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7 patient evaluations for Quetiapine

  • oblinda
    Depression: 1
    Emotional: 1
    Compulsion: 1
    Anxiety: 1
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 0
    External Stress: Low
    57 F
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Low
  • by oblinda
    Nov 02, 2008
dosage:
100mg daily
time on dosage:
about 1 day
purpose:
Anxiety
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  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenNone
  • Anxiety
Advice/Tips
It makes me tired.
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  • ukwildcat
    Mental Symptoms: moderate
    Physical Symptoms: moderate
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe
    674
    VL 102
  • by ukwildcat
    Oct 29, 2008
dosage:
300mg daily
time on dosage:
about 1 and a half weeks
purpose:
Other
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenSlight
  • Other
Advice/Tips
Excellent medication to supplement with existing SSRI/SSNRI Tx.
Burden
Expense.
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  • Tinner
    Depression: 4
    Emotional: 3
    Compulsion: 4
    Anxiety: 3
    Mania: 1
    Physical: 3
    External Stress: Overwhelming
    23 F
    Function: Low
    Distress: High
  • Tinner
  • by Tinner
    Oct 26, 2008
dosage:
25mg daily
time on dosage:
about 4 weeks
purpose:
Insomnia
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsMild
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenNone
  • Insomnia
Advice/Tips
The first few days I took it it made me tired as sin... but after a while the effects stop and now I just sleep and wake up refreshed!
Specific side-effects
low energy
"Hangover effect:" Next morning sleepiness
daytime sleepinesss
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  • ProfessorBeeker
    Depression: 2
    Emotional: 2
    Compulsion: 3
    Anxiety: 2
    Mania: 2
    Physical: 1
    External Stress: Overwhelming
    28 M
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Moderate
  • ProfessorBeeker
  • by ProfessorBeeker
    Sep 16, 2008
dosage:
Stopped taking
purpose:
Insomnia
Treat my mood condition(s)
Other
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • AdherenceUsually
  • BurdenMajor
  • Insomnia
  • Slight
  • Also evaluated for: Treat my mood condition(s)
  • Moderate
  • Also evaluated for: Other
Advice/Tips
Unless you have a strong tolerance for this medication it will completely wipe you out for the entire first half of the following day. Also, beware that once you have taken your pill you only have about an hour until it lays you out completely unconscious.
Specific side-effects
daytime sleepinesss
Burden
Even moving down to a half pill a day (150 mg) I still feel exhausted until late afternoon the following day.
Cost
less than $25 monthly
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