Lets not get into an argument over the restoration potion or anything, obviously if used wrongly the game experience can become extremely boring for most.

Just tell me fun things, creative things, or even werid things you have done if you have fooled around with potions.

-Made a paralysis potion that lasted days (byebye maven)

-fun shout combos

-made a wooden sword as dangerous as dragonbone

-DUAL WIELD WOODEN SWORDS

-stick candle light on people forever (haven't tried but that might work)

I've used it to make a long bow that could one-hit kill everything but the badest of badies on master difficulty. I went without armor and had only 100 in health. It was a great play-through; An excellent archer (player level 17, 100 in archery, all perks filling archery tree, and all level ups in stamina) in a dangerous world.

Edit: Player level was actually much higher. I had sneak and alchemy leveled as well. I've had so many characters I get them mixed up anymore.

I reduced the cost of 4 schools of magic with a ring and a necklace. Life got better.

I enchanted a necklace that increases the carrying capacity and called it Lydia's Amulet.