Daisy and Pug,
I totally agree with you...these meds can be dangerous. I dated a guy once who played roulette with his and it was really scary, I didn't know what state of mind he would be in from one minute to the next, and his lithium levels were probably off the wall.

I have always taken exactly what the doctors prescribe, but then ended up having to lower the dose (his orders) 'cause of the bad side effects. But with Seroquel, I am allowed to increase it SLOWLY when I get manic and I know my limits. I don't for the life of me know how people can take 400, 600 mg of it. I even asked the pharmacist about it when I was turning into a zombie and she said it's also prescribed as a sleeping medication. Mystery solved, so now am VERY careful with it.

One more thing then I'll be quiet! Somebody explained to me that medications have a half-life, or half the time it takes for the med to clear the system. When you take a dose higher than it will take to clear in 24 hours, it will accumulate with the next dose, etc. Ideally you'd want a med to clear in 24 hours but that's just not the case with some meds, so y'all, please be careful, especially if you keep adding to it.

Now, back to the regularly scheduled broadcasting...