Quetiapine

SunFlower1
SunFlower1 Online Community Member Posts: 13 Listener
in Mental health and wellbeing

Hi

Is anyone else not not getting on with this medication?

I have been prescribed it for major depression and take 75mg daily. One in the morning and two at night.

Even after getting use to the side effects I am still finding myself completely knocked out five months down the line.

Feel flat and its a real effort to motivate myself. Feel as if I just want to sit and cry and do absolutely nothing which is not like me.

Any thoughts or similar experiences appreciated.

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  • Hopeless
    Hopeless Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 994 Pioneering

    I tried quetiapine and it didn’t suit me. I became nocturnal! My GP was happy to try a different med instead. Please talk to your doctors, there’s plenty of alternatives you can try and hopefully you’ll find one that helps

  • Durus
    Durus Online Community Member Posts: 29 Contributor

    I've been on it in the past.

    It was amazing for sleep. I'd be knocked out within 15 minutes of taking it. But I put on about 6 stone with a few years and still gaining weight so I decided to stop it.

    Lost almost all that weight within a year of stopping it though.

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