Quetiapine (Seroquel): What You Need To Know
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2017
- Quetiapine is a second-generation (atypical) antipsychotic. It’s approved by the FDA for schizophrenia, acute bipolar mania/mixed and depression, and bipolar maintenance (as an add-on to lithium or divalproex). The extended-release form is also approved as an add-on for depression.
Though its approved uses are limited, it’s widely used off-label as a single therapy for depression, anxiety, insomnia, OCD, and other conditions.
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Timestamps:
00:17 - Effects
06:09 - Chemistry & Pharmacology
10:50 - How It's Used
11:15 - History
13:17 - Legality
13:33 - Safety
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Seroquel- a good way to sleep for 24hrs straight
24 hrs? Stop breaking the pills in half. Lol. Its like 48-72 hours
Olanzapine and seroquel are the only drugs that have ever made me sleep through whole days. It's the worst feeling wake up and still being too tired to do function.
Yeah, I used to get about 16 hours. Now it takes about 50mg for me to get about 9 - 10 hours. Lately I need about 75 mg. It didn't take long to get used to it I guess.
Hm, 11 this night was the most I've hit so far^^ on 25mg
I prefer tetrazolam
People should contribute to his Patreon . This is ridiculously in-depth and high-quality content, and he doesn't even run ads on the videos. Good work as always, Seth!
Thank you, I appreciate it and I'm glad you like the videos.
I second this statement. Keep it up, Seth!
You should contribute. I hate it when, say at the Walmart checkout, they ask, do you want to contribute to so and so? Uh - no. And Walmart doesnt want to give me money, either
Ohm Wizard Learn proper sentence structure and grammar you idiot. If your asking if ive gained weight no. I actually lost 3 lbs so I dont know where you get your info or if your just another trolling bitch on youtube.
He doesnt have ads on his videos because UA-cam doesn't allow ads on controversial videos, even though this isn't glorifying drug use or anything, UA-cam WILL NEVER put ads on videos with drugs being the central topic
My wife takes this, she sleepwalks and eats everything in the house. I woke up the other day to find her passed out sitting leaning on the front door.
I used to get ravenous when it kicked in at night. Shoved as much food as I could get my hands on into my body while fighting the tremendous woozy feeling kicking in. Also made me crave sweets like crazy, like to a maddening degree.
@nasser wiz WTH! Crazy thought. Well... crazy thoughts thought by ---- (fill in the blank)
nasser wiz that’s fucked up you degenerate piece of shit, that’s the guys wife. He’s obviously having problems with her right now,
@@lesleydownes3477 they give this stuff to every drug addict and retarded person in hospitals
Brad Bourgeois * I was doing the same thing as your wife , has she been driving in her sleep because I did once and I apparently went to the place I was working at the time and they told me the next day and asked what made me show up there at that time of night and I got upset at them for saying that and I didn't remember so they pulled the security video out and there i was , I stopped talking them after that I was lucky i didn't hurt someone.
Seroquel was the only thing that brought me back from a severe manic episode that lasted 6 months. I nowdays sleep like a baby, wake up feeling great and with no anxiety. Before being diagnosed with bipolar I became addicted to benzodiazepines bc my anxiety was so unbearable. I had no idea I was bipolar. My mania nearly killed me and almost lost everything.This medication it’s God sent. I gained 25lb but working on losing it by walking 15k steps daily and taking Dance classes. There is hope for us Bipolar type 1! Xoxo
thank you for saying this!!!
How much seroquel do u take?
How are you doing now?
@@soulaliveguidedmeditations not good
@@soulaliveguidedmeditations I never felt better in my entire life!
Was prescribed this shit for bipolar. Gained 30kg, slept 14-16 hours a day and felt like a zombie when I was awake. Also gave me ultra vivid nightmares and layered dreams.
the vivid nightmares are what got me. I did feel like a zombie in the morning but that kinda wore off but I routinely dreamed (vividly to lucid dream level of detail but 0 control) I beat my then girlfriend to death and it was leaving me shaken and questioning who I was on the inside. That shit was the worst ive ever had.
Lucid Dreams
Unless you have insomnia you will never understand how affective seroquel is
Remeron and trazodone
@@mrafitzy17 Add all three, like my quacks did, and you'll gain 50+ lbs, causing sleep apnea and diabetes. Remeron is poison as well.
@@michaelfarar4232 that's awful man. I'm really sorry. I know I gained 50 lbs on zoloft. But I also had quit smoking weed. Lost the weight when I started smoking again.
One last thing Austin, look into Micro-dosing Magic Mushrooms. The study results are awesome and show success percentages far higher than antidepressants. I did try it a few times but its hard to find. John Hopkins did a huge study on people who were just told they were dying of terminal illnesses. Imagine how a depression and/or anxiety would go into hyperdrive if you do not want to die, but you're going to in a very short time. I believe the success rate was 85% using psilocybin to treat/ They say because depression is the most debilitating disorder in the world (every 40 secs someone kills themselves) this will become much bigger than weed. It helps with other things as well.
@@michaelfarar4232 I've never had the best experience with mushrooms. Usually get the runs so bad I think I'm poisoned and ruin the trip. Maybe smaller doses would handle better in my gut. I've also had cancer 2x so I know how that illness depression is. The best thing I've found for depression is to just keep moving. Stopping and ruminating are your enemies. My buddy put it as "if you're depressed, you're just feeling sorry for yourself" . I know depression well. It can be debilitating. But it's your life and up to you to make it what you want. If something is holding you back, you may need to sit and figure it out. But when you turn it all off you're only stunting your own growth.
