Experiences - Seroquel (Quetiapine) - Place SWiY Experiences Here [Archive]

Lord Sauron

30-08-2004, 20:44

synexic

29-09-2004, 23:58

I've never taken them except when I was coming down off xtc. It helps you feel 'normal' when you come down. I've seen people take them by themselves, they took two 200mg pills at school, and passed out while they were walking down the hallway.

Micklemouse

25-10-2004, 23:18

Heeeey man...Has anyone ever tried Seroquel?...It's prescribed to schizos in low doses, but you can get large doses from dealers...I had 200 mg. and it was crazy...Everything slows down mucho, I couldn't act straight, I had to go to sleep...Thing is, it doesn't matter what you're doing, when it is, you go to sleep no matter what...I gave some to my friends at school and they all fell asleep at the same time, no shit HAHAHA...I love that stuff...One of my friends, before school, use to take 3 3-liter GB hits AND 300 mg. of Seroquel...He's a beast...

...He's a dick. Seroquel is an antipsychotic, prescribed indeed(at staggeringly high doses) to 'schizos', or rather, peole with schizohrenia, as well as people with manic or psychotic depression; all very scary and often disabling conditions that can happen to anyone(even you kittling, or even your mum!) and whose more distressing symptoms can sometimes be relieved for a while by some o the nastiest drugs around.

You were lucky. Seroquel is one of the weaker and safer ones, although it can still cause seizures( and then you'd be an epi. Ha. Ha. Not.), bone pain, heavy sedation, severe agitation and restlessness, fever, rigidity, muscle pain, confusion and eventually death.

And this is one of the safer ones.

Other Ap's can cause stiffening of the wrists and shoulders, stiffening of the mucles and tendons in the neck, tightening of the jaw muscles, and drawing up of the cheek bones - think the guy from Scream - and then the eyes to start rolling towards the back of the head. Believe me, it's a world of pain, and often happen at relatively small doses. If ANY of these things start happening CALL AN AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY, TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE TAKEN AND HOW MUCH. You might get into a bit of shit, but it's better than being blind, or dead.

A word about dosage - don't be fooled into thinking that because it's a low mg a drug is any less potent or dangerous. For example, 100mg of chlorpromazine(Largactil- the oldest and one of the nastier Ap's currently used) is equivalent to 2-3mg of Haloperidol(which has also been known to bring on psychotic symptoms and paranoia).

Do your homework. If you can be arsed to post on a forum, surely you can be arsed to run a web search.

Horrenzzo

29-10-2004, 17:25

Just wanted to voice my opinion. I was prescribed to seroquel for years, the fact that you think its funny the way people pass out is funny. It shows your age and maturity. People who are prescribed this med are usually not stable, as per (antipsychotic). I know from experience that if you shoot 3 people and are not on the meds you are prescribed you wont go to jail. I went off my meds for 9 days, I shot 3 people, they didnt die but one has a bad handicap though. Im not laughing when I tell you this either, it wasnt fun for my or their familys.

Pinkavvy

29-10-2004, 20:34

yeah.... who ever is selling serequel to these kids (and I did intentinoally put kids) is a bad person. I hope these kids passing out in the hallways don't get worse damage or effects.

My friend little brother is a schizophrenic, the youngest and most severe case in the history of the state we live in, and it is sad to see what these drugs do to him, and he needs them. the drooling, the zombie look and brainwaves, the always passing out. He is on these drugs to prevent from hurting everyone around him and himself..... the fact that there are kids dumb enough to play with these harsh anti-phychotic medications is sad.

Darcy

31-10-2004, 00:07

Being a mild schizophrenic myself, I am sad to see that people think
this medication is "fun" or something to do recreationally. I was on
it, as well as many other antipsychotics in the past and due to the
sleepyness and other side effects I barely graduated high school. I was
diagnosed in my junior year of high school and had been tried on many
different meds. Nothing worked for me. They all made me more
symptomatic, and sometimes even made me on the verge of suicide. One
medication, (the last one I was on) Abilify made me feel as if I were a
cerebral palsy patient. My head would involuntarily turn to the left
side as far as it would go and I could barely type (I type almost
100wpm). I immediately stopped taking it and the symptoms ceased once
the drug was out of my body within a few days. I got off that and every
other anti-psychotic because I was tired of living my life sleeping and
being a zombie. I graduated high school but now I sit at home not able
to really function socially due to my schizophrenia and antisocialness.
I maintain as well as I can. I go through my bad periods and my good
periods. I just take each day as it comes. Anyway, this was about
recreational usage of antipsychotics. My advice is DON'T do it. You
could end up with a horrible side effect similiar to the one I had on
Abilify (and that was prescribed!)

granby140

02-12-2004, 04:59

i tried this once at a dose of 600mg. I was well a zombie and had no clue as to how i got home and what i did.

metalslug0

29-12-2004, 11:00

Yeah, I'm on seroquel currently. I'm not a schizo, but I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It makes you mildly sedated and VERY fucking tired. When you wake up you feel extremely refreshed, and you sleep for a long time. I always feel in a better state of mind after I wake up from it. Well, it is currently becoming a big party drug in AR, believe it or not.

metalslug0

29-12-2004, 11:07

And also, they originally gave it to me for manic depression, and when, well, I was almost almost schizo(Please forgive me for using this term.) from how bad the O.C.D. was getting. And, it is a very strong drug, and I wouldn't reccomend it either because different people have different tolerance for it. And it has a risk for addiction. There is this one pothead that got some sera(the nickname around here) and he now takes it ALL THE TIME. During class and everything, then passes out or drools on himself. It is very visible if someone is on this because, quite frankly, they are like zombies. Your body feels heavy and you don't feel like you wanna get up.

TheCecil

29-12-2004, 11:19

Man, Seroquel is NOT a recreational drug at all. i cant beleive people take it to get all faded. Just sounds weird to me, i was prescribed it for Bi-polar mania and insomnia. it works for what its prescribed for but i hardly see any recreational value to it. some drugs you should take when you are supposed to and how you are supposed to. i think seroquel is one of those drugs.

thats just my 2Cents

xx86

24-06-2005, 05:44

Ya i took 800mg one time.. you are in a delirious state for about an hour, trying to fight sleep, then you just kinda pass out and wake up like 16 hours later. Its overall kinda fun, but its hard to swallow on it..

deadmoap

26-06-2005, 05:21

I used to have a prescription for Seroquel for anxiety. Apparently, it
wasn't really for anxiety... after demanding copies of my medical
records, I find that she really thought that I had an underlying
bipolar disorder. After smoking a lot of weed, drinking a little, doing
a shitload of DXM, I think that if I had a bipolar disorder, it would
have "came out" like a long time ago, and I've never had the symptoms.

I was taking Seroquel back when I knew absolutely nothing about drugs
period. I just took them because the doctor told me to take them. In
the few months that I was on it, I noticed that every day I had done
extremely stupid things without thinking about it.

