International Coalition for Drug Awareness
A Group of physicians, researchers, Journalists and concerned citizens dedicated to educating about the dangers posed by many Rx medicines.
2003 This is Survivor Story number 30. Total number of stories in current database is 77 9/5/2003 One Month on Celexa, Son Kills Himself Antidepressants “I believe that CELEXA caused my son to become suicidal. My research into the adverse effects of SSRIs has strengthened that belief.” My 46 year old son Bob…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 31. Total number of stories in current database is 77 9/6/2003 Being Depressed was Better Antidepressants “Please keep me in your prayers and dont take Paxil.” In August 2002 I was in a car wreck, minor. I saw a neurologist who recommended Paxil for my social anxiety,…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 32. Total number of stories in current database is 77 9/8/2003 Drug Dilemma Antidepressants “(My sons) have been afflicted with Prozac, Zoloft, and some other SSRI’s that have caused them to become obese, stupefied, and are developing breasts as a result of side affects.” In 1984 my…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 33. Total number of stories in current database is 77 9/9/2003 Three Hellish Days on Cipramil (Celexa) Antidepressants “I woke up having the most horrendous panic attack I’ve ever had in my life. I was going out of my mind, the walls and floors were morphing into…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 26. Total number of stories in current database is 77 8/18/2003 Celexa-Tileptol Side effects Antidepressants “I blacked out behind the wheel of my truck and went left of center, hitting another truck head on.” I was on Celexa (20 mg I believe) and because I was diagnosed…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 27. Total number of stories in current database is 77 8/19/2003 My life ruined by Prozac Antidepressants “Before these meds she was stubborn but not psychotic.” Two months after being proscribed Prozac, my exwife was diagnosed as manic depressive before this her diagnosis was mild depression. 2…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 21. Total number of stories in current database is 77 8/7/2003 Prozac and Klonopin problems Antidepressants “Please pray for me as songs run though my head like there is a tuning fork in it.” I am 52 years old and had a headache from having withdrawn off Librium many…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 22. Total number of stories in current database is 77 8/15/2003 Effexor XR nearly ruined my life Antidepressants “Effexor …caused me SEVERE menstrual bleeding and clotting.” If not for the fact that I’m stubborn, inquisitive, and fiercely independent, I’d still be anemic, weak, depressed and considering a…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 23. Total number of stories in current database is 77 8/16/2003 11-Year Old Becomes Violent on Paxil Antidepressants “We will never know the extent of the damage done.” My name is Eileen Shivak. I live with my husband, Tod, and our two children in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The…
2003 This is Survivor Story number 24. Total number of stories in current database is 77 8/18/2003 Suicide and anti-depressants Antidepressants “The medications didn’t help at all I feel like they worsened my depression.” I don’t know if my story will be beneficial but I offer it here in the hopes it will…