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What Causes Sudden Behavioural Changes While On Seroquel For Bipolar Disorder?

My grandson is on this medicine for biopolar which is seroquel xr. And since he have been on it his mood and behavior have change. Things that he was not doing before. Like agiated, talking more to hisself, and talking third person. I don t think that this medicine is helping I think that it is doing more harm than good. Please advise.
Mon, 3 Jul 2017
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Dear user
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We understand your concerns

I went through your details. seroquel xr usually do not have any of the side effects which are mentioned here by you. Agitation, talking to himself, talking to a third person who is not present are actually symptoms of schizophrenia. You should consult your psychiatrist for a proper diagnosis.

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What Causes Sudden Behavioural Changes While On Seroquel For Bipolar Disorder?

Dear user Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your details. seroquel xr usually do not have any of the side effects which are mentioned here by you. Agitation, talking to himself, talking to a third person who is not present are actually symptoms of schizophrenia. You should consult your psychiatrist for a proper diagnosis. If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.