All I can say is... Seroquel is some weird ass shit that is not meant to get high off of.

betsym

18-07-2005, 07:34

Swim has a friend who is on Seroquel and he will sleep for 3 days at the time without even waking up to eat unless someone gets him up. Even then, it's like he's sleepwalking and not really awake. Isn't this stuff dangerous?It can't be healthy to sleep that much. He's on other stuff too, some anti-psychotic shot that puts a metallic taste in his mouth for several days and Effexor XR. The sleeping affect hasn't worn off for my friend but infamous.truth you say it does wear off after awhile? How long before he won't be a zombie anymore?

Red_Baran

06-08-2005, 02:42

I got a script of Seroquel for anxiety and sleep. The second time i took, i took 50mg's. and i freaked out, started to hallucinate i was seeing little scary blackthings (was night), and it was also causing me to have bad anxiety attacks (uh isn’t that what is was suppose to prevent?) anyway it was a bad experience that lasted hours. has anyone else have this happen?

also could weed couse these effects? Edited by: Red_Baran

Strangedaze39

29-09-2005, 19:34

that stuff knocks the the fuck out but b4 you fall asleep you feel really high, dont sniff the shit its got this coating on the outside. you wouldnt beleive how much it burns. i do highly recomend this if you got mad insomnia

jesusfreak666er

01-10-2005, 07:49

i took a 150mg, it was ok, not really a fun high, kinda entertaining but it makes u feel like a zombie opposed the the tiring effects of benzos like xanax.... in short i wouldnt buy serqoquels but if i found some id take em... i just pop a 200mg and vegitate... again never would would buy

unico_walker

01-10-2005, 08:04

This is being prescibed off label in my area instead of ambien or xanax
for insomnia because I guess it is not considered to have recreational
value, man how many times are we gonna go through this.

XPhishHeadX

04-10-2005, 21:26

I have had a perscription for Seraquel for 3 months for the same reasons as you. I have taken as many as 15 of em and all it ever made me do was pass out. Me and some friends have tried to trip off it many times because I have heard it's possible but all it ever did for us was knock us out.

wingsofazrael

19-10-2005, 08:53

thats all seroquel has done for swim as well, and after reading more and more about it, swim will not try to use it for any rec purposes as it is far more serious a drug then swim thought...

Red_Baran

20-10-2005, 00:43

23kafka23

03-12-2005, 15:40

the dosage can be up to 600mg i think.

people who take 600mg of seroquel will get very fat. you often feel hungry, sleepy and you forget things easily.

not only schizophrenics get seroquel. it is also prescribed to people who suffer from bipolar or borderline personality disorders.

it is very easy to get.

jesusfreak666er

08-12-2005, 03:07

i have taken up to 300mg up seroquel (in an attempt to get high not rx-ed to me) but i have never heard of anyone getting hallucinations... maybe ur weed was laced, that sounds a lot more likely... seroquel is an anti-psychotic so if anything it would prevent hallucinations... i think u got a lil wet weed.

Colby

08-12-2005, 23:18

SEROQUEL WILL NOT GET YOU HIGH, I am currently on serequel right now, I was prescribed it because i have insomnia, it is best used when a sleep aid, so dont take it to get high, and dont take it if you are not perscribed it, your joints can lock up and will get stuck like that, imagine having ur neck tilted to one side and not being able to move it, now that would suck seriously, so think before you take pills and always remeber to do your research before you just go and decided to pop a pill.

Colby

09-12-2005, 00:47

am i the only one in the world that this shit doesnt make sleep? when ever i run out of other sleeping medication and i cant sleep i will try this shit agin (when im really desprate for sleep) and it doesnt mader how much i take it never knocks me out like it does others

any others have this problam?Edited by: Red_Baran

not me, I take 50mg and it helps me sleep sound, dont know why it doesnt work for you. talk to your doctor about increasing the dosage or something.

Jeyez

14-12-2005, 19:57

Its not bad if u mix it wit a benzo to make the benzo more potent... for instance i have an rx of librium, which is not really abusable (to say it lightly) but if i pop a 200mg seroquel then 45mg of librium i feel nice, try it with 200mg of seroquel and 2mg of klonapin, and maybe 200mg of quel and a xanibar... all depending on benzo tolerance but remember that the seroquel will make the drowsiness much stronger.

Jeyez

23-12-2005, 21:10

i like to pop a 200 and zombie out, 300 if im at home and its cool if i just fall asleep.... im on rx librium so it makes the librium much stronger cuz librium is weak. Ill take 200mg of seroquel and 170mg of librium (not my rx dose fyi) and smoke some weed, and a cigarette and damn i feel fine

CrystalDextro

24-12-2005, 08:52

Anti-Psychotics are bad, really bad i dont care what your current view is these drugs only exist because they are prolly cheap to produce and are the only thing that has been found to help treat certain extreme disorders the more i learn the worse i view this entire class of drugs for recreational use they are horrible i've read about kids losing conscience walking down the hall at school cuz of a few small 25mg seroquels unless u dont care about ur mental health and you are looking for a specific type of psychoactive reaction and have no other way to get it other than anti psychotic i completely disagree with your discession to use this for recreation. These drugs are meant to help keep extreme cases of mental illness sedued from anxiety and psychosis these poor people spend most of their lives sleeping or drooling..... just think of what these drugs could do to our uneducated youth

calmascanbe

25-12-2005, 08:12

I ,personally, would not use antipshcotics . I tried them long ago and you will turn into a zombie. There was no euphoria at all ,just tiredness and the quest for a bed or couch.

Colby

27-12-2005, 21:09

man u guys are trippin seroquel doesnt do anything but make u really tired, or melow u out if u really have a problem, maybe u think ur seeing things cuz ur trying to keep ur eyes open, but it doesnt get u high!

jduba

18-03-2006, 01:46

swim loves quel it makes him dizzy then great nights sleep follows but no real FUN in it. only time fun was found was when it was mixed with oxycotton

JCE6J2

25-04-2006, 22:45

I was just prescribed to Seroquel to counter the weight loss effects of Concerta.

I only take 50MG, but it knocks me out in 2 hours and I have the most realistic dreams you can imagine.

Any larger dose would be sure to give you horrible nightmares.

Nagognog2

25-04-2006, 23:14

JCE6J2

25-04-2006, 23:30

Be very, very careful here. A friend of mine was put on seroquel. He would have realistic dreams, too. And go sleepwalking. Almost fell down a flight of stairs before I caught hold of him. He could have broken his neck.
Thats what I've been really really scared of.

State road 60 is only right out the door, so that would suck to get hit by a car.

And I also don't want to harm anyone while sleep walking.

I've gone into such a deep sleep that as soon as its time to wake up Its hard to get back into reality, as if dreaming was reality.

Weird shit...

how many MG did he take if you know?

napoleon in rags

26-04-2006, 09:29

I took 600mg of Serequel back when I was a sophomore, I remember feeling reeeealy floaty, having the pins & needles effect all over my body, and sleeping for some 30 hours. When I woke, I was exhausted and couldn't keep any straight thoughts for a couple days.

kemistudent

26-04-2006, 20:00

This goes to show what a human being will do to get fucked up. First the trazadone thread, now this.. I took this crap once, a week ago when it was prescribed to me. Im sorry, but I wouldn't take it again. It's not "recreational" in any stretch of the imagination. If you like this high try benadryl.

