To me it's amazing that a psych med developed for treating a specific problem ends up - amazingly - being thought helpful for a l l k i n d s of things. Sorry, I don't buy it. I have heard that Seroquel will help anybody fall asleep easier. I suppose that is true. But not a good enough reason, IMO, to give someone that med. (Morphine will help you fall asleep too. So will heroin.)

I'm sorry, shoez, it sounds to me like you were the subject of some bad doctoring and some not-so-great parenting.

Worldwide sales of this drug grosses over 5 billion dollars annually. That's an awful lot of money. It's more than the United States FBI counter terrorism budget for this year. I only know that because I became extremely sick yesterday, after starting Seroquel the night before on top of other drugs I am taking. I'm reasonably trusting of doctors. I do not believe solid science is driving the prescribing of these drugs. I believe pdocs make jobs for themselves by writing scripts. I believe powerful interests push the prescribing of these drugs.

I was never big on conspiracy theories. I don't even think this is a coordinated conspiracy. I think it is folks falling in line with what is easy to do, and nobody being too questioning.