Five Weeks to Psychosis on Prozac
Question:
I had the same experience with nardil. I was never psychotic or "schizoaffective" before. The problem was the too high of dose. BUT, now I am taking PROZAC for depression and it is helping me. I am working part time for the first time since I became ill. I am also taking zyprexa, which is helping me sleep, (sometimes WITH my fiance), and not so much worrying, racing or wierd thoughts. So, I don’t think Prozac is bad for everyone. This is the second time it has helped me with depression, i.e."thinking of everything negatively". That’s my testimony.
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> relax dood.. just flipping you shit..
How funny B
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> You got it. > Every support ng has a clique of parasites whose participation > consists solely of harassing those engaging in on topic discussions, > Their posts are either petty remarks critquing the form of a post and > or personal attack on the poster, never ever posts ON TOPIC of a > substantive nature. > Called trolls. > KILLFILE and ignore them. .
Thanks for your words. I dont understand why these people waste time just bothering other people and partecipate in a group that they obviously have no interest in . I mean, do they have a life? It looks like they don’t. B
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> > I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups > was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. > Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? > Berty > again, I am writing in THIS ng. so, what about cross whatever? > please, let me know > B
You are sending your posts to : alt.support.schizophrenia, alt.support.anxiety-panic, alt.support.attn-deficit, alt.support.schizoaffective, alt.support.depression.manic, alt.support.depression.medication, alt.support.social-phobia, alt.support.depression.teens That is called cross posting. When someone responds to your post, then the answer is also readable in those other newsgroups. Berty
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups > > was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. > > Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? > > Berty > again, I am writing in THIS ng. so, what about cross whatever? > please, let me know > B > You are sending your posts to : > alt.support.schizophrenia, alt.support.anxiety-panic, > alt.support.attn-deficit, alt.support.schizoaffective, > alt.support.depression.manic, alt.support.depression.medication, > alt.support.social-phobia, alt.support.depression.teens > That is called cross posting. > When someone responds to your post, then the answer is also > readable in those other newsgroups. > Berty
It is NOT TRUE!!! I am sending my post only to the group related to the issue. Stop to break my balls, and do something with your life. B
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You are sending your posts to : > alt.support.schizophrenia, alt.support.anxiety-panic, > alt.support.attn-deficit, alt.support.schizoaffective, > alt.support.depression.manic, alt.support.depression.medication, > alt.support.social-phobia, alt.support.depression.teens > That is called cross posting. > When someone responds to your post, then the answer is also > readable in those other newsgroups. > Berty >It is NOT TRUE!!! >I am sending my post only to the group related to the issue. >Stop to break my balls, and do something with your life. >B
No you are sending it to all the groups claimed. Here is the header for your post. Please learn how to trim headers, if for no other reason than many servers will delete everything crossposted to more than a few groups. By crossposting to so many groups you are are restricting your audience. Newsgroups: alt.support.schizophrenia,alt.support.anxiety-panic,alt.support.attn-defici t,alt.support.schizoaffective,alt.support.depression.manic,alt.support.depr ession.medication,alt.support.social-phobia,alt.support.depression.teens,al t.support.foster-parents Lines: 33 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.236.84 X-Trace: newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net 1020649995 213.104.236.84 (Mon, Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: alt.support.schizophrenia:45136 alt.support.anxiety-panic:276566 alt.support.attn-deficit:273439 alt.support.schizoaffective:3077 alt.support.depression.manic:210751 alt.support.depression.medication:101171 alt.support.social-phobia:70278 alt.support.depression.teens:14614 alt.support.foster-parents:850
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> No you are sending it to all the groups claimed. Here is the header > for your post. Please learn how to trim headers, if for no other > reason than many servers will delete everything crossposted to more > than a few groups. By crossposting to so many groups you are are > restricting your audience.
I repeat the same apology to the other group: I didn’t notice that in the address there was more than a group. I just sent the answer, without checking. I will be more careful in future. B > Newsgroups:
alt.support.schizophrenia,alt.support.anxiety-panic,alt.support.attn-defici t ,alt.support.schizoaffective,alt.support.depression.manic,alt.support.depre s sion.medication,alt.support.social-phobia,alt.support.depression.teens,alt. s upport.foster-parents – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Lines: 33 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.236.84 > X-Trace: newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net 1020649995 213.104.236.84 (Mon, > Organization: ntlworld News Service > Xref: alt.support.schizophrenia:45136 > alt.support.anxiety-panic:276566 alt.support.attn-deficit:273439 > alt.support.schizoaffective:3077 alt.support.depression.manic:210751 > alt.support.depression.medication:101171 > alt.support.social-phobia:70278 alt.support.depression.teens:14614 > alt.support.foster-parents:850
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> You are a cross posting cross dresser. You’re also ugly and your mother dresses > you funny.
