By Ann Tracy on May 15, 2010
Salon
I take it every morning, right after I brush my teeth. A single white pill, with the letters F and L stamped on one side, the number 10 on the other. It’s so small it nearly disappears into the folds of my palm. You could drop it in my orange juice or my breakfast cereal, and I’d swallow it without a hitch.
And, for the last three years, I have been swallowing my Lexapro — and everything that comes along with it. And, apparently, I’m not alone.
Between 1996 and 2005, the number of Americans taking antidepressants doubled. According to the Centers for Disease Control, antidepressants are now the most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the U.S. — ahead of drugs for cholesterol, blood pressure and asthma. Of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005, 118 million were for depression. Whether the pills go by the name of Lexapro or Effexor or Prozac or Wellbutrin, we’re downing them, to the tune of $9.6 billion a year, and we’re doing it for a very good and simple reason. They’re supposed to be making us better.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Abrupt Change, Alcohol Consumption, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Blessings, Cravings, Decent Night, Dr. Tracy, Drug Store, FDA, Fret, Grave Concern, Hostility, Importance Of Sleep, Intervals, Journalist, lexapro, Manic Psychosis, SSRI, Toxic Effects, Triathlete |
By Ann Tracy on April 30, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A North Carolina man has been sentenced to nearly three
decades in prison in the beating death of his 83-year-old mother.
The Charlotte Observer reported that 56-year-old Jerry Heath was sentenced to
27 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to second-degree murder.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 18 Years, Abrupt Change, Annie, Antidepressant Medication, Antidepressant Withdrawal, Associated Press, Charlotte Observer, Charlotteobserver, Dr. Tracy, Drugawareness, Drugs Alcohol, Illegal Drugs, Medication, Medication Information, North Carolina Man, Old Mother, Prosecutors, Second Degree Murder, Three Decades, Withdrawal Effects |
By Ann Tracy on September 17, 2009
Abigail King was making final preparations for her wedding
when her fiancé Mark went missing. Although she was aware that his property business was failing in the credit crunch, she had no idea of the extent of his desperation
‘It was starting my own company that saved my life,’ says Abigail King
On a sunny morning in April 2008 I got up early. My fiancé Mark Sebire and I were getting married in five weeks’ time and I wanted to sort out the final arrangements for our wedding. I dressed up to go for a girls’ lunch and when I came downstairs, Mark hugged me and told me he loved me. As I left the house he was watching GMTV on the sofa, eating cereal.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 22nd August, Abigail, Abrupt Change, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Businessman, Collapse, Committed Suicide, Counsellor, Credit Crunch, Dailymail, Dangerous Periods, Dr. Tracy, Drugawareness, England, Final Preparations, Hostility, Morning In April, Paragraph 13, Property Business, Sunny Morning, Wedding Cars |
By Ann Tracy on August 3, 2009
The end of February 2008 the truth came out about the initial studies done on these new antidepressants. These studies had never before been made public or even submitted to the FDA for their review. Yet these studies showed that the drugs were of no more benefit than a placebo!
Posted in Overview | Tagged Abrupt Change, alcohol, anti-depressant, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Benefit, Closest Thing, Depression, disorder, drugs, FDA, Hostility, inhibitors, Initial Studies, luvox, mood, New Antidepressants, Pfizer, Placebo, psychosis, Risk, s.s.r.i., serafem, serotonin, Sertraline, Side Effects, SSRI, Ssri Antidepressants, Sugar Pill, SUICIDE, syndrome, Toilet, Truth, Zoloft
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