. Since you work you really got to go slow so your not miserable at work.
@@z-qu3zj Thank you for that, that gives me some hope for the future. I am going to talk to my Dr about tapering me down!
Wow, you hit the nail on the head. Been taking Sereqquel for years now. For insomnia.
Thanks again for this one. You are the voice we need
I took seroquel 50 mg very night for “insomnia-related depression”, and within 6 months, my blood pressures were consistently 140/90 or greater, and I had gained 20 pounds. I overnight became massive sweets/candy binge eater. Even after stopping the drug by the 7th month (after starting it), I continued to gain another 17 pounds well beyond the annual date of starting seroquel.
When I say that my appetite was insatiable while taking seroquel, that doesn’t even do it justice. I would eat so much until I was physically over-full and in pain, slightly nauseated... and 15 minutes later I’d be obsessing about eating something again. Within weeks, I’d learn to dread my zombie-like walks to the fridge. By the time I hit 197 pounds, none of my underwear fit, none of my bras, pants, shirts- nothing fit. I had to buy XL and XXL in almost everything. And I was even more sad than I had been before starting the seroquel.
Omg same happened to me as well ….since then m trying to taper my dose to the least possible….. currently m taking 12.5 mg for insomnia….but m still binge eating a lot of stuff unnecessarily
@@noushabachoudhary430 Keep pushing to safely come off of it. Your appetite will level off and you will feel satiated again. Hang in there.
Horrible poison
Same for me and I’m on 150 mg tab for chronic insomnia. I weened myself off of it and the binge eating stopped. Unfortunately I have had to go back on it because I cannot find anything else that works on my insomnia.
@@julslea hi, I am tapering of 100mg, I have insomnia and this drug is evil. I asked my doctor for 2 weeks of sleeping pills, zopiclone. It works when withdrawing 🥰
Prescribed off label 25 mg for sleep. Big time malpractice. My dr said its ok theyre not addictive. What about dependency?? They Prescribed me this and mirtazipine whilst tapering off diazepam. He said after that we'll taper you off the mirt then the quitiapine. Really??? No thank you. I done my homework to get off the diazepam and you should never add on any meds whist tapering a benzo.
I was given seroquel 100 mg initially and increased to 200 mg for bedtime/sleep & anxiety as a result of being abruptly cut off of xanax 1mg 3x daily for 27 yrs. already have hypertension, high cholesterol, adrenal fatigue, acute kidney injury (nobody told me about). my pcp is a pa and useless. i'm now seeing another new nurse pract for med mngt who is young and clueless. i've been dismissed from everywhere else bc i know too much and assert my rights & knowledge.
this is infuriating!!!! when i was in psych ward 3 days due to effects of benzo wd my meds were all changed. 3 new meds-buspar, seroquel, gabapentin, and a decrease to my escitalopram i've been on over 2 decades & i am tx resistent. my insur has approved TMS therapy for this but unfortunately the place i was supposed to receive tx has dismissed me due to being assertive to a rude unethical provider i was seeing for first time but of course it's her word against mine. i've never encountered someone so unprofessional. she does NOT belong in this profession just like lots of others but there's such a shortage & demand nurses are getting their masters & making twice as much for half the work. i have a masters in social work & know more than any np i've seen along w some drs about meds bc i had coursework & done extensive research. they do not like when pts know anything or suggest anything and i try not to but we are supposed to be partners and work together. it's supposed to be pt led!! haha! has anyone else experienced this if so how did you handle it? i'm down to last place in my area and not impressed. it's over telehealth and rushed i can't even ask a question.
@@KatieLennox hope you get through the other side. It's a battle then a war but very doable . Look after yourself..xx
My God. I have been taking it for like 5 years. I have some of these side effects. Im sick. I have seizures as well.
Wishing you well… knowledge is power
Slow taper. I was prescribed this a decade ago. Should be off in 6months hopefully. You can do it!
You probably just take too much. Get 25 mg pills and take half of that. When your body begins getting use to that, take time off it.
My 28 yr old daughter has been prescribed Seroquel for sleep for about 2 1/2 years now. It has always concerned me. I will show her this. Hopefully it will make her think more about this, as my opinions do not. Just found you. Thanks for the plethora of great information!
