Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I've just been prescribed quetiapine XR 50mg which I'm due to start taking next week when my blood test comes back.
I have sleep and anxiety issues, none of the standard treatments had any effect so the next step has been taken.
Do any of you have any experience of this medication and it's positive effects/unpleasant side effects?
Thanks
I'd read that it can increase appetite, I'm very conscious of my weight and clothing being tight so I'll be keeping an eye on that.
Hopefully
Sleep would definitely be a positive.
For me personally, I had a fairly horrendous gain in appetite, and I ended up gaining 5 stone in weight over the course of 3 months. It's not a particularly common side effect but since my GP was a barely competent alcoholic, no warnings had been given to watch out for that.
I took quetiapine and found no side effects with it other than tiredness and a little dizziness, it did help me sleep though, so it wasn't so bad.
I know it's different for everyone though.
But I wasn't on it for long, my medical team moved me on to Olanzapine pretty soon after which did bring more side effects. But it stopped my mental health problems (voices etc).
Quetiapine I have never tried but it’s probably good for anxiety. Best of luck with it.
I took it maybe 15 years ago for a while and I don't remember any side effects. It didn't really seem to do much.