Comments for INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR DRUG AWARENESS http://www.drugawareness.org Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:58:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on nortriptyline (Pamelor) by Ann Tracy http://www.drugawareness.org/ssri-nightmares/nortriptyline-pamelor/comment-page-1#comment-12484 Ann Tracy Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:58:47 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3800#comment-12484 As I explain throughhout my book & CD most of these long term adverse effects of antidepressants come from the damage they do to the pancreas leading to hypoglycemia & in the end diabetes. The anger stems from drops in sugar levels. As I explain throughhout my book & CD most of these long term adverse effects of antidepressants come from the damage they do to the pancreas leading to hypoglycemia & in the end diabetes. The anger stems from drops in sugar levels.

]]> Comment on PROZAC: 15 Yr Old Girl Kills 9 Yr Old Neighbor “To See What It Felt Like” by Ann Tracy http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/prozac-15-yr-old-girl-kills-9-yr-old-neighbor-to-see-what-it-felt-like/comment-page-1#comment-12483 Ann Tracy Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:53:44 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/prozac-15-yr-old-girl-kills-9-yr-old-neighbor-to-see-what-it-felt-like#comment-12483 The FDA has given it's strongest warning possible next to a total ban on these drugs that any antidepressant they have ever approved or any to be approved in the future carries an increased risk (DOUBLE!) of suicide if taken by anyone under the age of 25! But since when have doctors ever paid any attention to the FDA warnings as they continue to regularly prescribe "off label"?! The FDA has given it’s strongest warning possible next to a total ban on these drugs that any antidepressant they have ever approved or any to be approved in the future carries an increased risk (DOUBLE!) of suicide if taken by anyone under the age of 25! But since when have doctors ever paid any attention to the FDA warnings as they continue to regularly prescribe “off label”?!

]]> Comment on Cymbalta by Ann Tracy http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/cymbalta/comment-page-1#comment-12482 Ann Tracy Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:44:44 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3850#comment-12482 This is how people end up staying on antidepressants 20 years! Their doctors DO NOT know how to get them off safely! This is why I put my CD "Help! I Can't Get Off My Antidepressant!" (Available on this site) together for patients wanting to know how to safely withdraw from these drugs. IT IS POSSIBLE TO WITHDRAW SAFELY & RETURN TO A NORMAL LIFE AFTER TAKING AN ANTIDEPRESSANT! This is how people end up staying on antidepressants 20 years! Their doctors DO NOT know how to get them off safely! This is why I put my CD “Help! I Can’t Get Off My Antidepressant!” (Available on this site) together for patients wanting to know how to safely withdraw from these drugs. IT IS POSSIBLE TO WITHDRAW SAFELY & RETURN TO A NORMAL LIFE AFTER TAKING AN ANTIDEPRESSANT!

]]> Comment on Cymbalta by Ann Tracy http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/cymbalta/comment-page-1#comment-12481 Ann Tracy Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:34:08 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3850#comment-12481 Parkinson like symptoms was the very first reaction noted with SSRI antidepressants. And muscle damage was one of the first reports of adverse reactions. It has long been known that these drugs peoduce both. How sad that your mother has had to suffer so much as a result of these drugs! What has most likely thrown her into a spin of acute reactions is the switching of her medications from Cymbalta to Pristiq. The FDA has warned that ANY abrupt change in dose of an antidepressant, whether going up or down, can produce suicide, hostility, or psychosis - generally a manic psychosis which is why so many end up with a diagnosis or Bipolar Disorder. But these are all withdrawal effects involving toxicity. What was not addressed is all of the PHYSICAL reactions one can have when going abruptly off one medication (all changes with an antidepressant are abrupt since doing so in less time than half the amount of time you have been on the drug is too fast!) to then abruptly go onto another antidepressant can all too often begin an absolute nightmare as the body goes into shock!!! After 20 years of researching antidepressants & working with those having reactions I have concluded that switching from one of these drugs to another is possibly the most dangerous thing one can do. What a shame physicians remain unaware of this! Parkinson like symptoms was the very first reaction noted with SSRI antidepressants. And muscle damage was one of the first reports of adverse reactions. It has long been known that these drugs peoduce both. How sad that your mother has had to suffer so much as a result of these drugs! What has most likely thrown her into a spin of acute reactions is the switching of her medications from Cymbalta to Pristiq. The FDA has warned that ANY abrupt change in dose of an antidepressant, whether going up or down, can produce suicide, hostility, or psychosis – generally a manic psychosis which is why so many end up with a diagnosis or Bipolar Disorder. But these are all withdrawal effects involving toxicity. What was not addressed is all of the PHYSICAL reactions one can have when going abruptly off one medication (all changes with an antidepressant are abrupt since doing so in less time than half the amount of time you have been on the drug is too fast!) to then abruptly go onto another antidepressant can all too often begin an absolute nightmare as the body goes into shock!!! After 20 years of researching antidepressants & working with those having reactions I have concluded that switching from one of these drugs to another is possibly the most dangerous thing one can do. What a shame physicians remain unaware of this!