IHrtHalucingens

27-04-2006, 22:00

SWIM used 200mg to help him sleep after a long day of cocaine use, slept for about 13 hours and even when he woke up he felt very groggy and very slow minded. SWIM would rather get the 3 hours of natural sleep and catch up the next night, than do seroquel ever again.

Nahbus

28-04-2006, 13:52

I was perscribed Seroquel for a while. Helped me with sleeping, paranoid racing thoughts and the like. It didn't really end up helping in the long run, so I was taken off it. I don't understand how people would use this recreationally at all. It bothers me to even think people are selling these pills to kids out there.
The only real value 'normal' people would get from it is getting zonked out. In that case, just go to the store and buy a sleeping aid.

freedom

03-05-2006, 16:10

swim has also done these, a close friend was prescribed them. he tried 200mg and got rushes of intense sweat every hour or 2, even once he got to sleep kept waking up drenched, hot and really uncomfortable. he even had a lot of trouble getting to sleep which he has not heard of as a side effect(actually the opposite). it is very unpleasent, bad for you and even worse if yoour not prescribed them. let me be one of many to say dont fuck with anti-psycotic meds. they will send you that way if your not already. if it fun to fall asleep at school then just go to school after staying up a night or 2. yay harmless fun.
it really isnt worth the risk dieing, ending up permenantly disabled, or a trip to hospital. you would need a fuck load more than a bit or seroquel to have fun then.

QGdoxl

13-12-2006, 01:38

Swim had been given some of these seroquel pills from a friend for a sleep aid as it had been 8 nights with no sleep, after the 5th night swim went to a walk in clinic as it takes too long to get an apt at his GP.

At the clininc the dr. perscribed 7, 7.5mg tabs of imovane (sp?) 1 a night for 7 nights these did nothing for swim, 1 the first night, 2 the 2nd night 3 the 3rd night still no sleep.

then his friend gave him these seroquels 1 pill made him very tired and almost did the trick so a 2nd was taken and, what a releif sleep! so swim now will take 2 of these seroquels (25mg each) only after 3 or more days without sleep, doesn't want to be dependant (but unfortunatly the dr.'s only tell him no caffine and Rx'd only 7 of those imovane which didn't work at all really.

Now I hear you guys all saying that you triped out and saw shit swim experienced none of that, but what did happen was some of the most f'd up and vivid dreams he ever had! (very rarly even remembers any of his dreams)

Anyone else notice difference in dreaming on the seroquels? Swim had dreams of his parents (who are both no longer with us for about 5 years) and vivid recolections of old residences like homes from when he was a kid and have not thought about for YEARS!

Anyone else?

Nagognog2

13-12-2006, 02:09

Insomnia is hell. Finally sleeping after several days can unleash some very vivid dreams. Bad analogy but: It's like being constipated. It all comes out in the end.

Regards seroquel producing vivid dreams, it can contribute I know. A friend of mine was put on this drug at extreme (800mg) doses due to a mis-diagnosis. It also causes sleep-walking, night-terrors, combativeness WHILE asleep - it was a mess, as was he. But this happened with continued and forced administration ordered by a state doctor.*

Many people have used seroquel for occasional insomnia, with no complaints. It will knock one out at the proper dosage. Whether or not it is truly contributing to the vivid dreams is open to debate. But used often at excessive doses - you read what I warned it could cause. Anyone who has insomnia that is ongoing or repeating should see a physician. And not just to get some pills. Insomnia can be a symptom of more serious illness which needs to be addressed.

* My friend has since stopped the medication and is doing very well.

Yukio Mishima

14-12-2006, 12:22

SWIM took seroquel once to combat insomnia, but spent half of the next day in a daze, thereby defeating the purpose. SWIM tossed the rest.

angeliclight

19-12-2006, 06:12

Hi everyone. I'm willing to share something about me to help others. When I was about 26, I was diagnosed as Manic Depressive. I was so Manic, and then terribly depressed because I cycle rapidly at times. I never slept. It was probably the most awful moment in my life aside from my childhood. You can read more about my experiences on my web page www.shadowpond.net (http://www.shadowpond.net)

When you are first diagnosed the first year is the worst because the psychiatrist has to find the right mixture of meds. I was on Depacote for nine months and gained fifty pounds in three months. That's only half the problem with these meds. Most psychiatric drugs have weight gain as a major side effect. If you want to know what I look like now you can look me up on myspace.com My name is maplesky.

Back to the meds, I was placed on risperdol (sp) which made me lactate and drool..It was disgusting. The drug that pretty much saved my life was Seroquel. I took 400 mg per night. I had to make sure I was in bed before I took the drug because it works pretty fast. If you are up and around you become dangerously disorented and can end up psychically hurt from falling. But, it put me out like a light for hours. The scary thing about that drug is that your brain is so asleep that you don't wake up for anything...like fire engines, fire alarms, and if I heard someone break in, it wouldn't register until it was too late. I took Seroquel for four years, and then developed a terrible side effect called Neuroleptic-induced Acute Akathisia.

According to DSM IV Akathisia: Subjective complaints of restlessness accompanied by observed movements, fidgety movements of legs, rocking from foot to foot, pacing or inability to sit or stand still, developing withing a few weeks of starting or raising the dose of neurleptic medication. This is truly a frightening and uncomfortable feeling, and there is nothing that will stop it. You can't even sit and watch tv. You constantly rub your legs and arms, and there is a fairly high pain level associated with this.

Since Seroquel is an anti-psychotic, when one moves past the state of psychosis the medication begins to take a toll on the body.

This is not a drug to play around with. Especially in high doses. It just so happens that in the last year I've been rapidly cycling again and I'm back on the Seroquel. I have to be careful how much I take and it's kind of a game.

pillz

23-12-2006, 06:43

SWIM has been taking seroquel for over two years now for bipolar disorder and has obviously become curious of its potential to be used recreationally. First off, Seroquel makes you VERY VERY tired leaving SWIY with a very small window of opportunity to be awake to enjoy it. However SWIM has made a recent discovery about this powerfull anti-psychotic. SWIm has been taking a regular does of 300mgs PM and 100mgs AM so the tolerance was generally high in SWIM. One day SWIM took 600mgs to see what it would do and when he was peaking, he found himself in a semiconcious state of mind, where he felt like he was sleeping but was awake for most of the time. He was lost from reality for about an hour or two and then the drug would wear off. Its dificult to explain.

Doing what SWIM did was dangerous because seroquel lowers SWIYs blood sugar and blood pressure(that may explain SWIMs complete loss of reallity), sometimes to dangerous levels if taking a dose that is too high. Seroquel is not a medication that can be played with, with dosages like other meds and tolerance doesnt build very fast.

One time SWIM even took 900mgs( from a 300mg daily usage) which is a very large jump for a seroquel dose and SWIM was gone from the world, in a semiconsious state again. If anybody could explain the cause of this better then SWIM can, please do. And please add any chemical information that could be usefull.

One more thing. Do no ever, ever snort seroquel. It throws SWIYs bloodpressure too low, as well as your bloodsugar. Snorting it causes halucinations that are not enjoyable but in fact very painful.(if SWIYs hallucinations are of something that may be attacking you) For example: If SWIY sees bees flying around him and stinging him, he will actually feel the attacks as the hallucinations feel incredibly real. Obviously, when he snaps out of it and the seroquel wears off, SWIY will find himself unharmed. But during the "high"(mysery is more like it) it all feels so real.

