Originally Posted by
-Shae-Lynn*
I try to avoid Quetiapine/Seroquel as much as possible because it is a known weight gainer. Everyone I know who has been on it has gained weight and not just a little bit either. For me, I gained a lot of weight which sent my self-esteem plummeting and I ended up hurting myself more even though my mood was more stable. Lithium you have to go for a lot of blood tests but if needles don't bug you than it's really not that big a deal. Once you get on a stable dose the blood tests get a little farther apart, at least they did for me.
Every med has it's positives and negatives. Every med has a long list of side effects and you aren't guaranteed to get any of them. What works great for one person might be terrible for another. In the end, if you pick one, give it a fair chance and don't like it you can always try the other.