THIS DRUG IS NOTHING BUT POISON. I ALMOST DIED FROM TAKING THIS ONE TIME! And the prescriber just walks away without any responsibility whatsoever.
For you it may be, but there are others for which this medication is effective like myself
@@allannakhle8555 it's poison, drugs also "work" for some people, but they are poisons long term
I️ took this for insomnia - big mistake. I️ slept for over 24 hours after taking Seroquel & when I️ woke up I️ felt like a forgetful brain dead zombie. I️ literally felt this drug numb my brain.
Kaque Burlington my husband took 75mg and slept 3 days never again. I have a cousin on a pretty high dose he stubbles around a lot and forgets stuff. I think the doctors have had him on it for to long but what do I know? Lol
seroquel sucks, they started me off on 300mg it didn't do anything really so I got it upped to 400 took it for a long time it started messing me up now I am off of it completely. at one point I had to take 4 400mg to even feel anything but when I finally was able to sleep from that I slept for 3 days straight too, seems shortly after I took it for just around 3 years it started affecting me adversely
Kaque Burlington Nocked ME for a LOOP and made me have bad dreams
Kaque Burlington sake for me except the numbing never went away even though I only used low dose for insomnia 2 nights. It must have given me brain damage
it's great for sleeping for days especially to escape when g/f is being nasty just leave pills and water by the bed to have when you wake up & have more of quells
Timestamps
00:17 - Effects
06:09 - Chemistry & Pharmacology
10:50 - How It's Used
11:15 - History
13:17 - Legality
13:33 - Safety
Could you speak of SEROQUEL testing positive for opiates in a pass fail litmus test?? Specifically methadone
You should do a video on Haldol or Thorazine
@@paulburke6604 nope. I worked at a methadone clinic for years and I was a patient on benzos Ritalin serowuel and 130mg of methadone
Your a good man!
@@paulburke6604 interesting... I take methadone...
Seroquel is good for stimulant binges where you stay up for days you start to get psychotic-like symptoms and insomnia.
I have OCD and I only need to take a 1/4 to maybe a half a pill. my obsessive thoughts and impulsive decisions immediately take a back seat. I only need it maybe twice a week, it’s take as needed. Life saver for me.
Marcus Jackson I agree, it should be an as needed drug bc it's very effective even just after one dose... but to be on it daily, that's where the trouble starts
jala kakouni it doesn’t eliminate them completely but it decrease the intensity of racing thoughts.
Try weed
I had to take this as a single pill dose after having a bad psychotic episode, and not sleeping for around a week. I forced myself to stop taking it despite my paranoia associated with my delusions, and auditory hallucinations, and I now feel a lot better. Reminding me of what happened does kind of cause a little pain in my head, but overall I feel soooooo much better than I had before I had the psychotic episode. Sometimes a change in environment/brain function due to age can cause these huge episodes. I don't want to say that you can always recover without the dose, but on such a low dose, I feel like you can get over it in over a month like I did, if you can withstand the compulsions and obsessive thoughts for long enough. You just kind of have to let your brain torment you for long enough, (and hopefully get enough sleep) and there's a good chance that your problems will revert, whilst your brain function kind of improves or adjusts to a new form of life. Don't be afraid, and you can get through it. That's what I will say to you after being involuntarily kept in hospital for over 2 weeks and refusng to take any drugs as often as possible (I was forced to on 4 separate days due to aggression, the first three in hospital and one a week in, firstly on ativan + risperidome, then risperidome for two days, then quetiapine a day a week later). I can say that I am more normal now than I ever have been in my life, kind of. Moving out and turning almost 25 was the cause of the stresses that made me have this psychotic episode, probably because life the way it was at my parents house was so delusionally structured compared to most normal people. Anyways... They prescribed it to me as needed just in case and I haven't taken it since, but it was very hard at first. Now, most of the delusions that would bother me have been dissipated, to a much more realistic understanding of the world. I continue to improve, so just throwing away the drugs would probably be best for me soon. Take care, though and have a good one.
Check my comment! I also take it for OCD. It is a blessing came down from heaven for me. Happy it works for you, too.
Thanks for posting this, I was prescribed this years ago and could find next to no info on it. Glad to see there's finally a concise place to find all this info now.
I can say from personal experience, that the long-term or off-label prescription of anti-psychotics for the treatment of conditions/disorders other than bipolar disorder and schizophrenia should be outlawed. These drugs changed my personality, made me gain weight tremendously and played a significant part in the breakdown of a 7 year relationship. I was prescribed 10mg olanzapine for insomnia after being diagnosed with OCD and general anxiety disorder at age 27. Within a year the damage was done.
Pills suck . Perks ruined my family thing. Didnt know enough about them before I took them daily.👎 stick to weed and we will be ok.
quetiapine helped me go through severe depression and anxiety but I took like 50kg since I'm on it (two years) and I think I'm gonna ask my psychiatrist to reduce and stop the treatment because it numbs me so much
I agree with those vibes for sure. I'm a fairly regular dude with a troubled past that takes Lexapro and smokes everyday and it's working pretty well.
I feel like there's legitimate uses for these antipsychotics for sure, but I also feel like they're overprescribed to friggin just anybody. They in the mental hospital? Give em this, that'll shut em up. Then when I got out I felt like a zombie every friggin day, so badly so that even the bad crew I was with would comment about how zombielike I looked.
America needs to watch how we prescribe this shit, but we never will.
they gave it to me in jail an almost made me crazy!!! its the devil!!!
Those second generation antipsychotics, particularly olanzapine, clozapine, and risperidone are a suspect cause in OCD.