Riconoen {UGC}

23-12-2006, 07:16

Seroquel is only good for a sleep aid and nothing more. SWIM has it prescribed to him for exactly that purpose.

angeliclight

09-03-2007, 02:41

I have already posted on seroquel obviously but I have something new. Within the last three weeks I became terribly sick and finally my new psychiatrist and I figured out that it was the Seroquel. It was giving me the spins, making me vomit, I had terrible akastesia, and was taken off all of it immediately. It is a KILLER drug.

Please read my post in Paraclesus's thread Are Antidepressants good for a Boost? (the title isn't quite right but you should be able to find it. Please read it. It will help you.)

IkBenDeMan

17-03-2007, 15:45

I have bi-polar disorder and have been prescribed Seroquel. I try not to take it unless I have a terrible manic or mixed episode. There was a point in my life where I took it for a year straight (dose morning and night). It is marketed to not have physical withdrawals. I had terrible withdrawals, not terribly unreminiscent of opiate withdrawals, albeit much, much milder. This stuff isn't fun, nor could I see how anybody would want to take it recreationally. ...speaking of which what happened to SWIM and SWIY?

procrastinator

17-03-2007, 19:15

I guess I'm a 'schizo' then. I take 800mg a day and it's possibly going up to 1000mg. It barely has an effect on me these days.

IkBenDeMan

18-03-2007, 02:24

I guess I'm a 'schizo' then. I take 800mg a day and it's possibly going up to 1000mg. It barely has an effect on me these days.

Yeah, you get used to it... it does have an affect, still... ableit much, much milder. I was never on doses that high, however, I can understand it.... For the love of God, please, slowly taper if you're going to quit taking it...

bcubed

29-03-2007, 03:26

SWIB was placed on seroquel as a result of SEVERE insomnia. He was extremely against psychotrops but the insomnia got to the point where it was either accept treatment or suicide as life was unlivable.

It worked where everything else failed, though the dose had to be increased to 400 mg--all before bed.

SWIB finds that the effects are mild, UNLESS he has to concentrate on something. The two times he tried driving on this it was a nightmare--constantly feeling as if about to nod off and the last time mild hallcinations (he thought he'd get a hotel room and took it 0:30 in advance but they were booked.) Will not take it until actually with acccess to bed now.

Also, drinking with seroquel makes one useless--and not in an enjoyable sense. It says not to drink; SWIB admits that he does, but that's a gamble SWIY has to decide for herself.

Whatever you think of Seroquel, Zyprexa is much, much worse.

dwilkes7

27-04-2007, 20:02

I have Bipolar Disorder, a particularly bad version of the illnesss. I have what is called Rapid Cycling Mixed episodes, very nasty because you get manic and suicidal at the same time, very horrible.

I was prescribed Seroquel after being admitted to the hospital. It's hard to believe that some are using it as a "recreational" drug. Sure, It makes you very drowsy and will dry your throat and mouth to a point of discomfort. The effective window of treatment dosages ranges from 300mg to 1200mg. Im doing well at 600mg, but it took a week and a half to "adjust" to the drug so that the side effects are no longer a problem. It literally saved my life. I have been on for several years now and I don't go around " sleepy and drooling"!

Just for general consideration please be aware that terms such as "psycho", "crazy", "schitzo", and others like that are very offensive to many people who have to live with a mental illness. It's like saying Ni@@er to a black person, and does nothing but continue the stigma of mental illness. Mental illness is listed in the ADA as a disability. It seems like most people have gotten the point about disabilities and are careful not to use offensive language toward any one with a sever disability except when it comes to people suffering from mental illnesses. Bottom line, IT'S NOT A JOKE!

Nagognog2

27-04-2007, 20:15

Very well said, dwilkes. I hope people understand that no one has called for banning this drug - just banning doctors from regarding it as candy and handing out willy-nilly as has happened with Prozac et al.

What I like about geniuses who use words like 'psycho' and 'schizo' to attack people afflicted with mental-illness is they almost always misspell such - badly. Just like those who use the N-word often forget one of the 'G's' in it.

Bio-Cellular Enigma

11-05-2007, 08:02

SWIM recently read the Wikipedia article on Seroquel, which states there have been cases of abuse reported in medical literature (sometimes by insufflating crushed tablets). It's really bizarre, because Seroquel is an anti-drug in a way. Antagonizes dopamine, serotonin, histamine, a1 and a2 adrenergic receptors. Subjectively this should feel very nasty, like becoming a zombie. Perhaps this so-called abuse was really to come down from stimulants or something? It might be effective for that.P.S. sorry about edits and/or text running together, SWIM is going through a proxy server and it's not getting along with this forum software. Working on it...

dwilkes7

11-05-2007, 20:07

Just one other thing I forgot to mention is that the vivid, mostly frightning, dreams never go away while on this drug. My wife said to me that I "twitch" and flail my arms and legs during REM sleep, so it can make you "active" to different degrees. My wife is a nurse, so she knows how to recognize REM and what comes with it. The thing that scares me most is I am doing all these movements, but I am not aware of it. I have not sleepwalked yet, but when I was 6 years old, I sleepwalked almost every night.

So all in all, I still have a hard time seeing this drug as a "recreational" drug. It is hell to get used to the higher doses, but it is light years ahead of the hell of a suicidal depression.

chrono420

13-05-2007, 07:55

Swim has never taken these for fun, swim was perscrbed them for anxiety along with zoloft, swim liked the feeling at first but long time use is bad in swims opinion, swim is off them now and has never taken one since. There are a lot better types of pills out there that will fuck swim up just as good with way less worry of addiction, or side effects.

Bio-Cellular Enigma

13-05-2007, 09:52

SWIM works for a pharmaceutical company (not AstraZeneca), and has reviewed cases of Seroquel when used as a sleep medication in low doses (12.5 to 50 mg) in comparison to others.

The two main problems reported seem to be (A) xerostomia (dry mouth) keeping people awake until the drug wears off; there are potential ways around this, such as a small piece of sour candy, but SWIM does not know what the choking risk would be from this. (B) SWIM has also read reports of hangover-like effects the next day, which probably depend on time elapsed between dosing and getting out of bed next day.

Bottom line, SWIM believes that with few exceptions traditional sedative-hypnotic options (Ambien, Lunesta, et al.) should be tried before anyone asks their doctor for a Seroquel script. However, it should be reasonably safe in low doses as an occasional sleep aid.

P.S. SWIM has also looked into Trazodone and feels it to be less effective and probably less safe than Seroquel, not to mention generally overprescribed off-label as a sleep aid. Unless it's a case of insomnia with comorbid depression, it should probably be the last choice on the list.

dwilkes7

13-05-2007, 21:11

Bio-Cellular Enigma, Your statement about Trazodone is spot on!

While I was hospitalized for depression, I was taking Seroquel. I was having a terrible time with sleep(agitated depression). After several nights of pacing the halls most of the night, the doctor prescribed the Trazodone. I absolutly hate Trazodone, I got to sleep fairly rapidly, but the combination of the two drugs made it impossible to even wake up for bodily functions, if you know what I mean. Since that time I refused the Trazodone so the doctor prescribed Ambian, which worked perfectly and had no hangover the next day.