]]> Comment on Kauffman SSRI Study by SSRI victim http://www.drugawareness.org/ssri-facts/scientific-studies/kauffman-ssri-study/comment-page-1#comment-12271 SSRI victim Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:49:52 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?page_id=1100#comment-12271 I was suffering with a bit of standard depression and diagnosed with Impulsive personality disorder, I was prescribed these and for a month or so I was fine, Then thing's changed, I actually wanted to kill people....I definately did not feel like that before or after.... I felt like even if I could kill them it wouldnt be enough, I was so angry and no shouting or expressing myself or hitting walls or any other form of expression would help, I stabbed myself on two seperate occasions, Once in the face and Once in the leg, I became more agitated than you can ever imagine, And the pain was the only thing that could put my mind somewhere else so i sued to frequently hurt myself, I didnt know it was the tablets causing this at the time, The anger was unbearable I shouted in a field for 3 hours trying to let it all out once and for all, Even that did not work, I lost my voice was about all it done, After I stopped taking the tablets it felt like another 2 years before i felt as if I was returning to some normality and even longer to actually say I was back at where I started, I also have a friend who done the same thing's on these tablets when I spoke to him a couple of years later. These can cause you to kill believe me, I had to fight very hard not to let the anger consume me, Its anger like you cant imagine and made worse by the fact you cant find no relief from it no matter what you do! Seriously these are BAD. I was suffering with a bit of standard depression and diagnosed with Impulsive personality disorder, I was prescribed these and for a month or so I was fine, Then thing’s changed, I actually wanted to kill people….I definately did not feel like that before or after…. I felt like even if I could kill them it wouldnt be enough, I was so angry and no shouting or expressing myself or hitting walls or any other form of expression would help, I stabbed myself on two seperate occasions, Once in the face and Once in the leg, I became more agitated than you can ever imagine, And the pain was the only thing that could put my mind somewhere else so i sued to frequently hurt myself, I didnt know it was the tablets causing this at the time, The anger was unbearable I shouted in a field for 3 hours trying to let it all out once and for all, Even that did not work, I lost my voice was about all it done, After I stopped taking the tablets it felt like another 2 years before i felt as if I was returning to some normality and even longer to actually say I was back at where I started, I also have a friend who done the same thing’s on these tablets when I spoke to him a couple of years later.

These can cause you to kill believe me, I had to fight very hard not to let the anger consume me, Its anger like you cant imagine and made worse by the fact you cant find no relief from it no matter what you do! Seriously these are BAD.

