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Psychiatric Drugs are
Incredibly Destructive
and Neurotoxic
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Dr Peter Breggin is an American psychiatrist and author.
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He was instrumental in stopping lobotomies being carried out in the USA and has,
on multiple occasions, represented plaintiffs in legal cases against drug companies.
Throughout his sixty plus years working in the mental health field,
he has been a leading advocate of drug-free approaches
and believes that psychiatric drugs
fail to deal with the underlying causes of patients'
conditions and, if anything, only make matters worse.
In this interview, Dr Breggin talks about how psychiatric drugs
are incredibly destructive and neurotoxic.
They poison brain, liver and thyroid cells and patients experience apathy,
indifference and sometimes bouts of euphoria with
an overall feeling that nothing quite matters anymore.
He describes what he calls medication spellbinding,
where a patient cannot comprehend the effect
that the drugs are having on them.
They are confused and can have a tendency to walk around like zombies,
while their close relatives see a completely different picture.
Dr Breggin also reveals for the first time how,
when he opposed certain
companies and individuals,
they tried to destroy him through intimidation
and covertly attacked him and his family,
when all of them suddenly
became ill for no apparent reason.
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More information: www.breggin.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfThKVNl0Oc
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Incredibly Destructive
and Neurotoxic
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Dr Peter Breggin is an American psychiatrist and author.
🌸
He was instrumental in stopping lobotomies being carried out in the USA and has,
on multiple occasions, represented plaintiffs in legal cases against drug companies.
Throughout his sixty plus years working in the mental health field,
he has been a leading advocate of drug-free approaches
and believes that psychiatric drugs
fail to deal with the underlying causes of patients'
conditions and, if anything, only make matters worse.
In this interview, Dr Breggin talks about how psychiatric drugs
are incredibly destructive and neurotoxic.
They poison brain, liver and thyroid cells and patients experience apathy,
indifference and sometimes bouts of euphoria with
an overall feeling that nothing quite matters anymore.
He describes what he calls medication spellbinding,
where a patient cannot comprehend the effect
that the drugs are having on them.
They are confused and can have a tendency to walk around like zombies,
while their close relatives see a completely different picture.
Dr Breggin also reveals for the first time how,
when he opposed certain
companies and individuals,
they tried to destroy him through intimidation
and covertly attacked him and his family,
when all of them suddenly
became ill for no apparent reason.
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More information: www.breggin.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfThKVNl0Oc
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The truth about antidepressants.
SSRIs Drugs
(Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
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The truth about antidepressants.
SSRIs Drugs
(Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
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The chemistry of the various antidepressants, which dangerous substances in everyday life they deliver directly to the brain – deliver modeling glue and other nasty aromatic hydrocarbons straight to the brain, and KEEP THEM THERE.
Several would be replaced well by a gasoline inhaler attached to a backpack that you carry with you – (pill form is easier though) and others, like Prozac, are derived from fluoride. Antidepressants deliver a very stable but FILTHY high until you fry, and the hydrocarbon based ones cause exactly the same damage you get from working in a paint booth without a respirator.
The visible physical damage antidepressants cause and how and why it occurs, including osteo porosis, calcification of the brain, brain shrinkage, destruction of white matter, corkscrewed axons, liver and other organ damage, and some interesting anecdotes related to this;
The motivation for attempting to destroy the entire population of a nation with these substances ...
... how the research SSRI’s are based on was done in Russia and imported to America in the form of Prozac, and the proposed finalization of the destruction of the Western civilization which “antidepressants” will play a central role in.
A detailed exposure of why antidepressants destroy bonding relationships, and make it impossible for anyone to fall permanently in love for REAL, with a little side attachment explaining the reasons for why specific brands destroy sex in different ways. – It is explained line by line for EACH BRAND, and which part of the brain they ruin to often permanently destroy sex in different ways. Different brands destroy different pathways, but all are effective in wrecking sex.
How they get away with hurting so many people under the supposed cover of doing good, and the methods put in place to avoid being sued and imprisoned.
Several would be replaced well by a gasoline inhaler attached to a backpack that you carry with you – (pill form is easier though) and others, like Prozac, are derived from fluoride. Antidepressants deliver a very stable but FILTHY high until you fry, and the hydrocarbon based ones cause exactly the same damage you get from working in a paint booth without a respirator.
The visible physical damage antidepressants cause and how and why it occurs, including osteo porosis, calcification of the brain, brain shrinkage, destruction of white matter, corkscrewed axons, liver and other organ damage, and some interesting anecdotes related to this;
The motivation for attempting to destroy the entire population of a nation with these substances ...
... how the research SSRI’s are based on was done in Russia and imported to America in the form of Prozac, and the proposed finalization of the destruction of the Western civilization which “antidepressants” will play a central role in.
A detailed exposure of why antidepressants destroy bonding relationships, and make it impossible for anyone to fall permanently in love for REAL, with a little side attachment explaining the reasons for why specific brands destroy sex in different ways. – It is explained line by line for EACH BRAND, and which part of the brain they ruin to often permanently destroy sex in different ways. Different brands destroy different pathways, but all are effective in wrecking sex.
How they get away with hurting so many people under the supposed cover of doing good, and the methods put in place to avoid being sued and imprisoned.
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Listing of All the Psychiatric Medication
SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
By JOHN M. GROHOL, PSY.D.
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http://psychcentral.com/drugs/
http://psychcentral.com/lib/top-25-psychiatric-medication-prescriptions-for-2011/00012586
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SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
By JOHN M. GROHOL, PSY.D.
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http://psychcentral.com/drugs/
http://psychcentral.com/lib/top-25-psychiatric-medication-prescriptions-for-2011/00012586
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Within this section, you will find general information about some of the most commonly-prescribed medications for mental disorders.
This information includes proper use of the medication, common side-effects,
and the interactions the medication may have with other medications or over-the-counter drugs.
Click to see what was most popular in 2013
Essential Drug ResourcesAn Introduction to Medications
Within each medication, you'll find a description of the medication, what it is commonly prescribed for, and its most common side effects and contra-indications for its prescription.
Medications can be harmful when not taken exactly as prescribed by a qualified and licensed medical doctor, such as a psychiatrist. Never change the amount of medication you're taking (its dose), or type of medication you're taking without first checking with the doctor who prescribed the medication originally.
Do not stop taking a medication, either, without first checking with your doctor. Why? Because if not done gradually and slowly over time, many people will experience negative side effects if they try and discontinue a medication without a doctor's guidance.
This information includes proper use of the medication, common side-effects,
and the interactions the medication may have with other medications or over-the-counter drugs.
Click to see what was most popular in 2013
Essential Drug ResourcesAn Introduction to Medications
- An Introduction to Mental Health Medications
- Medications Give Relief from Symptoms
- Questions for Your Doctor
- Antidepressant Medications
- Antianxiety Medications
- Medications for Mania and Manic Depression
- Antipsychotic Medications
- Medications for Children
- Medications for Senior Citizens and the Elderly
- Medications for Women During the Childbearing Years
Within each medication, you'll find a description of the medication, what it is commonly prescribed for, and its most common side effects and contra-indications for its prescription.
Medications can be harmful when not taken exactly as prescribed by a qualified and licensed medical doctor, such as a psychiatrist. Never change the amount of medication you're taking (its dose), or type of medication you're taking without first checking with the doctor who prescribed the medication originally.
Do not stop taking a medication, either, without first checking with your doctor. Why? Because if not done gradually and slowly over time, many people will experience negative side effects if they try and discontinue a medication without a doctor's guidance.
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The List of the SSRIs Drugs
(Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
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(Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
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Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 19 May 2015
Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.
- Abilify
- Adapin
- Adderall
- Aldara
- Allegra
- Alprazolam
- Amitriptyline
- Amoxapine
- Anafranil
- Aripiprazole
- Asendin
- Ativan
- Atomoxetine
- Aventyl
- Carbamazepine
- Celexa
- Chlorpromazine
- Citalopram
- Claritin
- Clomipramine
- Clonazepam
- Chlorpromazine
- Clozapine
- Clozaril
- Concerta
- Condylox
- Cylert
- Cymbalta
Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 19 May 2015
Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.
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SSRIs
(Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
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SSRIs
(Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most frequently prescribed category of antidepressants.
Developed in the past 20 years, SSRIs are typically the first choice for physicians when treatment requires the prescription of antidepressants.
Conditions Treated with SSRIs.
SSRIs are commonly prescribed for the following conditions:
This list is not a comprehensive collection of physical or mental health issues that may be treated with SSRIs, but includes many of the conditions commonly treated with this category of drug.
Commonly Prescribed SSRIs
SSRI medications are some of the most widely prescribed and recognized psychotropic medications
on the market.
The brand name SSRIs include:
History of SSRIs
Fluoxetine was brought into the U.S. market in 1988. It is now one of the most prescribed antidepressants across the globe. The discovery of fluoxetine was the result of a search for compounds that could have an affinity for monoamine receptors. The goal of this search was to find specific compounds that did not affect cholinergic, adrenergic, or histamine receptors.
How Do SSRIs Work?
SSRIs act on the serotonin transporter (SERT or 5-HTT), which is responsible for taking up serotonin from a synaptic cleft back to the presynaptic neuron. These transporters are glycoproteins present in synapses. Their function is to take up extra quantities of neurotransmitters from these synapses and transfer them back to presynaptic nerves for further use.
Serotonin—or 5-HT—has primary functions that
include mood regulation.
For most people, boosting serotonin results in improved mood and can have beneficial effects for those experiencing depression or anxiety. SSRIs are called "selective" because they have relatively little or no effect on other neurotransmitters present in the body.
Most prescriptions for these medications consist of a once-daily or even a once-weekly dosage. Because the amount of serotonin in the brain increases very slowly, these medications usually require up to four weeks to reach their full strength. It is even possible that a person will feel worse during the first week or two of treatment. As such, people taking any SSRI medication should report any unusual symptoms to their doctor.
It should also be noted that nearly all antidepressant medications work better when paired with some type of psychotherapy. Medications can help with managing the overt symptoms of depression, but do not address the root causes, negative feelings, or help a person develop positive coping strategies should they experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, or panic in the future. If you are prescribed an SSRI or any other prescription antidepressant, please consider finding a qualified therapist you trust to help you better understand your mental health condition.