Micklemouse

13-05-2007, 21:46

It is hell to get used to the higher doses, but it is light years ahead of the hell of a suicidal depression.

Interesting to see this. Whilst as I think I mentioned before Quetiapine is something of a joke amongst many psyche nurses, A Certain Mouse has seen it do wonders, again at low doses, for agitated & psychotic depressions, & has been shown in studies to have significantly greater than placebo effect on depressive symptoms in patients with Manic Depression, being granted it's license for this treatment in 2006 (USA). Quetiapine has a high affinity for serotonin receptors which may go a long way to explaining this.

http://bipolar.about.com/cs/genmeds/a/seroqueldepress.htm

tayo

23-05-2007, 07:49

SWIM took 1000mg at once, while getting ready for bed and amnesia of actually getting into bed slept a good 12 hours and didnt wake during the night or get much done the next day.

Seroquel will also overcome any Dopamine or Serotonin agonist, meaning it will knock out people on cocaine, methamphetamines, mdma, psychedellics, etc. 100mg will definitely do the trick for whatever amount the person overdosed is on.... but 25mg is usually sufficient in most cases for psychedellics.

dwilkes7

23-05-2007, 20:59

[quote=Micklemouse;259294]Interesting to see this. Whilst as I think I mentioned before Quetiapine is something of a joke amongst many psyche nurses

Why do psyche nurses think this drug is a joke?

Micklemouse

23-05-2007, 21:30

Because for it's original stated purpose (i.e. the management of acute psychosis) it aint worth the sugar it's bound with.

It certainly has a place in the treatment of depression with psychotic features, as a sleep aid, & possibly even for short term management of anxiety. But for the treatment of full-on schizophrenia? Forget it, except in perhaps the mildest of cases. This has been A Certain Mouse's experience of this drug over several years working in acute psychiatry, & in his experience it is rarely if ever prescribed, in his locale at any rate.

Binzkin

05-06-2007, 07:25

The first time SWIM got stepped up the 250mg at night (*
50mg and 50mg then 250mg at night. SWIM found that once the Seroquel kicked in he found himeself caught between moving shadows, flashing lights, and constant voices while trying to sleep. These side affects seem to have gone away after a month or so, but swim just wonders if any ofther people have had this same experience, if you have, please share.

dwilkes7

05-06-2007, 22:18

Binzkin, I can't say that I have had the exact symptoms you describe, but when they first put me on it for bipolar depression, I did feel very detached from the world around me. It was like wondering if you were sleeping and this was a dream or you were awake and unable to respond to your surroundings. After 3 to 4 weeks, that feeling went away. I can say that it has helped me to stay stable more than depakote.

Nagognog2

05-07-2007, 21:43

Pardon my writing style, but I am foaming at the mouth with anger from seroquel. Allow me to explain.

A friend of mine took his dose of quietapine (seroquel) as ORDERED by his scumsucking shrink. The dose was 900mg - accompanied with threats of institutionalization if he doesn't. This is the same friend I got off the crap some time ago. And he had to drive the following day. Not far - maybe an hour. Doctor didn't mention driving the next day would be about the most bone-headed manuveur in the histrory books.

The first casualty was a parked car, Caved in nicely. Second was the entire length of a guard-rail going over a bridge. Gosh - that was fun. Off-roading off the highway was an enchancting sporting event. Along with nearly going bowling for pedestrians. Can you you hear my voice rise from where you are?

I finally got the victim to pull (almost) into a rest area for coffee (free coffee in Vermont in rest areas - homosexuality optional out back). But the coffee didn't phase the 900mg of seroquel, and the car went rolling out of control around the parking-lot. Narrowly missing various obstacles. Finally the vehicle rolled to a stop - bouncing off a curb. Two state-troopers took up positions on either side of us and ordered the drive/victim to step out. The other other one started asking me questions.

In my best political Impeach Bush shirt, black field-jacket, and cowbow hat with a very impolite button directed at the White House - I explained it wasn't alcohol they were seeing the results of. They were seeing the results of a crackpot psychiatrist medicating someone needlessly using threats and duress. I let slip that I had an extensive background in neuropharmacology and they this shit was pure poison.

They handcuffed my friend after he failed every field-sobriety test in the book - and drove him to the hospital to get his situation straightened out. And radioed a tow-truck to return the rental-car to it's grave.. They never searched the car. That could have have taken up another hour of explanations. Though no arrests were in the forcast.

As soon as I got in my door, the phone was ringing. It was one of the state-troopers. He wondered if I'd be willing to take custody of my friend. I said what the fuck - okay. And he drove him over to my digs. They didn't know if they had to press charges or not. This may well blow up into one smash-hit of a court-case

Thanks seroquel. May the CEO's of the drug company behind this shit get shoved in the blender with it and ground into tablets.

The Vermont cops deserve medals for their actions and attitudes.

dwilkes7

05-07-2007, 23:42

Nag, What a crappy situation that put you and your friend in. If he was not instructed by the doctor or pharmacist that there is a pretty nasty hangover from 700 mg and up, sounds like malpractice to me!!:mad:

This experienc brought up another concern of mine. I have a neurologic condition called Ataxia. That is a loss of ballance and coordination bad enough to not be able to pass the drunk test. Because of the drugs I take I can't drink any alcohol, but if they did a tox screen a couple of my meds would come back positive. I'm thinking of asking the neurologist for a letter about my illness but I doubt it would do any good since they have no way to verify it.

Anyway, I hope that doc gets it good! I don't know about where you are but in california the doctor can't threaten you with involuntary unless you sign a release for him to do that.

Nagognog2

06-07-2007, 02:59

His shrink, state- appointed, is in Massachusetts. They they can do anythink they want. Their last offer is to have him shanked and killed if he doesn't do as they say.

War is declared. I'm trying to move him up here - where the laws are similar to California.

Alfa

06-07-2007, 13:20

900 mg of Quetiapine and no explanation that he should not drive? The shrink should be institutionalized, cause the maximum dose for Quetiapine is 750 mg. Sounds to me like the paperwork can be used to dent the good doctor's rep or worse/better.

Orchid_Suspiria

06-07-2007, 15:10

From swims experience with Seroquel(quetiapine)even someone under the most minimal dosage possible should probably be advised that driving would be a risk!What kind of poor excuse for a doctor is this shrink?

tayo

06-07-2007, 20:35

Swim did some tests, swim tried 1000mg (10x100mg) pills at night before going to bed, he just fell asleep didn't move positions all night and woke up a little groggy. He would say it was 10x as easy to fall asleep as 100mg of seroquel, but 100mg is by far easy enough to fall asleep on.

Nagognog2

07-07-2007, 00:30

Lucky you. People could have been killed. This is law-suit land. There will be no rest for this "doctor", even from seroquel, until he's broke and his medical license has been ripped into pieces. I will have the Vermont State Troopers enjoin in same. You don't fuck with my friends.

dwilkes7

07-07-2007, 00:39

Nag! I'm with you 1000%! NO DOCTOR should be allowed to act in a manner that shows gross negligence and get away with it! I feel the same as you do, if someone F*#@s with my friends, I feel the pitbull in me thirsting for some blood. What that doctor did was an abuse of authority and should be punished, end of story.:mad: :mad: :mad:

Krisco

12-07-2007, 02:19

Seroquel is an extremely reliable off label sleeping pill. It should only be used if nothing else (non-addictive) works.

