Anyone else get diabetes after taking seroquel?

It seems that all my health problems fell one after the other. First thyroid disease treated with radio iodine and radiation, then I also had psychosis after that. Then the blood pressure, even though I lost weight, I now am on the highest doses of meds for diabetes. I didn't know of the link between the two. But now I don't sleep at all (at least I think I wouldn't) if I didn't take seroquel.

Is there anyone here who successfully came off seroquel and saw their diabetes improve? Also the hunger after taking it?

I didn't get diabetes nor do I remember a hunger issue. I will see what I can find out though.

There is a link. Others have had the same problem with many of the new generation sntipsychotics---do talk to prescriber about transitioning to a different med---especially if the Seroquel is for sleep and not for psychotic symptoms---there are other ways...hopefully one that works for you without impacting your health in a negative way.

It is mostly for sleep but I don't feel I sleep well with it and I've told my psychiatrist aboit my diabetes when he prescribed it. In higher doses the hunger isn't an issue bit that wss given short term after a traumatic experience. My sugars are always higher in the morning regardless of what I've eaten the day before. I'm losing weight fast too. I've had zopiclone before for sleep but it doesn't work like the seroquel. I don't have as many dreams or sleepwalking like I had with other sleep meds. This drug drains me physically though.

From what I have read there is a small chance if there is a family history. In saying that, people who are overweight are more inclined to develop diabetes. It sounds like the age old question of did the the chicken or egg come first.

I have been a type 2 diabetic for at least 5 years, it runs in my family and I am overweight. I have been taking 100 mg of Seroquel for at least a year now for sleep and my sugars have actually been running quite steady and at a good number.

As far as I know I have not gained any weight, as my clothes still fit and at times I think I have even dropped a few pounds. Everything in moderation, maybe Seroquel does make you more hungry, it doesn't mean you have to stuff your face either. It is what choices you decide to make, you can't always blame the medication you are on. It is called taking responsibility for your actions.

For most people, Seroquel shuts down metabolism while creating monster carbohydrate cravings. The usual route of diet and exercise doesn't work. Seroquel is well-known to cause weight gain and because of that many doctors (mine included) try to prescribe weight-neutral meds before they have to resort to it. I've always been thin. When I was put on 300 mgs of it I gained 30+ pounds. When my dosage was decreased to 25 mgs, the weight came off. This is my experience only but I'm compelled to share it. It's not always about "stuffing your face" or taking "responsibility for your choices."

I haven't been able to find about anything about what happens with diabetes if it is caused by Seroquel and then Seroquel is taken away. However, I do know diabetes and weight are connected, so maybe if weight gained is lost, then the diabetes might go away or improve......

I'm very sorry to hear about your experience with Seroquel. I hope that more people will do research about this drug before going on it and if they do I hope they read posts like yours. I am amazed and disgusted that any doctor would put a patient on Seroquel for asleep unless the patient is psychotic. Seroquel is an anti-psychotic and IMO should never be prescribed off label due to how dangerous the long-term side effects are. I have trouble sleeping some nights and I'll try benedryl before I'd ever touch that poison. I'm not being funny but I swear that a friend of mine was prescribed it off label for depression and he had breast enlargement and he started to get a twitch in his cheek. I forget what he said that was (maybe someone here knows) but that was a side effect and he swears that the doctor never informed him and he said neither did the pharmacist (whom i believe knows best) . Anyone reading this that's thinking of taking Seroquel PLEASE get a physical and ask questions and work with your doc and etc before getting on these harmful drugs. Theres stories of children as young as 6 and elderly old as 90 who are on anti-psychotics and it saddens me deeply. Lord only knows how many children lets say in foster care or how many elderly die lets say in nursing homes die every year because of off label use...especially in nursing homes (i bet its high:

to the poster here i hope you get well and if i could sue the doctor our the drug maker to help pay your medical costs for you than i would. you don't deserve this at all. dang i am livid at big pharm and some docs who do this to innocent people

I have began experiencing tics, not frequently though. And yes it is for sleep. Many years ago I had what I feel was more of a nervous breakdown than psychosis, but the hospital proceeded to shoot me up with haldol, an anti psychotic, simply because I did not sleep for a week. Just maybe 5 years ago I had no psychosis but again was trying everything else for sleep so I turned to seroquel. Then found out I had diabetes. I'm disappointed by my family doctor who just ptescribed it without doing a family history or telling me it can cause all these side effects. Then my psychiatrist seemingly not knowing I have diabetes which I told him about right from the start, will keep saying that I won't get diabetes overnight, but I've just reminded him that I HAVE diabetes and he says nothing. I feel dependent on the seroquel now though. At 25mg it gives me adrunk drowsy ffeeling before I pass out. Thanks for your empathy clash. And greylove thanks for realizing its not about stuffing my face

Sounds like time for some research and a second, even third opinion; and don't allow anyone to Rx you who doesn't take the time to get a good history, respect your concerns, or dismiss them---you are the one who has to live with the results....hang in there.

I took Seroquel for quite a while, prescribed for sleep. I read that it increases insulin which raises blood sugar. I took myself off of it and my Psch Doc get's impatient with me because I won't take certain drugs that he has given me. I continue to tell him that it's my body and side effects can be permanent. I started taking Abilify but now I am wondering about it as well.It's clearly a dilemma
warm thoughts.

Thanks all of you for the replies. I think I need to find a new psychiatrist, but the waiting lists are long. Something to see about switching to abilify if it doesn't make my sugars messed up