[crazymusiclvr]

I have been on Seroquel for a little over a year. My doctor perscribed it to me as a sleep aid and it greatly helps with my mood disorder as well.

I try to stay as positive as I can and try not to worry about being on the drug long-term. However, I have heard that long-term use can cause health problems such as diabetes.

I am not so sure about how true that is in regards to a risk for diabetes because i'm sure a lot of people who reported cases of diabetes had health problems to begin with but who knows.

I was just wondering if anyone else has used Seroquel as a long-term aid and if it has DIRECTLY caused any health problems. I don't wish to hear about "someone I know has..." stories but rather YOUR personal experience.

~Lia
crazymusiclvr@aol.com

Nope, no problems. I took it for a couple years... Don't know that that is 'long term' exactly...

If you are worried about possible side effects of taking it long term then can you have a chat with your doctor? Most medications have some possible long term side effects associated, I guess it is more about weighing the pros / vs the possible risks. Your doctor should be able to have a chat to you about that.

The newer anti-p's (like Seroquel) seem to have less long term side effects than the old generation anti-p's. So that is good...

But then the newer ones... It might be that we aren't too sure what long term side effects they are likely to have as yet...

[LILITH]

Hello I have been on Seroquel for 5 years.... no for the past two I have been off... I am diabetic it was harder for me to control my diabetes on seraquel.....

[crazymusiclvr]

Thanks for replying to my posting guys. Glad to hear you've had no horror stories. Your right special K...I should consult my doctor. He has been such a good doctor and i've been with him every step of the way. Thanks again.

[eskielover]

I have been on seroquel big time for about the last 2 years. My pdoc just had me take a blood test to check out how it is effecting me & luckily nothing showed up. The level I am taking is usually about 600mg at night in order to sleep without the horrible nightmares from the trauma I went through. Then I end up taking 100mg a few times a day when I can't seem to control my anxiety attacks.

I am the person that has horrible side effects & allergies to almost every drug, especially drugs from my pdoc, so when I found this working, I feel very lucky. I was praying that my blood test wouldn't show up anything......besides diabetes, it also can cause your colestrol level to increase also....which we all know what that does.

It is important for your pdoc to make sure that your normal Dr does the blood tests to check up on the possible side effects.....they usually work together that way....or like me...I ended up going to the outpatient place at our local hospital for the blood test & had them fax the result to my pdoc. It is very important to keep track of things like this...you don't want any surprises later.

I was talking to my psychologist yesterday....he was saying that one of his olderpatients (over 90 years old....wow). He was having problems with glaucoma & it turned out that the AD med he was taking had that as a side effect. It is important to know even the least possible side effects to a med because those are the ones that end up biting you.

I know I took a med for asthma & ended up loosing my voice......I researched it after getting out of the hospital & found out that the med can swell up the throat on about 1 % of the people taking it.....I was one of the lucky 1 %.....so I know I have to watch out for side effects & allergies & so do all of my Dr's....they know how sensitive I am to all meds & it is really scarry.

Make sure your pdoc is having you monitored at least 1 time per year to watch for any changes....take care.....I found seroquel to be a great med to handle my symptoms from the PTSD that happened over the last few years.

Debbie