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Stories most recently submitted,are listed first.

ICFDA Survivor Stories 2001

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!'”


1/21/2001

9-Year Old Nephew on Prozac

“I was infuriated that a child…could be medically prescribed a drug that causes…violence and turmoil in the world.”


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.”


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.”


3/11/2001

A Nurse Speaks out about Prozac, Effexor and Zyban

“I have discovered many, many horrifying things about these drugs.”


1/23/2001

Humiliated and Worse on Prozac

“Frankly I think Eli Lilly is 100% responsible for the hell I have been through…”


3/11/2001

I am a Prozac Survivor

“I think this experience will haunt me for the rest of my life.”


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.”


3/18/2001

One Celexa Killed my Father

“He was not a depressed man, nor would he ever have taken his own life.”


2/17/2001

Plagued by Side Effects after Paxil, then Cipramil

“I will never ever take this form of medication again.”


2/4/2001

Prozac (Heaven + Hell)

“In a period of nine months while taking Prozac I had 11 extremely violent attacks on people.”


2/16/2001

Prozac Killed My Son

“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’.”


7/30/2001

What Happened to Caitlin

“…it is our hope that other parents can learn from our tragedy, and other children can be saved.”


7/23/2001

Murder-Suicide on Zyban

“But after going on Zyban something went terribly wrong.”


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.”


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.”


7/31/2001

Prozac and Klonopin Wrecked My Life

“They ruined me. I am damaged goods forever.”


8/6/2001

Suicide After Only a Month on Celexa

“…depression worsened on Celexa.”


8/6/2001

Xanax and Paxil—a Life-Altering Combination

“The scary part is that this was considered a legal practice.”


8/9/2001

Coming Off Paxil—the Hard Way

“…I told him I was going to just end it all and kill myself.”


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.”


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.”


8/28/2001

Shocks and Suicidal Thoughts on Paxil

“Finally! I am not the only person who had these symptoms!”


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.”


8/17/2001

Paxil Prescribed for Fatigue

“I can remember it being hard to feel a smile.”


7/16/2001

The Wrong Way to Withdraw from Paxil

“Now that I know all these weird thoughts aren’t me…just the Paxil.”


8/6/2001

A Nurse’s Nightmare on Xanax and Paxil

“In just 3 days I began going crazy.”


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.”


9/26/2001

Now in Jail for Murder after Prozac

“I was charged with murder and also death penalty.”


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.”


12/8/2001

Prozac killed my “Lawman of the Year Brother”

“When will this “madness stop?”


12/8/2001

Paxil Ruined My Life

“I thought I’d seek assistance for being a little shy.” “..Paxil ruined my brain.”


12/8/2001

Prozac Prescribed Immediately

“Within a few weeks (of taking Prozac), I began having nightmares of murdering people.”


12/17/2001

Strange Colors on Paxil

“…my brain started freaking out inside over colors .”


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