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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
“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 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
“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
“In a period of nine months while taking Prozac I had 11 extremely violent attacks on people.”
2/16/2001
“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
“…it is our hope that other parents can learn from our tragedy, and other children can be saved.”
7/23/2001
“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 Paxila Life-Altering Combination
“The scary part is that this was considered a legal practice.”
8/9/2001
“ 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 Whats 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
“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
“I thought I’d seek assistance for being a little shy.” “..Paxil ruined my brain.”
12/8/2001
“Within a few weeks (of taking Prozac), I began having nightmares of murdering people.”
12/17/2001
…my brain started freaking out inside over colors .”