Apparently, an unpopular statement incoming... if not for Seroquel, i wouldn't be alive.
me too...😔 Just pray before you take it...🙏😔🙏
I share the same opinion. I’ve said the same many many times
Me too. Not an unpopular statement to me
Yep. I just commented about that. I wouldn’t be alive without it
I’m not gunna lie I love my seroquel… 200mg for sleep 💤 I couldn’t live without it! Stabilizes my mood as well! But I have been a nurse for a long time and I have seen it used in the elderly
Are you tired the next day?
thank you so much honestly I've had suspicions to other family members going through treatment for a long time that doctors around my area are quite adequate for the specific treatments that are required, this is been incredibly informative and has allowed me to put together a more appropriate action plan with this medication.
obviously there would be a limit to what you can do but I am wondering how often you post videos exactly like this and what is the spectrum of medications that you cover
Nothing about the "chemical lobotomy", "chemical restraints", or how these kinds of drugs were used by the Soviet Union to torture political prisoners, and how it worked? What about how people on this drug can't even feel love? You could try a typical dose yourself, for perhaps a 6 week trial, or even one of the long-acting injectables, and give a first hand account in a follow up report.
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh. I'm actually a fan and subscriber, but my wife and our whole family suffered terribly as a result of this drug.
dude looks directly into into the blinding light of the sun "so as you can see here-"
This has been the only medicine that has helped me and i have been put on a lot of different kinds over the years. I finally feel normal. I have gained weight but i wouldn't want to go back to how i was before this medicine.
how does it make you feel and what does?
Good evening. To be honest, I take 1 25mg tablet during the week so I can get a full night's rest. I'm a 46yr old man and I actually like it because I don't dream. Not dreaming is fine with me because of extreme night terrors. When I was initially prescibed this medication, the doctor started me on 150mg. Let me tell you... it knocked me out big time! That being said, if anyone knows of anything else that would work better with less side effects please let me know.
Take care
doxylamine. It isnt 100% side effect free, but it is less morbid that Quetiapine
Such a gift to this people needing a voice if reason and encouragement. Daunted from years if deception and lies, truth in any field will produce a harvest of righteousness.
It has saved my life and restored my brain... so I am so thankful , and I only take Quetiapine
Seems like there are horror stories about every drug. I'm considering taking this but am a little scared. I was diagnosed bipolar in 2016, never got on meds even though I was prescribed Quetiapine. I feel now, it can be a game changer for me. As low a mg as possible. Just scared because I have all my hair, my health is great especially cardiovascular as I am an avid excerciser, and feel getting on this is a gamble.
@@StevenFerrer-jm2hm you can always stop again , though taper slowly down then
@@StevenFerrer-jm2hm Don't touch it, I'm praying you haven't already. The horror stories about this stuff are true, there's far too many people who have had terrible problems with it.
Would you do a video on clozapine sometime please! Thank you in advance
Whose doctor warned them about TD? Mine didn't. I'm tapering this 💩drug and hope I never get TD.
Nope! Same! Ended up with akasthesia. Never warned, and psych even lied, on the paperwork saying that he warned me multiple times. I’m at the last point of MAID (for many other reasons as well) but I can’t live like this anymore. I’m so pissed, and have zero faith in doctors, and specialists, even though I was an RN for 25 years.
@@Youngone78ever think of seeing a homeopath?
I wondered about that for my mom who lives in a "care " home. Her doctor misdiagnosed her as bipolar and we are fighting tooth and nail to get her off of 2 anti psychotics which have caused her a tremendous amount of pain. Don't think MAID, think outside the box, you've got this!
Are you referring to Tardive dyskinesia? That is irreversible and a side effect of any and all psychotic meds. It’s the price we pay to feel sane today. People on psych meds usually don’t live long. Which is fine with me
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. 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 well.
Yup! I was taking Seroquel for sleep and bipolar 1.
I ended up with Rhabdomyolysis. It was so very painful.
My CK was 38,000 and I was in acute kidney and liver damage!
I got off of it right away! I did get very itchy skin while with withdrawal
Thank you doctor!
I had to go to the ER around 8 times for fluids.
So not only
I’d be more curious about its effects on sleep. I was prescribed it when I was 19 (I’m now 32) for sleep problems related to my OCD. I’m also curious more about how it causes metabolic disorders
Seroquel for sleep is criminel completely destroyed by pssd .trintellix finishen the destruction
Wtf talk english
Do. Not. Take.
I take 25mg at bedtime and it's life saving for me
Stuart, worry about yourself
Great job Dr. Josef. Can you make Risperidone lecture next time. Thanks
Been on Seroquel/Quentiapine Fumarate for at least 10 years now, was worried about the risk of getting diabetes. I also have autism
I don’t know how to get off of it. I’m in Canada and can’t find a provider to help me
Can you recommend a drug to replace for sleep? I’m wondering if I wean off seroquel to something less harmful and then taper off that one over time.
