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Prozac, protracted withdrawal & akathisia
I was prescribed Prozac in 2001 for situational distress following a divorce and the birth of my daughter. I had no history of clinical depression or anxiety. In 2006, I tapered as directed and then crashed several months later with intense symptoms — including akathisia, a state of unbearable physical and internal agitation and restlessness.I saw…
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Stories like you and me
Here you will find stories from the medicated and the spouse of the medicated. Take a couple hours and read them, cry and then join us. There is a silent epidemic that has been kept a secret, blaming everything but the prescription psychiatric drugs and their drugs induced symptoms. “Stories told by SSRI users: Summary:…
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Silent Epidemic Witnessed
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 ~ By Laura Vigiano, MS, LCSW I was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) for 28 years. For the last 18 of those years, I was an LCSW in a psychiatric hospital that had both inpatient and outpatient units. I worked…
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Effexor stole the love of my life- and he’s still here!
My husband and I were high school sweethearts falling in love at 17 years old. We were happily married with 4 amazing children. We were the envied couple amongst our friends. We had our share of ups and downs over the years but our love carried us through it all as we grew up together…
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Prozac Stole My son-but I won
I am telling this story to confirm that antidepressants cause adverse personality changes, that physicians deny it, and that getting off the drugs certainly can result in a full recovery and a return to empathy, kindness, etc. This is a bit long. But I need to show the domino effect one antidepressant prescription had and…