They should give a DVD with this video on it to everybody who receives a Seroquel/Quetiapine prescription from the pharmacy. Very informative and useful video.
my psychiatrist gave me a 4 hour course on it and explained its metabolic processes and how the liver enzymes break it into other compounds and how it uses the enzymes to get past the blood brain barrier. if you show interest and have a moderate background in biology and chemistry they might give you all the information you want
@@elk3909 Were you paying by the hour or did you just have a cool physician?
@@MaxUgly no its free for me to go to my psychiatrist since i live in canada. I find that many professionals here are more than happy to teach if you show interest in thier knowledge.
@@elk3909 your 4 hour course was constructed by a man much more enthusiastic about science, than a psychiatrist.
@@elk3909 "their knowledge" is what generates suicides. They knew it would generate the suicides, but misfortunes suffered by other people are still scientifically valuable by deep-state psychopharmacologists who want the world's population to be genderly/ethnically homongenous, human robots that will glibly raise their hand to become the next Manchurian Candidate.
I’m glad to see this has been so helpful for many people. For me, it was horrible. I lost most of my short term memory, felt sleepy all of the time, and even forgot I had a hamster (and forgot to feed and give it water). I don’t remember my dosage, but I think it was over 300mg based on the recommendations for different disorders and my diagnoses. I still have basically no memory of the 6 months I was on it. I hope other people usually have a better response to it.
Is your hamster ok?
I relate to this. I love 100 mg sometimes cut myself 150 if I really need to sleep. When I was on 200 regularly I felt similar to how you describe. I was completely apathetic to life. I cannot believe they are prescribing some people up to 800 mg!!!
This drug caused problems with your memory? Damn! My short term memory is fucked, can’t think of words in my native language all the time instead using English ones, keep repeating questions and I even failed a test GP’s normally test elderly folks for dementia/Alzheimer’s big time as a 36yr old!
I use this drug for a long ass time now but no doc or nurse nor specialist on memory loss has ever made that link or said it. Pissed off at docs that stupid or willful ignorance at play, glad I found a possible cause and remedy.
Tell the doctor?
Never seen such an informative video in my life. Excellent.
Another fantastic video! Love yah Seth!
I started taking this medication for sleep in 2021, this was also the same time I was diagnosed with Bipolar 1. At first it was great and I got consistent sleep, but slowly it was losing its effectiveness. Slowy thought the years the dosage was increased and now I am on 200mg and me and my doctor and slowing lowering my dose and swapping for Abilify for sleep. The biggest reason we a swapping is the late night food bingeing, and the worst for me the next day sedation. The extreme hunger causes me to eat sometimes 4 PB&Js in my bed, waking up with crumbs and jelly smeared into my sheets. The feeling goes that I am about to fall asleep and then I get the most extreme hunger I have ever had so I eat, then fall asleep after. The next day sedation is the worst, I will set sometimes 7 alarms and not wake up. Sometimes I get out of bed and make a cup of coffee and drink it in my chair, and fall back asleep in the chair. I hope this helps for anyone starting Serequel. It is a good medication but these are some of the things you should know.
Exceptional video! Seth, thank you sincerely for making this !
Great work as always!
I really love your channel TDC!! I you always have the most informative and reliable drug content on UA-cam! Fantastic work, I'm looking forward to more videos! 😁
That's great to hear! I appreciate the support. More content is certainly on the way. (:
Very good upload I subbed immediately.!! Good to hear an intellectually fluent informative video on the precise actions of the medications that doctors themselves know very little about.!! Respect!! 👍
i like your new expanded format
Awesome video. I like how you explain things in an interesting and easy to understand way.
Amazing videos your stuff is so accurate keep up the great work and education people on what ways to use things safely
hahah, buying in prisons...yesssir, slleeep them calenders away!!
I had someone giving me 6 300mg a day for a shitty amount of tobacco lmao
@@johngarvey5370 😂
Smoke that shit
@@Umiliani Oxidative stress is a very slow, microscopic-level process, and can actually be helpful in destroying pathogens. Obviously many people take aspirin and such for years without developing cancer. There's more serious, although rare, side-effects of Seroquel, like blood sugar imbalances that can cause diabetes. Oxidative stress should be very low on the list of side-effects to worry about.
I got given these in jail , n there was nothing wrong
This video is bomb af. Thank you and please keep it comin!
Your videos are on point man. Well done.
Finally!!!! Seroquel thx bro
I’ve been on Seroquel for about 2 years,my whole adult life I’ve been an insomniac,I used to drink a lot to sleep,(been sober for 16 years),well along with all my other anti-anxiety and depression meds I take 800 mgs every night along with prazosin,an anti psychotic medication for evil nightmares I started to have following an accident at work,I have 8 med bottles on my nightstand,I’m 54 yo and on SS Disability due to injuries as well as my mental condition,I pray for all of you as well as myself for the peace I need,God Bless you all
These are the 2 I take. I take 200mg of seroquel and 1mg of prazosin
Sterkte ❤
@@shaymarie990 my dosage got bumped up to 1200mgs of Seroquel and 6 mgs of prasozin for night terrors
I needed this video 12 years ago
You make the most high quality vids, keep it up!!
The side effects were ridiculous. I used it and ended up having psychotic episodes if I did not have the required number of hours sleep. I encourage anyone to use something else
What was the solution
@@cjolena I am not sure there is one. I have had some success with Lithium. But in general I have just learned my sleep cycle and work around it accordingly
no such thing as "side" effects. they're all effects.
The withdrawal from this drug is horrible. I’m struggling like hell to get off of it. Anyone who takes it, just know that if you want to come off without completely destabilizing yourself you will need to taper slowly. Your doctor may not realize that.
