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Get the care you need. What concerns me about this drug it is being used for everything and I think this drug is far more deadly than just DM. The research we areseeing is paid for by the very company that is profitting from the sale of this drug. Good Luck Cathy

My experience has been similar to some of those that others have posted here. Since starting Seroquel about 2 years ago, my type II diabetes has gotten progressively worse and is now at a point where diet and exercise just aren't controlling the disease, as it always had since its onset 5-6 years ago.  Also, my last year's cholesterol screening revealed an abnormally high triglyceride reading - it was so high that the true cholesterol reading couldn't be determined until the triglyceride readings were lowered through the use of Gemfebrozil over a 2-3 week period. And once the triglyceride levels were lowered, my cholesterol count was much higher than it ever had been.

I'm concerned about these side effects of seroquel usage, most of which I am experiencing to some extent already, and am of the opinion that I want to stop taking the seroquel and see if my general health, diabetes and cholesterol levels improve. This is something that I will of course speak with my Mental Health Provider about before taking any action on my own.

Does anyone else have a story about Seroquel and its side-effects? What about information on successfully kicking long-term seroquel usage?

Harry

I just started using it two days ago does anyone have anything good to say about this drug?????

I started taking seroquel 2 months ago and have loved it ever since.  The side effects are awesome.  My libido has increased 10 fold.  Now, all I ever want to do is have sex.....sex with everyone and everything.  Thank you Astra!

I started taking Seroquel in 1999 and felt that I finally found  a prescription for my very serious depression.  It is now 2004 and I was diagnosed with diabetes on my 47th birthday.  I had several symptoms of diabetes but did not know it at the time.  I kept getting yeast infections and always thirsty and would wake up in the middle of the night to drink water, soda anything to take the thirst away.  Then I would wake up 2 hours later having to use the bathroom, this went on several weeks until my Doctor told me to get tested for diabetes.  Sure enough thats what was what was wrong with me.  There is no else in my family that has diabetes I am one of 5 children and none of them have diabetes.  My mother and father do not have diabetes.  Where did I get from??????  Seroquel is responsible I am going to my Doctor today 6/7/04 and try to get off this bad, ugly pill.  Don't stay on it like I did It will kill you. 

My 15-yr. old daughter, who has been taking Lexapro, was having trouble sleeping and was prescribed Seroquel yesterday. She took her first dose last night, 1/2 of a 100mg. tablet. She seemed to sleep okay in the night, then was very groggy all morning, and around noon, passed out just before lunch for about 10 seconds... Quite frightening! Has anyone heard of such a sensitive reaction? She thought it was her cigarette smoking - which she promptly promised to quit (at least one good thing!)... I've got a call in to her Doc, but awaiting a reply.
Concerned Dad

I was depressed and suicidal about my job sitaution and because I couldn't get over a break up from over a year before. I finally checked myself into a mental hospital after 7 years of never going to the doctor, and they prescribed me Seroquel and Lexapro. Previously, I would shake and jitter and get nervous extremely fast, back down from every confrontation, and completely freak out because of anything. While I'm not sure what one is causing what, ever since i've been out of the hospital, I have noticed drastic improvements. I am never nervous about anything, i'm usually confident and not depressed, things like new jobs, first dates, screaming matches, self defense and generally anything else that is stressfull now seems to bounce off of me. While there are many good things I can say about seroquel, there's also a few bad things. Ever since I started taking seroquel, I can not stop eating everything in sight, I am not allowed to have a drink of alcohol (as defined by my doctor), sometimes I feel as if the seroquel has worn off and I get slightly dizzy. Mostly, I have only good things to say about Seroquel, except damnit... where's the cheeze wiz?

