by Julie Wood It is one thing to see that taking SSRI medications can cause violence in some people, but quite another to make sense of it. In his blog, “Prescription-Only Violence”, Feb 18, 2013, David Healy identifies the three mechanisms through which these drugs can cause a person to do violent things: “The antidepressants now come with black box warnings of suicide … [Read more...] about Lessons from SSRIStories #3: How do SSRIs cause violence and suicide?
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Lessons from SSRIStories #2: Anecdotal Evidence of the SSRI-Violence Connection
by Julie Wood Summary of Post #1: Hard as it may be to accept, there is evidence that SSRIs, along with some other drugs, legal and illegal, can cause people to become violent. The connection between psychoactive medications and violence is not understood. News reports that mention psychoactive medications in a story about a violent incident tend to treat the drugs as “proof” … [Read more...] about Lessons from SSRIStories #2: Anecdotal Evidence of the SSRI-Violence Connection
How Do SSRIs (and other medications) Cause Violence and why don’t people spot the connection?
by Julie Wood The connection between SSRIs, violence and suicide For many years, a few medical experts have been trying to raise awareness of the link between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants (and some other medications) and violence. The RxISK.org website Violence Zone flags the issue for people interested in researching the side effects of their … [Read more...] about How Do SSRIs (and other medications) Cause Violence and why don’t people spot the connection?
Tracking Down the Cause of Withdrawal and PSSD
Editorial Note: Between now and the end of the year, RxISK will have a major revamp. Among the first new features will be a Complex Withdrawal and PSSD research section. The philosophy behind this is that no-one knows what Protracted Withdrawal Syndromes and PSSD actually are and it's more difficult to find an answer if we don't know. Both are conditions that cannot be found in … [Read more...] about Tracking Down the Cause of Withdrawal and PSSD
Withdrawal Research Forum: Relief at Last?
Editorial Note: There are tens of thousands of people affected by dependence on and protracted withdrawal from antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, dopamine agonists and other drugs. We will be opening up a Complex Withdrawal and PSSD research section in the very near future aimed at solving what is going on. This post by DA who has a certified protracted … [Read more...] about Withdrawal Research Forum: Relief at Last?
Study 329 Stories
Kristina Gehrki It is refreshing to see the BMJ publish an article highlighting the corruption, collusion and dangerously unethical behaviors among the pharmaceutical and psychiatric industries, university medical departments and government "regulators." I'd like to tell my teen-aged daughter all about the "retraction." Unfortunately, she died from SSRI-induced akathisia, … [Read more...] about Study 329 Stories
Study 329
RxISK's last story featured a young woman who went on Paxil soon after the Keller et al version of Study 329 was published. We would love to hear more from anyone who was put on an SSRI during this period or who was recruited into an SSRI trial. What were you told about the risks and what happened to you? Study 329 has just gone live. The Restoring Study 329 article with its … [Read more...] about Study 329
A 329 Story
Editorial: This is an account from someone who went on paroxetine - Paxil - Seroxat - soon after Study 329 came out. She didn't commit suicide. But it would be difficult to describe these effects of the drug as good. And it is also difficult to view the culture in which the drug was given as therapeutic. Most of us can probably remember the power of a sympathetic adult when we … [Read more...] about A 329 Story
Benzodiazepine and Antidepressant Dependence
Sally MacGregor has written about the horrors of dependence on olanzapine - see Olanzapine Withdrawal and Back In Olanzapine Waters. Here she picks up a conundrum - Primary Care Doctors react to the idea of Benzodiazepines as though they have been the greatest threat to the stability of society since World War II, while at the same time it seems still dishing out these drugs in … [Read more...] about Benzodiazepine and Antidepressant Dependence
Antidepressants and Violence: The Numbers
How on earth could an antidepressant drug drive someone to murder? In the past two columns RxISK has heard from two people who know they can. In The Man Who Thought He Was A Monster, Steindor Erlingsson shared his own story of being tormented with urges to stab his wife and young children while on antidepressants. These were utterly alien thoughts, which horrified him – he … [Read more...] about Antidepressants and Violence: The Numbers