You can die of it, doctors get away with murder.
I had to have a person help me with pill splitting.
My eyes were spinning in my head, and could not drive even.
I thought I rid of it,after three days I had to have family run to fill my prescription, actually split down to a crumb.
Doses not made small enough increments,I will not allow these substances in my house,was scared my pup would eat a crumb off floor.
Crawling around rug,was misdiagnosed in first place.
Very Scary medication.
Had to stay home for three months to get rid of it,with help splitting pills.
Eventually down to a crumb.
What they don't tell you is that you can develop lifelong withdrawal symptoms even if you stop taking it through tapering. People need to read the fine print and research what they put into their bodies. It can cause permanent TD for people as well.
I went to jail and they wouldn't give me it there so I didn't sleep for 30 days and shakes, I said never again am I taking this , good luck bro
I take seroquel. The effects I notice are EXTREME tiredness. Also it seems to lessen the effects of my emotions. I used to feel like a raw nerve emotionally. I was a likeable person and enjoyable to be around for the most part, but I was prone to over reaction and even the smallest perceived slight by others would make me intensely angry for sometimes years. This of course is a problem. I no longer have these issues, BUT neither do I have the passion I once had. I have next to no desire to do anything with my life now. I could very easily spend the rest of my life watching videos on youtube. But I'm not picking fights with ppl and raging all the time either. It's a trade off that is the best option for me at the moment.
How much are you taking bro
This sounds exactly like my situation, and I just started taking seroquel 2 days ago. I am, generally, a very well liked person! I am bubbly and kind, a classical/theatrical clarinetist, and not to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty damn funny!
And then there's the bipolar. Sometimes waking up just 5 minutes late will send me into a vicious cycle of rage that lasts up to 30 hours at a time. It has gotten so bad that I've run off into the forest at night, by myself, with a bottle full of antipsychotics. My mood stabilization abilities are/were next to none, and it was ruining my life.
I am so desperately hoping that seroquel is going to help me, but so far it has made me insanely tired, depressed, and basically void of any interest towards anything. I am starting to feel like mental illness is inescapable, at least for me..
If I am unmedicated, I turn into a horrendous steamroller of rage and violence (I am a small, 21 yr old woman, its terrible), if I am medicated, I feel like crap, sleep all day, and don't really care about anything, and if I am being switched between meds, my body feels sick and weak and my mind is everywhere. It seems like every possible course of action is in reality, only bringing more pain and emotional turmoil, and im at my wits end. When does the suffering stop? Does it ever stop..?
Sounds like you need some medical marijuana
Hey man hope your ok. Think of it like this life is a passion that can make certain ones of us very angry but we will learn to get better at curbing these tendencies with practice. Its ok to be mad it will pass and you will get better at dealing with it. Don't give up the passion for life.
@@jenpierce2385 weed is not a cure all my friend. It's a drug just like any other drug. It works differently depending on your genetics, and conditions. It's not a cure without some major side effects to consider. Almost everyone who says it can do so much forget it's not without major side effects. Mental acuity is lost majorly as the effects of the drug build up in your system... For some that is unacceptable.
Made a big difference on my condition. All muscles tremors stopped. Wonderful.
Used to take this at 40 mgs alongside Mirtazapine If I remember correctly,
Made me feel like I had no soul, passion or feelings , just a heart shaped box and a shell of a man, sleepy all day and not using my brain to the fullest. Stopped taking it once it gave me orthostatic hypotension, passed out and hit my eyebrow with a fire extinguisher.
Boy the withdrawals were not fun, in fact I never been that low ever in my life, felt like suicide was an option.
After a month I was baseline me again
Best channel on UA-cam by far btw when is clonezepam video coming up we been asking for months
Hopefully soon, I have a lot of content in the works though and a lot of drugs to cover. But I will get to it! And thanks for your support, that's quite the compliment. I appreciate it.
He finally made one lol
@@cheegan I haven't found it.
@@cheegan Upon doing some cursory research on the internet, the drug discussed in that video is not clonazepam. It is something else.
I hadd a friendd who was forced to take this it destroyed his mind to the point that he had to leave home to get off it
I hate Seroquel and Abilify.
zizi top .......I pray not ! Maranatha !
samme
zizi top .......what does that mean ?
yeah they push that on people.. especially if you're taking a benzo
Allo Pronto .......No sleep til Brooklyn !
Switched meds (from risperidone) and felt crappy for a couple of months. After a year I can say it has been a good addition to my treatment.
Worst drug I have ever been prescribed, I started sleep walking, literally walked out of my house one December all I was wearing was a tank top and a pair of shorts, my roommates found me passed back out in the snow. I also started having restless leg syndrome. My husband and I could not even sleep in the same bed.
Stopped taking Seroquel, no more sleep walking, no more restless leg syndrome.
☮💗😊
Well that's what u want. That means it's working. The sleeping you is trying to wake up inside. Let it free
I recently started taking seroquel, I already struggle with restless leg syndrome and this medication makes it 10x worse every night after I take it. It's so unfortunate because it is helping with my mood stability so much, but the rls being amplified is absolutely unbearable
I take 400 mg for sleep and I get huge sugar cravings all night. My body is finally used to it and I've lost a good amount of weight. No sleep walking, no restless leg syndrome but I feel eventually I will develop diabetes from the intense sugar cravings
Good it gave me the leg syndrome also. Now I have diabetes from the increased appetite from sweets
@@dawnquinones2821 I did I have diabetes now from taking that dangerous drug.