Practical_Toker

13-07-2007, 12:08

shit, i loved these things for a while, recommended em to all my friends. if i missed a dose i'd give the pill to someone so they could enjoy it. actually i'd break it in half because i had a real high dosage. i got all the way up to 300mg. a night but it didn't really seem to help the depression the next day anymore. (although it gets you loaded when you take it, pop one, smoke a bowl, it's the shit) plus the sedation was a little much, forcing me to get off the computer and go to bed even if i didn't feel like it. and give me restless leg syndrome. and i never really dreamt either, the few times i did i remember feeling incredible drugged and slow in my dreamstate.
all in all i think it's awesome, for a while, but when you got problems with your head that need fixing and it aint working it's time to move on.

seeingred

18-08-2007, 16:01

Swim thinks the seroquel turns you into a complete zombie...swim's struggled with depression as a result of taking seroquel as well as had strange symptoms....like seizures.

dwilkes7

21-08-2007, 20:48

Seroquel is a atypical antipsychotic, NOT an antidepressant. The use of Seroquel for depression and bipolar disorder is for the mood stabilizing effect. If it's used for schizophrenia, it's only for it's antipsychotic properties.

Off label uses are uses that are not certified or tested by the FDA for such use. If it is being used as such, the patient should be warned about that, plus the consequences of activities performed under the influence of the drug. I have talked to people in psych. units who are on this drug and they felt since no verbal warning was given for the effects, they engaged in dangerous activity that people around them and themselves could have become victims of a terrible accident. I know from my own experience that I felt I could do my regular activities with no problem. Fortunate for me, my pharmacist gave me both written and verbal warnings about the fact that a patient taking this drug loses good judjment and does not feel they are still under the effects of the drug.

Doctors who fail to make CLEAR warnings about what may happen to them while taking this drug, should be held accountable for any damages incured while on this drug.

Sublime7851

24-08-2007, 01:48

ok so swim got prescribed this drug and swim thought he'd take it easy at first so swim only took 2 25mg pills 15 mins later swim could feel it kickin in after a little while swim felt a strong high not a funny high but it was something strong swim wouldnt recommend it as first resort drug and definitley not a school this drug knocked swim the freak out

Sublime7851

24-08-2007, 01:51

Sorry bout the double post but swim also recommends u dont take this if u have something important to do like drive or have a big test at school this drug could definitley cause problems

badgirlzrule

14-11-2007, 07:58

I was prescribed seroquel for anxiety and the one night I actually took 2 tablets in case of one (accident really). It was bad! I could not fall asleep, had this strange switch in my legs and feet and it was a all round bad experience. I stopped taking them a week later, but I still have supplies for another 3 weeks. Cannot see what the the fun is in taht. Does someone know a trick I am unfamiliar with?

dwilkes7

14-11-2007, 23:18

While I take Seroquel every night for stabilizing my Bipolar moods, I would absolutly warn everyone who is taking Seroquel for a "high" that there are far better and less expensive ways to get a better high without the nightmare like effects.

If you are taking it because of insomnia or anxiety etc..., make sure your someplace that you can sleep without being disturbed, or you have a dedicated driver. While this drug can take the anxiety down a few notches and help with sleep, I can think of safer and better OTC drugs that I take when I get anxiety attacks or for sleep.

For sleep, I would take Benedryl until I found the dose that helps the best for making me very sleepy.

As an antianxiety agent, there are far more and far better substances to do that trick. For me, I always keep some Kratom around just for this. In fact, sometimes I use just the Kratom for both problems. I have found it to be very useful for me and many more friends with these problems. These problems, especially anxiety can exert such stress that tons' of people find themselves in the ER. Running to the ER just shows how nasty these symptoms are.

Learn about any substance you put in your body before you know the downside of that particular substance by accident. Just because a Doctor prescribes a drug, doesn't mean it's safe or will even take care of your particular symptoms.

Be careful, be safe.

p.p.a.420

02-12-2007, 21:38

swim had them prescribed along with depakote, both are some heavy duty stuff... anyways when swim got off the prescription she realized she would take them recreationally.. she doesnt very often as it just makes her sleepy but she discovered that if you take a bit more than usual, and fight the sleep, like go on the computer or something, you trip. like, stuff starts melting.

doggy_hat

13-12-2007, 06:07

Seroquel is pointless to take recreationally. All it does to SWIM is make him pass out and stay asleep for long periods of time. One time he was awaken while asleep and SWIM just mumbled stumbled around and fell back asleep on the floor.

psychvirgelia

18-12-2007, 19:40

I can't believe how the posters on this site make fun of an extremely useful drug for an extremely awful medical condition (primarily schizophrenia). I have been prescirbed twice seroquel and personally did not "enjoy" it. Its off-label for insomnia, ocd, and other conditions. I ask all the posters on this site to try empathizing and if at all possible sympathizing with those who are medically prescirbed this drug. It's not a good sign when one recieves this drug! R-E-S-P-E-C-T

bloot

05-01-2008, 06:45

Drug: Seroquel ( Quetiapine )
Dose: Doesn't remember but is currently on 400mg
Setting: Late at night, sitting on the couch, alone

SWIM chewed the amount of the drug which was in the form of a tablet. Within about fifteen minutes an immense amount of sedation was pushed onto SWIM, but for some reason was not enough to make him fall asleep. Instead it just made him zone out. SWIM was zoning out looking at his big toe and the wooden chest right in front of it. As SWIM concentrated on his toe it started to look as if small amount of smoke were rising from his toe. SWIM sat and watched for about ten minutes before just about passing out. SWIM got up and went downstairs and laid in his bed and fell asleep. When he first started taking the drug, it was kind of fun. But no real recreational value that he saw in it. Good for a comedown off of a stimulant, or curing racing thoughts.

Matt The Funk

05-01-2008, 07:36

Drug: Seroquel ( Quetiapine )
Dose: 1,000mg .... WAS on 300mg, working upwards(100mg in the morning, 200mg at night)
Setting: Late at night, sitting on the couch, alone

SWIM took his normal 100mg in the morning....SWIM at the time was going through some horrible depression, with psychotic delusions(the seroquel wasn't even helping at this dose)...anyways SWIM decided at night with his delusions and wonderful logic that if he OD'd on seroquel he'd atleast be able to die with a dead mind. So SWIM started took the bottle....and just started swallowing those pills...100mg pills...SWIM thinks he might have had higher dosages...but it's been a while so he doesn't really remember. Anyways SWIM took 10 pills(he figured this would be enough considering he had a weird seizure type vomitting spell when he took 600mg, a few times, seperate occasions with same effect). He still felt his crazy depressed anxiousness (SWIM realizes now that what he was going through was rapid-cycling that he still has trouble with occasionally)...he tried to lay down but the thoughts and voices wouldn't stop. Until next thing he knew (probably about 25 minutes, this was the average on-set) he couldn't think. He couldn't feel his heartbeat, his breathing was quickly slowing down to the point where he couldn't remember the last time he had air, and then he fell asleep. He woke up 12 hours later. Feeling slightly groggy, but other than that, unharmed...also his psychotic symptoms went away and he just felt weird the next few days. He completely stopped taking seroquel after this, and is still working on finding a working medication/therapy/life style change that works for him.

