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I have never been in a chat room before.  It was my last hope.
My 15 year old stepson is on Seroquel also and I don't approve of it at all.
He was put on Seroquel against our wishes.  He has only been on it for
one week.  He was an average teenager until his Mom and him got in a fight and he was placed in a Mental Center.  I do not think this medication is safe for children who are not have major problems.  He had been on
Zoloft this summer and seemed fine to us.  Now some Doctor wants him on
Seroquel and Lexapro.  I think Lexapro is fine but I do not agree with
the Seroquel.  My stepson's mother must not have access to the internet
to read about these medications. 
One of the things bothering my stepson is he has a weight problem.  Doesn't Seroquel cause weight gain?
Hope someone will chat back with me - thanks

[color=blue][b]my son has been on seroquel for almost 3 months now, he has tourettes syndrome/ocd/adhd, he is only 10 yrs. old. his psychiatrist assured us that there were NO side effects with seroquel, but since being on this medication, he has gained about 15 lbs., is winded all of the time, and gets a greyish/white tone to his face in the evenings. he was doing great on a low dose, and when we took him in for his appt. his dr. decided he wanted to up his dose to 300mg a day. even though he could see the improvemnt on the orginal 100 mg. dosing. we spent the day in the hospital yesterday with my son who has been having sever chest pains and been unable to eat due to the pain he has been having, yet they assured us that none of this is seroquel related aside fron the weight gain.
i think these companies are just out to make a buck at the expense of anyone they can prescribe these meds for. why keep raising the dosage when the intial amount was doing so well? has anyone else had any adverse effects to this drug?[/b][/color]

I have a 6yr old son with ADHD and what else we are still trying to determine. In February his PCP put him on Seroquel to help with his behavior problems. They started him on 100mg the first night and then instructed me to increase it to 200mg on the second night, 300mg the third. We didn't make it to the second night due to a Psychotic episode that he suffered at school the following day. He was an emotional wreck and then started in with the violent behavior. This was the most violence that we had [i]ever[/i] seen him. He completely destroyed the classroom, stated that his brain hurt, there was glass everywhere (which there wasn't any glass at all), he turned over tables and desks, broke a metal broom in mid-air, kicked hoels in a partition that was 1/2 inch thick, sat on the floor and rocked back and forth yelling how embarrassed he was and then threw things at anyone who approached him. The school was at a loss on how to help him. This went on for about 3 hours, the school thinking that they could calm him down. He was in a special contained classroom for kids like him and they finally had to call us to come in and help. I was completely shocked and terrified for my child all the way to the school. Once I got there my fear didn't get any better, I saw what my 6yr old had done and was sure that it had something to do with the Seroquel seeings as this was the only change that we had made in his medications. I immediately discontinued the Seroquel and called his physician. His physician agreed on the discontinuation of the Seroquel and then decided to send him to a child psychologist at the University of Michigan Medical Center. They were completely shocked about the use of Seroquel in my 6yr old and have now put him on Risperdal in coordination with his Lexapro, Catapres and Strattera. I work in a clinic in SW lower Michigan and I spoke to the Seroquel drug rep that comes in our office today about the affects. He doesn't believe that this drug caused this reaction and I told him flat out that he was wrong. An incident like this had not happened prior to the Seroquel and we have not had one even close to that magnitude since.
I urge anyone with a small child to seriously think about why they are giving this medication to their child and who is prescribing it. If you are to the point that your primary care physician cannot help the child anylonger with the basic drugs used in ADHD and behavior disorders, request that they send you and your child to a specialist dealing with these and worse probelms on a daily basis. And for God's sake if you belive that this or any other drug is causing adverse affects, get an IMMEDIATE appointment with the prescribing doctor and force them to change or discontinue it's use. You are your child's only advocate and you know when something is just not right.
I know I am a little long winded but I needed to share this frightening experience.

Thanks, Kim L.

I have an 8 yr. old daughter that we adopted 7 yrs ago.  She is bi-polar and also has  reactive attachment disorder, and bulimia.  she has been hospitalized 40 times.  mostly for urinary infections.  She will not use the toilet.  She goes in her pants many times a day.   Never has had a dry night.  She takes 300mg. of seroquel a day for the last 2 years.  She does better emotionally on this drug than any other we have tried.  I am trying to figure out if the seroquel could be related to her bathroom issues.  I am hearing more and more of others with this same problem.  Is there a link?

[quote]For all intents and purposes Lexapro and Zoloft are the same. The use of antipsychotics in a 15 year old suggest that the 15 year old's moods are dangerously unstable. In many cases I've seen Seroquel has saved people's lives over the short term. Psychological testing which is usually not paid for by insurance may clarify the diagnosis and either allay some of your fears about the necessity of this medication or support your efforts to get him off.
I'm a board certified psychiatrist.[/quote]


Do "your" research doc...most of these meds are not even approved for the use of anyone under 18 and if they are not unstable before taking these meds they are at risk of becoming unstable during/after taking them!

I have been taking Seroquel for about a year now and when I was taking this drug I felt that I could not fully react or communicate properly, I had slurred speech and stuttering problems

Also when I was put on a higher dose due to my insomnia I stared seeing things that were not there I saw shadow people and I heard voices and sounds that kept me up all night

If anyone has had the same problem or similar problems reply

My son is 8 years old and he is on seroquel.  He is ADHD not schitzophrenia.  I have been fighting the doctors to take him off of it.  I had a bad feeling when I had to sign a release.  I threatened the Doctor's office and they are now weaning him off of it.