Such high quality content
I agree. I am not sure if hes making videos anymore which is a damn shame
Just what i needed.
Dude you make really good, knowledgeable, informative videos!!! And u got a cool voice lol, keep it up buddy hope you hit it big somewhere!!
First of all - wow, what a great channel. This type of in-depth information is so rare to come across these days, so seriously - God bless you
Second- I've almost only have had great effects with seroquel (but only with the depot variant! the other one just knocked me out and made it hard to function the next day due to drowsiness)
I've had more appetite, less stress, less unnecessary thoughts and therefore better focus. Somewhat less creative, but in my case the creativity many times led to exhaustion because of overalayzations.
I was given this medication. Never had so many side effects: weight gain, worst nightmares of my life, stomach aches, headaches, very poor quality sleep, huge appetite, grogginess...
Be very careful on this pill ! I was prescribed 100 mlg and it was a very scary experience I felt paralyzed in my face and I always woke up starving to the max... idk why it made me feel that way..’ I always had to eat right away to make the affects go away and sometimes I felt like I couldn’t breath. This is quanitpine,’ even a nibble of the pill was enough to knock me out.’ So when your strong enough to not take the pill work on that ! I pray for anyone who has the same mental disorders I have you can do it ! Use chackra sleep meditation videos to go to sleep and read a good book find healthier solutions ! God bless.’
Same thing for me
I’m currently on the the long ester XL 200mg. I feel a huge difference from the short ester. My mood no longer deteriorates through the day which is an immediate change. I am treated for type 2 bipolar. Yes it makes you sleep well, it’s difficult to wake up but it is totally possible to have 7/8 hours and get up. It’s all a mindset.
Thanks so much for the video!
I put this on when deciding what to watch while eating dinner!
Thanks for this video!
I have used Quetiapine for 3 years now for anxiety, insomnia and impulsivity. It really helped me to stop and breath with a "clearer" mind. Like a benzo can't do. Rivotril can calm you down, but it's addictive and mighty just make you kind a drunk. Although, Quetiapine DOES have its own side effects, in my case, especially I get very sleepy and tired.
I was on this stuff for about a month and a half years ago. I had to stop. It made me sleep 20 hours a day and gave me the craziest most vivid dreams I’ve ever had in my life.
Outstanding!
Good work!!
Love it this drug saved me and my friends life .....tried so many meds and nuffink
God I wish ANYTHING would have helped my friend Mikki. They tried every drug under the sun for his schizophrenia but nothing seemed to work. He was also just terrible at medication compliance and would just stop taking his meds as soon as he felt better, then slowly slide back into his delusions. Sadly this past September he gave up and shot himself. Early 30’s, really sad. I’m glad you found something that worked because the alternative is ugly.
Brittany Gardner r.i.p Mikki !
Brittany Gardner he gave up but didn’t comply with the prescription? Dang, that means the drugs did work. Condolences
Me too! its a lifesaver for sure!
@@misspomerol damn I'm sorry 😔
For me it works very well for anxiety, sleep, and emotional problems. HOWEVER, it makes me less talkative. And the withdrawals are not fun. But overall a good drug I think.
Thanks for the video bro 👍 keep up the good work
Fantastic you are good at what you do. Thank you. Take care.
Excellent video
Who the hell is abusing Seroquel for recreational or self-medicating uses? Seriously, you have to be out of your damn mind to even consider this.
Daniel Schick That’s why they are getting harder & harder to get. People act & lie Mentally ill to their Doctors. Get the scripts & sell on the streets.
Me 😳👉👈
I did as a teen. I would take twice the amount with energy drinks which would give me out if body experience like feelings. I also had seizures
You must be a dumbass to abuse this gabapentin is a way more better high
More people than you might think
Its funny how all of the medicine I take has many people not liking it.
the presentation is very informative love it thank you. It help me.
amazing content
15 and been taking this shit every night since i was 13, it’s hard as fuck to wake up in the morning
I haft to take this seroquel because of my anger issues and it is a blessing in a pill for me it has changed my life
Good to hear a positive comment. I am just starting this medication on the lowest possible dose.
Anne Goodwin Stay on the lowest dosage if you can. This drug can cause so many side-effects and it’s incredibly hard to come off, even at the lowest dosage. I was prescribed it after an antidepressant caused me to have a “manic-like episode” (in the words of my psychiatrist). I’ve tried on two occasions to stop taking it and I always end up crawling back to it. The first time I stopped taking it, I got four hours of sleep in one week. People told me that I would eventually fall asleep because I couldn’t stay awake forever, but it seems that the Quetiapine has altered my brain chemistry for good
@@autismwizard8259 Thank you. I will do that. Hopefully I will never have to have the dosage increased beyond what it is at present. I am sleeping beautifully ever since I began taking it about 3 weeks ago. So far so good for me.
Anne Goodwin The sleep is probably the best thing about Quetipaine. But I’ve found that my dreams have become hyper-realistic. I also find that Quetiapine has a tendency to wear me down whenever I’m ill
@@autismwizard8259 Hmm. Yes, my dreams have changed too ... but I'm so very grateful to be sleeping properly through the nights. I take echinacea to keep my immune system boosted whenever I start to notice symptoms of illness coming, such as sore throat.
Excellent content
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
I can only imagine how many people that have taken Seroquel on here saying negative stuff about it dont realise that it either didnt work for them, or they didnt have the right structure to get the full benefits. Even the most bi polar people out there only need 300mg MAX daily. I also bet alot of you kept upping or changing the dose. Seroquel for me saved my life, its amazing if you need it.
