Good that it works for you but it wasn't working for me. I took Seroquel for about 6 or 7 years. My weight gain wasn't that bad, only 80 lbs over all (pushing me around 260 lbs). It didn't help me sleep after awhile, because I develop resistance to that kind of thing and it wasn't working for me anymore.

Any benefits I had in the first place were gone. I started changing medications and I started feeling better. I'm having issues right now but I'm not going back on the Seroquel. The dose I was at kept me functional but I hated my body and self image and didn't realize until I went off how sublimial the eating was. It wasn't that I felt hungry or relly acknowleged I wanted sweets but when I went to the grocery store or phramacy or gas station I got candy or cookies. And if it was buy 2 get 1 free I'd do that. Then eat them all in one sitting.

And by functional I mean, I went to work, went to the grocery store or errands, came home and spent my evenings and weekends emotionally recuperating from the stress of work and doing errands.

So I was able to work but not have a social life.

It works for you and that's fantastic but it doesn't work for everyone.

Some people have great experineces with Effexor and that landed me in the hospital.