]]> Comment on Cymbalta by cindy http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/cymbalta/comment-page-1#comment-11905 cindy Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:37:04 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3850#comment-11905 My mother just got put on Pristiq (parent drug is venlafaxine - this is also Effexor) and before that she was taking Cymbalta for years. She has suffered major muscle pain, muscle weakness, muscle wasting, very slow movement, serious tremors, and now she is having problems initiating movement (she has to literally concentrate and tell her leg to move as she walks). I know this sounds as if she has Parkinson's - but - she ended up in the hospital in January (2011) because she was placed on Methadone for pain and she took a laxative per doctors instructions to prepare herself to go off of Methadone and go on Morphine for pain. It became toxic in her body and her kidneys shut down and her breathing stopped. Her body went into shock. She was in ICU for about a week. After she was moved from ICU, she did not have the strength to feed herself. She went to physical rehab for about 6 weeks (insurance would not pay for longer even though she needed it) and then got rehab at home. She eventually got the the point where her tremors went away and she could walk without assistance. During all of this, her body got a break from the medications. She was placed back on antidepressants as well as blood pressure medication and Hctz (diuretic) and because she tells the doctor that the antidepressant has not been helping - they have increased the dose. Her tremors are worse and she can barely walk WITH a walker (she also has all of the symptoms I mentioned in the beginning - weakness, muscle pain, slow, unsteady gait, etc). I think the drug is causing problems with basal ganglia and motor neurons or even damaging them. I read lots of posts of people having problems with muscle pain. I wonder if anyone else has had serious issues like my mother. My mother just got put on Pristiq (parent drug is venlafaxine – this is also Effexor) and before that she was taking Cymbalta for years. She has suffered major muscle pain, muscle weakness, muscle wasting, very slow movement, serious tremors, and now she is having problems initiating movement (she has to literally concentrate and tell her leg to move as she walks). I know this sounds as if she has Parkinson’s – but – she ended up in the hospital in January (2011) because she was placed on Methadone for pain and she took a laxative per doctors instructions to prepare herself to go off of Methadone and go on Morphine for pain. It became toxic in her body and her kidneys shut down and her breathing stopped. Her body went into shock. She was in ICU for about a week. After she was moved from ICU, she did not have the strength to feed herself. She went to physical rehab for about 6 weeks (insurance would not pay for longer even though she needed it) and then got rehab at home. She eventually got the the point where her tremors went away and she could walk without assistance. During all of this, her body got a break from the medications. She was placed back on antidepressants as well as blood pressure medication and Hctz (diuretic) and because she tells the doctor that the antidepressant has not been helping – they have increased the dose. Her tremors are worse and she can barely walk WITH a walker (she also has all of the symptoms I mentioned in the beginning – weakness, muscle pain, slow, unsteady gait, etc). I think the drug is causing problems with basal ganglia and motor neurons or even damaging them. I read lots of posts of people having problems with muscle pain. I wonder if anyone else has had serious issues like my mother.

]]> Comment on Cymbalta by Beckey http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/cymbalta/comment-page-1#comment-11826 Beckey Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:52:02 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3850#comment-11826 I understand what you where experincing while getting off the medication or missing a dose. I know that when I miss a dose that i experince the brain zaps and a buinch of other things. It is horriable and I also asked my doctor to get off it and she stated that was not a good idea. I have been on 120mg for five years going on six. I understand what you where experincing while getting off the medication or missing a dose. I know that when I miss a dose that i experince the brain zaps and a buinch of other things. It is horriable and I also asked my doctor to get off it and she stated that was not a good idea. I have been on 120mg for five years going on six.

]]> Comment on PROZAC: 15 Yr Old Girl Kills 9 Yr Old Neighbor “To See What It Felt Like” by Stephanie http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/prozac-15-yr-old-girl-kills-9-yr-old-neighbor-to-see-what-it-felt-like/comment-page-1#comment-11173 Stephanie Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:54:53 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/prozac-15-yr-old-girl-kills-9-yr-old-neighbor-to-see-what-it-felt-like#comment-11173 My 9 year old nephew was recently sent to a hospital for mental ill children for trying to hang himself. I am so worried about him. I talked to his mother today and she told me that they are giveing him prozac 20 mg that is way to much for his little body. I told her to take him off of I imedietly. She is doing more harm than good letting the doctors give him that poison. He has been doing really bad things and acting very strange unlike himself. Is that even a legal amount for a 9 year old? My 9 year old nephew was recently sent to a hospital for mental ill children for trying to hang himself. I am so worried about him. I talked to his mother today and she told me that they are giveing him prozac 20 mg that is way to much for his little body. I told her to take him off of I imedietly. She is doing more harm than good letting the doctors give him that poison. He has been doing really bad things and acting very strange unlike
himself. Is that even a legal amount for a 9 year old?