It's equivalent to opium or heroin. The FDA knows it. Chemists know it. And SEROQUEL is worse to your system than holistic meds like cbd which you can probably get an off label script from an understanding doctor
This shit got nuthin to do with Opium or Heroin You dumb ass
@@thyssenedinburgh622 innit wtf
Paul Burke bruh deadass this shit saves my bipolar manic self it’s just not for everyone gtf out here with ur cbd
@@Bruh-mg5ff THANK YOU
Took a half of a 25 mg pill every night for insomnia for 2 years. It gave me peripheral neuropathy.
Tonya Gongora u guys are scaring me for real I am on vraylar vanspar and my doctor put me on Quetiapine I have to take it tonight for the first time
Tonya Gongora did you gain any weight taking this medicine?
@@CHROMATICx hey im starting it tonight too for bipolar 2, how are you feeling?
@@T4xEvader Brian B If i was you i wouldn't take it. It made me extremely tired and I felt sick on it. The only anti psychotic that didnt make me feel too sick is vraylar for me. (Still made me tired) I went off all my medicine after watching Peter Bregging. I learned anti psychotic help bipolar by disabling your brain and turning you into a zombie. I've been trying to get better using exercise, eating healthier, and being more social. You should look him up, but your experience might not be that bad as mine on them. Goodluck tell me if it works out.
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What dose of Vraylar? I found this one stimulating and couldn't sleep.
It has been a lifesaver for me
It will end up killing you. Diabetes, heart disease, suicide.
Thanks for sharing this vid on this med. Here in Europe it is also used in methadone clinics for those addicted to heroin and cocaine, along with methadone, of course. Well done.
I have a critical and unwittingly amusing story about the drug Seroquel.
Four years ago I made the mistake of asking my doctor for a "sleep aid" because I had developed insomnia for the first time in my life. It was rather severe and I clearly could not drift off to sleep. I was and am healthy and optimally nutritionalized with a sound diet. My doctor prescribed Seroquel at 50MG tablets. However, my system readily responds to medication and I told him this. So, he said to cut the tablet in half and try taking 25MG before bedtime instead. I did this, and sure enough awoke about 8 hours later in exactly the same position in which the drug rendered me unconscious. To make a sordid story short, if there had been a casting call for a remake of the movie "Frankenstein", I would have gone and easily landed the title role ! I threw my stiff at the knee legs over the side of the bed and began walking, or rather lurching, to the bathroom with my arms stretched out before me in order to balance while I walked awkwardly forward. I remember making grunting sounds with my jaw half open like Karloff did in the original 1930's movie. Needless to say, I took that shit ONCE. I have since solved my insomnia problem with fine red wine.
Yes, I DO drink wine, unlike the other "monster".
Honestly, it's the best choice for treating severe anxiety. I can guarantee you, benzodiazepine is far worse in long-terme use.
I find benzos to be an extreme detriment if taken long term for anxiety. You will develop a quick tolerance, and you can find yourself abusing it by taking more than prescribed to treat anxiety. It also is hard to obtain, being a controlled substance, and I have found myself unable to obtain it, and then suffering from withdrawal. They replaced my clonazepam with vistiral and seroquel, and I feel much better now.
It's very hard to get benzos in Scotland tho I'm on 50mg of quetiapine and 600mg of pregabalin I rarely take the pregabalin and swap for any benzos that I can get xanax valium if they are real theres a major problem here for fake valium and xanax so I wait till I find someone that can get benzos through other measures it's a travesty
I’ve been on Seroquel for more than 2 years now (from 25mg-50mg) and one of the first things it affects is DEFINITELY your sleep. When it kicks, in a few hours after I’ve taken it, I just can’t keep myself awake. However, my main problem was anxiety and depression, and can’t really confirm if seroquel was what helped me improve in these aspects, since progress was steady. However, on days when my anxiety has been terrible, seroquel can make me feel more calm (but I don’t notice such a huge change often). Honestly, I feel like working with a psychologist and a psychiatrist was what made the biggest difference for me, however, maybe I’m just not able to recognize how much seroquel has actually helped bc of how long I’ve been on it. Anyway, one last thing, if I forget to take it at night I literally WONT SLEEP AT ALL. Just thought I should mention that (remember this is all from personal experience and I’m not an expert in any way. I could be drawing false conclusions)
I'm on 200mg at night and can't sleep if I don't take it. I take olanzipine in the morning. K
If you use quetiapine 24/7 then you can't have anxiety if you're always asleep
I have heard of this helping some people. I went to the doctor some fifteen years ago for anxiety and depression. The doctor said I was depressed. Started Seroquel and she had me up to 600 mg per day. I weighed 165 pounds. I gained eighty pounds. Always hungry and bloated. Sleeping days away ( lithium will make you sleep days away) I felt like I was half asleep and a little drunk when I was awake. I didn't feel real some days. One year I took Seroquel until I said I want a new doctor. They called her the Seroquel queen and I feel that big pharma was paying her to prescribe Seroquel.
wtf thats messed up, 600 is a giant dose.
@@velevetyy I felt almost like a walking corpse
I’m glad to see more info on seroquel. It helps me and others I know with schizophrenia.
This stuff sucks though, not ever worth recreation. It makes you feel overwhelmingly sedated and sick, even the next day. Causes dependence to be able to sleep. Can cause muscle and joint pain. Very fast weight gain. There’s a reason why people stop using this stuff.
For recreation, I’ve heard mostly that people take the dose and force themselves to stay awake. They say it induces hallucinations, which are most likely just hypnogogic.