Side Effects
It is possible to experience unwanted side effects while taking SSRI medications. You should discuss your health history with your doctor before beginning any new medication, and notify your doctor if you experience changes in your health while taking an SSRI. Possible side effects from these medications can include:
Drug Interactions SSRIs medications should not be used with the following substances:
Withdrawal
A washout period of at least 15 to 20 days is required after the discontinuation of treatment with SSRI drugs. Officially, SSRIs are not addictive, which is why they are usually prescribed over benzodiazepines to treat depression, although that classification has come under fire in recent years. Nevertheless, suddenly discontinuing an SSRI medication may lead to unpleasant withdrawal-like symptoms. These include nausea, headache, lethargy, insomnia, fatigue, depression, anxiety, mania, and even flu-like symptoms. It is recommended to reduce doses at equal intervals so that withdrawal symptoms can be avoided.
References:
Developed in the past 20 years, SSRIs are typically the first choice for physicians when treatment requires the prescription of antidepressants.
Conditions Treated with SSRIs.
SSRIs are commonly prescribed for the following conditions:
- Bulimia
- Depression and major depression
- Premenstrual dysphoria
- Panic disorders
- Obsessive compulsion (OCD)
- Posttraumatic stress (PTSD)
- Generalized anxiety (GAD)
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Premature ejaculation
- Phobias
- Obesity
- Cataplexy
- Bipolar
- Alcohol dependence
This list is not a comprehensive collection of physical or mental health issues that may be treated with SSRIs, but includes many of the conditions commonly treated with this category of drug.
Commonly Prescribed SSRIs
SSRI medications are some of the most widely prescribed and recognized psychotropic medications
on the market.
The brand name SSRIs include:
- Celexa (citalopram)
- Lexapro (escitalopram)
- Luvox (fluvoxamine)
- Paxil (paroxetine)
- Prozac (fluoxetine)
- Zoloft (sertraline)
History of SSRIs
Fluoxetine was brought into the U.S. market in 1988. It is now one of the most prescribed antidepressants across the globe. The discovery of fluoxetine was the result of a search for compounds that could have an affinity for monoamine receptors. The goal of this search was to find specific compounds that did not affect cholinergic, adrenergic, or histamine receptors.
How Do SSRIs Work?
SSRIs act on the serotonin transporter (SERT or 5-HTT), which is responsible for taking up serotonin from a synaptic cleft back to the presynaptic neuron. These transporters are glycoproteins present in synapses. Their function is to take up extra quantities of neurotransmitters from these synapses and transfer them back to presynaptic nerves for further use.
Serotonin—or 5-HT—has primary functions that
include mood regulation.
For most people, boosting serotonin results in improved mood and can have beneficial effects for those experiencing depression or anxiety. SSRIs are called "selective" because they have relatively little or no effect on other neurotransmitters present in the body.
Most prescriptions for these medications consist of a once-daily or even a once-weekly dosage. Because the amount of serotonin in the brain increases very slowly, these medications usually require up to four weeks to reach their full strength. It is even possible that a person will feel worse during the first week or two of treatment. As such, people taking any SSRI medication should report any unusual symptoms to their doctor.
It should also be noted that nearly all antidepressant medications work better when paired with some type of psychotherapy. Medications can help with managing the overt symptoms of depression, but do not address the root causes, negative feelings, or help a person develop positive coping strategies should they experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, or panic in the future. If you are prescribed an SSRI or any other prescription antidepressant, please consider finding a qualified therapist you trust to help you better understand your mental health condition.
Side Effects
It is possible to experience unwanted side effects while taking SSRI medications. You should discuss your health history with your doctor before beginning any new medication, and notify your doctor if you experience changes in your health while taking an SSRI. Possible side effects from these medications can include:
- Cardiovascular Effects: Hypertension and increased heart rate may occur when taking SSRIs, although this side effect is very rare. Hypotension may occur as well. Orthostatic hypotension—the medical term for the dizzy feeling you get when standing up or stretching too quickly—and fainting have also been reported. Palpitations, flushes, and arrhythmias are also possible adverse drug reactions.
- Gastrointestinal Effects: Constipation, dry mouth, anorexia, weight gain or loss, and nausea are some common adverse effects of SSRIs.
- Nervous System Effects: Most common effects include dizziness, headache (unrelated to blood pressure), drowsiness, sleep disturbances (insomnia, hypersomnia), confusion, and memory loss. At high doses, worsening of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation have been noticed. Seizures have been reported as well.
- Hepatic Effects: Liver damage is likely when a patient is already suffering from chronic liver disease. However, the risk is very low for people using SSRIs. Reduction of dose is recommended, but a pharmacist or physician should be consulted before reaching this decision.
- Adverse Effects on the Urinary and Reproductive Systems: Impotence, delayed and premature ejaculation, and anorgasmia have been reported. Hyponatremia (abnormally low sodium) is a major adverse effect of SSRIs and SNRIs.
- Abnormal Bleeding: Abnormal bleeding must be reported. SSRIs should be used with caution if a person is taking anticoagulants, such as warfarin and aspirin.
- Pregnancy and SSRIs: There is not enough data about these medications and pregnancy to make a definitive recommendation. However, in animals, this category of drugs has demonstrated some teratogenic effects. Fluoxetine, for example, when given to pregnant mice prolonged the gestation period. SSRI use is considered an option for pregnant and nursing mothers, but a physician must balance the benefit to risk ratio before prescribing them.
- Other Side Effects: Visual disturbances, mydriasis, thrombocytopenia, anemia, alopecia, arthralgia, and lupus-like syndrome are reported by some people using SSRI drugs.
Drug Interactions SSRIs medications should not be used with the following substances:
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
- Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
- Anticoagulants
- Antihistamines
- Alcohol
- Theophylline
- Ketoconazole
- Digoxin
- Lithium
- Cyclosporine
- Metoproplo
Withdrawal
A washout period of at least 15 to 20 days is required after the discontinuation of treatment with SSRI drugs. Officially, SSRIs are not addictive, which is why they are usually prescribed over benzodiazepines to treat depression, although that classification has come under fire in recent years. Nevertheless, suddenly discontinuing an SSRI medication may lead to unpleasant withdrawal-like symptoms. These include nausea, headache, lethargy, insomnia, fatigue, depression, anxiety, mania, and even flu-like symptoms. It is recommended to reduce doses at equal intervals so that withdrawal symptoms can be avoided.
References:
- Mayo Clinic. (n.d.). Depression (Major Depression). Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/antidepressants/MH00071
- National Institute of Mental Health. (n.d.). Antidepressant Medications. Retrieved from http://wwwapps.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/medications/antidepressant-medications.shtml
- Harvard Health Publications. (2005). SSRI Side Effects: Harvard Mental Health Letter Discusses the Real Risks of Antidepressants. Retrieved from http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/ssri_side_effects
- Gillman, P.K. (2006). A Review of Serotonin Toxicity Data: Implications for the Mechanisms of Antidepressant Drug Action. Biol Psychiatry, 59(11), 1046.
- Gether, U. et al. (2006). Neurotransmitter Transporters: Molecular Function of Important Drug Targets. Trends Pharmacol Sci, 27(7), 375.
- Stein, D.J., Kupfer, D.J., and Schatzberg, A.F. (2006). American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
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These are the testimonies of those
who have been destroyed
by antidepressants.
who have been destroyed
by antidepressants.
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“Whoever said that they lost most their ability to love; MAN, that is the thing I miss the most. I was a very, very, very passionate person prior to celexa. I was passionate about everything, my marriage, my job, my country. I couldn’t hear our national anthem without stopping and feeling the hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up.
14 years in the Army National guard, I was very into my career with them too. I was passionate about running, about my relationship with (and this will probably sound wierd) my dog. I miss all of these things. I hope they all come back to me. They were very much the bricks in the foundation of my life and I feel like they are gone. When I say I want the old me back, I mean the person who was passionate, the person who loved and was loved. The driven person who saw what he wanted and went out and got it. That was all taken from me with the introduction of Celexa in my life. I just want it back.”
“I’ve been in an extremely peculiar state for the past 8 months after stopping Wellbutrin/buproprion. I have literally lost everything inside of me and no longer have a sense of “inner being”. My personality has been completely erased, along with the inner psyche I’ve spent a lifetime building. When I attempt to “look inside”, it is impossible because there is literally nothing there. Everything that made up my specific sense of personal being is gone, including including my hopes, fears, dreams, goals, opinions, values, morals, likes/dislikes, and most strikingly, all emotions and feelings.
I have no feelings associated with past events, and no emotional connections with anything in the world. Specific emotions that defined my personal sense of being are no longer there. People, places, things and events that I thought were etched in my soul as having significance no longer mean a thing. Absolutely nothing, I can’t stress this enough.
I am unable to look backward or forward, have no sense of past accomplishments and no desire for future ones. The strangest thing is, I cannot feel anything toward being in this state, as that part of me is gone too. It’s like a recursive erasure of everything I ever was, am, and will be.
It doesn’t feel like life is a conscious experience that I am having anymore, as there is no inner construct within me to absorb an experience on any level. I see, hear, touch, and smell, yet each of these is so devoid of emotional content that they don’t coalesce into anything meaningful I can call a human consciousness. My sense of being has been replaced by a constant void of nothingness that is unchanging, 24/7, I feel nothing towards the nothingness. It is not like feeling empty inside, there is no inside to feel empty within.
Getting to this state was a long process that started with gradually losing my emotions. This started when I decided to withdraw from the antidepressant Wellbutrin/Bupropion which I’d been on a high dosage of for 5 years. Strangely, going back on it did not help, but made things worse. When I stopped and started the drug a second time, I experienced one tremendous day of improvement followed by a seizure while sleeping, and woke up in a confused state. After this I regressed and felt completely dead inside.
This waking up in a confused state happened 2 more times, once in May 2010 and once in September 2010. Both of these were preceded by sudden improvements. But upon waking I felt like I had lost a basic part of my self. Not just feelings, but the core of my being. What I felt to be the complete and final destruction of my inner being happened on September 7th, 2010, and there hasn’t been a change since (it has now been 8 months).
“I tell you, I never had a problem before celexa. I just want to be back to me. I want to no longer be the pitiful creature it made me. I want to be me. The old me. I want myself back. Life isn’t worth living with this new person holding my thoughts and feelings hostage. I have been off Celexa since last year. I JUST WANT ME BACK.”
“I have been on 0 mgs for almost a year, and my emotional state has yet to come back to normal. (normal me). I have been from Psyc doc to Psyc doc (never needed before celexa) to try to figure it out. They point the problem back to me. I found out by reading around the Internet, and buying the book “Prozac: Panacea or Pandora” by doctor Ann Blake Tracy, and I found out that several people, if not all people, who go off these drugs experience exactly what I have experienced. When Natalie wrote what she wrote, you can go back to some of my earlier posts and the withdrawal effects are written down almost verbatim.