I think that you have a huge problem… Are you just envious because I can talk about my problems and other people’s, and what you can do is just bother other people with your petty remarks without saying anything that counts? Grow up B
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> I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups > was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. > Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? > Berty
again, I am writing in THIS ng. so, what about cross whatever? please, let me know B
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Five Weeks to Psychosis on Prozac > Antidepressants > "It was close to 2 years before I could laugh again." > My name is Amy. I started taking 20 mg. of Prozac in April, 1992. My > doctor thought I was > depressed due to empty nest syndrome and menopause. > I had always been a very open and trusting person, so I swallowed my first > capsule without > reading the insert in the bottle. I trusted my doctor. The first week I > noticed I was > sleeping less. I had been sleeping between 7 and 8 hours a night and now I > was sleeping > about 6 hours a night. But this did not concern me. I suddenly had a lot > to ponder. I > began ruminating on how people had done me wrong. . I first focused on my > 3 cousins (whom > I had not seen in years). I thought they were betraying me behind my back. > To add to this > worry, I began obsessing about incidents in history such as the > destruction of Cambodia > and Tibet by the Communists and the tragedy of the Holocaust. I sat at my > kitchen table > and cried for hours about this. At my part time job, I felt that the other > employees were > taking advantage of me. I had never felt this way before and it seemed > like a revelation > to me. > By the 4th week on Prozac, I was sleeping only 4 hours a night but it did > not concern me > because I had so many important things to think about. I would pick up a > book to read and > would think that there was some special message in there for me. I was > sure of this when > the printed matter on the page began jumping out at me. Nothing like this > had ever > happened to me before. I began to make a special effort to act normal > around people > because suddenly these people would appear to me as being unreal. I became > terrified that > they were unreal but I must not let them know this. During the next > several weeks I became > confused in my driving and would lose my sense of direction. I thought > that I could not > concentrate on my driving because I was so terrified of what else was > happening. I never > once suspected that it was the Prozac. > My husband of 28 years became concerned about me but I kept saying I’ll be > better as soon > as this Prozac takes effect. I told him none of my symptoms. I felt that > everything wrong > in the world was my problem and I must solve it. At no time in my life had > I ever thought > of suicide. It wasn’t as though I had ever thought of suicide and then > dismissed the idea. > It was just that the thought of suicide had never occurred to me. By my > 9th week on Prozac > I felt suicidal. I went to my doctor and told him that I was going to kill > myself because > I could not endure this suffering. He immediately told me to discontinue > the Prozac and he > gave me some sleeping medication. I thought this meant that the Prozac had > not worked for > me and that I was having a nervous breakdown. The next day I began having > visual > hallucinations. I was so terrified that I went to my doctor in an > incoherent state. He put > me in the hospital and I was there for 3 weeks as an inpatient. My husband > visited me > every night after work. We both thought that I had a nervous breakdown. No > doctor told us > differently. I was given Thorazine and I began to sleep again. Then my > health insurance > ran out and I came back home. When I left the hospital, I was told to see > a psychologist > once a week. The psychologist and I discussed my childhood. One day, three > months later, > my husband said Do you think the Prozac could have contributed to your > breakdown .No , I > said, Prozac is a drug that helps mental disturbances. It would not cause > mental > disturbance. > My husband found the insert to my bottle of Prozac. We began to read it. > We saw that > hallucinations, depersonalization, paranoia and confusion were all listed > as adverse > reactions. I still could not believe it so I sent for my hospital record. > I was amazed to > see that on the fourth day of my hospitalization the physician had written > Patient had > psychotic reaction to Prozac. These symptoms started after use. We > investigated this > matter but were never given a satisfactory answer for why the doctors kept > this a secret. > The saddest part of this story is that it took so long for me to > completely recover. It > was close to 2 years before I could laugh again. It was almost 4 years > before the idea of > forgiveness even began to stir in my soul. Now, in my 6th year, I am > completely recovered > and enjoying life again, but I will never forget this trip through hell. > My husband, children and I are now dedicated to warning others about the > dangers of > Prozac. > — > Psychiatry is to Science > as Astrology is to Astronomy > for many people prozac is a very goog opportunity to have a normal life, so > please do not take the piss > B
I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? Berty
