The hunger at night is very persistent. Daytime I'm fine. It's just after I've taken the Seroquel.

I quit seroquel a few months ago. I have surgery 7/31. It made me gain 100 lbs and I was ravenously hungry at night, which is when I took it. Lost 40 lbs since stopping but it's pretty much permanently destroyed my metabolism. I highly suggest coming off it or switching drugs if possible.

I experience trouble sleeping due to insomnia plus mild mania without it but the weight loss, lower BP, etc is worth it.

I was on it pre and post up. I suffer from bipolar depression: however my psychiatrist said she needed to change my meds or the surgery would be for nothing. Talk to your doctor. You may need to change meds to better your success.

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I quit seroquel a few months ago. I have surgery 7/31. It made me gain 100 lbs and I was ravenously hungry at night, which is when I took it. Lost 40 lbs since stopping but it's pretty much permanently destroyed my metabolism. I highly suggest coming off it or switching drugs if possible.

I experience trouble sleeping due to insomnia plus mild mania without it but the weight loss, lower BP, etc is worth it.

I'm planning on coming off it after surgery, your metabolism is going to change luckily after surgery,so that's one box ticked !
Thank you very much for posting a message. Seroquel is a toxic and a demon. It's a drug that diabetics but my psychiatrists have been prescribing it for me for 13 years,I'm diabetic

Sorry about garbled message above, I was sleepy after taking my bipolar drugs in the evening.

Oops I meant to say that Seroquel is not meant be prescribed for diabetics but I've been on it for 13years.

I quit seroquel a few months ago. I have surgery 7/31. It made me gain 100 lbs and I was ravenously hungry at night, which is when I took it. Lost 40 lbs since stopping but it's pretty much permanently destroyed my metabolism. I highly suggest coming off it or switching drugs if possible.

I experience trouble sleeping due to insomnia plus mild mania without it but the weight loss, lower BP, etc is worth it.

The past 2 nights have been hell considering I'm meant to be on a pre/op diet. I've cheated the past 2 nights. I'm fine during the day but it's after taking the Seroquel that I get ravenous and I just have to eat.

My pharmacist and GP didn't give me correct dosages for liquid Rivotril/clonezepam. It's administered in drops I thought I was supposed to take 1 drop. Infact it was 25 drops. I became very depressed and anxious over the four days I took 1 drop ! When I 1st phoned the pharmacist yesterday to verify the dosage,he 1st told me incorrectly that I should be taking 11 drops,then he changed the advise to 25 drops. It was also confusing because the literature that came with the medicine was in Spanish.

The past 2 nights have been hell considering I'm meant to be on a pre/op diet. I've cheated the past 2 nights. I'm fine during the day but it's after taking the Seroquel that I get ravenous and I just have to eat.

I understand your struggle. Not only did it make me ravenous but if I ignored the craving it gave me horrible anxiety and dread. I tried my best to keep healthy snacks but it always made me crave naughty foods.

March 2019 now, time for a Seroquel/Quetiapine update, had G/BP in July 2017.
I’m still on Seroquel. How are the other bipolar sufferers managing the meds and their symptoms?
Have gone from 198lbs to 140lbs/ 14 stone to 10 stone/ 89kgs to 65 kgs.
Still on Seroquel, still eating when I’m drugged, every morning I look at the plate or bowl on my bedside table and try and work out what I ate when drugged and hungry the night before.
Hate the drug.
My BMI has come down to 25 which is normal, but I know it would be less if I didn’t eat at night after taking Seroquel.

Before surgery, I gained a lot on Seroquel and then Abilify (over 60 lbs.). I was hungry a lot. My psychiatrist switched me to Latuda, which does not affect weight at all and doesn't trigger hunger pangs. But depending upon your diagnosis, Latuda might not be right for you. Also, it's incredibly expensive and some insurance plans don't cover it or only cover about 50% of its cost ($700/mo).