These are bad for our brains, they change our personalities. I want my life back, and don’t want even my worst enemy to experience what I have been through. These people have no love for their fellow man. We need to, no matter how emotionally messed up we are, we need to band together and prevent them (a commercial for Cymbalta just came on the tv, made my blood boil) from prescribing them to ANYONE. Depression hurts said the commercial, I never knew depression till after celexa. I have been through hell, therefore hell exists.”
“What I don’t understand is how a drug could completely erase me as a human being. What I’m experiencing is not depression, anhedonia, or flat affect, but a permanent change in my consciousness that literally destroyed my humanity. All the parts that made up my being are literally gone. I don’t understand how this is even possible, or what (if anything) I can do to change it.”
“I’m 25 yrs old. I used to be a bodybuilder, avid fisherman, used to drag race, and enjoy the great outdoors. USED TO.
I was on effexor for about 3 yrs, 75mgs. I decided I wanted to stop taking it, I felt fine. Im 25 I said and I can deal with lifes problems.
I told my doc if I may discontinue the drug he said sure, if you want to. Doctor didn’t even ask me if I wanted to wean off, I suggested him to give me the 35mgs, but he gave me only a weeks worth.
I have never in life felt so sick. I would not wish this on anyone, not even my enemy. The first 3 months were hell. dizziness, nausea, fatigue, bad memory, brain zaps, you name it I had it. I couldnt even walk sometimes.
I fought and fought and it is now 7 months that I am clean off this horrible so called drug.
To this day, 7 MONTHS later, I am left with weakness, bad memory, and horrible coordination.
I can no longer workout, all my muscles went down, I have no energy to do what I liked to do in my life. I cannot function or remember things at work. I am useless. If it wasn’t my cousins place, I would have been fired along time ago.
I am not depressed, I don’t have panic attacks.
In my opinion, Effexor has left me permanent damage. I have been through more tests than you can think of. blood tests upon blood tests for every disease known to man.
This drug has changed my life for the worse and everynight i cry, because I feel that this medicine has severly left me damaged. My doctor has no idea what to do.”
“I was prescribed Zoloft 25-50mgs 9 years ago while I was in college.
Before I begin with the nightmare, let me stress I WAS NOT SICK when I started this drug. I had anxiety (situational )and was a little tired. That is it. Other than these issues, I was as healthy as a horse, never been in the hospital, rarely if ever needed to go to the doctor. I was very active and on the go.
Well, Zoloft worked immediately, what can I say. I loved it. Loved it loved it loved it. I thought it was a gift from God, saved me and my college career. I wasn’t as shy as I had been. I felt more social.
But then I found I could not get off without severe head pain and brain zaps. So, I stayed on it. Every few months I would think about going off again, but the symptoms I would get kept me on it, and very afraid to come off. So, I stayed on it for 8 long years. (I forgot to mention I gained 25 pounds within the first 3 months on it. That was another reason I wanted off).
After 8 years, I’d had enough. I felt like I no longer needed it, I had been long out of college and the original situations that gave me anxiety were long gone. So, at my doctors advice, I tapered over about 3-4 weeks.
Then my life was shattered. Completely shattered.
I was told the withdrawal would only last a week or two at most, so I rode it out. It never went away and only kept getting worse. So, I gave up and tried to go back on. I couldn’t take the symptoms anymore. But my body was having none of that. Strangely, now when I took Zoloft, my body and brain reacted badly, as if it were rejecting it. I got a fever and felt like I was dying. I had no choice but to get off again. I was given other SSRI’s, but none of them helped either, and all of them made me worse. I no longer tolerated meds like I did prior to Zoloft.
I kid you not, here I am 3 YEARS later and still very ill, and it all began when getting off Zoloft.
Here is what I suffer 24/7…..
severe head pain and pressure
brain zaps/ electrical zaps shooting through brain down to toes
burning in extremities and brain
severe fatigue and weakness
dizziness/vertigo
severe depression ( never was depressed, ever, until coming off Zoloft )
severe anxiety
panic attacks…BAAAAD
daily crying jags
skin eruptions and
bone and muscle pain
burning tongue
insomnia
digestive pain
cramping on right side under rib cage
hair loss
sensitivities to food and medications previously tolerated well
extremely sensitive to vitamins and minerals previously tolerated well
no motivation / severe apathy
loss of career and income/ on disability
derealization/ depersonalization
back and neck spasms
unable to drive, shop, or eat out
increased allergies to things once tolerated well ( smoke, dust, cats )
suicidal thoughts….pretty regularly and very scary
nightmares
jaw pain from clenching teeth ( I guess from severe stress )
agoraphobia…very heartbreaking since I used to be so busy
ears ringing
feeling like being hit it the back of the head with a shovel
pressure in chest, like a 100 elephants are sitting on me
racing pulse, even when resting
increased blood pressure and cholesterol
metallic taste
bladder spasms
loss of cognition/ mental function ( feels like I lost 50 IQ points )
difficulty concentrating and recalling facts
I wrote a letter to Pfizer, detailing my story and my symptoms. They blew me off and wanted a doctors opinion of what my illness is from. No doctor will admit to Zoloft being the cause of this illness, so Pfizer pretty much told me they take no responsibility. They ruined my life, and take no responsibility. They train their drug reps to educate doctors that these drugs are harmless. They know better, but rake in too much money to do anything about it.
They do not care how many lives they destroy, as long as they continue making their billions off innocent victims.”
“My withdrawal from Seroxat/Paxil (a few years ago, now). I became very aggressive on the stuff (many arrests and court appearances), and on some days I could pop valium like smarties without it making the slightest bit of difference. When I decided it would be a clever move to stop taking it and put up with a few days of flu-like symptoms, I found out what withdrawal was really like.
I slashed at my arms, I rolled around on the floor, screaming, because everything felt raw (my theory is that we ‘normally’ perceive the world through a comfortable haze of endorphins–which was stripped away) and when the police were called I freaked out completely and brandished a knife at them.
My husband referred to that state as being ‘animalistic’.
Needless to say, I escaped jail by a hair’s breadth. When I ended up in ER, following a dose of pepper spray in my face, I begged for Seroxat and the doc just laughed in my face and said they weren’t running a pharmacy. They did not believe there was such a thing as SSRI/SNRI withdrawal syndrome. I think they still don’t.
In the cell, waiting for the court appearance, I had the worst shakes and weird feelings (derealisation, having two heads, having my head swell to the size of a water melon). The junky I shared the cell with said: “Wow, what are you on?”
I was put on zoloft, and when I stopped taking it I became disoriented didn’t remember anything for 3 days. Lost my systems design engineering job I had for 7 years with 21 succesful projects. Lost my income, lost my mind, lost my home, cars, family heirlooms retirement, etc.etc. It all happened after taking ZOLOFT. I was finally diagnosed with a form of epilepsy and put on anti siezure meds..Lamictal.
The Zoloft stuff took place In the 3rd world state of Louisiana..no recourse..Louisiana SUCKS. I now live in Florida, I’m 100% disabled and doing somewhat better thanks to my wife and my 2 wonderful kids that stood by me during those nightmarish days. By the way..the state of louisiana does not recognize the brain as an organ according to one ambulance chasing Lawyer. It only counts as an organ during a lawsuit right after an accident. If there are problems 10 years later…too bad it is no longer relevent.
The first time I tried to get off cymbalta, I tapered over two months. Three weeks after the last dose, I was still extremely affected. I almost lost my job (doctor-level position), I almost quit my job.
I had about two months of hell trying to get off it.
So I’d be trying to pick up my clothes to get dressed in the morning and it was like zap zap zap grip wall zap pick up shirt zap zap nausea zap sit back down zap. Then I’d be talking to someone at work and i’d have the zaps and want to say ‘oh just dont mind my nystagmus, nothing to worry about’
I don’t feel that pissed off about it all right now, I just wonderhow long it will take before the brain zaps go away for good
I think I might donate some money to some organization this year that lobbies for more disclosure to patients about this shit because my dr who first prescribed it to me said ‘Really? It causes vertigo in you? I am on it too and I get that too–I wonder what’s up with that.’.
Followup: I’m up to about 6 months since I was taking Cymbalta every day and I still have weird effects like those described above. It has gotten to be kind of a joke now and mostly I just get the weird vertigo zaps. I wonder if it is ‘permanent’ a lot.
It is a very distinct ‘zap’ and it feels way more sketchy and scary than the depression that caused me to go looking for an antidepressant.
“The worst kind of hell imaginable. I was off of this drug for 4 months without a hint of relief from the withdrawl symptoms. I was scared for my life and at the same time wanted to die….. Furthermore, every doctor I saw told me that Paxil isn’t addictive. **FRUSTRATION** Hated it!”
“Please consider this before commenting on antidepressants in a positive way.
About 10 years ago, the medical school at a major university began to notice a large number of cadavers coming in (for the medical students to work on) which had indented and calcified frontal lobes in their brains.
Puzzled by this, they went through the life history of each cadaver that had this anomaly, and discovered that in every case, the person had been on SSRI antidepressants.
The level of brain damage indicated that each of the cadavers had been lobotomized.
The people who drew the connection between the calcified and collapsed frontal lobes (the part of the brain which contains your soul) and antidepressants received offers of money to keep it secret, and when they chose to go public anyway, received anonymous death threats against their families and children if they ever went public.
I have seen many people get destroyed by antidepressants, all the while they said all was well. Invariably they go down the toilet as they eventually move toward complete and total emotional and personality flatline.”
“I decided I did not want to be ruled by this drug. Under the supervision of my doctor over a two month period, I weened myself from cymbalta forever. Each time I went down to a smaller dose I got sick. I had headaches, brain zaps, nausea, flu-like symptoms, I blacked out, my memory would get worse, until the culmination of taking no Cymbalta at all. Fortunately my mother is retired and was able to stay with me- I was withdrawaling like I assume people do on heavy street drugs! I would go to sleep hoping I would not wake up and be in pain throughout the day.
My pain would get worse as the day progressed and by 4:00 I could barely stand the headaches, nausea, the ear ringing, and brain zaps. It has been a year since I have been off of Cymbalta and I continue to have horrible headaches that get worse as the day progresses; my ears ring, and my vision is screwed up. I see little lights at night time. My memory is not what it used to be and when I tell my doctors that I think I was permanatley poisoned by cymbalta they look at me like I am crazy (and isn’t that the reason I went on the cymbalta in the first place?)”