Drug: Seroquel ( Quetiapine )
Dose: 50mg FIRST time taking seroquel
Setting: Psychiatric ward of a well-known hospital in north america

After describing his symptoms to the doctor the doctor decided to put him on seroquel. SWIM thinks it was Lunch time medication time...or maybe afternoon...anyways the nurse calls him to their little station... he is given the pill, told it should help with his symptoms and ordered to take it with water, then they checked to make sure he took it, and he took a seat in a couch. He conversed with fellow patients, and friends (as much friends as you can have in a setting like that on your 2nd day) until something started happening to him. His thoughts slowed down, his body felt different, and his thoughts even slowed down to a stop-and-go pattern. He actually enjoyed it's effects. He felt as though maybe this was some type of pharmacutical people abused, as it's effects reminded him a lot of opiates, yet very different. He felt like this for the next few hours, and doesn't remember the rest (as this was a while ago). SWIM now realizes he enjoyed this because it rided him of his symptoms for a good amount of time.

JTC3889

08-01-2008, 02:54

swim took 600+ of seroquel for bipolar disorder for 4 years. the medicine seemed to help sleep and alleviate moodieness and anxiety for awhile, but started to get lots of side effects immediatly. he gained 50 plus pounds, was a zombie, and would hallucinate every night after taking it (funny its called an antipsychotic). he recently got off and is a new man, but it took about 2 months to feel normal again. first month was almost no sleep and a feeling of buzzung in the skull, couldn't eat and was very nausous. second month still some sleep problems and third month normal sleep and the weight started coming off. he is very stable now and doesnt take any prescribed meds, although his thinking to this day is much more cloudy than it was before hand, which is sometimes embarresing. if anyone ever is prescribed this garbage, throw it out.

moda00

08-01-2008, 03:20

Swim was Rxed it for a li'l bit for sleep. Comparable to taking say a low dose of actual designated sleeping meds and then not going right to sleep- you feel heavy and out of it and just want to sleep -so you do. Very little if any recreational value imo. But yes, in the sense that it alters your mind and brain chem it is and can be used as a drug..

infekt

21-01-2008, 21:53

I am perscribed seroquel, mainly as a sleep aid. But I could say I am perscribed it for anxiety, since the reason i can't get to sleep is because of anxiety, and Seroquel helps calm that down real quick

penta

04-03-2008, 04:21

Swim currently takes 400mg of Seroquel before sleep. Swim is not "psychotic" nor does swim have any "mental disorders". Swim takes it because of very bad insomnia.

At first, swim did agree that it was a very bad drug and swim actually refused to take it. However, when swim was submitted to rehab, swim couldn't take benzos or any addicting prescriptions, so they placed swim on Seroquel and Wellbutrin. Its definitely a very helpful sleeping aid for swim and its definitely helpful not being addicting and all. After taking it for a few weeks, swim actually started liking the effects of Seroquel. It definitely takes away all of the anxiety that swim is feeling, and swim feels actually pretty happy and seems to have more courage to do things swim wouldn't do normally.

Swim has taken it recreationally a few times, and it has been very enjoyable for him. Swim also has (definitely not recommended!) taken it with alcohol and it seems to get swim drunker a lot faster than normally.

kaczynski

15-05-2008, 18:29

So far I just pop a 25mg before bed every night. Helps me get a good night sleep, and I've noticed my appetite has increased substantially. The first few times I took it, I felt a strange fuzziness in my head before any of the sedative effects set in. Now it seems like it just puts me to sleep. I took 200mg the other night in an attempt to abuse these, but didn't experience any notable effects until the part where they knocked me th fuck out.

As a side note, the first time I took this medication I was experiencing a horrible manic delusion and was freaking out, hiding in a corner of my room, too terrified to even peek out my window. After my parents forced one of these down my throat, not only did the delusion persist but I became uncharacteristically emotional before I passed out and apparently cussed my parents out and accused them of a variety of things that they obviously had not done. Thanks seroquel!

GreatWonder

22-05-2008, 13:14

SWIG's just been put on these by the local psych team and the second night had the most frightening experience of SWIG's life. I woke in the middle of the night totally paralysed (as if all SWIG's muscles had been anaethitised) and was sure that someone was sitting on the bed next to SWIG. SWIG then thought he could hear someone approaching the bedroom door, but he did not have the energy or capability of moving even his eyes to see if there was someone there. Terrifying is not a strong enough word for the emotion. Luckily SWIG soon fell back out of it and woke in the morning feeling normal.

SWIG related all this to his psych today who is going to consider changing the meds. And all this guys ang girls is from just 25mg.

iamswim

11-06-2008, 12:10

My ? is... SWIM came across a bottle of 50 of these pills in a deceast friends garage what should that person do with them

Panthers007

11-06-2008, 12:40

Not being funny or cute here - straight honest truth? Flush them down the toilet, or bury them deep in the ground to mulch.

The horror stories about this drug are only recently beginning to surface to the attention of the people of the United States. While some say they make good sleeping-pills, many others report serious psychological problems caused by their usage.

Seroquel was approved for use for the suppression of symptoms of schizophrenia. Now they are being prescribed for what is termed "off-label" uses. Like Prozac was back in the late 1980's. These off-label uses have included such as a sleeping-aid to a chemical straight-jacket for prisoners that some guard didn't/doesn't like.

Yours truly was nearly killed in a car accident(s) due to the driver having taken Seroquel the night before as a sleeping-aid. The next day, while driving a vehicle, the Seroquel came back over him. It was like the pilot-light in his head suddenly was blown out: He wasn't there anymore. And doing 60mph on a busy highway. If I hadn't grabbed the wheel, we could have been killed, or killed others. The State Police were involved and transported him to a hospital, and then asked me to sign him into my protective custody.

That's only one horror-story stemming from the use of Seroquel as prescribed.

Playing with any psychiatric drug is a very poor idea. Tell SWIM to heed my warning. Flush 'em or bury 'em. You said SWIM's friend is deceased? How interesting. Does SWIM wish to join him in the hereafter?

iamswim

11-06-2008, 12:43

apreciate it SWIM was about to take a few too. Swim Is Into expeirmenting with drugs but if too many ppl tell him about bad experiances SWIM will take their advise

Panthers007

11-06-2008, 12:46

SWIM is a very wise monkey. May he live to be an old, wise monkey.

iamswim

11-06-2008, 12:47

just maybe...just maybe... SWIM Learned To Never Do Salvia Again Friom His Experiances lol

bloot

14-06-2008, 01:00

SWIM is currently prescribed 900mg/night.. He has been on that dose for about two months now and there have been two or three times where his heart ends up beating so fast that he feels he is going to have a heart attack.. He is starting to see Quetiapine as a devil's drug.

chillinwill

14-06-2008, 11:25

swim used to occasionally take 50mg seroquel either after coming down after a trip if no benzo's were handy or in some cases he had trouble falling asleep at night

Jatelka

14-06-2008, 17:36

^^^ How did that work compared to benzos? How did it FEEL?

