i have taken seroquel for 3 years. I have gained an incredible amount of weight. i was 185 and topped out at280. 8 months ago i stopped taking all my meds. i am now down to 220 and still dropping, I dont recomend stopping your medication, but you have to realize that seroquel has its good and bads. As for me it was mainly bad. I laid in bed for over two years, no ambition, no smiles, no laughter, all i wanted to do was sleep. I was taking 600mg three times a day on top of the slew of other medications i was on. I totaled cars, ignored family and friends, all i wanted was to be alone. Well i stopped taking it all. yes my mood swings are back, my mind is still tearing me up inside, but im alive, i can smile, i have ambition, i have love, and enjoy life, whenever im not in my moods of course. Im not your typical bipolar person when it comes to this. i have been told im one of the worst they have seen. But im still determend to do this on my own. seroquel made me a zombie, kept me from my life, the realization of all this didnt come till i stopped taking it. No one has to tell me how hard going through this is, i know. look taking these meds covers up the real problem, when your not on them ur problems come back. We all have underlying issues thats making us this way, Im still trying to find mine. but im determined to do this on my own and i feel for myself that is my only option left. Maybe it will work, maybe it wont. there is no cure for this, so how can anything be a miracle drug.