"i&#039;m lucky as i live in the u.k. and we don&#039;t have to pay for our medication. before i started taking normal quetiapine 600 mg at night for bipolar 1, i was completely manic. i thought the government was poisoning our food. aliens from out of space were trying to take over the government. i was trying to invent a virus to take over everybody&#039;s computer to save the world. couldn&#039;t hold a relationship. family and friends disowned me because i was wild especially if i drank alcohol but just after 7 weeks of taking quetiapine i&#039;ve totally got life in perspective and even laugh about the way i was. the racing thoughts are much more manageable. at first this really knocks you out. but say after 3 weeks it starts working or did for me."