Nurse here. I've been taking 25-50 mg for insomnia for years. As I get older (59) I've noticed increasing next day fatigue and sometimes utter exhaustion. I actually feel like I function better on no sleep than I do on Seroquel sleep. In fact, I stopped going to the gym because I wake up exhausted every morning. Maybe the problem isn't my age but rather the Seroquel. My diet is squeaky clean so the exhaustion didn't make sense until now. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing. It could definitely be related and always worth a trial off the med or on a lower dose to see if these symptoms improve.
Never been warned about the risks, but for some reason it caused me to get addicted to alcohol, to get away from the constant nervousity it increased in me i guess. So one day I went to rehab for alcohol and after a week the psychiatrist looked at me concerned; you can't go on like this it's damaging you too much. I said; wtf I'm here to get rid of alcohol addiction, and I can handle the withdrawal. He said no, I'm less concerned about the alcohol I'm talking about the Seroquel. While I had taken it for 5 years or something. I said wtf then what are you shrinks think you are doing??! You want to kill me? I got terribly upset and day after i was ordered to leave the clinic... With Seroquel. Got send to ambulant mental health but they kept hammering on me to take Seroquel. Tried another psychward to quit drinking but I told them , this Seroquel, i need something else. I detoxed for two weeks, still Seroquel. Got depressed. Then they decided to start building up the low dose of this shit I took to 10 times higher. I wasn't allowed to disagree. So I stayed there four weeks and rejected to take more of it. Then resigned. Srill thinking well I need to take this then not to get psychotic. 5 years ago i quit it on my own, including useless anti depressants. I haven't gotten psychotic, neither did I get much more depressed. Only extremely sad cause finally I could think clearer and see what it done to nearly half of my life. It nearly killed me and I never had functioned as I probably could have.. And it got me increasingly addicted to alcohol. I also quit attaining psychiatry or mental health organization in the Netherlands. I'm still shocked if I think of it. BUT AT LEAST I AM ABLE TO SEE IT. how long I'll still be alive, god only knows. But really... This stuff ruined my life and probably forever. I still can't function as before.
Fu@# this crap
But what does a person do when they need to be on this job cuz they truly have bipolar disorder like me and I couldn't fall asleep I almost died of insomnia
I am really interested to know if this shortens life span. I have been on Quetiapine every day for 13 years of my life. There are some studies but I can't make sense of them. I am in good health and my bipolar is well managed with quetiapine in conjunction with lamotoragine which I have taken for the same legnth of time. I have only had 1 break from these meds and it was whilst I was pregnant. I am really hoping you can answer this burning question of mine.
I don't think I would ever stop taking these meds because my life has changed dramatically for the better. I have a wonderful home life, work, study and excersise well. xxxx
Effexor and Fluvoxamine next, please
I have been taking a very low dose (50mg) for ten years straight. It's main benefit for me is sleep related (and staying asleep). I only had problems when I was taking it with Mirtazapine.
Have you done a video on Ambien?
I use clodine for ptsd here and there. I think Remeron is okay to use once in a while . I do not use these drugs every day I use k pin every day trying to get off it
Hi I’ve been on this for 25 years 25 mg how would I get of it , I can’t sleep without it I have tried .
im 17 years old and went through paranoia confusion and crazy thoughts, Seeing and hearing things. After a few months its gone. I have been on quitipine for 6 months now but its not done anything for me except i fall a sleep. I feel angry confused irritated all the time. Why hasnt the meds helped me im on 600mg.
Yesss it doesn’t help at all.. 😢
All its causing is weight gain. And liver enzymes. Its not helping with my symptoms. I have ask for reduction which doctors where not happy with
I've been taking this for ages. When I had just started, my mom found me by the open fridge, trying to dry the water pool from a broken glass of water with my hands covered in cuts from the shards. It was the middle of the night.
That is so fucked up😞😣😭😢
What is the prevalence of sleep apnea when or after taking seroquel? I took it for 20 months all cause of an adverse reaction to Paxil which they improperly diagnosed as bipolar. I diagnosed with mild sleep apnea months after cessation and read that sleep apnea can happen on seroquel
I disliked how they low key promoted it during the Depp/Heard trial👉Heard was treated w it for sleep
My poor 84 year old gramma is on 450 mg per night. My whole fam thinks she’s crazy it’s very sad to see!