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> Five Weeks to Psychosis on Prozac > Antidepressants > "It was close to 2 years before I could laugh again." > My name is Amy. I started taking 20 mg. of Prozac in April, 1992. My
doctor thought I was > depressed due to empty nest syndrome and menopause. > I had always been a very open and trusting person, so I swallowed my first capsule without > reading the insert in the bottle. I trusted my doctor. The first week I noticed I was > sleeping less. I had been sleeping between 7 and 8 hours a night and now I was sleeping > about 6 hours a night. But this did not concern me. I suddenly had a lot to ponder. I > began ruminating on how people had done me wrong. . I first focused on my 3 cousins (whom > I had not seen in years). I thought they were betraying me behind my back. To add to this > worry, I began obsessing about incidents in history such as the
destruction of Cambodia – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> and Tibet by the Communists and the tragedy of the Holocaust. I sat at my kitchen table > and cried for hours about this. At my part time job, I felt that the other employees were > taking advantage of me. I had never felt this way before and it seemed like a revelation > to me. > By the 4th week on Prozac, I was sleeping only 4 hours a night but it did not concern me > because I had so many important things to think about. I would pick up a book to read and > would think that there was some special message in there for me. I was sure of this when > the printed matter on the page began jumping out at me. Nothing like this had ever > happened to me before. I began to make a special effort to act normal around people > because suddenly these people would appear to me as being unreal. I became terrified that > they were unreal but I must not let them know this. During the next
several weeks I became – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> confused in my driving and would lose my sense of direction. I thought that I could not > concentrate on my driving because I was so terrified of what else was happening. I never > once suspected that it was the Prozac. > My husband of 28 years became concerned about me but I kept saying I’ll be better as soon > as this Prozac takes effect. I told him none of my symptoms. I felt that everything wrong > in the world was my problem and I must solve it. At no time in my life had I ever thought > of suicide. It wasn’t as though I had ever thought of suicide and then dismissed the idea. > It was just that the thought of suicide had never occurred to me. By my 9th week on Prozac > I felt suicidal. I went to my doctor and told him that I was going to kill myself because > I could not endure this suffering. He immediately told me to discontinue the Prozac and he > gave me some sleeping medication. I thought this meant that the Prozac had not worked for > me and that I was having a nervous breakdown. The next day I began having visual > hallucinations. I was so terrified that I went to my doctor in an
incoherent state. He put – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> me in the hospital and I was there for 3 weeks as an inpatient. My husband visited me > every night after work. We both thought that I had a nervous breakdown. No doctor told us > differently. I was given Thorazine and I began to sleep again. Then my health insurance > ran out and I came back home. When I left the hospital, I was told to see a psychologist > once a week. The psychologist and I discussed my childhood. One day, three months later, > my husband said Do you think the Prozac could have contributed to your breakdown .No , I > said, Prozac is a drug that helps mental disturbances. It would not cause mental > disturbance. > My husband found the insert to my bottle of Prozac. We began to read it. We saw that > hallucinations, depersonalization, paranoia and confusion were all listed as adverse > reactions. I still could not believe it so I sent for my hospital record. I was amazed to > see that on the fourth day of my hospitalization the physician had written Patient had > psychotic reaction to Prozac. These symptoms started after use. We investigated this > matter but were never given a satisfactory answer for why the doctors kept this a secret. > The saddest part of this story is that it took so long for me to
completely recover. It > was close to 2 years before I could laugh again. It was almost 4 years before the idea of > forgiveness even began to stir in my soul. Now, in my 6th year, I am
completely recovered > and enjoying life again, but I will never forget this trip through hell. > My husband, children and I are now dedicated to warning others about the dangers of > Prozac. > — > Psychiatry is to Science > as Astrology is to Astronomy
for many people prozac is a very goog opportunity to have a normal life, so please do not take the piss B
Response:
> I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups > was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. > Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? > Berty
again, I am writing in THIS ng. so, what about cross whatever? please, let me know B
Response:
> You are a cross posting cross dresser. You’re also ugly and your mother dresses > you funny.
I think that you have a huge problem… Are you just envious because I can talk about my problems and other people’s, and what you can do is just bother other people with your petty remarks without saying anything that counts? Grow up B
Response:
> relax dood.. just flipping you shit..
