Seroquel 300mg weight gain or weight loss

My husband used to have 25mg seroquel prescribed as a sleeping tablet. I used to have one every now and then, and every time i woke up the next morning i was ready to eat the house down, so yeah they affected my appetite big time.

A teeny tiny 25mg did this to me, i don't know how i would have handled 300mg.

Graelwyn75 wrote: »

I have been taking around 25mg of Seroquel to sleep for quite some time now. It has not impacted my weight, but then I am on a fairly low dose. I have lost weight whilst taking it, not because the medication made me lose but because I had no issues controlling my food intake whilst on it. I cannot speak of a 300mg dose however as that is quite high. I do know that some taking Seroquel are also prescribed another medication to help control the appetite increase.

300mg is not actually a very high dose of seroquel/quietapine. Particular when used as a mood stabiliser or adjunct to antidepressants.

Although often prescribed for sleep it is not actually recommended to be used as a sleep aid.

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In my personal experience I gained weight quickly on all atypical antipsychotics irrespective of dose.

With seroquel/quietapine in particular I gained about 10% body fat, mostly abdominal which is not a place I naturally store weight, in about a month. My cholesterol levels also went through the roof. That was on a dose starting at 25mg and working up to about 100mg before I decided it wasn't for me.

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I have nursed healthy weight individuals on doses up to 800mg twice a day.

I don't believe this type of drug affects everyone the same way.

Seroquel is a weird one, it is MORE sedating at a lower dose than the full therapeutic doses, hence why it used at low doses as a sleep aid. Initially it floors you but you adapt, the degree of which will vary. I gained whilst on it but I also at the time didn't care what I was eating. I started losing whilst on it and tapering off.

There's no mechanism that causes you to gain in the absence of excess calories so as long as you monitor intake and adjust as necessary you should be fine.

lizery wrote: »

Graelwyn75 wrote: »

I have been taking around 25mg of Seroquel to sleep for quite some time now. It has not impacted my weight, but then I am on a fairly low dose. I have lost weight whilst taking it, not because the medication made me lose but because I had no issues controlling my food intake whilst on it. I cannot speak of a 300mg dose however as that is quite high. I do know that some taking Seroquel are also prescribed another medication to help control the appetite increase.

300mg is not actually a very high dose of seroquel/quietapine. Particular when used as a mood stabiliser or adjunct to antidepressants.

Although often prescribed for sleep it is not actually recommended to be used as a sleep aid.

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In my personal experience I gained weight quickly on all atypical antipsychotics irrespective of dose.

With seroquel/quietapine in particular I gained about 10% body fat, mostly abdominal which is not a place I naturally store weight, in about a month. My cholesterol levels also went through the roof. That was on a dose starting at 25mg and working up to about 100mg before I decided it wasn't for me.

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I have nursed healthy weight individuals on doses up to 800mg twice a day.

I don't believe this type of drug affects everyone the same way.

It is high in comparison to the dose I am on. I should have made that clearer I suppose since I am aware dosage can be a great deal higher having researched it before I started taking it.

I am also well aware it is not recommended as a sleep aid it is given to me to help with agitation in the evening so that I have an easier time getting to sleep.

Nony_Mouse wrote: »

So long as you are at a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Generally, when medicines are blamed for weight gain, it's because they increase appetite, or in some cases make you less inclined to exercise (last anti-depressant I was on turned me into a slug), or both. So, be aware of your food intake, and your activity level (including non-exercise activity, just how much you move about), and you should be golden. If you find you struggle with increased appetite and staying within your calories, just post again and get some tips on various ways to deal with that

Nony_Mouse wrote: »

So long as you are at a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Generally, when medicines are blamed for weight gain, it's because they increase appetite, or in some cases make you less inclined to exercise (last anti-depressant I was on turned me into a slug), or both. So, be aware of your food intake, and your activity level (including non-exercise activity, just how much you move about), and you should be golden. If you find you struggle with increased appetite and staying within your calories, just post again and get some tips on various ways to deal with that

Nony_Mouse wrote: »

So long as you are at a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Generally, when medicines are blamed for weight gain, it's because they increase appetite, or in some cases make you less inclined to exercise (last anti-depressant I was on turned me into a slug), or both. So, be aware of your food intake, and your activity level (including non-exercise activity, just how much you move about), and you should be golden. If you find you struggle with increased appetite and staying within your calories, just post again and get some tips on various ways to deal with that

This is absolutely not true with Seroquel. The drug messes with your insulin and metabolism in ways that require you to eat far less in order to just maintain. I've been on it for about 7 years for sleeping as I have insomnia like you wouldn't believe. I've gained 100lbs. My doc warned me about this, but it was the last med we had tried for sleeping. I had to be hospitalized for the insomnia. So the first 3 months I was on it my doc put me on a diet of 1200 calories per day. I'm 5'10 and was 155 so I should have lost weight. At the end of 3 months, I had gained 20 lbs.

This does not happen to everyone, but it happens to enough people to cause lawsuits, diabetes, etc. For me, it's the only class of drugs that allow me to sleep. But just be careful with Seroquel. You can be in a calorie deficit all you want but with Seroquel it won't make a difference.

It makes you hungry and crave sweets and junk