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Lexapro - The Real Killer of Taylor Hooton

I just finished watching Bigger, Stronger, Faster.  In it, the father of Taylor Hooton rails against steroids because he thinks they caused Taylor to commit suicide.

I feel bad for him of course, but am pretty pissed off that he seems to completely ignore that his son was taking Lexapro, a psychiatric drug KNOWN TO CAUSE SUICIDES.

Tags: Antidepressants, Depression, Psychiatric Drugs

Prozac Does Not Work

Prozac, the bestselling antidpressant taken by over 40 million people, doesn’t work along with similar drugs in the same class.

As reported by the Guardian, patients improved the same amount when taking the placebo.

So given the link between anti-depressants, suicides, and school shootings, why would anyone take them???

Tags: Antidepressants, Depression, Prozac

Science Proves Antidepressants Addictive. Withdrawal Unbearable For Some.

As psychiatry and the giant pharmaceutical companies fight to create a PR spin that antidepressants are harmless non-addictive drugs – the truth is beginning to come out showing the dangers of these drugs. Along with horrific side effects these drugs produce while you take them, they are now proving for some people to be nearly impossible to stop taking. As this article by the Associated Press proves many patients experience terrible antidepressant withdrawal so severe that some appear to be hooked on antidepressants for life.

The Associated Press article provides an example of one of the victims side effects and withdrawal symptoms. In the article they state:

“When Gina O’Brien decided she no longer needed drugs to quell her anxiety and panic attacks, she followed doctor’s orders by slowly tapering her dose of the antidepressant Paxil. The gradual withdrawal was supposed to prevent unpleasant symptoms that can result from stopping antidepressants cold turkey. But it didn’t work

“I felt so sick that I couldn’t get off my couch,” O’Brien said. “I couldn’t stop crying.”
Overwhelmed by nausea and uncontrollable crying, she felt she had no choice but to start taking the pills again. More than a year later the Michigan woman still takes Paxil, and expects to be on it for the rest of her life.”

Taking Antidepressants is not an option for many patients because it means putting up with side-effects such as weight gain, sexual dysfunction, suicidal thoughts and even psychosis. For women who want to have children it’s a risky choice; scientists have provided proof of withdrawal in newborns whose mothers were taking antidepressants, and some of these drugs (like Paxil) have been linked to birth defects.

In Europe it is officially recognized that these drugs have addictive qualities and withdrawing from them can give side effects and withdrawal symptoms. In December 2004 Britain’s drug regulatory agency issued a report that warned that all antidepressants “may be associated with withdrawal” and noted that Paxil and Effexor “seem to be associated with a greater frequency of withdrawal reactions.”

In addition, the American Academy Of Family Physicians report of a recent study that showed 20% of all patients who try to quit their antidepressants experience withdrawal. Or as they call it “Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome”. 20% seems to be a very conservative number considering that others are reporting withdrawal figures from antidepressants to be as high as 78%.

In this news story on antidepressant withdrawal by NBC news in Grand Rapids, MI it is stated that:

“A number of patients have reported extreme reactions to discontinuing the drugs. Two of the best-selling antidepressants have led to so many complaints that some doctors avoid prescribing them altogether.”

Personally, that seems like the smartest choice for doctors to make – Just stop prescribing these drugs altogether.

The smartest choice for patients would similarly be to never start taking these drugs in the first place. After all: Psychiatry has publicly stated that they don’t really know what these drugs are doing to your brain. Studies show side effects from these drugs can be life threatening like suicide and psychosis. Then when you decide you can’t handle all the side effects you find you’re addicted and can’t stop taking them.

That’s just my common sense view of these drugs. After all, didn’t they teach us in school to: “Just Say No”.

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Science Proves Antidepressants Addictive. Withdrawal Unbearable For Some.

As psychiatry and the giant pharmaceutical companies fight to create a PR spin that antidepressants are harmless non-addictive drugs – the truth is beginning to come out showing the dangers of these drugs. Along with horrific side effects these drugs produce while you take them, they are now proving for some people to be nearly impossible to stop taking. As this article by the Associated Press proves many patients experience terrible antidepressant withdrawal so severe that some appear to be hooked on antidepressants for life.

