SEROQUEL

I was prescribed seroquel.
i took it once and it works great for my psychotic manic symptoms. and i actually felt "happy" it was AWESOME!

the side effects i had were pretty bad though i was urinating a lot and often and i was excessively thirsty.
i was walking around in a fog and my eyes were sensitive to light.
and everyone could tell i was on meds.

are these side effects normal? i havent taken any of my meds now since wednesday cuz of the side effects should i take them??

seroquel takes a while to build up in your system so while it is possible that the side effects were side effects from the medication it is also possible that they are unrelated. if you are concerned about them then could you contact the person who prescribed the medication and check with them?

i would say that you would need to take it for at least a week for your body to adjust to the medication. i know that when i started taking seroquel i felt quite 'cloudy' and 'foggy' the next day. things were like that for a week until my body adjusted to it and then that side effect went away.

i'm not sure what you mean by 'excessive thirst'. we are meant to drink... something like three litres of water a day so if you felt the need to do that then that doesn't really constitute an 'excessive' thirst. if you drank a lot more liquid than you normally drink then that could well explain the frequent urination... it takes a while of increased water consumption for your body to get used to it and stop trying to flush your system (so you need to go to the bathroom regularly).

is it summer where you are? do you have some sunglasses?

I just took my first seroquel tonight. So far Im not impressed.

Benzos made my eyes sensitive to light but they were so worth it. The seroquel seems to have made my anxiety worse.

Sorry I cant help you with the side effect thing. Were you taking anything else with the Seroquel. I can tell its making me dizzy...Not tdigging this at all..

i was also taking some prescription cold medicine that day and lamictal and lunesta.

You can't tell anything from one day!! If I quit every med that made me sick after one day I wouldn't be on any, and I'd be even crazier than I already am.

I have been on Seroquel a couple of months and like it. But everything is different for everybody. Maybe you could check out the med reviews (under Ratings on the ribbon up top) here on PC to see if other folks have the same problems, or call your pharmacist. They're better at knowing drug interactions than drs. are.

If you were taking cold medicine (which usually makes people sleepy) and a sleep medicine at the same time, I suspect that would probably make you sleepy!, foggy, etc. No?

Well Candybear you were right about checking the ribbon...

Possible Side Effects
Check with your doctor AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you experience diarrhea, vomiting, unsteadiness, difficulty walking, or unusual muscle weakness.
This medicine can cause the following side effects:
contipation
dizziness
drowsiness
dry mouth
headache
weight gain
restlessness
mild thirst
frequent urination
drowsiness
fine hand tremor
mild nausea
This medicine may increase blood sugar (hyperglycemia). Diabetic patients should be cautious of this and regularly check their blood sugar.

hugs

Hang in there - side effects pass, usually reasonably quickly. Do give it a reasonable try -- you might find it works out after all!

when i started taking Seroquel, i had some foginess and stuff, but after a couple of weeks (or less) they went away. i think u should at least give them a few weeks before giving up. it really helped me.

I have been on & off of seroquel with a higher & lower doses for the past 5 years. I took the benzos for the anxiety with absolutely no effect. The seroquel is the only thing that helped me with the PTSD symptoms I was having...to keep the nightmares away. It would completely knock me out, so I wouldn't know what hit me. I would sometimes be out for over 24 hours on my higest doses. When I started dropping back, & would take a larger dose once in a while, I would feel like I overdosed. I would lay there & couldn't move, but was aware that I was laying there. That was a scarry feeling, but when I was feeling that bad anyway that I needed a higher dose, I really didn't want to function anyway.

I wasn't on the seroquel while I was having my anorexia problems with not being able to eat, but started taking it after we realized it was PTSD that was causing the problems.

Now when I start to have an anxiety attack I feel would be debilitating, I just take 25mg & it gets me over those feelings & on with my life. It was the other anti-depressants that were causing migraines & those wouldn't go away with time or getting used to the drugs......there are many don't takes on my list because of the migraine side effects besides all the other horrible side effects I have had....much worse than migraines.