"Seroquel was probably the single biggest improvement in my treatment since I began it"

Seroquel seems to have had a fairly mixed press, but I second your remarks. In relation to my daughter, it is the single biggest factor in improving life - for her and for me, her mother.

Quite honestly I had got to the point where I could no longer imagine being able to have her living with me for much longer. That was a dreadful thought and would have been so sad for both her and for me, but life had just become a living hell, for both of us. The change in my daughter when on seroquel is just amazing. No, it hasn't worked miracles, the problems and issues are still there and still have to be worked through, but she is now (generally) settled enough to be able to take advantage of the various therapies.

And for the first time in many, many years I am no longer so fearful of my own safety - which means I can be a "real" parent at last ie I can act naturally around her without "treading on eggshells" all the time, I can pull her up, even tell her off when necessary without risking being in danger for doing so. Yes, she still flies off the handle at times and her moods are still up and down but the seroquel just seems to flatten out some of the lows and highs.

All medications and their effects are individual things and maybe others have had terrible problems with seroquel, but for us it has been very beneficial. There is a problem with some of the other meds that were tried ( she has a "paradoxical" reaction to some others) but, much as I dearly wish there were no NEED for any meds ( what mother LIKES her kid being on any meds ?) I am just grateful that, given the neeed, there is something that helps. At the same time, of course, I really hope that one day she can "be herself by herself".