I have been on seroquel for several years but not for schizophrenia....it has been for anxiety & the horrible nightmares & flashbacks I had from the trauma I went through a few years ago.

I have had anxiety & depression for about the last 12 years (I am now 53). I have had horrible reactions to almost every AD or antianxiety med available.....so when seroquel only causes me drousiness (which is what helps me sleep without nightmares), I was very pleased. What I found about all meds is that everyone has possible reactions & without trying them, you don't know if they will work or hurt. Initially I was mad & felt like a guinea pig....I got to the point I wouldn't try anything more....I was afraid as to what was going to happen next.....from my breathing being stopped to parkinson's symptoms....I never knew what I would wake up to or if I would even wake up on even the smallest dose.

Seroques does effect diabetes & colestoral levels, & for me, I take 600 mg (I weigh about 100 lbs) at night & I can wake up feeling like I am drunk in the morning (have to stay in bed until I sleep it off...then I am ok). But what you need to know with every med...is that each person reacts very differently & one doesn't know if it will work unless it is tried for awhile.

It seems that seroquel is able to be used for many psych related problems. I don't know how it effects voices since I have never had voices.....but if might just be the med that works.

Debbie