]]> Comment on nortriptyline (Pamelor) by Jessica http://www.drugawareness.org/ssri-nightmares/nortriptyline-pamelor/comment-page-1#comment-10928 Jessica Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:47:24 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3800#comment-10928 This drug has severe side effects in a small percentage of people. I am one of them. At first, I experienced a rapid improvement in depression. Later, I became unreasonably angry about small things. I was in a rage all the time. Before the drug, I was often angry and irritable, which is part of depression. After I took the drug, I was HOSTILE. Also, it gave me terrible PMS. Decades after being off the drug, I am not full of rage but I am angrier and more irritable than I would have been had I not taken it. This has led to me isolating myself so I don't inflict this on other people. I had one episode of depression from which I recovered partially on my own before I took the drug and I did not experience this level of rage and anger. This was not a result of depression. This level of hostility was the result of the drug. I don't know why the effects were permanent. Individual variations. The fact that I was 21 and brain development is not complete until approximately 25. I was also given Navane at the same time. The psychiatrist, was incompetent and diagnosed me as a schizophrenic, even though all my family history was for depression. In any case, my personality changed radically after taking this drug and the quality of my life is permanently impaired. This drug has severe side effects in a small percentage of people. I am one of them. At first, I experienced a rapid improvement in depression. Later, I became unreasonably angry about small things. I was in a rage all the time. Before the drug, I was often angry and irritable, which is part of depression. After I took the drug, I was HOSTILE. Also, it gave me terrible PMS. Decades after being off the drug, I am not full of rage but I am angrier and more irritable than I would have been had I not taken it. This has led to me isolating myself so I don’t inflict this on other people.

I had one episode of depression from which I recovered partially on my own before I took the drug and I did not experience this level of rage and anger. This was not a result of depression. This level of hostility was the result of the drug.

I don’t know why the effects were permanent. Individual variations. The fact that I was 21 and brain development is not complete until approximately 25. I was also given Navane at the same time. The psychiatrist, was incompetent and diagnosed me as a schizophrenic, even though all my family history was for depression. In any case, my personality changed radically after taking this drug and the quality of my life is permanently impaired.

]]> Comment on 5/01/2001 – World Health Organization – SSRI Addiction by ben http://www.drugawareness.org/drug-awareness-org-newsletters/world-health-organization-ssri-addiction/comment-page-1#comment-10437 ben Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:16:30 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=1846#comment-10437 There is one type of antidepressant safer than Prozac. It is called the Placebo. If Eli Lilly is so certain of its safety why did they settle the Wesbecker trial secretly and then let the trial proceed under the impression that no settlement had been reached. 6 out of 10 prozac trials showed no advantage of prozac over placebo. But lets not let science get in the way of emotive rhetoric. There is one type of antidepressant safer than Prozac. It is called the Placebo.
If Eli Lilly is so certain of its safety why did they settle the Wesbecker trial secretly and then let the trial proceed under the impression that no settlement had been reached.
6 out of 10 prozac trials showed no advantage of prozac over placebo. But lets not let science get in the way of emotive rhetoric.

]]> Comment on Get Off the Pharm – Written & Performed by Phil Garrison by lifelieswaiting http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/get-off-the-pharm/comment-page-1#comment-10129 lifelieswaiting Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:13:12 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=952#comment-10129 OMG, this is awesome! I'd like to share it on my blog if that would be okay. You should do a YouTube video. OMG, this is awesome! I’d like to share it on my blog if that would be okay. You should do a YouTube video.