This is an "Experiences" thread after all!

frantastic

14-07-2008, 03:20

hey...im currently prescribed quetiapine. the first few days of treatment i was out of it, really tired all of the time, but that was welcome as id been suffering really bad insomnia. basically, it whacks you out. havent been on it for long enough to say if its a good antipsych, but in terms of sleep aid it works really well, you can sleep 12 hours and still be tired

snow_queen

14-07-2008, 04:21

swim is currently prescribed Seroquel for anxiety and insomnia. Swim takes 25 mg every night before bed and it works great for her. It makes her fall asleep fast and stay asleep all night...but she won't take it unless she can devote at least 8 or more hours to sleep. Any less than that and swim will be very sleepy the next day.

Swim also finds Seroquel comes in handy after an all night crack binge....helps her fall asleep and feel rested the next day. More than 25 mg is too much for swim, especially since she drinks a lot...and alcohol really seems to enhance the effects of Seroquel. Swim took 50+ mg after drinking and started getting all red, sweaty and hot. Swim wouldn't reccommend it, but finds 25 mg the perfect anti-anxiety, sleep aid.

Lobsang

14-07-2008, 04:52

frantastic

14-07-2008, 15:28

I am just curious but how much of it do you take and how often? Like how many milligrams?

hey. im on a very small dose. 150 mg per day (the max is like 600). my dose is 50mg AM and 100mg PM.

however, SWIM says that they find its best to take the full dose at night and possibly a bit extra depending on how hard you are finding it to get o sleep. swim has never taken more tan 250 mg in one go

HorseBucket

16-07-2008, 00:00

I agree its stupid to use an antipsychotic drug recreationally but on the other end some people here are talking about the stuff like its the same as shooting up cyanide or something. In my opinion Seroquel has its place. Not as a recreational drug but as a drug to alleviate psychotic symptoms in emergency situations.

Lots of people use this drug and have no noticeable negative side effects from it.

Lobsang

16-07-2008, 00:26

Not as a recreational drug but as a drug to alleviate psychotic symptoms in emergency situations.

Well er yeah..But in medicine it is used for a lot more than that. Patients are put on it long term and even at very high doses. And it now has worked it's way into an off lable nich in medicine as a sleep aid. And it can really mess a person up. Like cause accidents and stuff like that. So it is WAY over used.

anneg31

16-09-2008, 05:35

Oh my gosh seroquel knocks me on my ass forget rec. use they just make you way to tired and I know this one guy who takes 125mg and it does nothing to him except calm him down a little.

Panthers007

16-09-2008, 08:45

Quack state-appointed doctor put my friend on it. Told him if he didn't take it - he'd be locked-up for life in a state-hospital for the criminally mentally ill. Put him on 700mg. Then 900mg. Then went to 1,250mg...I think this quack was using my friend as a guinea-pig to find the LD50. Got him out of the state away from the quack's reach.

A new study hit the papers today/yesterday: New anti-psychotics (including seroquel) have been found to be every bit as dangerous as the older ones, like thorazine. Weight-gain was named, as well as brain-damage. Toss it out, folks. The doctor was lied to.

anneg31

17-09-2008, 02:00

I think u r right about the whole guinea pig thing, I bet when people see your friend not knowing that he's on that much seroquel people would definetly think you belong in a hospital because u r so out of it you cant even walk straight, all I know is if I was on that much I would not be able to walk or even stand or even sit up straight

anneg31 added 9 Minutes and 34 Seconds later...

My doctor at one time had me on lamictal, welbutrin, zanax, adderall, nerontin, seroquel all together, I was so out of it I have so many blanks in my mind from that time many black outs....

bxtc

19-09-2008, 09:54

Im prescribed seroquel for insomnia and anxiety. i take only 12.5-25mg at night before bed but its perfect for me. i sleep like a baby :)

I can hardly sleep at all without it (sleep aids dont work!) and ive had no bad side effects from it. Like others, i dont take it if i know i wont get more than 8 hours sleep because id be drowsy the next day.

in high doses this might be dangerous, but its the most helpful thing for me.
i wouldnt reccomend people take it recreationally, because wats the appeal of falling asleep??

and also, someone mentioned that the sleepiness wears off but it hasnt for me? and why would they prescribe it to insomniacs if the sleepy effect wears of... kinda defeats the purpose doesnt it.

frantastic

21-09-2008, 20:52

swim would add that when she was coming down off ecstacy, she took her normal morning dose of quetiapine it really sorted her out. this was 50mg

frantastic

23-09-2008, 15:52

^^^ How did that work compared to benzos? How did it FEEL?

This is an "Experiences" thread after all!

basically when i take it it makes my body really tired, there is no euphoria or anything like that.

enhancion01

28-09-2008, 10:59

fuck this drug its a pill form labodomy its ment to incapasitate pshychotic people has no recreational value whatsoever. its accually sick how often they prescribe it.

Constantlyintrouble

03-10-2008, 03:52

My doctor prescribed seroquel to me for sleep. It does its job but i truly hate taking it. I always tend to wake up late or wake up feeling hungover. It sucks....

One time i tried fighting it to stay awake and it almost was painful.

I noticed some other people talking about having vivid dreams at night. I myself have that same experience. Quite interesting dreams too. Usually people from work, random friends and family all end up in these dreams..... And i remember them very clearly.....

Panthers007

03-10-2008, 04:24

A friend of mine was put on Seroquel for sleep. He had waking nightmares. He'd go sleep-walking - nearly falling down the stairs (I grabbed him in the nick of time). He would believe he was in a different house while taking his "walks." He'd piss himself thinking he was in the bathroom. And then there was the time he phased-out while driving the next day - nearly killing us and others on the road!

Quetiapine is a massive lawsuit waiting in the wings.

Constantlyintrouble

03-10-2008, 04:51

I read about all of that... with the driving and the nearly falling.... Scary stuff...

I wish there would be a lawsuit to take it off the market.... i just dont wanna see anyone get hurt...

Alucard

05-10-2008, 02:36

swim took one seroquel offered in place of a benzo one day (they were hungover searching for some relief) and felt like he was hit by a truck

pretty much felt that way the entire day, and they will never take it again

MEKONE

11-10-2008, 20:25

SWIM is currently prescribed 100mg of Seroquel twice daily(200mg daily).SWIM has A HIGH opie/benzo tolerance BUT there is no way SWIM can take 200mg of Seroquel.SWIM's Dr. wanted him to take 1 in the afternoon and another at night.The only one SWIM could take was the one at night.That shit knocks him right out. If SWIM was to take the recommended dose he would basicly be a zombie.Even with just taking the one at night SWIM wakes up in the morning hungover,unable to function for awhile,still feeling ther full effects.If SWIM was to take his nightly dose and not have to get up at any particular time in the morning he could easily sleep 16-18 hrs. off that 1 dose of 100mg.SWIM agrees that this should not be used recreationaly.Also SWIM has learned that Seroquel has been linked to causing type 2 diabetes.SWIM really thinks he will be asking his Dr. to change this med.