Seroquel; I guess the point of this note is to question not letting our LO's have these miracle drugs which can help them so much.

I keep thinking about this and I feel a need to write. A few weeks ago someone wrote that their Parkinson's loved one was having delusions and hallucinations. Their Dr had prescribed Seroquel (and maybe another drug) and a bunch of letters followed, many saying their LO's had good results on Seroquel. My own experience is- I'm BiPolar and I take several drugs, but none has been as wonderful in my life as Seroquel. I used to take 1 or 2 hours EVERY NIGHT to fall asleep. Now I fall asleep in 10 or 20 minutes and would sleep all night except for having to go pee! (I'm 74 years old.) I am 5'3", weigh about 110 lbs. and I take 200 mgs. every night. My Dr & I keep track of all my drugs, but the tiny amounts in some of those letters (2.5 mgs) seems to help sundowning, insomnia, hallucinations. I guess the point of this note is to question not letting our LO's have these miracle drugs which can help them so much. If you can't pin a Dr down for advice, find a nurse who works w/ older people. If you've gotten this far, I've spent much of my life in a gray depressing world. When I started w/ Seroquel it was like opening the door from Dorothy's black and white Kansas world into the technicolor world of Oz. That's how effective some of the new psych drugs are. Think twice when bringing an "all drugs are bad and harmful" attitude into caregiving. Love and Peace