Seroquell Side Effects In Children (Top voted first)

My son has been diagnosed with ADHD and OCD. He tried Zoloft and it was like someone shot him full of speed. My doctor and I discussed the possiblity he could be bipolar. He first tried him on Abilify. After two pills, he went into a manic episode so we took him off the meds. We then tried Seroquell. He took half of a 25 mg pill within two hours he was so drowsy he could not keep his head up. The next day, he was very tired and complained of headaches. He developed diarrhea. We went to the movie theater and go very upset. He was scared of the movie and wanted to leave. He sat by a big man and it made him very nervous. We had to get up and leave because he was so upset. These are not normal behaviors for him. Can he get like this after one dose of Seroquell?

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Yes, while these are not common reactions to this medication, it does happen to a small number of people that take it.

You should speak to his doctor about this right away, as there is a possibility of him developing even worse reactions.

Have you tried consulting a different doctor for a second opinion?

You can read more on Seroquel here:

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My 9 year old was on it for 3 day (25mg). He seemed to get worse- more frequent rages, not feeling good, headaches, stomach ache, and diarreah. I am taking him off it for two days to see if he has had a flu bug. He will restart tomorrow night. Very frustrated, he is not doing well and I will have to hospitalize him if this doesn't work as he is too dangerous for others and himself. If he does better this time I will have to increase the dose as 25mg doesn't help the rages.

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I would take my child off of this med and return to the doctor immediately. I took this drug for 45 days and stopped. The nightmares were too real. The drug comes on like an opiate and then turns into a psychedelic while you are in a coma state. I gained over 10 pounds in that period. It was prescribed as an antipsychotic add-on for bipolar and panic disorder. I can't imagine a child being given this drug.

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I can relate to all the above negative symptoms you have described at times, and was on 25mg for several years. I now have a govt paid hospital doctor trying to push me to take 200mg of this drug....OMG, maybe they should take it for a couple of weeks and experience all the side effects you have mentioned on low doses and then see what they would perscribe. I am sleeping half a day away every day on 100mg and very tired and low energy even after that with this drug in my system, also with the other symptoms/side effects you all describe....so I feel for anyone being pushed into high doses of this drug! By the way, their decision was that I was well and recommended I do a TAFE course and yet here is a doctor trying to push large doses of this drug on a patient when he is well! Work that out!

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