Hi all,

A few days ago my mum, who is looking after my dad at home, who has
Alzheimer's, took one of his 50 mg quetiapine (anti-psychotic) pills
by mistake.

She went for a short walk and only just made it back to the house. She
found that she could'nt speak at all, was very unsteady on her feet,
and fell asleep for 4 hours. Her tongue still feels heavy, and her
speech is still not fully back to normal. Also, she couldn't stand
anything touching her legs.

We used to think that these symptoms in my dad were due to the Az, but
this is now the third drug that may be making things worse rather than
better. He was previously on Haliperidol, which turned him into a
zombie, and was taking a sleeping pill, which turned out not to be
necessary.

Does anyone have similar experiences ? In any case I hope this might
prompt others to ask the question "are these drugs actually helping ?"

MikeC