The Associated Press article provides an example of one of the victims side effects and withdrawal symptoms. In the article they state:

“When Gina O’Brien decided she no longer needed drugs to quell her anxiety and panic attacks, she followed doctor’s orders by slowly tapering her dose of the antidepressant Paxil. The gradual withdrawal was supposed to prevent unpleasant symptoms that can result from stopping antidepressants cold turkey. But it didn’t work

“I felt so sick that I couldn’t get off my couch,” O’Brien said. “I couldn’t stop crying.”
Overwhelmed by nausea and uncontrollable crying, she felt she had no choice but to start taking the pills again. More than a year later the Michigan woman still takes Paxil, and expects to be on it for the rest of her life.�

Taking Antidepressants is not an option for many patients because it means putting up with side-effects such as weight gain, sexual dysfunction, suicidal thoughts and even psychosis. For women who want to have children it’s a risky choice; scientists have provided proof of withdrawal in newborns whose mothers were taking antidepressants, and some of these drugs (like Paxil) have been linked to birth defects.

In Europe it is officially recognized that these drugs have addictive qualities and withdrawing from them can give side effects and withdrawal symptoms. In December 2004 Britain’s drug regulatory agency issued a report that warned that all antidepressants “may be associated with withdrawal” and noted that Paxil and Effexor “seem to be associated with a greater frequency of withdrawal reactions.”

In addition, the American Academy Of Family Physicians report of a recent study that showed 20% of all patients who try to quit their antidepressants experience withdrawal. Or as they call it “Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome�. 20% seems to be a very conservative number considering that others are reporting withdrawal figures from antidepressants to be as high as 78%.

In this news story on antidepressant withdrawal by NBC news in Grand Rapids, MI it is stated that:

“A number of patients have reported extreme reactions to discontinuing the drugs. Two of the best-selling antidepressants have led to so many complaints that some doctors avoid prescribing them altogether.�

Personally, that seems like the smartest choice for doctors to make – Just stop prescribing these drugs altogether.

The smartest choice for patients would similarly be to never start taking these drugs in the first place. After all: Psychiatry has publicly stated that they don’t really know what these drugs are doing to your brain. Studies show side effects from these drugs can be life threatening like suicide and psychosis. Then when you decide you can’t handle all the side effects you find you’re addicted and can’t stop taking them.

That’s just my common sense view of these drugs. After all, didn’t they teach us in school to: “Just Say Noâ€?.

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Man Jumps Off Golden Gate Bridge After Taking Psychiatric Drugs

I came across this article about Kevin Hines who is lobbying to get a barrier placed on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to stop suicidal people from jumping. I found it admirable that he’s trying to do something to prevent others from committing suicide. However, it seems that both the reporter from Time and Kevin have both missed a very important issue.

In the article it quotes Kevin as saying:

“I was on medication for two years, 1998 to 2000. In 2000, I graduated in June from high school. All C’s. I went to this doctor, and I had therapy every week, but I began to get worse again. I was on 14 pills a day at that time.”

Then twice he becomes suicidal enough to act on it and makes two suicide attempts. The second time he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and shattered 2 of his vertebrae, but luckily survived.

It is just me? Or do you find it strange that if psychiatric medication worked that after two years of taking “14 pills a day” to cure his mental problems - shouldn’t he get better… and not worse?

Not only does he get worse - he actually tries to kill himself twice!

After all the black box warnings and major media coverage about how antidepressants cause a big increase in suicidal thoughts - people still seem to miss the obvious point.

The past decades are marked by skyrocketing antidepressant use and an ever increasing availability of psychiatric treatment. Somehow this magically coincides with an increasing suicide rate. I don’t know about you, but when I try something and it makes the situation worse instead of better - I stop doing it.

Isn’t it time that our society wakes up and stops using harmful psychiatric practices like antidepressant drugging? Isn’t it time that insurance companies aren’t forced to pay for experimental treatments like antidepressant medication? After all, even psychiatrists will openly admit that they have no idea what causes depression and they have no real idea how antidepressants “work”.

For more information about psychiatry and antidepressant side effects visit www.Psychiatry.info

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