“I am on my 7th day of no Cymbalta after being on it for only 3 weeks. I went from 60mg to 30mg, no problem. Then 30mg to 15mg, by making my own pills from the 30mg. Brain Zaps started. Now since I am clean for 7 days the Brain Zaps are hell, I think I even blink when they hit me. Inside my head the Zaps sound like a chattering angry squirrel. The people that made this drug must have never tested it for withdrawals.
I have terrible back pain, have trouble sleeping, and have even cried twice this week. I just took 50mg of benedryl and 1000mg of tylenol hoping I can sleep tonight. I also gained weight on the drug. Has anyone that dealt with the Brain Zaps stopped having them all together? They are so bad, I am afraid to drive, I now understand why some folks kill themselves coming off drugs like this one. If there is a happy ending, I would love to know about it. Almost forgot, Blood Pressure has gone thru the roof coming off this stuff.”
“I will name the countless symptoms and probably unreversable brain damage I am living with after Effexor. There are good days in wich some of the symptoms won’t arise for exception of the pain. Those are the days I can be a mother and wife but still the shadow of the energetic person I was. Back in July all the symptoms hit me all at once. Blury vision, dizzy, letargic, high pitch ringing in my ears, exhaustion, pain all over my body, joints and muscles.
Muscle twitching, slurred speech, urinary incontinence at times, hair lose in patches. It is impossible for me to normally work at any type of job now. I have states where I would forget what I am doing. I have times in wich I have a hard time controlling voluntary motor functions in my legs and arms (such as not being able to write, open a bottle or carry anything).
Every now and then muscles will begin to twitch, then just stop, out of the blue. I became lethargic and have no energy to do anything. Not to mention times or days when I can not drive due to the chance that I would have an accident beacuse of the sudden blury vision or dizzines that make it dificult to see. Not to mention when I suddenly forget where I am going or doing.”
Since I started taking effexor, My memory is going out the window. I am having trouble remembering things from yesterday, granted I haven’t always been the best to remember things. I have noticed that I am forgetting tasks at work, this has never happened. I find myself using an entire pad of sticky notes, and forgetting to complete the notes written.
I’ve been taking Effexor since last November, and I’ve been having memory problems. Even yesterday I can barely remember. It’s so difficult. Usually, I had a good memory but now it has gone down hill.
I’ve been on it for about 9 months, and the SAME thing is happening to me. i forget things daily, lose things often, and my attention span is like a 3 year old boy. my doctor also told me they're not connected, but i KNOW they are, which is the main reason i’m coming off the drug now. i wishi would have been informed of all this before i got hooked on the stinking drug.
I have been experiencing memory loss for awhie also. I started taking Effexor spring 2005. Before that I had been taking Zoloft, which was not working for my anxiety and depression. I notice about 3-6 months into taking Effexor that my short term memory was playing tricks on me and the more I think about it the more I realize this drug has something to do with that. What should we do now? Does anyone else think we should be contacting the company and find out the truth about this being a side effect???
“I have been on Celexa for almost three years. the results: lost a job and a marriage due to being so non complacent but gained 20 lbs. I skipped a few doses several weeks ago and decided it was time to wean myself off. I tapered down very quickly and am now dealing with the following withdrawal symptoms:
Anxiety
Dizziness
Fatigue
Headache
Insomnia
Diarrhea
Nausea
Restlessness
Blurred vision
Jolting electric “zaps” (at bedtime)
Tingling sensations
Abdominal discomfort
Flu symptoms and general malaise
agitation
Vertigo
Gait disturbances
Sweating
Irritability
Aggression
Sleep disturbance and insomnia
Nightmares
Vivid dreams
Confusion
Memory and concentration difficulties
Crying spells
Lethargy
Weakness
The aggression is the scariest part but now that I know almost everyone experiences this I feel better. From reading most of the posts it doesn’t seem to matter if you wean yourself or go cold turkey, the withdrawal symptoms appear the same.”
I believe SSRIs “cause” neurogenesis through the brains compensatory mechanisms. By inducing a massive chemical imbalance at the synaptic level, SSRIs force the brain to respond by shutting down these connections and creating new ones (which then get shut down, and the cycle continues). Unfortunately, these new connections (axons) often resemble the type of new axonal growth (swollen/corksrew appearance) seen after recovery from a neurotoxic MDMA regimen. (editor’s note – MDMA is Ecstacy) These axons also often grow and/or project into areas where they did not before, and the significance of this is as of yet unknown.
7. The most troubling permanent lasting adverse neurological effects you may experience after prolonged SSRI usage (and consequent STOPPING) are :
a). Word finding troubles
b). Absolute emotional flatness and deadness
c). Permanently reduced sex drive
d). An odd, pervasive social anxiety/awkwardness
e). Trouble with coordination
f). Bad memory
g). Trouble retrieving words
h). Overall paucity of thought and expression
i). Lack of creativity and intellectual fluidity (mental fog)
j). A lack of ability to “steer” or control the tone of your voice
(I’ve noticed this- that I sound shaky and agitated no matter what my
mood is, and people think I’m upset when I’m really not)
8. After these brain damaging effects have sunken in, you may have great difficulty finding support anywhere. Talking to a p-doc may be an exercise in futility. They will want to protect their own interests and shield themselves from a possible lawsuit, hence you may be told continually to get back on meds/up your dosage. The more you protest, the less credibility you have, thus the more evidence in your p-doc’s mind that you need to go back on SSRIs.
9. Once you realize the extent of the damage, and it sinks in beyond the denial you may initially face, it will be hard to explain to others exactly why you are not the same person you used to be. The damage is similar to a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) yet it might be better termed DBI (Diffuse Brain Injury).
Cymbalta
“Oh, how the withdrawal wrecked me. The only thing worse than taking Cymbalta was withdrawal from Cymbalta. Added to all the side effects I was already having, I very much wanted to cut myself, and got as far as sitting down with a blade, but instead I bit myself on the hand as hard as I could stand. I think I also punched myself in the thigh that same day, but it’s all sort of hazy. The first day off Cymbalta, I hallucinated, felt like my arms were really far away from the rest of my body, dissociated for most of the day, and in general, thought I was going to have to call for an ambulance. A benzo would’ve really helped, but I didn’t have a pdoc yet at the time; I had to wait three weeks and let me tell you, those were three of the most hellish weeks of my life, including feeling very much like I was having a mixed episode. Out of desperation, I took diphenhydramine because it helped the vertigo and the sleepy feeling sort of passed for “calmer.” It took at least three weeks for the withdrawal symptoms to calm down to a dull roar. When I saw my new pdoc, I was still agitated.”
Your doctor is your worst enemy. Welbutrin is an SNRI. It blocks the metabolites in the liver that metablilze seretonin and noepinephrin. Switching to celexa, which is an SNRI is not going to help you. Doctors just have no clue as to what they are doing. You go to them with a problem, they consult ther PDR, and hand out some drugs that the pretty little pharma rep gave to them. They will give you something to destroy your brain, then give you a benzo like xanax, to combat anxiety. You cannot sleep, you are always on edge, you end up with some sort of psycological “disorder” (manufactured by the drug companies), and you are left a buned out shell of what you used to be. They tried to give my mother-in-law prozac because she was sad when her father was dying of cancer, and she was starting to go through menopause. I SCREAMED. This lady didn’t need prozac, or any other mind altering drugs. She needed to reduce her stress.
I told her to take topical progesterone, and she turned around just fine.
Fact: Doctors don’t know what ssri’s do to the brain
Fact: There is no evidence of a lack of neuro transmitters.
Fact: There is no way of measuring the level of seretonin in the brain…
I pray for anyone in distress anywhere, and God bless and help those whose lives were destroyed by doctors who dished out meds that they know nothing about.
WITHDRAWAL
did anyone else get tapered off zoloft from a doctor but still having withdrawal?
this is how my doctor did it and I am still trying to understand why it was just down to 50mg and not less after a while: starting with my 100 mg
week 1- 50 mg every day
week 2 and 3 50 mg every other day
week 4 50 mg every two days
week 5 50 mg every three days
week 6 off (on this week now)
I took my last on sunday and it’s now Wednesday. last night I could not sleep, I felt very cold and I was shivering and had interrupted sleep and then got too hot all over like I was burning. I’ve had the brain zaps all along on the days I didn’t take it and some of the shivering and feeling a little dizzy too , very restless sleep on and off for these last few weeks. also some irritability, and very depressed and hopeless feelings and anger, some crying spells for no reason. I don’t want to call the doctor because obviously they don’t know what they are doing or I wouldn’t have withdrawl symptoms at all.
My daughter began having petit mal seizures. Coincidentally, she was just recently placed on zoloft. I am sure it was only a coincidence, right? What did zoloft do to you?
YES, ZOLOFT IS EVIL. IT RUINED MY LIFE. IT MADE ME ACT TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER AND I MAIMED MYSELF IN AN INDESCRIBABLE WAY.
Zoloft destroyed my life, and my Dr. and therapist stood by and watched it all happen right before their eyes, it was like I was a project for them. I am sorry to those I affected during that time, I regret it everyday.
14 years in the Army National guard, I was very into my career with them too. I was passionate about running, about my relationship with (and this will probably sound wierd) my dog. I miss all of these things. I hope they all come back to me. They were very much the bricks in the foundation of my life and I feel like they are gone. When I say I want the old me back, I mean the person who was passionate, the person who loved and was loved. The driven person who saw what he wanted and went out and got it. That was all taken from me with the introduction of Celexa in my life. I just want it back.”
“I’ve been in an extremely peculiar state for the past 8 months after stopping Wellbutrin/buproprion. I have literally lost everything inside of me and no longer have a sense of “inner being”. My personality has been completely erased, along with the inner psyche I’ve spent a lifetime building. When I attempt to “look inside”, it is impossible because there is literally nothing there. Everything that made up my specific sense of personal being is gone, including including my hopes, fears, dreams, goals, opinions, values, morals, likes/dislikes, and most strikingly, all emotions and feelings.
I have no feelings associated with past events, and no emotional connections with anything in the world. Specific emotions that defined my personal sense of being are no longer there. People, places, things and events that I thought were etched in my soul as having significance no longer mean a thing. Absolutely nothing, I can’t stress this enough.
I am unable to look backward or forward, have no sense of past accomplishments and no desire for future ones. The strangest thing is, I cannot feel anything toward being in this state, as that part of me is gone too. It’s like a recursive erasure of everything I ever was, am, and will be.
