I just started taking seroquel and I read a article about it and It scared me. Is it true about what they say

[valen_valen]

talking about death and comas and it causing diabetes? Im ready to take my third does and im scared.

[j w]

If you read the fine print of just about every medication on the market, it can kill you, cause heart attacks, dizziness, and cause strange hair growth. The drug companies by law have to let consumers know the risks and often people in a study might have died anyway, but they have to report it.

That said, diabetes is a big one with seroquel so you have to really watch what you eat. It can cause some cravings after you take it so you have to recognize that it's the medication making you crave and drink water and eat fruit, etc. I'm on seroquel and so's my husband, both of us for about 8 years, and the good far outweighs the bad. Those disclosures can be very scary, but so can being sick. Good luck!

[Winnie]

Taking any kind of drug can have serious side effects and there are often natural ways to treat the disorder you have. I just typed 'natural treatment for bipolar' into Google and came up with a number of sites. Here is just one of them. You could perhaps talk to your doctor about trying something natural. Do plenty of research and decide what action you'd rather take. Good luck.

http://www.truehealth.org/break02.html

[Robert]

I took it for 2 months. The side-effects were a 40-pound weight gain and also extreme fatigue. The diabetes is caused by the weight gain, but I never felt like I was in a real coma, just a fog.