I can’t speak for it, but I don’t think this can end or reduce the effects of hallucinogens. It has to build up before it causes anything other than sedation. It probably only dampens trips for people who’ve already been taking it regularly.
ive been on 300mg everyday for the past year. 200mg a day before that. Seroquel does induce hallucinations in high doses especially is used in conjunction with cannabis.
I was on 200 mg every night for a year and a half and I started out at 120 pounds. Over that year and a half I went up to 190 which is really overweight for my height. I got off of it 2 years ago and within 8 months I lost all of the weight that I gained. Still have problems sleeping without it, shits fucking crazy
@The Senate Oh really? It's weeks before plasma concentrations are stable, not until the drug takes an effect. Akathisia, mania or sleepiness can be caused hours after the first dose, I've seen it happen and I've had it happen to myself. The brain is a very delicate organ, and these drugs are like a pressure washer.
This was given to me for anxiety, depression and insomnia. It elevated my anxiety, deepend my depression and took 5 weeks on 100mg to give me 4 hours sleep max, now I'm getting 2 hours max and have so many horrible side-effects.. I put on a kilo and my cholesterol shot up to 7 in just one month( and that was on 75mg,) I have insane carbohydrate craving after taking my bedtime 100mg and cannot settle until that craving is satisfied so I'm in the kitchen like a tunnel -visioned zombie at night scavenging.( when nothing else is available I have even resorted to eating dog biscuits 🐶
.no control ...then there's blurred vision, headaches, dry mouth , restless legs, palpitations , extreme daytime fatigue and brainfog, peripheral neuropathy, the list goes on
.desparate to get off it, I told my doctor who wanted to switch me without cross-taper to olanzapine and sertraline.
Did my research on these and said Hell no.. why would I want more torture?
Also offered ablify and one of its major side-effects is anxiety ffs!! I research everything they push at me now and they all bring unpleasant effects as have all the many psych meds I've tried in the past.- no help, just horrible side-effects
And these were totally ignored or glossed over by doctor when I complained.
I asked to be tapered off seroquel and the doctor put me on a 25mg taper a week which is crazy fast
I am tapering by 12.5mg now every 3 weeks and already suffering constant temperature changes and sweats, feeling of insects crawling allover my skin, worse insomnia than I started with and chronic diarrhoea. Anxiety getting steadily worse too.. I'm dreading comming off it completely for the insomnia and anxiety but it's given me so much trouble I just want to be free of it..
This drug seriously f***s with your whole system. I've heard of so many on it longterm and suffering big health issues because of it, yet unable to get off because the withdrawals are pure hell
Please do as much research as possible and think long and hard before taking this heavy duty med.
Doctors love to push this drug amongst others for all types of things it wasn't developed for and they either know or care little about the myriad of side-effects and the withdrawals, because they never give warning of these ( particularly the withdrawals)
The information leaflet mentions some of the common side-effects but doesn't address the withdrawal trouble or the many health problems that high dose and/or prolonged use causes.
I was having a bad mushroom trip, took one of these and fell right asleep. Was kinda nice. Woke up feeling refreshed
Thanks for the video TDC! I see you made this a couple years ago. Have you learned anything notable about long term use? This drug is discussed a lot among my friends and it looks like a poor choice for long term use, in particular for insomnia. Nearly everyone I know who's used it doesn't like the effects, which matches the comments on this video.
It's not for everyone; but it really helps me sleep. I am a classic insomniac & (sadly) cannot sleep without it.
I've suffered from Borderline for most of my life and have self-medicated with recreational drugs and prescriptions (over 61 different drugs, ranging from anti-psych to recreational drugs). I have found anti-psychs, SSRIs, SNRIs, and most anti-depressants (besides welbutrin) to only be troubling. They either/and alter my personality in a negative way or make me too tired and depressed to do anything. I find mood-stabilizers like lithium and lamictal (w/ lyrica) to be most effective for Borderline. They have a clean head effect with little reduction in normal emotion range and ability to function. Seroquel isn't ideal for me and only made me tired, hungry, and emotionally flat. Of course, this is by no means universal. But, I do feel that a troubling amount of people simply take what they're prescribed and forget to compare the before and after effects of the drug on personality with long term maintenance use. I found Zyprexa to be very similar in negative effect.
Eh no u haven't bro ur projecting how many drugs u have taken so you can get a sympathizer
I love all your videos you post up!
Could you please go over the drug, Methadone? I noticed you have done the Suboxone aka Buprenorphine one, and that was done really well.
I'm not too sure at the moment what other med videos I wanted you to talk about...I most likely will comment on your channel and ask again.
Thanks Seth!
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Absolutely LOVE THESE VIDEOS YOU DO!!
It’s the only thing that makes me sleep 6-8 hrs and not have anxiety in the morning after. Have been very blessed with no side effects.
I took this when I needed an anti psychotic and it honestly works great. It put me to sleep and I felt like myself during the day. Took it for about a year and then it was easy to get off. That combined with attitude and therapy I never had any trouble again. Its almost been 20 years now with no relapses.
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You're very lucky,not everyone can handle the brain chemical flux the drug causes.
@@aldenunion it started being a little weird after a year or two. Thats why I stopped and there was really no issue. I was scared to stop the medication but I guess I just knew it was time
@@aldenunion he's being paid cryptocurrencies to make false claims about an area of mind chemistry that's extremely valuable to the DOD for psych-warfare.
Im on zoloft for ocd and rumination and it feels like a mild effect, my psych is going to combine with this hopefully it helps with becoming functional and having a life again
they gave me this + midazolam when i was admitted to the er for psychosis. it was strange how quickly i came back to reality. it was a genuinely life changing experience would do it again 💃
This stuff helped me get through some long bids.