It doesn’t feel like life is a conscious experience that I am having anymore, as there is no inner construct within me to absorb an experience on any level. I see, hear, touch, and smell, yet each of these is so devoid of emotional content that they don’t coalesce into anything meaningful I can call a human consciousness. My sense of being has been replaced by a constant void of nothingness that is unchanging, 24/7, I feel nothing towards the nothingness. It is not like feeling empty inside, there is no inside to feel empty within.
Getting to this state was a long process that started with gradually losing my emotions. This started when I decided to withdraw from the antidepressant Wellbutrin/Bupropion which I’d been on a high dosage of for 5 years. Strangely, going back on it did not help, but made things worse. When I stopped and started the drug a second time, I experienced one tremendous day of improvement followed by a seizure while sleeping, and woke up in a confused state. After this I regressed and felt completely dead inside.
This waking up in a confused state happened 2 more times, once in May 2010 and once in September 2010. Both of these were preceded by sudden improvements. But upon waking I felt like I had lost a basic part of my self. Not just feelings, but the core of my being. What I felt to be the complete and final destruction of my inner being happened on September 7th, 2010, and there hasn’t been a change since (it has now been 8 months).
“I tell you, I never had a problem before celexa. I just want to be back to me. I want to no longer be the pitiful creature it made me. I want to be me. The old me. I want myself back. Life isn’t worth living with this new person holding my thoughts and feelings hostage. I have been off Celexa since last year. I JUST WANT ME BACK.”
“I have been on 0 mgs for almost a year, and my emotional state has yet to come back to normal. (normal me). I have been from Psyc doc to Psyc doc (never needed before celexa) to try to figure it out. They point the problem back to me. I found out by reading around the Internet, and buying the book “Prozac: Panacea or Pandora” by doctor Ann Blake Tracy, and I found out that several people, if not all people, who go off these drugs experience exactly what I have experienced. When Natalie wrote what she wrote, you can go back to some of my earlier posts and the withdrawal effects are written down almost verbatim.
These are bad for our brains, they change our personalities. I want my life back, and don’t want even my worst enemy to experience what I have been through. These people have no love for their fellow man. We need to, no matter how emotionally messed up we are, we need to band together and prevent them (a commercial for Cymbalta just came on the tv, made my blood boil) from prescribing them to ANYONE. Depression hurts said the commercial, I never knew depression till after celexa. I have been through hell, therefore hell exists.”
“What I don’t understand is how a drug could completely erase me as a human being. What I’m experiencing is not depression, anhedonia, or flat affect, but a permanent change in my consciousness that literally destroyed my humanity. All the parts that made up my being are literally gone. I don’t understand how this is even possible, or what (if anything) I can do to change it.”
“I’m 25 yrs old. I used to be a bodybuilder, avid fisherman, used to drag race, and enjoy the great outdoors. USED TO.
I was on effexor for about 3 yrs, 75mgs. I decided I wanted to stop taking it, I felt fine. Im 25 I said and I can deal with lifes problems.
I told my doc if I may discontinue the drug he said sure, if you want to. Doctor didn’t even ask me if I wanted to wean off, I suggested him to give me the 35mgs, but he gave me only a weeks worth.
I have never in life felt so sick. I would not wish this on anyone, not even my enemy. The first 3 months were hell. dizziness, nausea, fatigue, bad memory, brain zaps, you name it I had it. I couldnt even walk sometimes.
I fought and fought and it is now 7 months that I am clean off this horrible so called drug.
To this day, 7 MONTHS later, I am left with weakness, bad memory, and horrible coordination.
I can no longer workout, all my muscles went down, I have no energy to do what I liked to do in my life. I cannot function or remember things at work. I am useless. If it wasn’t my cousins place, I would have been fired along time ago.
I am not depressed, I don’t have panic attacks.
In my opinion, Effexor has left me permanent damage. I have been through more tests than you can think of. blood tests upon blood tests for every disease known to man.
This drug has changed my life for the worse and everynight i cry, because I feel that this medicine has severly left me damaged. My doctor has no idea what to do.”
“I was prescribed Zoloft 25-50mgs 9 years ago while I was in college.
Before I begin with the nightmare, let me stress I WAS NOT SICK when I started this drug. I had anxiety (situational )and was a little tired. That is it. Other than these issues, I was as healthy as a horse, never been in the hospital, rarely if ever needed to go to the doctor. I was very active and on the go.
Well, Zoloft worked immediately, what can I say. I loved it. Loved it loved it loved it. I thought it was a gift from God, saved me and my college career. I wasn’t as shy as I had been. I felt more social.
But then I found I could not get off without severe head pain and brain zaps. So, I stayed on it. Every few months I would think about going off again, but the symptoms I would get kept me on it, and very afraid to come off. So, I stayed on it for 8 long years. (I forgot to mention I gained 25 pounds within the first 3 months on it. That was another reason I wanted off).
After 8 years, I’d had enough. I felt like I no longer needed it, I had been long out of college and the original situations that gave me anxiety were long gone. So, at my doctors advice, I tapered over about 3-4 weeks.
Then my life was shattered. Completely shattered.
I was told the withdrawal would only last a week or two at most, so I rode it out. It never went away and only kept getting worse. So, I gave up and tried to go back on. I couldn’t take the symptoms anymore. But my body was having none of that. Strangely, now when I took Zoloft, my body and brain reacted badly, as if it were rejecting it. I got a fever and felt like I was dying. I had no choice but to get off again. I was given other SSRI’s, but none of them helped either, and all of them made me worse. I no longer tolerated meds like I did prior to Zoloft.
I kid you not, here I am 3 YEARS later and still very ill, and it all began when getting off Zoloft.
Here is what I suffer 24/7…..
severe head pain and pressure
brain zaps/ electrical zaps shooting through brain down to toes
burning in extremities and brain
severe fatigue and weakness
dizziness/vertigo
severe depression ( never was depressed, ever, until coming off Zoloft )
severe anxiety
panic attacks…BAAAAD
daily crying jags
skin eruptions and
bone and muscle pain
burning tongue
insomnia
digestive pain
cramping on right side under rib cage
hair loss
sensitivities to food and medications previously tolerated well
extremely sensitive to vitamins and minerals previously tolerated well
no motivation / severe apathy
loss of career and income/ on disability
derealization/ depersonalization
back and neck spasms
unable to drive, shop, or eat out
increased allergies to things once tolerated well ( smoke, dust, cats )
suicidal thoughts….pretty regularly and very scary
nightmares
jaw pain from clenching teeth ( I guess from severe stress )
agoraphobia…very heartbreaking since I used to be so busy
ears ringing
feeling like being hit it the back of the head with a shovel
pressure in chest, like a 100 elephants are sitting on me
racing pulse, even when resting
increased blood pressure and cholesterol
metallic taste
bladder spasms
loss of cognition/ mental function ( feels like I lost 50 IQ points )
difficulty concentrating and recalling facts
I wrote a letter to Pfizer, detailing my story and my symptoms. They blew me off and wanted a doctors opinion of what my illness is from. No doctor will admit to Zoloft being the cause of this illness, so Pfizer pretty much told me they take no responsibility. They ruined my life, and take no responsibility. They train their drug reps to educate doctors that these drugs are harmless. They know better, but rake in too much money to do anything about it.
They do not care how many lives they destroy, as long as they continue making their billions off innocent victims.”
“My withdrawal from Seroxat/Paxil (a few years ago, now). I became very aggressive on the stuff (many arrests and court appearances), and on some days I could pop valium like smarties without it making the slightest bit of difference. When I decided it would be a clever move to stop taking it and put up with a few days of flu-like symptoms, I found out what withdrawal was really like.
I slashed at my arms, I rolled around on the floor, screaming, because everything felt raw (my theory is that we ‘normally’ perceive the world through a comfortable haze of endorphins–which was stripped away) and when the police were called I freaked out completely and brandished a knife at them.
My husband referred to that state as being ‘animalistic’.
Needless to say, I escaped jail by a hair’s breadth. When I ended up in ER, following a dose of pepper spray in my face, I begged for Seroxat and the doc just laughed in my face and said they weren’t running a pharmacy. They did not believe there was such a thing as SSRI/SNRI withdrawal syndrome. I think they still don’t.
In the cell, waiting for the court appearance, I had the worst shakes and weird feelings (derealisation, having two heads, having my head swell to the size of a water melon). The junky I shared the cell with said: “Wow, what are you on?”
I was put on zoloft, and when I stopped taking it I became disoriented didn’t remember anything for 3 days. Lost my systems design engineering job I had for 7 years with 21 succesful projects. Lost my income, lost my mind, lost my home, cars, family heirlooms retirement, etc.etc. It all happened after taking ZOLOFT. I was finally diagnosed with a form of epilepsy and put on anti siezure meds..Lamictal.
The Zoloft stuff took place In the 3rd world state of Louisiana..no recourse..Louisiana SUCKS. I now live in Florida, I’m 100% disabled and doing somewhat better thanks to my wife and my 2 wonderful kids that stood by me during those nightmarish days. By the way..the state of louisiana does not recognize the brain as an organ according to one ambulance chasing Lawyer. It only counts as an organ during a lawsuit right after an accident. If there are problems 10 years later…too bad it is no longer relevent.
The first time I tried to get off cymbalta, I tapered over two months. Three weeks after the last dose, I was still extremely affected. I almost lost my job (doctor-level position), I almost quit my job.
I had about two months of hell trying to get off it.
So I’d be trying to pick up my clothes to get dressed in the morning and it was like zap zap zap grip wall zap pick up shirt zap zap nausea zap sit back down zap. Then I’d be talking to someone at work and i’d have the zaps and want to say ‘oh just dont mind my nystagmus, nothing to worry about’
I don’t feel that pissed off about it all right now, I just wonderhow long it will take before the brain zaps go away for good
I think I might donate some money to some organization this year that lobbies for more disclosure to patients about this shit because my dr who first prescribed it to me said ‘Really? It causes vertigo in you? I am on it too and I get that too–I wonder what’s up with that.’.
Followup: I’m up to about 6 months since I was taking Cymbalta every day and I still have weird effects like those described above. It has gotten to be kind of a joke now and mostly I just get the weird vertigo zaps. I wonder if it is ‘permanent’ a lot.
It is a very distinct ‘zap’ and it feels way more sketchy and scary than the depression that caused me to go looking for an antidepressant.
“The worst kind of hell imaginable. I was off of this drug for 4 months without a hint of relief from the withdrawl symptoms. I was scared for my life and at the same time wanted to die….. Furthermore, every doctor I saw told me that Paxil isn’t addictive. **FRUSTRATION** Hated it!”
“Please consider this before commenting on antidepressants in a positive way.