How funny B
Response:
> You got it. > Every support ng has a clique of parasites whose participation > consists solely of harassing those engaging in on topic discussions, > Their posts are either petty remarks critquing the form of a post and > or personal attack on the poster, never ever posts ON TOPIC of a > substantive nature. > Called trolls. > KILLFILE and ignore them. .
Thanks for your words. I dont understand why these people waste time just bothering other people and partecipate in a group that they obviously have no interest in . I mean, do they have a life? It looks like they don’t. B
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> > I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups > was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. > Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? > Berty > again, I am writing in THIS ng. so, what about cross whatever? > please, let me know > B
You are sending your posts to : alt.support.schizophrenia, alt.support.anxiety-panic, alt.support.attn-deficit, alt.support.schizoaffective, alt.support.depression.manic, alt.support.depression.medication, alt.support.social-phobia, alt.support.depression.teens That is called cross posting. When someone responds to your post, then the answer is also readable in those other newsgroups. Berty
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups > > was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. > > Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? > > Berty > again, I am writing in THIS ng. so, what about cross whatever? > please, let me know > B > You are sending your posts to : > alt.support.schizophrenia, alt.support.anxiety-panic, > alt.support.attn-deficit, alt.support.schizoaffective, > alt.support.depression.manic, alt.support.depression.medication, > alt.support.social-phobia, alt.support.depression.teens > That is called cross posting. > When someone responds to your post, then the answer is also > readable in those other newsgroups. > Berty
It is NOT TRUE!!! I am sending my post only to the group related to the issue. Stop to break my balls, and do something with your life. B
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You are sending your posts to : > alt.support.schizophrenia, alt.support.anxiety-panic, > alt.support.attn-deficit, alt.support.schizoaffective, > alt.support.depression.manic, alt.support.depression.medication, > alt.support.social-phobia, alt.support.depression.teens > That is called cross posting. > When someone responds to your post, then the answer is also > readable in those other newsgroups. > Berty >It is NOT TRUE!!! >I am sending my post only to the group related to the issue. >Stop to break my balls, and do something with your life. >B
No you are sending it to all the groups claimed. Here is the header for your post. Please learn how to trim headers, if for no other reason than many servers will delete everything crossposted to more than a few groups. By crossposting to so many groups you are are restricting your audience. Newsgroups: alt.support.schizophrenia,alt.support.anxiety-panic,alt.support.attn-defici t,alt.support.schizoaffective,alt.support.depression.manic,alt.support.depr ession.medication,alt.support.social-phobia,alt.support.depression.teens,al t.support.foster-parents Lines: 33 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.236.84 X-Trace: newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net 1020649995 213.104.236.84 (Mon, Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: alt.support.schizophrenia:45136 alt.support.anxiety-panic:276566 alt.support.attn-deficit:273439 alt.support.schizoaffective:3077 alt.support.depression.manic:210751 alt.support.depression.medication:101171 alt.support.social-phobia:70278 alt.support.depression.teens:14614 alt.support.foster-parents:850
Response:
> You are a cross posting cross dresser. You’re also ugly and your mother dresses > you funny.
I am sorry, it is my fault, I didn’t notice that in the reply address there was more than one group. I just answered to the post but I didn’t check the addresses. In other ngs I never had a problem like that, I don’t understand why people put more than one address. Anyway, sorry for the mess. B – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "barbapic" >> I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups >> was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. >> Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? >> Berty >again, I am writing in THIS ng. so, what about cross whatever? >please, let me know >B > — > Psychiatry is to Science > as Astrology is to Astronomy
Response:
> No you are sending it to all the groups claimed. Here is the header > for your post. Please learn how to trim headers, if for no other > reason than many servers will delete everything crossposted to more > than a few groups. By crossposting to so many groups you are are > restricting your audience.