]]> Comment on LEXAPRO: Judge Experiences Antidepressant-Induced Hypomania by Gre http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/lexapro-judge-experiences-antidepressant-induced-hypomania/comment-page-1#comment-8433 Gre Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:25:40 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3518#comment-8433 This is an awesome storry. My fiance' also experienced something of this nature and because I knew her so well I was fast acting enough to notify her GP. Unfortunately, it appears that no one took me serious enough and just referred her to a psychiatrist. They met weekly, but no intervention took place at all. She became highly agitated with me, in everything that I did, and grew to hate me with a passion. She began to love the attention from all regardless of their character or occupation. She would party very hard, and hit on men left and right due to the high that she experienced. My mind keeps me in denile but I am certain she cheated a few times. I caught her talking to a random thug, and she defended him, telling me that I was of no use to her and I needed to leave him alone. This was after 4 years of a committed marriage. I was devastated and my mind was blown, because this was a woman who loved me harder than my own parents. She could not get enough of speaking with me and spending time with me. Yet, she turned into a reckless man-chaser who has zero cares in life. I am studying to be an MD and she was an honor nursing student. I cannot believe how Lexapro has destroyed this perfect woman of mine. I spent all my life searching for her and found her. We were so in love and so perfect for each other. Towards the end I could also see how she had no inhibitions. I remember specifically how one day she called me and said " I just want to get drunk, curse, and be happy!". I could not believe my ears from this honor student who aspired to be a Nurse Practicioner. So now I am recovering form this all. I have lost 25 pounds in 1 month and have a variety of ilnesses that I am recovering from. The scariest part is that her father ( who I was very close with) tells me that she has no cares about the break up and has not been effected at all. In fact, she states that she could not feel better right now. My life has been ruined momentaritly, random men have stolen my gift from God, and it feels like the world just is laughing in my face. I hope to god something happens where we can get her checked in to a hospital, because she is being taken advantage of by bad friends and random men. Imagine, this is the woman I had a bond with and protected every day. Now my hands are tied behind my back and I have to watch my wife get used. This is an awesome storry. My fiance’ also experienced something of this nature and because I knew her so well I was fast acting enough to notify her GP. Unfortunately, it appears that no one took me serious enough and just referred her to a psychiatrist. They met weekly, but no intervention took place at all. She became highly agitated with me, in everything that I did, and grew to hate me with a passion. She began to love the attention from all regardless of their character or occupation. She would party very hard, and hit on men left and right due to the high that she experienced. My mind keeps me in denile but I am certain she cheated a few times. I caught her talking to a random thug, and she defended him, telling me that I was of no use to her and I needed to leave him alone. This was after 4 years of a committed marriage. I was devastated and my mind was blown, because this was a woman who loved me harder than my own parents. She could not get enough of speaking with me and spending time with me. Yet, she turned into a reckless man-chaser who has zero cares in life. I am studying to be an MD and she was an honor nursing student. I cannot believe how Lexapro has destroyed this perfect woman of mine. I spent all my life searching for her and found her. We were so in love and so perfect for each other. Towards the end I could also see how she had no inhibitions. I remember specifically how one day she called me and said ” I just want to get drunk, curse, and be happy!”. I could not believe my ears from this honor student who aspired to be a Nurse Practicioner.
So now I am recovering form this all. I have lost 25 pounds in 1 month and have a variety of ilnesses that I am recovering from. The scariest part is that her father ( who I was very close with) tells me that she has no cares about the break up and has not been effected at all. In fact, she states that she could not feel better right now. My life has been ruined momentaritly, random men have stolen my gift from God, and it feels like the world just is laughing in my face. I hope to god something happens where we can get her checked in to a hospital, because she is being taken advantage of by bad friends and random men. Imagine, this is the woman I had a bond with and protected every day. Now my hands are tied behind my back and I have to watch my wife get used.

]]> Comment on EFFEXOR: Man Smashes 29 TV Sets at Wal-Mart: Georgia by janelle http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/effexor-man-smashes-29-tv-sets-at-wal-mart-georgia/comment-page-1#comment-6920 janelle Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:57:28 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/effexor-man-smashes-29-tv-sets-at-wal-mart-georgia#comment-6920 Please can you assist me. Do you have any contacts in Australia. I have been on Efexor-XR 75mg for 5 years. Last year (2010) I did something completely out of character and I stole from my employer. I was convicted and sentenced to 18mths and served 3months in jail. My husband researched side-effects of this drug, and we are both 100% sure that what happened to me is as a negative side-effect. My life has been ruined by this drug. Can you help? Janelle jnllangel@yahoo.com.au Please can you assist me. Do you have any contacts in Australia.

I have been on Efexor-XR 75mg for 5 years. Last year (2010) I did something completely out of character and I stole from my employer. I was convicted and sentenced to 18mths and served 3months in jail. My husband researched side-effects of this drug, and we are both 100% sure that what happened to me is as a negative side-effect. My life has been ruined by this drug. Can you help?

Janelle
jnllangel@yahoo.com.au

]]> Comment on ZOLOFT: Violent Behavior in Young Girl: USA CNN by Carrie http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/zoloft-violent-behavior-in-young-girl-usa-cnn/comment-page-1#comment-6919 Carrie Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:37:48 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/zoloft-violent-behavior-in-young-girl-u-s-a-cnn#comment-6919 Google: "Autistic behaviors, Antipsychotics and Angioedema" a most illuminating case study. A must read for anyone working with severely autistic persons who are given anti-psychotics to treat behavioral issues! Google: “Autistic behaviors, Antipsychotics and Angioedema” a most illuminating case study. A must read for anyone working with severely autistic persons who are given anti-psychotics to treat behavioral issues!

