After being on the Seroquel for more than a month it looks like it has finally kicked in. During those months it was terrible. He showed anger and paranoia almost daily. He was so up and down it felt like I was living with a yoyo. The last few days have been amazing (other than he now wants me to watch movies with him - same ones over and over!). But he is happy.

Also during that time he was writing family members saying we were holding him hostage and he needed to be rescued and giving out financial information. Some responded almost as if he had won the lottery! Just wave a little money around and weird things can happen. Didn't occur to him that he was trying to give away our life savings and what we need to live on.

Years ago a friend had health issues and her only child, a son, convinced her to sign everything over to him and he would take care of her. She did - he got the money and disappeared and she went on welfare. We had an insurance agency and sold annuities and it always amazed us how many children viewed their parent's money as theirs - often saying that since it was their inheritance they needed to be in control. Fortunately my kids keep saying for us to spend it and enjoy it - that we earned it.