I repeat the same apology to the other group: I didn’t notice that in the address there was more than a group. I just sent the answer, without checking. I will be more careful in future. B > Newsgroups:
alt.support.schizophrenia,alt.support.anxiety-panic,alt.support.attn-defici t ,alt.support.schizoaffective,alt.support.depression.manic,alt.support.depre s sion.medication,alt.support.social-phobia,alt.support.depression.teens,alt. s upport.foster-parents – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Lines: 33 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.236.84 > X-Trace: newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net 1020649995 213.104.236.84 (Mon, > Organization: ntlworld News Service > Xref: alt.support.schizophrenia:45136 > alt.support.anxiety-panic:276566 alt.support.attn-deficit:273439 > alt.support.schizoaffective:3077 alt.support.depression.manic:210751 > alt.support.depression.medication:101171 > alt.support.social-phobia:70278 alt.support.depression.teens:14614 > alt.support.foster-parents:850
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I had the same experience with nardil. I was never psychotic or "schizoaffective" before. The problem was the too high of dose. BUT, now I am taking PROZAC for depression and it is helping me. I am working part time for the first time since I became ill. I am also taking zyprexa, which is helping me sleep, (sometimes WITH my fiance), and not so much worrying, racing or wierd thoughts. So, I don’t think Prozac is bad for everyone. This is the second time it has helped me with depression, i.e."thinking of everything negatively". That’s my testimony.
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> Five Weeks to Psychosis on Prozac > Antidepressants > "It was close to 2 years before I could laugh again." > My name is Amy. I started taking 20 mg. of Prozac in April, 1992. My
doctor thought I was > depressed due to empty nest syndrome and menopause. > I had always been a very open and trusting person, so I swallowed my first capsule without > reading the insert in the bottle. I trusted my doctor. The first week I noticed I was > sleeping less. I had been sleeping between 7 and 8 hours a night and now I was sleeping > about 6 hours a night. But this did not concern me. I suddenly had a lot to ponder. I > began ruminating on how people had done me wrong. . I first focused on my 3 cousins (whom > I had not seen in years). I thought they were betraying me behind my back. To add to this > worry, I began obsessing about incidents in history such as the
destruction of Cambodia – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> and Tibet by the Communists and the tragedy of the Holocaust. I sat at my kitchen table > and cried for hours about this. At my part time job, I felt that the other employees were > taking advantage of me. I had never felt this way before and it seemed like a revelation > to me. > By the 4th week on Prozac, I was sleeping only 4 hours a night but it did not concern me > because I had so many important things to think about. I would pick up a book to read and > would think that there was some special message in there for me. I was sure of this when > the printed matter on the page began jumping out at me. Nothing like this had ever > happened to me before. I began to make a special effort to act normal around people > because suddenly these people would appear to me as being unreal. I became terrified that > they were unreal but I must not let them know this. During the next
several weeks I became – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> confused in my driving and would lose my sense of direction. I thought that I could not > concentrate on my driving because I was so terrified of what else was happening. I never > once suspected that it was the Prozac. > My husband of 28 years became concerned about me but I kept saying I’ll be better as soon > as this Prozac takes effect. I told him none of my symptoms. I felt that everything wrong > in the world was my problem and I must solve it. At no time in my life had I ever thought > of suicide. It wasn’t as though I had ever thought of suicide and then dismissed the idea. > It was just that the thought of suicide had never occurred to me. By my 9th week on Prozac > I felt suicidal. I went to my doctor and told him that I was going to kill myself because > I could not endure this suffering. He immediately told me to discontinue the Prozac and he > gave me some sleeping medication. I thought this meant that the Prozac had not worked for > me and that I was having a nervous breakdown. The next day I began having visual > hallucinations. I was so terrified that I went to my doctor in an
incoherent state. He put – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> me in the hospital and I was there for 3 weeks as an inpatient. My husband visited me > every night after work. We both thought that I had a nervous breakdown. No doctor told us > differently. I was given Thorazine and I began to sleep again. Then my health insurance > ran out and I came back home. When I left the hospital, I was told to see a psychologist > once a week. The psychologist and I discussed my childhood. One day, three months later, > my husband said Do you think the Prozac could have contributed to your breakdown .No , I > said, Prozac is a drug that helps mental disturbances. It would not cause mental > disturbance. > My husband found the insert to my bottle of Prozac. We began to read it. We saw that > hallucinations, depersonalization, paranoia and confusion were all listed as adverse > reactions. I still could not believe it so I sent for my hospital record. I was amazed to > see that on the fourth day of my hospitalization the physician had written Patient had > psychotic reaction to Prozac. These symptoms started after use. We investigated this > matter but were never given a satisfactory answer for why the doctors kept this a secret. > The saddest part of this story is that it took so long for me to
