Seroquel?

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So at our 3 year appointment today, our son's doctor prescribed my son 25 mg of Seroquel to help him sleep and help with his more aggressive and violent behavior. Has anyone's children taken this medication? If so, what are some benefits or side effects of the medication? Doing some research online too.

I've taken it, and also Abilify.

At young age? My son is 3. I have nothing against medication, but not sure about starting him so young.. I've also thought about alternative medication like essential oils. Not sure if they would help much but just looking at our options.

*Edit to add: I was also on Seroquel when I went through an extreme depressed state to help me fall asleep. I stopped taking it when I knew I was pregnant. I can't remember if it was with my first pregnancy (which ended in a miscarriage) or with my son.

Not a good idea, particullary at such a young age.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/prisoners-given-powerful-drugs-off-label-allegedly-to-control-behaviour-1.2609940

I found out about Young Living Essential Oils a while back and trying this first. It's called Peace & Calming and it is suppose to be for autism or so I've read. Trying it out for the first time tonight. I used it on myself last night and could feel something working in my feet (that's where I applied it). It's completely natural, so don't have to worry about nasty side effects. It's kind of expensive- $50 for a small bottle. You don't use much but it should last a few months I'm estimating. If it doesn't work on him, maybe can use it for myself.

I don't know anything about Seroquel.
What I am wondering is, if you are not going to follow the doctor's advice, maybe you should be getting another doctor's opinion?

We have been thinking about getting another dr's opinion. We really like our son's pediatrician. I was actually going to try it but my son's dad is more against the idea than I am. The essential oils actually have the opposite effect on my son. Seemed to give him more energy than help him sleep..

Many people say melatonin is good for sleep. I have an adult relative on it. I don't know that much about it (so do your own due diligence) but it is OTC where we live, and it sounds like a less drastic option.

Edited to add it is for sleep not aggression, but good sleep could lead to less aggression.

My personal opinion, from personal experience and the experiences of friends and relatives, is that antipsychotics are best avoided except in cases of actual psychosis or extreme aggression.

I've been/seen quite a few people turned into zombies by either Risperdal or Seroquel. My Risperdal horror stories are plastered all over WP; I watched a friend of mine spend months and months and months eating Seroquel, apathetically letting her ex-husband anally rape her in exchange for visitation with their kid. Beyond sad.

I note that both my friend and I were on high doses that we were instructed to take multiple times a day, not low doses at bedtime. There may be a huge difference there.

I won't say don't do it; it might very well help. A decent night's sleep is something everyone needs (and if a 3-year-old isn't getting one, you aren't either).

I will say to be watchful. Very, very watchful. Read the list of possible side effects. Memorize it and be EXTREMELY watchful, to the point that all your friends think you're paranoid. Especially watch for personality changes in the direction of constant sedation, apathy, inability to enjoy anything. Cognitive dysfunction-- if he starts losing skills, drop that s**t like a hot potato. I don't think Seroquel is notorious for debilitating large-muscle pain (Risperdal is; believe me they aren't kidding), but watch. If he doesn't want to move or be touched or seems to be in pain, believe that he is.

that seems like a large dosage for a 3 yearold

i was on it as a teenager a year later i went to the er for tremors that wouldnt stop.

they gave the diagnosis tardive dyskinethia my phychiatrist at the time said it could have been the seroquel that caused it or the seroquel combined with the rest of my meds (i was also on depakote and celexa and adderal at the time) but the the tremors got extremely much less when i got off the seroquel and within a month or two they were gone

Wow, your pediatrician is prescribing Seroquel for a 3-year-old? Holy cow. I mean, I get the no sleep thing and everything, having been through it for years myself with my son, but that is a heavy duty medication. I would definitely go to a child psychiatrist for a second opinion before starting it. My 14-year-old took it for about a week during a period of high anxiety, and I thought it was just awful. He happened to have a paradoxical reaction to it and had insomnia (which can happen), and it made him spacey during the day. Of course, it works for some people, and I am far from being anti-medication, but this seems really extreme. My warning lights are going off.

My nephew was on it and attempted suicide while on it. He was taken off and he's never attempted again or fallen that deep into depression.

No sleep? 3yrs old? Put him in your bed, get a Chris Botti Italia CD, play it at night when going to bed, problem solved.

Worked 100% for my son.