About 10 years ago, the medical school at a major university began to notice a large number of cadavers coming in (for the medical students to work on) which had indented and calcified frontal lobes in their brains.
Puzzled by this, they went through the life history of each cadaver that had this anomaly, and discovered that in every case, the person had been on SSRI antidepressants.
The level of brain damage indicated that each of the cadavers had been lobotomized.
The people who drew the connection between the calcified and collapsed frontal lobes (the part of the brain which contains your soul) and antidepressants received offers of money to keep it secret, and when they chose to go public anyway, received anonymous death threats against their families and children if they ever went public.
I have seen many people get destroyed by antidepressants, all the while they said all was well. Invariably they go down the toilet as they eventually move toward complete and total emotional and personality flatline.”
“I decided I did not want to be ruled by this drug. Under the supervision of my doctor over a two month period, I weened myself from cymbalta forever. Each time I went down to a smaller dose I got sick. I had headaches, brain zaps, nausea, flu-like symptoms, I blacked out, my memory would get worse, until the culmination of taking no Cymbalta at all. Fortunately my mother is retired and was able to stay with me- I was withdrawaling like I assume people do on heavy street drugs! I would go to sleep hoping I would not wake up and be in pain throughout the day.
My pain would get worse as the day progressed and by 4:00 I could barely stand the headaches, nausea, the ear ringing, and brain zaps. It has been a year since I have been off of Cymbalta and I continue to have horrible headaches that get worse as the day progresses; my ears ring, and my vision is screwed up. I see little lights at night time. My memory is not what it used to be and when I tell my doctors that I think I was permanatley poisoned by cymbalta they look at me like I am crazy (and isn’t that the reason I went on the cymbalta in the first place?)”
“I am on my 7th day of no Cymbalta after being on it for only 3 weeks. I went from 60mg to 30mg, no problem. Then 30mg to 15mg, by making my own pills from the 30mg. Brain Zaps started. Now since I am clean for 7 days the Brain Zaps are hell, I think I even blink when they hit me. Inside my head the Zaps sound like a chattering angry squirrel. The people that made this drug must have never tested it for withdrawals.
I have terrible back pain, have trouble sleeping, and have even cried twice this week. I just took 50mg of benedryl and 1000mg of tylenol hoping I can sleep tonight. I also gained weight on the drug. Has anyone that dealt with the Brain Zaps stopped having them all together? They are so bad, I am afraid to drive, I now understand why some folks kill themselves coming off drugs like this one. If there is a happy ending, I would love to know about it. Almost forgot, Blood Pressure has gone thru the roof coming off this stuff.”
“I will name the countless symptoms and probably unreversable brain damage I am living with after Effexor. There are good days in wich some of the symptoms won’t arise for exception of the pain. Those are the days I can be a mother and wife but still the shadow of the energetic person I was. Back in July all the symptoms hit me all at once. Blury vision, dizzy, letargic, high pitch ringing in my ears, exhaustion, pain all over my body, joints and muscles.
Muscle twitching, slurred speech, urinary incontinence at times, hair lose in patches. It is impossible for me to normally work at any type of job now. I have states where I would forget what I am doing. I have times in wich I have a hard time controlling voluntary motor functions in my legs and arms (such as not being able to write, open a bottle or carry anything).
Every now and then muscles will begin to twitch, then just stop, out of the blue. I became lethargic and have no energy to do anything. Not to mention times or days when I can not drive due to the chance that I would have an accident beacuse of the sudden blury vision or dizzines that make it dificult to see. Not to mention when I suddenly forget where I am going or doing.”
Since I started taking effexor, My memory is going out the window. I am having trouble remembering things from yesterday, granted I haven’t always been the best to remember things. I have noticed that I am forgetting tasks at work, this has never happened. I find myself using an entire pad of sticky notes, and forgetting to complete the notes written.
I’ve been taking Effexor since last November, and I’ve been having memory problems. Even yesterday I can barely remember. It’s so difficult. Usually, I had a good memory but now it has gone down hill.
I’ve been on it for about 9 months, and the SAME thing is happening to me. i forget things daily, lose things often, and my attention span is like a 3 year old boy. my doctor also told me they're not connected, but i KNOW they are, which is the main reason i’m coming off the drug now. i wishi would have been informed of all this before i got hooked on the stinking drug.
I have been experiencing memory loss for awhie also. I started taking Effexor spring 2005. Before that I had been taking Zoloft, which was not working for my anxiety and depression. I notice about 3-6 months into taking Effexor that my short term memory was playing tricks on me and the more I think about it the more I realize this drug has something to do with that. What should we do now? Does anyone else think we should be contacting the company and find out the truth about this being a side effect???
“I have been on Celexa for almost three years. the results: lost a job and a marriage due to being so non complacent but gained 20 lbs. I skipped a few doses several weeks ago and decided it was time to wean myself off. I tapered down very quickly and am now dealing with the following withdrawal symptoms:
Anxiety
Dizziness
Fatigue
Headache
Insomnia
Diarrhea
Nausea
Restlessness
Blurred vision
Jolting electric “zaps” (at bedtime)
Tingling sensations
Abdominal discomfort
Flu symptoms and general malaise
agitation
Vertigo
Gait disturbances
Sweating
Irritability
Aggression
Sleep disturbance and insomnia
Nightmares
Vivid dreams
Confusion
Memory and concentration difficulties
Crying spells
Lethargy
Weakness
The aggression is the scariest part but now that I know almost everyone experiences this I feel better. From reading most of the posts it doesn’t seem to matter if you wean yourself or go cold turkey, the withdrawal symptoms appear the same.”
I believe SSRIs “cause” neurogenesis through the brains compensatory mechanisms. By inducing a massive chemical imbalance at the synaptic level, SSRIs force the brain to respond by shutting down these connections and creating new ones (which then get shut down, and the cycle continues). Unfortunately, these new connections (axons) often resemble the type of new axonal growth (swollen/corksrew appearance) seen after recovery from a neurotoxic MDMA regimen. (editor’s note – MDMA is Ecstacy) These axons also often grow and/or project into areas where they did not before, and the significance of this is as of yet unknown.
7. The most troubling permanent lasting adverse neurological effects you may experience after prolonged SSRI usage (and consequent STOPPING) are :
a). Word finding troubles
b). Absolute emotional flatness and deadness
c). Permanently reduced sex drive
d). An odd, pervasive social anxiety/awkwardness
e). Trouble with coordination
f). Bad memory
g). Trouble retrieving words
h). Overall paucity of thought and expression
i). Lack of creativity and intellectual fluidity (mental fog)
j). A lack of ability to “steer” or control the tone of your voice
(I’ve noticed this- that I sound shaky and agitated no matter what my
mood is, and people think I’m upset when I’m really not)
8. After these brain damaging effects have sunken in, you may have great difficulty finding support anywhere. Talking to a p-doc may be an exercise in futility. They will want to protect their own interests and shield themselves from a possible lawsuit, hence you may be told continually to get back on meds/up your dosage. The more you protest, the less credibility you have, thus the more evidence in your p-doc’s mind that you need to go back on SSRIs.
9. Once you realize the extent of the damage, and it sinks in beyond the denial you may initially face, it will be hard to explain to others exactly why you are not the same person you used to be. The damage is similar to a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) yet it might be better termed DBI (Diffuse Brain Injury).
Cymbalta
“Oh, how the withdrawal wrecked me. The only thing worse than taking Cymbalta was withdrawal from Cymbalta. Added to all the side effects I was already having, I very much wanted to cut myself, and got as far as sitting down with a blade, but instead I bit myself on the hand as hard as I could stand. I think I also punched myself in the thigh that same day, but it’s all sort of hazy. The first day off Cymbalta, I hallucinated, felt like my arms were really far away from the rest of my body, dissociated for most of the day, and in general, thought I was going to have to call for an ambulance. A benzo would’ve really helped, but I didn’t have a pdoc yet at the time; I had to wait three weeks and let me tell you, those were three of the most hellish weeks of my life, including feeling very much like I was having a mixed episode. Out of desperation, I took diphenhydramine because it helped the vertigo and the sleepy feeling sort of passed for “calmer.” It took at least three weeks for the withdrawal symptoms to calm down to a dull roar. When I saw my new pdoc, I was still agitated.”
Your doctor is your worst enemy. Welbutrin is an SNRI. It blocks the metabolites in the liver that metablilze seretonin and noepinephrin. Switching to celexa, which is an SNRI is not going to help you. Doctors just have no clue as to what they are doing. You go to them with a problem, they consult ther PDR, and hand out some drugs that the pretty little pharma rep gave to them. They will give you something to destroy your brain, then give you a benzo like xanax, to combat anxiety. You cannot sleep, you are always on edge, you end up with some sort of psycological “disorder” (manufactured by the drug companies), and you are left a buned out shell of what you used to be. They tried to give my mother-in-law prozac because she was sad when her father was dying of cancer, and she was starting to go through menopause. I SCREAMED. This lady didn’t need prozac, or any other mind altering drugs. She needed to reduce her stress.
I told her to take topical progesterone, and she turned around just fine.
Fact: Doctors don’t know what ssri’s do to the brain
Fact: There is no evidence of a lack of neuro transmitters.
Fact: There is no way of measuring the level of seretonin in the brain…
I pray for anyone in distress anywhere, and God bless and help those whose lives were destroyed by doctors who dished out meds that they know nothing about.
WITHDRAWAL
did anyone else get tapered off zoloft from a doctor but still having withdrawal?
this is how my doctor did it and I am still trying to understand why it was just down to 50mg and not less after a while: starting with my 100 mg
week 1- 50 mg every day
week 2 and 3 50 mg every other day
week 4 50 mg every two days
week 5 50 mg every three days
week 6 off (on this week now)
I took my last on sunday and it’s now Wednesday. last night I could not sleep, I felt very cold and I was shivering and had interrupted sleep and then got too hot all over like I was burning. I’ve had the brain zaps all along on the days I didn’t take it and some of the shivering and feeling a little dizzy too , very restless sleep on and off for these last few weeks. also some irritability, and very depressed and hopeless feelings and anger, some crying spells for no reason. I don’t want to call the doctor because obviously they don’t know what they are doing or I wouldn’t have withdrawl symptoms at all.
My daughter began having petit mal seizures. Coincidentally, she was just recently placed on zoloft. I am sure it was only a coincidence, right? What did zoloft do to you?
YES, ZOLOFT IS EVIL. IT RUINED MY LIFE. IT MADE ME ACT TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER AND I MAIMED MYSELF IN AN INDESCRIBABLE WAY.