Yeah my grandfather takes this supposedly for sleep but it seems to make him more crazy and they just upped the dose.
Zyprexa review please. It seems like this med makes a person not be able to take any other meds. I’ve spoken with lots of people who’d rather die than ever take this.
This drug destroys your brain in a couple of weeks. So, on this drug you are basically braindead. It's relatable that people would rather be dead. I'm one of those, too.
This drug should be banned. It's surreal that it is categorized as "medication", because it's everything but.
This drug destroys your brain in a couple of weeks. So, on this drug you are basically braindead. It's relatable that people would rather be dead. I'm one of those, too.
This drug should be banned. It's surreal that it is categorized as "medication", because it's everything but.
I personally find using fast acting serrys prn has no "negative" side effects vs long acting.
The weight gain is wild.
I was prescribed Seroquel 50mg, in 1999. I was told that it was like "a turbocharger for paroxetine," that I was also prescribed. I was never told about side effects. Now if I miss a dose, I get really unwell, after 20 hours. The Psychiatrist, who prescribed both of these drugs, worked for GSK. I wish I didn't give my consent.
I had an adverse affect taking this. Doctor gave to me for withdrawal symptoms of Benzo. Stroke symptoms very scary. Was taken off asap. But left with nothing to replace it.
What about catatonia or serotonin syndrome or a condition that looks like serotonin syndrome?
This explains various medical problems i now have. I used to jokingly call it and the valproate poisons, now i see that was actually truth. I'm calling my shrink tomorrow and telling him I want OFF it, and if he won't agree i'll do it myself cold turkey if need be
From 13 to 18 I was prescribed 300 mg of seroquel. I just turned 31 and I cannot sleep without an aide STILL. It's awful.
When I started TD I stopped and the TD stopped immediately. !
I am a nurse and have been tapering for years off of psych drugs 1 being Seroquel from 600mg to 100mg... I've watched videos that state that this med has an SSNI component... wondering if that is part of the long taper problem
Omg I can't believe u were taking 600mg of that shit ahahahahahhaah I only take 25mg at bedtime omg
@@user-eu8od4hc4q
It's really Bad
I had gone to a treatment center for issues with substance use, the fact that the treatment center really tries to force seroquel on us and I don't think that is an acceptable practice.
Anyone else have extremely vivid dreams(most turn into nightmares), usually multiple a night from taking Seroquel, no one talks abt it so i think its not common but it got to the point i wouldnt want to sleep because id have vivid night terrors about trauma ive been through basically reliving them
There is an anti-hypertensive medicine called Prazocin that was accidentally discovered to help with those, and it's now specified for trauma induced nightmares such as armed forces ppl get. It does help with my non-warfare nightmares, though I have to monitor my blood pressure since I take two additional blood pressure meds.
Omg! My dreams are awful and very vivid. Weird and strange! Causes my ptsd to go into overdrive. 😢
I don't know what else to take besides Seroquel.Mirzipine or Remeron didn't work for me to sleep!
Mirtazapine and remeron are the same drug. One is a generic version.
None of the docs or psychologists I've seen have gone through side effects thoroughly. I've googled and read the info sheets on the packages but had no idea tardive dyskinesia was permanent and had a 1 in 20 chance. I've been on risperidone, dopaquel (local brand of quetiapine), Haldol and Artane, sertraline for a bit. I've been on the dopaquel for the past 10 months or so and I've put on 20 kilos. I'll try get my cholesterol checked soon. 23 yr old male, diagnosed with bipolar with psychotic symptoms
Happy to hear you are becoming your best advocate and educating yourself. It's so common to see the side effects glossed over and minimized. It would take quite a awhile to discuss all of them with a patient and that is not the way medicine is practiced. Please look into alternatives if you have gained so much weight - check cholesterol, hemoglobin a1c, triglycerides, fasting glucose. The metabolic effects are quite severe.
I have emotionally unstable disorder and this medication keeps me the healthiest mentally and happiest,but im very concerned now. Is it worth staying on? Noone told me any of these side effects when i was forced this in the psychward,now i can make a choice myself to take and im not sure now
Im on it, but what else is there for mania? Being manic is a neurotoxic state too. No weight gain sofar, still 49kgs.
Olanzapine
@@nenadcubric2663that crap made my gums bleed
i got Parkinsonism from this after 1 dose morning 1 night lowest dose day 3 i quit. had problem with fine motor skills. stumbling and stuff. p5p help and nicotine 3 years am better now
I have bipolar 1 and it helps me. But the side effects can be scary. The potential what ifs
im on 250mg please hep me im shaking and getting tremors how do i get off this shit doc?
