ICFDA Survivor Stories 2004
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7/9/2004 |
Adult on Autistic Specrum destroyed by psychiatric medications. Are you like me? "I had direct suicide attacks from Paxil…and flushed it down the toilet." |
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7/7/2004 |
A Relationship between Prozac and Sexual Behavior? “I was raped by my ex-boyfriend on Prozac.” |
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6/24/2004 |
“I found myself actually considering suicide which I had never done before. It was scary.” |
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6/21/2004 |
“One day Paxil will have to be banned or withdrawn from sale.” |
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6/13/2004 |
10 Year Old Son Committed Suicide while Taking Effexor “Most doctors don't even have a clue about this stuff!” |
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6/11/2004 |
“I’ve tried to come off at least half a dozen times.” |
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6/8/2004 |
One and One Half Months off Effexor “The up side of leaving all these drugs, is feeling like a mental blanket has been removed from my mind.” |
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6/8/2004 |
Seroxat Caused my Movement Disorder “I get involuntary movements and muscle spasms. I also still get electric shocks.” |
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6/2/2004 |
Can antidepressants cause Fybromyalga? “It took me over six months to wean myself off all antidepressants.” |
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5/19/2004 |
“While on theses meds, I drove off the highway from the effects of Seroquel.“ |
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5/17/2004 |
“There were times where it seemed like I could barely sort out how to walk or breath.” |
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5/12/2004 |
“Is there really an alternative to anti-depressant drugs? YES, YES, YES!” |
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5/7/2004 |
“The haphazard prescribing of these dangerous drugs has got to stop!” |
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5/3/2004 |
My Fear of Falling into Madness “From the first day I took Zoloft, my life has been miserable.” |
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5/2/2004 |
“The doctor … just kept adding more (antidepressants).” |
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4/27/2004 |
Zoloft Prescribed for Migraines “These poor children don't have a chance.” |
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4/17/2004 |
My Sister Took her Life on Celexa “…she had never been suicidal.” |
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4/16/2004 |
Paxil Psychotic Event Required Hospitalization “No one explained to me what happened.” |
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4/1/2004 |
“When I held a knife, I could see in my mind me killing my family and then killing myself.” |
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3/31/2004 |
Another Potential SSRI-related Death “After taking one Wellbutrin, I had one of the worst emotional days of my life.” |
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3/31/2004 |
Hysteria and Self Loathing on Effexor “I had repeatedly expressed suicidal tendencies.” |
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3/31/2004 |
“On July 18, 2003, I lost my son to suicide after 10 weeks of being on the antidepressant Lexapro.” |
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3/30/2004 |
“She was the most gentle, kind and compassionate woman I have ever met.” |
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3/26/2004 |
“I never want to take pills again.” |
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3/26/2004 |
Nurse Gives up on Medical Profession “Here in the US, every magazine you pick up, even the one called "Health" is full of promotions for drugs.” |
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3/26/2004 |
"About 2 months into the Paxil I began having bizarre and sometimes violent thoughts.” |
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3/23/2004 |
“My brief exposure to Prozac left me thinking I was truly insane.” |
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3/22/2004 |
“The alcohol and the antidepressants almost killed him.” |
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3/20/2004 |
“(It)…was one of the most horrible things I have ever experienced in my life.” |
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3/20/2004 |
My Life with Paxil and Klonopin “The nightmare goes on with in me.” |
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3/16/2004 |
A Mother's Experience w/Antidepressants “To the FDA Advisory Panel on Antidepressant Safety in Children.” |
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3/16/2004 |
The Effexor Bad Trip Almost Killed Me “I strongly believe Effexor should be yanked off the market IMMEDIATELY.” |
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3/9/2004 |
Celexa Cost Me a Year of My Life “I feel like a foreigner in my own body.” |
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3/9/2004 |
My Husband Took His Life on Zoloft “I am convinced that SSRIs caused akathisia…driving him to suicide very rapidly.” |
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3/9/2004 |
Mental Health Professional Experience with Reglan “I had a severe acute dystonic reaction to this medication.” |
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3/6/2004 |
Prozac Made Me Want to Kill Myself “Prozac is the scariest thing that ever happened to me.” |
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3/5/2004 |
“Do not and I mean do not give in to the medication!” |
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2/24/2004 |
“I wish that I had never took Prozac.” |
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2/22/2004 |
“Paxil has made our lives a nightmare.” |
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2/21/2004 |
Impossible Withdrawal from Doxepin "I know I am but one of MANY who are suffering because of these drugs." |
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2/12/2004 |
"...the information about Paxil explained why I should have gotten two tumors in the same year." |
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2/10/2004 |
16-Year Old’s Suicide on Zoloft “Brandon’s mother, and my wife of 15 years, unable cope with loss of her youngest son, [then] took her own life.” |
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2/10/2004 |
“…hope someone like me reads this first and investigates all avenues before swallowing a pill a doctor (who may be very well meaning!!!!) prescribes.” |
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2/1/2004 |
“I went from a young women to an old lady, homebound and sick.” |
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2/1/2004 |
“My son, Taylor, was born weighing much less than any of my previous seven children and displaying an irritability I had never experienced.” |
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1/29/2004 |
“I work as a home health aide, I cringe when I hear our patients being prescribed Paxil.” |
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1/27/2004 |
“My story just proves how ignorant psychiatrists are.” |
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1/26/2004 |
“…maybe if people speak up, they will stop with this medication.” |
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1/22/2004 |
Zoloft, Wellbutrin, and Klonopin for Brother’s Bad Marriage “His life has been tragic since he was prescribed these medications.” |
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1/8/2004 |
“PMS compared to this would be heavenly!” |
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1/8/2004 |
“My mental capacity is at present, mostly gone.” |
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1/7/2004 |
“I would like to sue the makers of Seroxat for the terrible experience, pain and suffering I went through.” |
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1/4/2004 |
Withdrawing from a Decade of Drugs “I have a few shopping bags full of drugs given to my son.” |
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1/3/2004 |
SSRI's Almost Cost Me Everything “I have gone through 4-5 years of hell.” |
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1/2/2004 |
“I have experienced blackouts when drinking alcohol and engaging in embarrassing and even dangerous behaviors during the blackouts.” |
