ICFDA Survivor Stories 2001
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2/18/2001 |
Hope through alternatives even after long-term use of Prozac "The doctors said that I needed the drugs to pull through. I finally said, 'No more drugs!'" |
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1/21/2001 |
"I was infuriated that a child...could be medically prescribed a drug that causes...violence and turmoil in the world." |
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1/23/2001 |
My Family's Struggles on Prozac "Thank you for having your site so that people can have the information to do something about this overmedication going on." |
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1/1/2001 |
A Real Life SSRI Laboratory--Notes from a Group Home "Too many doctors receive little or no feedback following prescriptions to patients." |
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3/11/2001 |
A Nurse Speaks out about Prozac, Effexor and Zyban "I have discovered many, many horrifying things about these drugs." |
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1/23/2001 |
Humiliated and Worse on Prozac "Frankly I think Eli Lilly is 100% responsible for the hell I have been through..." |
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3/11/2001 |
"I think this experience will haunt me for the rest of my life." |
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1/1/2001 |
I Traded Depression for Paxil Psychosis "I never had a single psychotic episode or symptom until I had taken Paxil and started to become aggressive and delusional." |
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3/18/2001 |
"He was not a depressed man, nor would he ever have taken his own life." |
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2/17/2001 |
Plagued by Side Effects after Paxil, then Cipramil "I will never ever take this form of medication again." |
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2/4/2001 |
"In a period of nine months while taking Prozac I had 11 extremely violent attacks on people." |
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2/16/2001 |
"I want to join others who are trying to remove Prozac from the hands of doctors who hand these pills out like 'candy to kids'." |
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7/30/2001 |
"...it is our hope that other parents can learn from our tragedy, and other children can be saved." |
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7/23/2001 |
"But after going on Zyban something went terribly wrong." |
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7/24/2001 |
Paxil--A Dangerous Prescription for PMS "It shocked me that she would prescribe a medication with such severe withdrawal symptoms to be taken every two weeks on rotation." |
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7/26/2001 |
Prozac Prescribed "Without a Thought" "I cannot help wondering how much of his problem was enhanced or made worse by this drug." |
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7/31/2001 |
Prozac and Klonopin Wrecked My Life "They ruined me. I am damaged goods forever." |
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8/6/2001 |
Suicide After Only a Month on Celexa "…depression worsened on Celexa." |
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8/6/2001 |
Xanax and Paxil—a Life-Altering Combination "The scary part is that this was considered a legal practice." |
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8/9/2001 |
"…I told him I was going to just end it all and kill myself." |
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8/6/2001 |
Going Crazy after 10 Days on Paxil and Xanax "I realized that the majority of my symptoms were directly related to the Paxil." |
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9/6/2001 |
Salvaging What’s Left after Paxil, then Zoloft, then Ritalin. "DON'T THINK IT CAN'T HAPPEN TO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME." |
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8/28/2001 |
Shocks and Suicidal Thoughts on Paxil "Finally! I am not the only person who had these symptoms!" |
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8/22/2001 |
Attempted Murder-Suicide on Zyban "Now he is serving 15 yrs. in jail for the death of his little girl and the trauma that his son had to face." |
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8/17/2001 |
"I can remember it being hard to feel a smile." |
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7/16/2001 |
The Wrong Way to Withdraw from Paxil "Now that I know all these weird thoughts aren't me...just the Paxil." |
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8/6/2001 |
A Nurse's Nightmare on Xanax and Paxil "In just 3 days I began going crazy." |
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9/23/2001 |
Boys Ranch Sees Problem with Antidepressants "It has been our experience over the past 19 years that not one of the boys NEEDED to be on drugs. I wish we could get this word out to more people." |
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9/26/2001 |
Now in Jail for Murder after Prozac "I was charged with murder and also death penalty." |
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12/12/2001 |
MY NIGHTMARISH EXPERIENCE WHILE TAKING THE ANTIDEPRESSENT DRUG PAXIL "...the constant nightmares and the stress of what happened to me while on Paxil will never go away." |
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12/8/2001 |
Prozac killed my "Lawman of the Year Brother" "When will this "madness stop?" |
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12/8/2001 |
"I thought I'd seek assistance for being a little shy." "..Paxil ruined my brain." |
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12/8/2001 |
"Within a few weeks (of taking Prozac), I began having nightmares of murdering people." |
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12/17/2001 |
“...my brain started freaking out inside over colors ." |