Great work, very informative! Requesting A clozapine video
I was on Seroquel and wondering why I was getting fat, now I know. drug: DROPPED.
This stuff was given to me for sleep...imagine my surprise when I found out that it was a anti psychotic! The WORST thing about this stuff is trying to sleep after you STOP taking it. I couldn't sleep for 6 mos or more after stopping this horrible swill. I will never touch the stuff again. Thanks for the reminder about what it was called. Filing that one in my "heeeell Noooo" rolodex.
@Steve do you use that?
It keeps me sane, without it I was quite violent and had violent thoughts etc. it’s helped me to repair my relationship with my daughter. I can keep friendships now also and have had the best deep sleeps I’ve ever had. It works for some but not for others. Having said that, I get upset stomach problems from this medication and my periods stopped, losing me monthly’s was a blessing though.
After you stopped taking it, what did you do to make you sleep again?
@Steve would like to know your progress. Are you still taking Seroquel? I just started using it last night 25mg. What do you think in your opinion is the solution for severe insomnia? I've tried CBI/CBT-I therapy and supplements but nothing worked.
@Steve thank for the response.
I hope we all get well.
High study dropout rates are not characteristic of drug studies in general. The higher rates of study dropout with antipsychotics reflect rejection of the adverse effects. Instead of considering dropout as data (surveying subjects why they drop out), the data are set aside or dubiously extrapolated. If you've ever taken a so-called therapeutic dose of an antipsychotic, you will understand why so many people drop out of these studies.
I was assuming alot of patients dropped out due to the underlying disorder in the case or schizophrenia. Especially patients with paranoia or command hallucinations which might discourage them from keeping up with office visits and submitting to assessment
I see a lot of people speaking negatively about Seroquel, but for me it has been a life saver. my mood is better, my sleep honestly hasn't been affected. I was a little drowsy at first but still sleep 6-8 hours.
It only removes emotion from you that's really the only nasty side effect
Hey great video! I have been prescribed this for years now, so it’s nice to actually get an idea of what it’s doing. You do a great job explaining it and other drugs. Do you have a PhD in pharmacology or have some kind of other degree? I’m just curious how you became so educated in all this :)
Stephen Lovejoy Seroquel is not meant for long-term use..dicties don't tell you that
I was finally told after being on this drug for my Bipolar 1 for 16 years..i was on 1200 mg and I was a blank zombie
IT was killing me..bow I'm in a natural alternative although it doesn't help 100% it keeps in control enough I can work in the rest..PLEASE get off this drug
Doctors I meant to say
I appreciate you sharing, but I am only on 300 mg and it’s kinda the only way I am able to sleep. I don’t mind being on it actually. I have great gratitiute for these medication becaus quentiapine and sertraline literally saved my life haha
@@BalerionFyre how, I hope you're doing well. Would like to know if you're still taking Seroquel?
Also if you don't mind me asking, how long have you been taking it? What's your current dosage? And reason for taking it?
The reason why I'm asking because I'm having a sleep anxiety disorder or severe insomnia and my Psychiatrist recommended me to take this medication.
Geary Hinolan I take seroquel XR for bipolar disorder, 400mg (started at 200mg initially). It’s primary indication is as a mood stabilizer, but it works very well at putting me to sleep at night and keeping me asleep for a full 7-8 hours. I take it around 9pm and will feel a heavy, natural sleepiness about 1-2 hours later.
Pro: you will be able to more-or-less choose when you want to fall asleep at night by taking the medication 1-2 hours prior that time.
Con: if like me, you’ll become dependent on the medication to allow you to sleep. Though not necessarily a bad thing, it does mean that once you’re on a stable bedtime dose, falling asleep at night without seroquel will become just about impossible, as you might get tired, but never “sleepy”. It essentially kicks off your natural sleep cycle.
Back when I was in treatment I got Quetiapine once and then went back to sleep. The only time I experienced sleep paralysis was when another patient tried to wake me up.
Thanks for the video. One quick point is that a bipolar 1 diagnosis does not require a depressive episode.
Good job, people need to know more about the psychiatric drugs they're taking
Giving antipsychotics out for insomnia and anxiety is nuts
its common expecially in the uk.
My friend got it prescribed for staving off drug cravings, just 50mg pills.
I took one at like 7pm because I was interested in what a low dose felt like and felt like a zombie up until noon the next day. I can't imagine being on a dose like 300mg while remaining functional.
@@withmygoodeyeclosed Im only 17 with bipolar type 2 and gender issues and I take this stuff when I have episodes and go coo coo as an add on to my daily dose of 600mg/seroquel a day on top of that i take restoril valium and orfidal and yes I have had a history with abusing benzos like for example just 4 months ago i would take 10 - 15 10mg valiums a day and most of the time I was just unconscious and always waking up in places I have no recollection of visiting one time I popped a bunch of valiums and then the next thing I know I wake up on the side of the highway im glad I dont take those types of drugs no more jeez
@@withmygoodeyeclosedSoundgarden goes hard
@@AJP1832 no I wouldn't lol
yeah after being toyed with over SSRIs like this i dont trust my doctors anymore. ill do my own research thank you very much.
I was on this for a while, the only thing I wanted to do was sleep, sleep. One day I drank one beer and took a 100 mg dose, it affected my breathing and I thought I was going to die, never ever taking this.
Very scary. They had my dad on that recently in a hospital after a surgery. They had him snowed, dilated and this drug, adivan and another one. They had him snowed. All I can say is you need to be an advocate for your loved one.we had it stopped.