]]> Comment on Atypical Antipsychotics by female reproductive system functions http://www.drugawareness.org/ssri-facts/atypical-antipsychotics/comment-page-1#comment-6766 female reproductive system functions Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:19:31 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?page_id=1232#comment-6766 alcohol abuse is difficult to treat, i have an alcoholic girlfriend and she just suffered from liver problems.`                      alcohol abuse is difficult to treat, i have an alcoholic girlfriend and she just suffered from liver problems.`                     

]]> Comment on Michael Moore – Reveals the real cause of Columbine. by Andrew http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/michael-moore-cause-of-columbine/comment-page-1#comment-6747 Andrew Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:30:37 +0000 http://s193230320.onlinehome.us/drugawarenesswp/?p=97#comment-6747 Zoloft will make you dizzy sick and disorientated. You will actually lose yourself idenity. Funny enough, Ambien is not that bad and makes you feel good and sleep relatively well. The SSRI's are the real danger here, not the hynotics like Ambien and lunesta. Xanax is not bad either because it is relatively mild and just relaxes the brain, but does not distort reality. Xanax CR is the best of the lot because it is released gradually into the system and lasts 8 hours. I always knew Zoloft, Abilifty, and Prozac were no good. Zoloft also gives you those awful brain zaps, or head pops that doctors refer to. If you are anxious or depressed try Xanax CR during the day and Ambien at night. Benzos and Hypnotics are not that bad. In the airforce they use Ambien to give the co-pilot some rest during 14 hour B-2 missions.. They call them knock out pills. Zoloft will make you dizzy sick and disorientated. You will actually lose yourself idenity.
Funny enough, Ambien is not that bad and makes you feel good and sleep relatively well. The SSRI’s are the real danger here, not the hynotics like Ambien and lunesta. Xanax is not bad either because it is relatively mild and just relaxes the brain, but does not distort reality. Xanax CR is the best of the lot because it is released gradually into the system and lasts 8 hours.

I always knew Zoloft, Abilifty, and Prozac were no good. Zoloft also gives you those awful brain zaps, or head pops that doctors refer to. If you are anxious or depressed try Xanax CR during the day and Ambien at night. Benzos and Hypnotics are not that bad.

In the airforce they use Ambien to give the co-pilot some rest during 14 hour B-2 missions.. They call them knock out pills.

]]> Comment on Matt Miller – Zoloft (1 week!) – induced suicide by Pfizer’s Zoloft, another dangerous unhappy pill. « Leoniefennell's Blog http://www.drugawareness.org/memorial/matt-miller/comment-page-1#comment-6634 Pfizer’s Zoloft, another dangerous unhappy pill. « Leoniefennell's Blog Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:30:38 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=997#comment-6634 [...] Matt Miller age 13, suicide after 6 days on Zoloft. [...] [...] Matt Miller age 13, suicide after 6 days on Zoloft. [...]

]]> Comment on Effexor/SSRI Withdrawal: Brain Zaps: Peoples Pharmacy by Lucy Beam Hoffman http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy/comment-page-1#comment-6563 Lucy Beam Hoffman Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:16:14 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy#comment-6563 I discontinued Paxil 2 weeks ago, cold turkey. My doctor had advised that I taper, but I didn't. I have, through today's research, discovered a "pooped-out" theory, which is what happened to me. Probably close to 2 years ago. But I didn't recognize what was happening, and continued with the Paxil. Even though I was aware that it wasn't doing the job anymore. I had realized that in the last few months, I felt more oppressively depressed when I took the paxil (meaning on occasion, I did not for whatever reason - run out of script, forgot, wanted to try life without it), I felt more down the next day. So I decided (while on a 2 week cruise) to stop. The after effects have been brutal. I am struggling with headaches, dizziness, nausea, exhaustion, scratchy eyes - everything that you can find on http://www.paxilprogress.org/forums/. I sound like a classic case. Now my dilemma is this - my doc wants to change me to cymbalta, go to a shrink, consider mood disorder drugs. I just want this crap to go away. Do I go back on Paxil and then try to gradually reduce? I'm only on 10 mgs a day (or at night). Everything I have read in my research states that it is the last 10-5 mgs that cause the greatest problems. I do NOT want to put my health in the hands of a shrink I may see once. I will keep reading. I discontinued Paxil 2 weeks ago, cold turkey. My doctor had advised that I taper, but I didn’t. I have, through today’s research, discovered a “pooped-out” theory, which is what happened to me. Probably close to 2 years ago. But I didn’t recognize what was happening, and continued with the Paxil. Even though I was aware that it wasn’t doing the job anymore. I had realized that in the last few months, I felt more oppressively depressed when I took the paxil (meaning on occasion, I did not for whatever reason – run out of script, forgot, wanted to try life without it), I felt more down the next day. So I decided (while on a 2 week cruise) to stop. The after effects have been brutal. I am struggling with headaches, dizziness, nausea, exhaustion, scratchy eyes – everything that you can find on http://www.paxilprogress.org/forums/. I sound like a classic case. Now my dilemma is this – my doc wants to change me to cymbalta, go to a shrink, consider mood disorder drugs. I just want this crap to go away. Do I go back on Paxil and then try to gradually reduce? I’m only on 10 mgs a day (or at night). Everything I have read in my research states that it is the last 10-5 mgs that cause the greatest problems. I do NOT want to put my health in the hands of a shrink I may see once. I will keep reading.