Hi,

You might want to get a copy of a book titled, "IS THIS YOUR CHILD?", by Doris Rapp, MD and look through the many, many case examples of her patients to see if you find your son's behavior in any or many of them as I did (thankfully, he hasn't done many of the really awful things listed in there).  I have come to the conclusion that my son's problems with depression, and sometimes nasty and aggressive behavior is caused by mold in our apartment (it occurs in several places in our bathroom, and around the frames of our windows and sliding glass door ~ I believe the reason for the mold growth down here is because the clothing dryer exhaust for 6 families/apartments for over 30 years has been vented into the attic-space above our ceiling and probably causing a wonderland of mold-growth up there which gets down into our living space through our heating and air conditioning vents ~ it should be vented to the outdoors instead).  Maybe we both can learn something here from each other.  My husband insists that the mold is not causing my son's health problems and refuses to absorb any of the information that I have shown him to prove my point.  It's called a "brain allergy".  He insists that what he needs is to go to a psychiatrist.  I'm going to print your posting and read it to him in yet another effort to convince him that though it sounds nice and systematic to take the route you did...it usually doesn't work.  What we really need to do is move and get my son away from this mold.  Anyway, that book is on sale on amazon.com for about $12.  In my opinion, it is so packed with useful information, it should cost a whole lot more.  If you want, you can let me know some of the things he does, and I can look through some of the examples and maybe send you a few pages in an email.  Thanks for sharing your experience...and I hope my information is helpful to you, too.

Wendy

My daughter took S. for a few months last year and she "puffed up like a puffer fish".  She still hasn't lost the weight - after almost a year - and I wonder whether she should get lab work done to see if this terrible drug has marred her in some way.  I don't think she was diagnosed with diabetes but I do know her lab work didn't look so good last year.  And I know I was scared when she went on it because I LOST my only son to Zyprexa.  He died of profound hyperglycemia and I spend a lot of time testifying before the FDA, etc., trying to get them to ban or severely limit this dangerous, lethal class of drugs....to no avail.  Too much money at stake for Pharma.

I hope if you are on any of these drugs that you will go OFF so as not to end up with diabetes or death.

Elle

While on a combination of seroquel, ativan, trileptal and celexa, I developed severe muscle twitches, contractions, convulsions, eyes jerking, muscle incoordination, fell down repeatedly, ears ringing, nausea, vomitting, profuse sweating. In December I ended up in the ER and the psych hospital. They discontinued the ativan and seroquel immediately and tapered the celexa and trileptal and the symptoms increased. I ended up back in the ER in March.  The ER and family doctor told me to discontinue all chemicals. and they said it was serotonin syndrome followed by serotonin withdrawal. My neuromuscular system was totally out of whack. My liver was not working right, I had hyperglycemia, high cholesterol, tacycardia, drenching sweats, eyes couldn't focus, high blood pressure..

I was also hospitalized in 2004 for a suicide attempt and also for pneumonia and gallbladder problems (I was on lamictal, ativan and celexa then, plus oxygen and antibiotics). I was in isolation for 9 days because the symptoms (profuse drenching sweats, coughing blood and decreased oxygen capacity) led them to believe I had tuberculosis. They discovered I had a partially paralyzed diaphragm which apparently happened shortly after they started me on zoloft. The panic attacks started after that and then my first suicide attempt.

Then the merry-go-round of psych meds. The mood stabilizers helped the agitation/mania, but they never got a handle on the depression and it only worsened, leading to a serious attempt in 2004.

I am currently off all chemicals, including all packaged foods with preservatives. My liver was sluggish, I had hyperglycemia, migraines, allergies. It is all better now. My mood is stable but I have anxiety since I lost my job as a result of this nightmare. So the only chemical I am taking now is ativan only as needed for severe anxiety. I am healthier than I have been in 10 years since starting these meds.

I have a friend in prison who had been taking Seroquel and Risperdal.  The warnings actually state that diabetes may be a result of taking them.   Two years into it, he developed diabetes.  He had discussed it with the doctor who admitted that diabetes was one of the warnings.      He would like to take part in one of the national law suits that have been filed on behalf of all of you people.     I am desperately trying to find an attorney who is handling one of these suits that will accept his case while in prison.   He has all of his medical records documented and has been told by the doctor that he definitely has a case.    PLEASE, if anyone on these drugs is taking part in one of these suits, please post the name and address of the attorney.     Thank you very much.

I was on seroquel A.k.A garbage for three years.  They had me on the maxium dose of 800mg/day.  All idid was sleep and eat for the first two years sleeping 16hrs a day and eating everthing i could get my hands on.  I gained 100lbs and aquired other heath problems like high blood pressure and also contracted diabetes.  For anyone thinking of taking this crap i would think twice, this stuff is a death sentence.

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