Zoloft destroyed my life, and my Dr. and therapist stood by and watched it all happen right before their eyes, it was like I was a project for them. I am sorry to those I affected during that time, I regret it everyday.
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“Lithium Love”:
Was Oregon Gunman on Psychiatric Meds Linked
to Violence?
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Anti-depression drugs connected with innumerable other mass shootings.
Paul Joseph Watson
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Prison Planet.com
October 6, 2015
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The revelation that Umpqua Community College shooter Chris Mercer used the screen name “lithium love,” along with other references to prescription medication, strongly suggests that the gunman was taking psychiatric drugs that have been linked to violent outbursts.
As the Oregonian reports, “There are a number of indications that Harper-Mercer had mental health or behavioral issues. His screen name on some social media sites was “lithium love.” Lithium is used as a psychiatric medication.”
Lithium is used to enhance the effect of SSRI drugs, a number of which, “have also been linked to increase risk for violent, even homicidal behavior,” reports Time.
On one of his Facebook posts, Mercer also made reference to a number of different prescription drugs he was taking.
“I have a pill bottle with like five types of pills mixed in. I don’t know which ones are the sleep aids, so I just took four of each,” wrote Mercer.
The gunman was also struggling with his inability to find a girlfriend, which was one of the factors that contributed to Mercer’s mental health issues, according to his mother.
Ms. Harper also, “Expressed having expertise in autism, saying that both she and her son — whom she never identified by name — had Asperger’s syndrome,” reports the New York Times. She also revealed how Mercer was placed in a psychiatric hospital when he refused to take his medication.
Every time there is a mass shooting, the national debate centers around gun control, with any discussion of the link between psychiatric drugs and violent outbursts being relegated to the fringes.
As we previously highlighted, Charleston shooter Dylann Roof was reportedly taking a drug – suboxone – that has been linked with sudden outbursts of violence.
Virtually every major mass shooter, from Columbine killer Eric Harris, to ‘Batman’ shooter James Holmes, to Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza, was taking some form of SSRI or other pharmaceutical drug at the time of their attack.
The SSRI Stories website profusely documents literally hundreds of examples of mass shootings, murders and other violent episodes that have been committed by individuals on psychiatric drugs over the past three decades.
However, pharmaceutical giants who produce psychiatric drugs like Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil spend around $2.4 billion dollars a year on direct-to-consumer television advertising every year, meaning big networks are loathe to draw attention to the link between SSRIs and violence because they stand to lose millions in ad revenue.
Was Oregon Gunman on Psychiatric Meds Linked
to Violence?
🌸
Anti-depression drugs connected with innumerable other mass shootings.
Paul Joseph Watson
🌸
Prison Planet.com
October 6, 2015
🌸
The revelation that Umpqua Community College shooter Chris Mercer used the screen name “lithium love,” along with other references to prescription medication, strongly suggests that the gunman was taking psychiatric drugs that have been linked to violent outbursts.
As the Oregonian reports, “There are a number of indications that Harper-Mercer had mental health or behavioral issues. His screen name on some social media sites was “lithium love.” Lithium is used as a psychiatric medication.”
Lithium is used to enhance the effect of SSRI drugs, a number of which, “have also been linked to increase risk for violent, even homicidal behavior,” reports Time.
On one of his Facebook posts, Mercer also made reference to a number of different prescription drugs he was taking.
“I have a pill bottle with like five types of pills mixed in. I don’t know which ones are the sleep aids, so I just took four of each,” wrote Mercer.
The gunman was also struggling with his inability to find a girlfriend, which was one of the factors that contributed to Mercer’s mental health issues, according to his mother.
Ms. Harper also, “Expressed having expertise in autism, saying that both she and her son — whom she never identified by name — had Asperger’s syndrome,” reports the New York Times. She also revealed how Mercer was placed in a psychiatric hospital when he refused to take his medication.
Every time there is a mass shooting, the national debate centers around gun control, with any discussion of the link between psychiatric drugs and violent outbursts being relegated to the fringes.
As we previously highlighted, Charleston shooter Dylann Roof was reportedly taking a drug – suboxone – that has been linked with sudden outbursts of violence.
Virtually every major mass shooter, from Columbine killer Eric Harris, to ‘Batman’ shooter James Holmes, to Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza, was taking some form of SSRI or other pharmaceutical drug at the time of their attack.
The SSRI Stories website profusely documents literally hundreds of examples of mass shootings, murders and other violent episodes that have been committed by individuals on psychiatric drugs over the past three decades.
However, pharmaceutical giants who produce psychiatric drugs like Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil spend around $2.4 billion dollars a year on direct-to-consumer television advertising every year, meaning big networks are loathe to draw attention to the link between SSRIs and violence because they stand to lose millions in ad revenue.
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Guns do not kill people.. doctors & drug companies do ...
By Health & Money News / October 7, 2015 / Uncategorized / Leave a comment
Does anyone wonder why these mass shootings are occurring in these last decades, usually perpetrated by young men?†
And the suicides! Have you noticed that suicides have become an epidemic in soldiers, adults in general and even children as young as seven?
(see: http://www.SSRIstories.org)
The answer lies in a field of medicine called pharmacogenomics.†
In the last decades the pharmaceutical companies have produced medications called SSRIs. (Selective Seratonin Uptake Inhibitors).†
The pharmaceutical producers have been forced to put a black box warning on the label warning that these drugs may cause “suicidal ideations”. †
Suicide is a label for those who blame themselves.† Homicide is a label for those who blame “others”.†
However, the establishment does not put homicidal warnings on the label so as not to wake up the society to the ever present danger to “others” in the society.†
These modern drugs are metabolized in the body by a certain group of liver enzymes.†
These liver enzymes are part of the natural human, animal and plant mechanism.† Its purpose is to naturally get rid of toxins. †
But some people, by genetic variation, (10% of Caucasians for example) don’t have the activity of these enzymes and cannot rid the body of these pharmaceuticals. The accumulation of these drugs in the physiology compels the person to suicide and homicide.
The major detox channel in, pharmacogenetics, is called CYTOCHROME P450 2D6.
10% of Caucasians, for example, DO NOT HAVE the activity of this mechanism to detox the medication out of their body.††
This group is called NON-METABOLIZERS.† There are also “poor metabolizers”, normal metabolizers and rapid metabolizers. † The variability of metabolism is a big concern for the pharmacologists because of suicidal and homicidal ideations in the non and poor metabolizing groups.† See Dr. Lucire’s Australian study
https://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=7993
The pharmaceutical companies have kept this secret of drug interaction and drug metabolism for over 15 years while they attempt to create drugs that would circumvent Cytochrome P450 2D6. The industry would stand to lose billions of dollars if the public knew that 10% of the Caucasian population and various percentages of Asian, Hispanics and African Americans cannot metabolize these modern drugs.
Although this knowledge is all over the Internet (see: Cytochrome P450 + drug interactions), the pharmaceutical industry and the medical cabal have even gone so far as to suppress education in the medical schools, so that physicians who write these prescriptions don’t know what they are actually doing. They are not being educated either in medical school or continuing education about pharmacogenetics.
Although there is a simple and inexpensive test for Cytochrome P450 it is not standard of care to do this test.† 25% of American children are on prescription drugs; we have mass school shooting by young men who are no more than children themselves. And yet patients are not being tested for their ability to successfully metabolize these psyche drugs that are being foisted on them by every level of physicians – pediatricians, general practitioners, psychiatrists, etc., despite the fact that there is an epidemic of suicides and “heinous” homicides, every year since the introduction of these pharmaceuticals.
When the person has no way to detox the drugs out of the body, these chemicals accumulate and cause “heinous” (emphasis added) homicidal ideations and suicidal ideations.† Apparently, these ideations occur very often (as you can hear the warnings on many TV drug commercials). However, these ideations become very intense to the point of “action”†when the person abruptly stops taking their medications. The intense drive to commit suicide or homicide last about 4 days on average.
We have done our best to contact judges and attorneys of high profile cases to urge them to do the pharmacogenetic testing…but no response.†Why have we failed? Think about what this means not only to the physicians and pharmaceutical industry, but to law enforcement, to the prison system, in terms of revisiting legal cases and claiming “involuntary intoxication”.
To expose this it needs a powerful wave, such as that which can come from the NRA, gun owners and gun advocates. This exposure will shift the narrative that the cause of these mass shootings and suicides is “the gun”, to “we are letting the pharmacuetical companies get away with murder”.
The reality of the situation is not the “gun”. It is that kids, adults and soldiers are committing homicide and suicide because they cannot metabolize the medication. Mass shootings and suicides are the of effect of the uneducated proliferation of common psyche drugs (such as Ritalin, Adderall, Respiradal, Haldol, Lexpro, Concerta, Paxil, Prozac, Wellbutin) by doctors on the non and poor metabolizers.
The first link herein and below “What is making our kids and soldiers psychotic” is our attempt to explain, in layman’s terms, what cytochrome P450 is:
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2012/12/18/pharmagedon-mass-shootings-what-makes-our-kids-soldiers-psycotic/
The problem first starts with the excipients in the early childhood vaccines such as phenol, formaldehyde, ethanol…all of which need cytochrome P450 to metabolize. Limited infant studies have proven that cytochrome P450 in not “matured” in infants and therefore these infants cannot metabolize these ingredients out of their little bodies.† In essence, we are allowing the medical cabal to poison our children at birth then misdiagnose them as neurologically damaged and mentally ill. With this misdiagnosis, these children are then given the very drugs that at least 10% of Caucasians, for example, can’t metabolize, compelling them to suicide and homicide. The normal metabolizers are still damaged to some extent by the vaccines and the psyche drugs but not to the point of actually committing homicide. Homicide and suicide is reserved for 10% of the Caucasian population and varying percentages of Asian, Hispanic and Black.
What we advise you to do is to contact your State University Pharmacogeneticist who can give you a solid understanding of the mass shooting phenomena as it relates to metabolism. With professional input we can then move the conversation away from gun control or simply the sound bite “the shooter is mentally ill” to “involuntary intoxication” at the hands of uneducated physicians who give these drugs out like candy without first doing the Cytochrome P450 test for vaccines or psyche drugs. †Be warned, however, to vet the pharmacogeneticist as some physicians and researchers may be afraid to speak up having inside pressure not to rock the boat from the medical cabal.
We have many people in prison for homicide. Many were on and continue to be on mental illness psyche drugs. Yet, there has been no, epidemiological study in the prison population to test the Cytochrome P450 genetics to see if there is a correlation with homicides. That would be an easy study to do. Why isn’t HHS granting pharmacogeneticist this opportunity to ascertain the cause of these homicides?
