My dad was released the same day from the hospital yesterday. He has a bad blood clot in his leg. He has had similar before, but his leg swelled up more than ever and he got to the point where he couldn't walk on it and felt dizzy with heavy breathing. No one confirmed this, but I believe his dizziness and heavy breathing were panic related. Anyway, they checked that the blood clot wasn't elsewhere too (like in his lungs) and it wasn't. He is now taking a blood thinner and told not to drink. I don't know if he won't drink. If he doesn't, I worry he'll have withdrawal.

My psychiatrist raised my Seroquel XR by a little yesterday. I always seem to eventually head back towards 600 mg. I had reduced this med from 600 mg to 500 mg on my own maybe 5 weeks ago. I told my psychiatrist I did that. He let it stay, but scolded me for not discussing it with him, at least by phone. I felt great from that reduction for a while, but lately there have been some occasional yellow flags popping up.