10/29/1998

Girlfriend Self-Destructed on Prozac--A Police Officer's Story

“Please let people who are out there know that Prozac is bad medicine.”

Please let people who are out there know that Prozac is bad medicine. I have recently lost my girlfriend after a year because of this most marvelous chemical composition. She is a psych-tech at a local hospital in my hometown. She has worked there for almost two years, and since I have known her she has been prescribed medications like Phen-Fen and Zoloft and most recently Prozac. Yes, she probably could stand to lose a few pounds, but who couldn't? Since being prescribed Prozac (by a staff physician) she won't even speak to me. She feels simply that I tried to intervene.

Yet, I am a police officer of almost 10 years and could not stand by and watch someone self-destruct. It seems to me like someone needs to be policing the MD's who are actively handing out prescriptions to our younger generation. After all they are the future, aren't they?
Also I would like to know if it is common practice for the head of psychiatric departments to become involved in treating employees of the hospital where they work? Seems to me this would be a direct conflict of interest and would require a referral to another MD.
Please use my e-mail address for those that want to correspond. Maybe someday soon, people will wake up and see what they're doing to themselves. Thank you for writing back, it's always comforting to know that someone knows how you feel.

JDuffjr410@aol.com