completely recover. It > was close to 2 years before I could laugh again. It was almost 4 years before the idea of > forgiveness even began to stir in my soul. Now, in my 6th year, I am
completely recovered > and enjoying life again, but I will never forget this trip through hell. > My husband, children and I are now dedicated to warning others about the dangers of > Prozac. > — > Psychiatry is to Science > as Astrology is to Astronomy
for many people prozac is a very goog opportunity to have a normal life, so please do not take the piss B
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Five Weeks to Psychosis on Prozac > Antidepressants > "It was close to 2 years before I could laugh again." > My name is Amy. I started taking 20 mg. of Prozac in April, 1992. My > doctor thought I was > depressed due to empty nest syndrome and menopause. > I had always been a very open and trusting person, so I swallowed my first > capsule without > reading the insert in the bottle. I trusted my doctor. The first week I > noticed I was > sleeping less. I had been sleeping between 7 and 8 hours a night and now I > was sleeping > about 6 hours a night. But this did not concern me. I suddenly had a lot > to ponder. I > began ruminating on how people had done me wrong. . I first focused on my > 3 cousins (whom > I had not seen in years). I thought they were betraying me behind my back. > To add to this > worry, I began obsessing about incidents in history such as the > destruction of Cambodia > and Tibet by the Communists and the tragedy of the Holocaust. I sat at my > kitchen table > and cried for hours about this. At my part time job, I felt that the other > employees were > taking advantage of me. I had never felt this way before and it seemed > like a revelation > to me. > By the 4th week on Prozac, I was sleeping only 4 hours a night but it did > not concern me > because I had so many important things to think about. I would pick up a > book to read and > would think that there was some special message in there for me. I was > sure of this when > the printed matter on the page began jumping out at me. Nothing like this > had ever > happened to me before. I began to make a special effort to act normal > around people > because suddenly these people would appear to me as being unreal. I became > terrified that > they were unreal but I must not let them know this. During the next > several weeks I became > confused in my driving and would lose my sense of direction. I thought > that I could not > concentrate on my driving because I was so terrified of what else was > happening. I never > once suspected that it was the Prozac. > My husband of 28 years became concerned about me but I kept saying I’ll be > better as soon > as this Prozac takes effect. I told him none of my symptoms. I felt that > everything wrong > in the world was my problem and I must solve it. At no time in my life had > I ever thought > of suicide. It wasn’t as though I had ever thought of suicide and then > dismissed the idea. > It was just that the thought of suicide had never occurred to me. By my > 9th week on Prozac > I felt suicidal. I went to my doctor and told him that I was going to kill > myself because > I could not endure this suffering. He immediately told me to discontinue > the Prozac and he > gave me some sleeping medication. I thought this meant that the Prozac had > not worked for > me and that I was having a nervous breakdown. The next day I began having > visual > hallucinations. I was so terrified that I went to my doctor in an > incoherent state. He put > me in the hospital and I was there for 3 weeks as an inpatient. My husband > visited me > every night after work. We both thought that I had a nervous breakdown. No > doctor told us > differently. I was given Thorazine and I began to sleep again. Then my > health insurance > ran out and I came back home. When I left the hospital, I was told to see > a psychologist > once a week. The psychologist and I discussed my childhood. One day, three > months later, > my husband said Do you think the Prozac could have contributed to your > breakdown .No , I > said, Prozac is a drug that helps mental disturbances. It would not cause > mental > disturbance. > My husband found the insert to my bottle of Prozac. We began to read it. > We saw that > hallucinations, depersonalization, paranoia and confusion were all listed > as adverse > reactions. I still could not believe it so I sent for my hospital record. > I was amazed to > see that on the fourth day of my hospitalization the physician had written > Patient had > psychotic reaction to Prozac. These symptoms started after use. We > investigated this > matter but were never given a satisfactory answer for why the doctors kept > this a secret. > The saddest part of this story is that it took so long for me to > completely recover. It > was close to 2 years before I could laugh again. It was almost 4 years > before the idea of > forgiveness even began to stir in my soul. Now, in my 6th year, I am > completely recovered > and enjoying life again, but I will never forget this trip through hell. > My husband, children and I are now dedicated to warning others about the > dangers of > Prozac. > — > Psychiatry is to Science > as Astrology is to Astronomy > for many people prozac is a very goog opportunity to have a normal life, so > please do not take the piss > B
I thought cross-posting to and from different kind of newsgroups was not the reason why they started alt.support.schizofrenia. Btw, is it not forbidden in the FAQ ? Berty
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