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[color=cyan][/color]My husband is bi-polar and has been taking seroqeul since October of 2000. He recently has developed some symptoms that are worrisome, such as, frequent urination, eye strain (may be due to the lithum he takes), and extreme increase in thirst. He takes 1000 mg to sleep at night. He also takes ambien, tegretol, buspar and clonazpem. I was wondering if these are signs that he's developing diabetes. He is consulting his physican tommorow but I'd like to here what you guys think. (We all know how much physicans like to listen too you)
I too took seroquel for awhile, for sleep is what I thought, until these attorneys told me about the side effects, especially diabetes, and that runs in my family! I was surprised the Dr. would give it to me, but I took it for a few months, and when I quit, she gave me Resperdal. But I just read something terrible about that too! And after quitting Resperdal, they started getting better again.
I've been on these different meds for a yr. now. It sounds like they r all bad for us. but, if my Dr. discovered I quit taking one, she'd prescribe, and give me another similar, and said I was bipolar. The first time she told me, I just brushed it off, cause I really didn't know what it was. This last visit, she said that's why I can't keep a job, and now i quess I believe her.
But I too stay thirsty, frequent bathroom trips, and constantly worry about diabetes, but I pray he does not have that, nor ever will! It's been 2 yrs since I tested, but u should regularly. Good luck!
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I was on Olanzapine maybe a year. I was playing golf at an extremely hot time of the year. I was thirsty all the time. At one point I was drinking upwards of three gallons of milk a day plus anything else I could drink. I felt that if I couldn't get a drink I would die. When I had to go to the bathroom very little would come out. I went on this way until Feb 2002. I went into the hospital related to anxiety. When I was in my doctor had bloodwork done and found out that I had blood glucose levels in the three hundreds. Normal blood glucose levels are 80 to 120. Anything over 200 is considered diabetic - hyperglycemia. I suggest you two IMMEDIATELY go see a doctor and have him do a glucose monitor stick. Then have him do blood work for hemoglobin etc. Extreme thirst is a warnig sign of diabetes. Diabetes even if temporary is nothing to play around with. I just got an email from Parker and Waichman that said they are looking only for people in which olanzapine caused diabetes.
Funny I never had diabetes before I went on olanzapine and when I came off the olanzapine in Feb 2002 it wasn't until June 2002 that I was diagnosed with no more diabetes. But my PCP says I need to check my blood glucose every week because now I have a higher chance of getting it again. I have seen my levels reach as high as 192 since I was diagnosed as no longer having diabetes. Hmmmm something is not right with Parker and Waichman.
In April of 2002 I was sitting in a Diabetes Management classroom learning how and where to take insulin shots, learning about gluccophage and was even prescribed gluccophage in May of 2002. I still have the bottle I think. I guess it never gave me diabetes eh?
I WAS TAKING THIS DRUG FOR A YEAR OR SO BEFOR I BECAME DIABETIC. I AM DIABTIC2 AND IT IS SO HARD ON ME LIKE BEING BI POLER IS NOT ENOUGH KNOW I AM DIABETIC AND HAVE TO GIVE MYSELF SHOTS ALONG WITH SO MUCH MORE! I AM ONLY 28 I FEEL LIKE A OLD LADY WITH ALL THESE MEDS I HAVE TO TAKE. MY LIFE WAS HARD ENOUGH BEFOR NOW THIS. I HAVE HAD DIABETES FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND IT IS STILL JUST AS HARD FOR ME.BLURED VISON,DRINKING 2-3GALLONS OF WATER A DAY AND ANY THIG ELSE I COULD GET MY HANDS ON TO DRINK CAOSE I WAS SO THIRSYALL,ALL,ALL THE TIME EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I AS WELL HAD TO USE THE RESTROOM ALL THE TIME 4,5,6 TIMES A NIGHT OR MORE.I GAINED 20LBS THEN WENT FROM180LBS TO 124LBS. WHEN I HAD TO BE CARRIED INTO THE HOSPITAT I THOUGHT I HAD A A VERY BAD FLU BUG THEN IT FELT LIKE I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. MY BLOOD SUGER WAS 750 IT SHOULD BE 80-110.I WAS IN ICU FOR A WEEK. I ALL WAYS THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE SICMEDS THAT TRIGERED IT! WE REALY DO BELEIVE THIS GAVE ME DIABETIES IT ALL ADDS UP THE TIME TABLE AND ALL. IT SUCKS COUSE I AM SICK ALL THE TIME!
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Seroquel is one of several medications in the same group that is know to cause diabetes. Be sure Psych doc has your glucose checked regularly. My doc just placed me on Seroquel because my liver enzymes were elevated with Zyprexa. He told me Seroquel is not as hard on the liver as Zyprexa is. He also said you have to weigh the benefits against the risks when considering taking a drug. Evidently our doctors feel we need the drug even more than worrying about diabetes or liver problems. In other words, we are up a creek withouot a paddle. Good luck.
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