I have been taking Seroquel for years for insomnia. My Dr that I’m seeing now wants me to stop taking it. I’m starting to taper off 50mg…
I didn't knew you worked for pharma companies and FDA
Truthfully I am on 700 mgs per day. It buffers my world, but does not hinder my mental capacity.. I wrote a 40k word book a year ago. Still do scads of writing. I’m a crazy genius 😅
then why im I on ANXIETY and I dont have those other problems and im on Lexapro I think therapist and Doctors need stop giving them and try different thing like iv been leaving house with some ANXIETY but I used the tool for it on this my blood pressure gone up and that not good
you say that Seroquel is an addition or additive help med together with lexapro? So are you aware that lexapro is actually a Seratonine (excuse me english is not my native language) It keeps seratonine in your system longer. But seroquel Deteriorates or slows down production of seratonine. Aka they contradict eachother, Also the side effects of long use of seroquel is life shortening.... i've been using the medication for 12 years now. Lexapro and seroquel. However i used thank goodness seroquel on a se;f regulated basis so i usually prefer not to take it at all. It makes me way more depressed and agressive the day after i took it. Wich also results in people asking me to take it again. wich is a frustrating cycle to go through. And very hard to explain or get acceptance for.
What about the terrible anhedonia?
There’s no blanket statement here. It may not work for all psychiatric disorders. But just bc it doesn’t work for, don’t bash it for others. I have severe CPTSD and bipolar two. Tried everything from Risperidone, olanzapine, lithium, gabapentin, and many other antidepressants. Nothing works as well as seroquel for me. I CANNOT worry about long term side effects. I’d be dead already from my psychotic state.
Off labell for anxiety, depression, sleep and moog, well did not help just got fat and sad. Later on Zyprexa taken for 1 month, gained weight over 15kg , got akne.
And since got ADHD diagnose, so no wonder dopamine blockers , made me fat and sad. The zyprexa weight got back even with stimulants. Ihave cptsd, from childhood and emotionally abusive ex. Who still stalks and "controls behing the screen"
Restless legs an issue, also spoas muscles tight. Akineton has helped but it makes me whole body limp, even blurres vision. It also helps with adhd, motivates me , and relaxes psoas muscless. They also make me a bit dumbdumb, more forgetfull. So does constant stress. Fight or flight. Zoloft was awfull, did not sedate, just got sluggish , more anxious and fat.
15kg in a month. Can zoloft really cause permanet issues in metabolia.
and they gave me this for anxiety and making worst
I'm on 300mg a day feel like it's killing me
I started fainting after I started the medicine. Never fainted before. Need to get off it. Been on it for five years. Use it for sleep.
Orthostatic blood pressure, also known as postural hypotension, is a sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs when someone stands up. Seroquel heightens that condition
I was 33 and it gave me a stroke.
Okay. Good information here; but with a drug that has a range of daily dose from 25 mg. to 900 mg., I’m still confused. That’s a HUGE range. Like eating 1 candy bar a day compared to eating 36 candy bars a day. Surely the warnings have to be graded to the dosage. ???
The antipsychotics are in fact traquilisers.
No 2 the antipsychotic effect is at higher dose past 200 mg.
For sleep the dose is 25 , max 50 mg.
Sir you should tell people that all the effects you talk about occur at higher doses.
I do not advocate for Seroquel but you should read Steven Sthal psychophafmacology before you make videos.
TD and NMS occur with higher dose.
I had some of those side effects on just 25 mg
My muscles all over constantly twitch on just 50mg I.R.. The tranquilizing effect on my muscles lasts a long time, depending on if I consume high-histamine foods when I take it around 8pm or not. Or even at dinner. I recently learned about histamine and Seroquel. I've been stuck on 50mg I.R. since July 2021 and was only given it to me because I have a severe reaction to LoLoestrin, which I went to the Dr the day before-hand because I was having growing concerns, and I was dismissed. I was also given 50mg X.R. in Nov 2022 because I was withdrawing so bad from a few medications at the same time.@@punkroxgirl
It is a great medication 💪🏻
Yeah, I found it useful too. 25mg, sometimes I even break one in half for sleep. Sure, some munchies towards bedtime, but it's resistable if you otherwise are disciplined with diet and exercise. I have lost weight on it and am in the shape of my life. It's easier to follow an exerciseroutine and diet once you can get enough sleep, which makes this video and the following discussions rather un-nuanced in my view. Sleeping-problems are a terrible ongoing issue for me. This stuff has helped me the most out of anything I tried. As with all medicine, there are no perfect solutions. It's a risk/benefit analyzis. I don't see the video discuss dosing, and what that does to the risk-profile either. Me who hover around 12,5-25mg will surely have another risk profile than some bipolar/schizophrenic that works in the 200-800mg range?