]]> Comment on CYMBALTA & DESIPRAMINE: Death Threats Made Against Judge: GA by matthew koldewey http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/cymbalta-desipramine-death-threats-made-against-judge-ga/comment-page-1#comment-6434 matthew koldewey Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:48:39 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/cymbalta-desipramine-death-threats-made-against-judge-ga#comment-6434 Firstly, I'd like to thank you for seeing this situation for what it really was. The world is not painted in black and white. I guess guilty and not guilty is the legal equivalent of black and white. After a brutal detox from all of those psychiatric meds, I realized that the meds were what was causing my mental issues. After 18 months of incarceration, I entered treatment. I have been sober ever since. I have not been arrested for any reason in almost three years. I have been sober for almost three years. I am a taxpayer, business owner and employer. I'd like to add, my prosecution was political. The victim has a penchant for playing a victim, and she's in pretty big trouble right now. She is the one who pushed the prosecution. I would like to state for the record that, I thought anything that transpired between a patient and health professional was confidential. Due to "Duty to warn" that is not the case. I just wanted to be rid of those terrible thoughts. Once again, I'd like to thank you. Keep up the good work. Sincerely, Matt Koldewey Firstly, I’d like to thank you for seeing this situation for what it really was. The world is not painted in black and white. I guess guilty and not guilty is the legal equivalent of black and white.
After a brutal detox from all of those psychiatric meds, I realized that the meds were what was causing my mental issues. After 18 months of incarceration, I entered treatment. I have been sober ever since. I have not been arrested for any reason in almost three years. I have been sober for almost three years. I am a taxpayer, business owner and employer.
I’d like to add, my prosecution was political. The victim has a penchant for playing a victim, and she’s in pretty big trouble right now. She is the one who pushed the prosecution.

I would like to state for the record that, I thought anything that transpired between a patient and health professional was confidential. Due to “Duty to warn” that is not the case. I just wanted to be rid of those terrible thoughts.

Once again, I’d like to thank you. Keep up the good work.

Sincerely,

Matt Koldewey

]]> Comment on Wellbutrin destroyed my soul by anonymous http://www.drugawareness.org/ssri-nightmares/wellbutrin-destroyed-my-soul/comment-page-1#comment-6418 anonymous Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:04:09 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/?p=3530#comment-6418 Hi Dr. Tracy, I've talked to you on the phone before. Thank you so much for your contribution to society! I do not wish for my e-mail address to be disclosed but I'm responding to Matt's story, above, entitled "Wellbutrin destroyed my soul". I may be able to relate so some aspects of his story and would like to talk to him but he didn't leave his contact information. I'd especially like to see if anything's helped him improve since he wrote his article in March and if we can be of any help to each other. Would you please be so nice as to let him know that a reader is requesting his contact information and see if you can pass it on to me? Thank you! Hi Dr. Tracy,

I’ve talked to you on the phone before. Thank you so much for your contribution to society!

I do not wish for my e-mail address to be disclosed but I’m responding to Matt’s story, above, entitled “Wellbutrin destroyed my soul”.

I may be able to relate so some aspects of his story and would like to talk to him but he didn’t leave his contact information. I’d especially like to see if anything’s helped him improve since he wrote his article in March and if we can be of any help to each other.

Would you please be so nice as to let him know that a reader is requesting his contact information and see if you can pass it on to me?

Thank you!

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