NRA Far sight:
The longer term problem that the NRA has, if you don’t deal powerfully with this in the media, even faced with pharmacuetical sponsors, is that if the above situation is not exposed, we continue to disable each and every successive generation of humanity.† As background checks become more transparent to more government agencies,†the consequence of a failure to expose this now is there will be very few people in the future, by and by, who will be able to get gun permits. The majority of the people will have psyche drugs in their health records. WARNING:† if you agree with the concept that the establishment is promoting… that is…”lets just keep guns away from the mentally ill”, you will ultimately find that this is the covert, back door,†long-term strategy that as it increases in momentum, will eventually result in the success of the establishment’s gun control†objectives. If you wait to deal with the real cause of these heinous mass shootings, it will be too far gone for you to stop public perception that the solution is restrict gun permits to the mentally ill or those who are on or have been on psyche medication.
Link for layman’s version of Cytochrome P450 & Pharmacogenetics: What makes our kids and soldiers psychotic?
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2012/12/18/pharmagedon-mass-shootings-what-makes-our-kids-soldiers-psycotic/
Link for Infant’s inability to metabolize:†
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2015/05/27/inability-of-infants-to-metabolize-vaccine-excipients-cytochrome-p450/
The Elephant in the Room
It is to be noted that there were 110 vaccine bills in state legislatures this year to mandate children’ vaccine and compulsory Adult vaccines. There will be a tsunami of vaccine bills next year as well. California passed SB 277 and SB 792. SB 277 is now law having been signed by Gov. Brown. It states that no child can get a public, private or preschool education in California without being fully vaccinated (49 vaccine doses with these excipents by the age of six and as early as one hour old). SB 792 is a first in the nation bill as well. It gives a government the right to compel adult vaccinations. It is a precedent setting bill for forced medical treatments of all kinds…long lasting psyche drug “implants for those diagnosed or misdiagnosed with mental illness, forced chemotherapy (which has been the ruling of some courts) and lobotomies, for example.
70 Percent of Americans take Prescription Drugs | Psych …
psychcentral.com/news/2013/06/…americans-take…drugs/56275.html
Jun 20, 2013 – 70 Percent of Americans take Prescription Drugs Fueling the perception that America is an overmedicated society, a new Mayo Clinic study†…
CDC Vaccine Excipients Chart:
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CDC-Vaccine-excipients-table-2.pdf
By Health & Money News / October 7, 2015 / Uncategorized / Leave a comment
Does anyone wonder why these mass shootings are occurring in these last decades, usually perpetrated by young men?†
And the suicides! Have you noticed that suicides have become an epidemic in soldiers, adults in general and even children as young as seven?
(see: http://www.SSRIstories.org)
The answer lies in a field of medicine called pharmacogenomics.†
In the last decades the pharmaceutical companies have produced medications called SSRIs. (Selective Seratonin Uptake Inhibitors).†
The pharmaceutical producers have been forced to put a black box warning on the label warning that these drugs may cause “suicidal ideations”. †
Suicide is a label for those who blame themselves.† Homicide is a label for those who blame “others”.†
However, the establishment does not put homicidal warnings on the label so as not to wake up the society to the ever present danger to “others” in the society.†
These modern drugs are metabolized in the body by a certain group of liver enzymes.†
These liver enzymes are part of the natural human, animal and plant mechanism.† Its purpose is to naturally get rid of toxins. †
But some people, by genetic variation, (10% of Caucasians for example) don’t have the activity of these enzymes and cannot rid the body of these pharmaceuticals. The accumulation of these drugs in the physiology compels the person to suicide and homicide.
The major detox channel in, pharmacogenetics, is called CYTOCHROME P450 2D6.
10% of Caucasians, for example, DO NOT HAVE the activity of this mechanism to detox the medication out of their body.††
This group is called NON-METABOLIZERS.† There are also “poor metabolizers”, normal metabolizers and rapid metabolizers. † The variability of metabolism is a big concern for the pharmacologists because of suicidal and homicidal ideations in the non and poor metabolizing groups.† See Dr. Lucire’s Australian study
https://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=7993
The pharmaceutical companies have kept this secret of drug interaction and drug metabolism for over 15 years while they attempt to create drugs that would circumvent Cytochrome P450 2D6. The industry would stand to lose billions of dollars if the public knew that 10% of the Caucasian population and various percentages of Asian, Hispanics and African Americans cannot metabolize these modern drugs.
Although this knowledge is all over the Internet (see: Cytochrome P450 + drug interactions), the pharmaceutical industry and the medical cabal have even gone so far as to suppress education in the medical schools, so that physicians who write these prescriptions don’t know what they are actually doing. They are not being educated either in medical school or continuing education about pharmacogenetics.
Although there is a simple and inexpensive test for Cytochrome P450 it is not standard of care to do this test.† 25% of American children are on prescription drugs; we have mass school shooting by young men who are no more than children themselves. And yet patients are not being tested for their ability to successfully metabolize these psyche drugs that are being foisted on them by every level of physicians – pediatricians, general practitioners, psychiatrists, etc., despite the fact that there is an epidemic of suicides and “heinous” homicides, every year since the introduction of these pharmaceuticals.
When the person has no way to detox the drugs out of the body, these chemicals accumulate and cause “heinous” (emphasis added) homicidal ideations and suicidal ideations.† Apparently, these ideations occur very often (as you can hear the warnings on many TV drug commercials). However, these ideations become very intense to the point of “action”†when the person abruptly stops taking their medications. The intense drive to commit suicide or homicide last about 4 days on average.
We have done our best to contact judges and attorneys of high profile cases to urge them to do the pharmacogenetic testing…but no response.†Why have we failed? Think about what this means not only to the physicians and pharmaceutical industry, but to law enforcement, to the prison system, in terms of revisiting legal cases and claiming “involuntary intoxication”.
To expose this it needs a powerful wave, such as that which can come from the NRA, gun owners and gun advocates. This exposure will shift the narrative that the cause of these mass shootings and suicides is “the gun”, to “we are letting the pharmacuetical companies get away with murder”.
The reality of the situation is not the “gun”. It is that kids, adults and soldiers are committing homicide and suicide because they cannot metabolize the medication. Mass shootings and suicides are the of effect of the uneducated proliferation of common psyche drugs (such as Ritalin, Adderall, Respiradal, Haldol, Lexpro, Concerta, Paxil, Prozac, Wellbutin) by doctors on the non and poor metabolizers.
The first link herein and below “What is making our kids and soldiers psychotic” is our attempt to explain, in layman’s terms, what cytochrome P450 is:
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2012/12/18/pharmagedon-mass-shootings-what-makes-our-kids-soldiers-psycotic/
The problem first starts with the excipients in the early childhood vaccines such as phenol, formaldehyde, ethanol…all of which need cytochrome P450 to metabolize. Limited infant studies have proven that cytochrome P450 in not “matured” in infants and therefore these infants cannot metabolize these ingredients out of their little bodies.† In essence, we are allowing the medical cabal to poison our children at birth then misdiagnose them as neurologically damaged and mentally ill. With this misdiagnosis, these children are then given the very drugs that at least 10% of Caucasians, for example, can’t metabolize, compelling them to suicide and homicide. The normal metabolizers are still damaged to some extent by the vaccines and the psyche drugs but not to the point of actually committing homicide. Homicide and suicide is reserved for 10% of the Caucasian population and varying percentages of Asian, Hispanic and Black.
What we advise you to do is to contact your State University Pharmacogeneticist who can give you a solid understanding of the mass shooting phenomena as it relates to metabolism. With professional input we can then move the conversation away from gun control or simply the sound bite “the shooter is mentally ill” to “involuntary intoxication” at the hands of uneducated physicians who give these drugs out like candy without first doing the Cytochrome P450 test for vaccines or psyche drugs. †Be warned, however, to vet the pharmacogeneticist as some physicians and researchers may be afraid to speak up having inside pressure not to rock the boat from the medical cabal.
We have many people in prison for homicide. Many were on and continue to be on mental illness psyche drugs. Yet, there has been no, epidemiological study in the prison population to test the Cytochrome P450 genetics to see if there is a correlation with homicides. That would be an easy study to do. Why isn’t HHS granting pharmacogeneticist this opportunity to ascertain the cause of these homicides?
NRA Far sight:
The longer term problem that the NRA has, if you don’t deal powerfully with this in the media, even faced with pharmacuetical sponsors, is that if the above situation is not exposed, we continue to disable each and every successive generation of humanity.† As background checks become more transparent to more government agencies,†the consequence of a failure to expose this now is there will be very few people in the future, by and by, who will be able to get gun permits. The majority of the people will have psyche drugs in their health records. WARNING:† if you agree with the concept that the establishment is promoting… that is…”lets just keep guns away from the mentally ill”, you will ultimately find that this is the covert, back door,†long-term strategy that as it increases in momentum, will eventually result in the success of the establishment’s gun control†objectives. If you wait to deal with the real cause of these heinous mass shootings, it will be too far gone for you to stop public perception that the solution is restrict gun permits to the mentally ill or those who are on or have been on psyche medication.
Link for layman’s version of Cytochrome P450 & Pharmacogenetics: What makes our kids and soldiers psychotic?
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2012/12/18/pharmagedon-mass-shootings-what-makes-our-kids-soldiers-psycotic/
Link for Infant’s inability to metabolize:†
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2015/05/27/inability-of-infants-to-metabolize-vaccine-excipients-cytochrome-p450/
The Elephant in the Room
It is to be noted that there were 110 vaccine bills in state legislatures this year to mandate children’ vaccine and compulsory Adult vaccines. There will be a tsunami of vaccine bills next year as well. California passed SB 277 and SB 792. SB 277 is now law having been signed by Gov. Brown. It states that no child can get a public, private or preschool education in California without being fully vaccinated (49 vaccine doses with these excipents by the age of six and as early as one hour old). SB 792 is a first in the nation bill as well. It gives a government the right to compel adult vaccinations. It is a precedent setting bill for forced medical treatments of all kinds…long lasting psyche drug “implants for those diagnosed or misdiagnosed with mental illness, forced chemotherapy (which has been the ruling of some courts) and lobotomies, for example.
70 Percent of Americans take Prescription Drugs | Psych …
psychcentral.com/news/2013/06/…americans-take…drugs/56275.html
Jun 20, 2013 – 70 Percent of Americans take Prescription Drugs Fueling the perception that America is an overmedicated society, a new Mayo Clinic study†…
CDC Vaccine Excipients Chart:
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CDC-Vaccine-excipients-table-2.pdf
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