I've been on it for nearly 11 years now. I'm 26. First it was for sleep then I had psychosis later (psychedelic induced) so my doses have gone up and down. Currently I am on 100. I don't know what to do, will I ever be able to come off it?
Also pretty sure I have ASD and my episodes were the culmination of burnout and drugs I took to cope. Seroquel is better than some of the others I've been on (olanzopene, cough) but I am struggling with my weight and bingeing every night when the seroquel hits. I can't believe it has been over a decade already and I am still so young.
My doctor didn’t tell me about side effect, my grandma took it 25mg she complained about heart condition but no one listened a few months later she had stroke
Hi, I would like to know, are the changes to receptors reversible? i.e are the D2 receptors and 5HT2A receptors no longer blocked after successfully coming off the medication? Thank you
I am off this 2.5 years od 2. I am dull and stupid as f..k. I am 24. I want to cry. Abilify helped me but I had to take it off cause I had a terrible akathisia. It made me smarter but when I don’t take it ofcourse I’m not that “smart” anymore. But yes, I feel like My iq is 80.
Within two weeks at 25mg before bed, my hair started falling out!
im on same thing but my hair hasn't falling out I just been sleeping and very angry on them and upset stomach
Can it leave permanent heart problems? (even when you have stopped it and it's been a couple of years since you did)
It caused me long qt syndrome, but as I am nearly off of it, my qt is nearly back to normal. I hope this is the same for you.
@@El-wc5hl Thank you for your reply! I've been off it for enough time to suppose its non permanent effects have stopped. I'm kind of scared to go to the cardiologist, not sure why, maybe because we won't find common ground on Seroquel. Thank you for your response again and wish you a smooth as can be coming off and healing! ❤️
@anteg9084 You're welcome for the reply, and thank you for your kind words. The only cardiac problem I am aware of is, as mentioned, is prolonged qt. That means that there is a longer gap between part of the rhythm of your heart beat called the qt interval - as seen on the graph. It doesn't often cause any symptoms but can be serious as very, very rarely the heart pauses for too long. I know that sounds terrifying, but it is very unlikely. If you did have this problem identified, then people around you could be taught cpr, and you could always wear a bracelet with this information. Please don't be scared to go to the cardiologist. I never had any issues other than the scare tactics used by the Dr's who harmed me in the first place. And the symptoms resolved as I dropped my medications - I was taking 4 "medicines " which cause long qt. I have a feeling all will be well for you. Sometimes, stress and fear are our biggest enemies. Best wishes and if there's anything I can help with please let me know.
@@anteg9084you don't need to agree on the cause or the treatment to get assessed by a dr. Just describe your symptoms and let the dr run tests so you know what's going on. Then you can decide what to do with the information.
@@El-wc5hl Thank you so much for the reply, again!! I haven't had it identified, been off quetiapine, which is my main concern regarding this issue, for some time now. Still feel weird stuff happening with my heart sometimes (mostly when I have forgotten to take the psych medication I'm stuck with (lorazepam, amitriptyline and perphenazine) - so, from withdrawal - or maybe when I am very upset - I am 40yo and obese because of psych meds, trauma and health conditions that steal my energy).
I am worried that if it's not happening at the specific time of my appointment, the cardiologist won't be able to 'see' it. Even if they give me a measuring device they stick on your body for a few days. My mother has had trouble showing her arrhythmias (hers are not because of meds) to her cardiologist. It took a year or more to catch it happening. Ooph!
Thank you so much again! ❤️
Can it cause edema in the legs?
Don’t 😭😭😭😭
Don’t post this crap Irish girl
I take it for sleep 25 mg it wipes me out for the next day , I feel like I didn’t sleep even when I do sleep
I heard that it knocks you out, but you’re still tired with brain fog the next day. Not worth the hangover.
Same here. I stopped going to the gym because I was literally too exhausted to exercise. I skipped my dose for the past 2 nights and only slept for about 4 hours but I have energy during the day. I think I'll put it aside for now.
I threw it out
Omg glad you did 😢