Can anyone tell me what I can do with  a teen boy (13) who takes Seroquel.  My son is on 350mg. a day total and he is a complete zombie!!  I am scared.  They keep telling me he has all these physocitic disorders and I just dont belive it.  I know he is ADHD and ODD.  I want help but all they want to do is medicate him and send him home.  I wanted to put him in a youth program but they wont take him because they say he is mental and the mental hospitals wont take him because they say he is behavioral and defiant.   I dont know where to turn, I dont know what to do.  Any suggestions???  He does take other meds.  I want to take him off the seroquel.  And possibly others but maybe leave him on Adderall XR.

My 13 year old daughter was prescribed Seroquel. THey had her on a total dose of 600mg in a 24 hour period. We are currently weaning her off this medication after she started cutting herself and having psychotic mood swings. THis medication has NOT been approved for the use in children by the FDA and the manufacturer does NOT recommend its use in children. NO testing has been done to establish safe dosages or determine side effects in children.  THey are drugging our children instead of modifying their behavior and we are letting them.

Im a nurse and I fell for it too. I thought there wasnt a way. I was wrong.   If your children are on these meds please please please start getting them off. Your school district is required to help you with these types of children.  There are great behavior modification programs out there that are inaccessible to the middle class.   

There is a great article in the NY Times this month about a four year old girl on depakote and seroquel and she DIED!!!

Hi, yes I to have a 9yr. old that WAS taking 800mg of Seroquel daily. And I to did not like the side effects it was causing. My son has ADHD, ODD and over tones of Bipolar (so they say). He gained 35-40lbs in the last 7 months. I just stopped the meds 10 days ago and I can tell you he has had a really hard past 10 days. Throwing up, dizzy spells, headache, and feeling tired. (A couple of times he took 2 naps in one day) And honestly I see a happier kid.  He was taking this med. to help him w/his mood and aggressive behavior but I never seen a difference in him while he was taking it. If any thing I noticed was his mood swings and behavior was worse.  I felt bad seeing my own child suffer from these terrible withdrawals from it but I know it is for the best for him.  No child should be put on this serious of meds. I will take him tomorrow to his doc. and I will tell him I took him off and I don't think he will be to happy, BUT as his mother it is my choice to have my son take it or not. As for him ever having a bladder problem, the only thing I ever noticed was he would leak urine if he did not get there fast enough.  I hope this info will help you.......
> 2ndMom wrote:

> Does anyone else know of a child on Seroquel. My 9 year old stepson is on this drug, and his father and I have been fighting to get him off. He has behavioral problems but he is not schizophrenic, nor does he have delusional thought. He has gained alot of weight, has petit mal seizures, which his mother claims are a result of Asperger Syndrome (undiagnosed) and loss of bladder control. In a child with problems these symptoms seem easy to explain away. I hope we are not too late!

I CANT BELIEVE THE HIGH DOSES THESE KIDS ARE ON! MY 13 YEAR OLD SON  STARTED TAKING 25 SEROQUEL 9 MONTHS AGO HE NOW TAKES 40MG WHEN HE WAS ADMITTED TO A FACILITY FOR AN EVALUATION AFTER HE HAD SOME TOUBLES AT SCHOOL AND ANGER OUTBURSTS AT HOME. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADD AND ODD. I HAVE BEEN SECOND GUESSING IT SINCE A FRIEND TOLD ME THAT SHE TOOK IT AND IT MADE HER FEEL WORSE THEN BEFORE SHE TOOK IT. SHE TOLD ME TO GET ONLINE AND DO SOME RESEARCH. SO HERE I AM. ALTHOUGH HIS BEHAVIOR HAS IMPROVED I FEEL THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF HIS OTHER MEDICATION AND WEEKLY THERAPY AND FAMILY SUPPORT. HE HAS NOT GAINED WEIGHT AND AS FAR AS BEING TIRED I THINK ITS HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON HIM, HE'S UP ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND WHEN HE DOES GET TO SLEEP HE SLEEPS SO DEEP THAT ITS HARD TO WAKE HIM AND HE HAS BECOME SO PARANOID. READING ALL THE ABOVE POSTS HAS MADE ME NOTICE A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS GOING ON WITH MY SON THAT I DIDNT REALIZE UNTIL NOW. MY DECISION IS NOW MADE I WILL DEMAND THAT MY SON BE TAKEN OFF THIS MEDICATON!

i have 2 children that are prescribed seroquel. My oldest son age 12 and my daughter age 8. they have been on seroquel 3 years .  My son takes it for adhd they say to work with his aderall. My daughter also has adhd however she cannot take any of the medications that they have for it . they have an opposite effect on her. instead of making her better they make her worse.  Therefore they put her on seroquel. So far there has been no effects other than a little weight gain. My son was on risperdal and it caused severe weight gain and sugar diabetes. I do not want to go through this again with him and my daughter. after reading these posts  it has alerted me to change there med. there may or may not be another med for them, however with the sideeffects being what they are I have no choice. I just pray im not too late.