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Antidepressant Nightmare: What Are You Willing To Do?

ANTIDEPRESSANT NIGHTMARE: WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO?
Posted by: "atracyphd2@aol.com" atracyphd2@aol.com at Yahoo! Groups
Date: Wed Mar 7, 2007 7:04 pm ((PST))

When I first began attempting to warn people of the potential threat from
antidepressants almost twenty years ago I never dreamed society would not
have caught on sooner and put a stop to what we have been forced to witness as a
result since. What lies ahead of us in the future due to the widespread use
of SSRI and SNRI antidepressants and other serotonergic drugs, I personally do
not want to witness!

For those of you who are not yet aware of the long list of reported cases
we have been posting gradually thanks to the tireless efforts of our Texas
director Rosie Meysenburg go to our site at _www.drugawareness.org_
(http://www.drugawareness.org/) and click the button that says: "Database
of SSRI Cases of Violence and Suicide" or go directly to _www.ssristories.com_
(http://www.ssristories.com/) . That will give you a sense of what we deal
with on a daily basis here. I really wonder how many are aware of the massive numbers of
these tragedies there are. To give you an idea of the types of tragedies we
are witnessing as a result of these drugs I have included for you below an
announcement Rosie just sent out after reaching a total of 1500 news
stories like this now posted. Included is the case of a 77 year old woman on Prozac who
"plunged a knife into her husband [81] 35 times before stabbing herself 50
times." How do ou give an elderly woman that thought and that much energy
so as to be able to do this? The answer is either one of these antidepressants or
PCP (Angel Dust).

The most widely prescribed antidepressant on the market, Effexor, now has
"homicidal ideation" listed as a side effect. Homicidal ideation is not
just homicide, but is constant, ruminating thoughts of killing and how to
accomplish that. This is a side effect of the most popular antidepressant currently on
the market. It is the same drug that Andrea Yates was taking at maximum
dose when she drowned her five children. Since when has premeditated murder,
which is basically what the description of homicidal ideation boils down
to, become an acceptable side effect to a prescription drug?

Keep in mind that this recent warning, added to the medication just over a
year ago, was based on PRE-MARKETING data. That means that this drug
company knew it was possible LONG before they ever marketed this drug and long
before Andrea Yates ever took the first pill that she could possibly kill her
children and they did not disclose that. Do I think that Andrea, with a
nursing background, would have ever taken Effexor or Rusty would have ever allowed
her to take Effexor had they been given that knowledge beforehand? Absolutely
not!

Couple with that information the fact that the FDA finally warned two years
ago that any abrupt change in dose of an antidepressant - whether going up
or down on the dose - can cause psychosis, suicide or hostility - often their
term for homicide. The psychosis generally seen with this abrupt change in
dose is a manic psychosis leading to a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. This
has forced the numbers for this diagnosis up by 5 million in just one decade!
Yale researcher Dr. Malcomb Bowers has published several studies on this and the
LSD effects of antidepressants. He found that 8% - 11% of those being
admitted to the psych wards in general hospitals were there as a direct
result of medically recognized antidepressant-induced psychosis. He and his
colleagues were shocked to learn that this high amount of psychosis was recognized by
physicians as antidepressant-induced because they stated that most
physicians miss this and go on to diagnose a disease as the cause, such as Bipolar
Disorder, Schizophrenia, etc., rather than an antidepressant in these
instances. They determined the number of antidepressant-induced psychosis is much
higher than the 8% - 11% figure due to this general lack of recognition by
physicians. They went on to stress that these suffering medication-induced
psychosis that remain un-hospitalized, also remain a threat to themselves and others.

That manic psychosis can manifest itself in many ways as I pointed out in
my presentation to the FDA in the December 13, 2006 hearing on
antidepressants. There are many varied types of mania that can pose a threat to individuals
suffering and those around them. We have Pyromania which is a compulsion to
start fires, Kleptomania which produces a compulsion to embezzle, shoplift,
commit robberies, etc., Dipsomania which is an uncontrollable urge to drink
alcohol - generally hard liquor leading to DUIs, auto accidents, alcoholism,
etc., Nymphomania and Erotomania - Sexual compulsions - a pathologic
preoccupation with sexual fantasies or activities leading to out of
character sexual attacks and various sexual crimes.

Child sex abuse has increased dramatically with even female teachers going
manic on these drugs and seducing students. And yet studies show that
increased serotonin has long been linked to pedophilia. The head of the sex
abuse treatment program for Utah estimated 80% of sex crime perpetrators were on
antidepressants at the time of the crime, while Karl Von Kleist, an ex-LAPD
officer and leading polygraph expert, estimated 90% are taking
antidepressants atthe time of the sexual assault (especially in child sexual abuse) - strong
evidence of manic sexual compulsions that demand society's attention.

This country has gone completely insane with their reactions to sex crimes
making them far worse than murder when it comes to prosecuting those
individuals. Not that they do not demand attention, of course they do. But
we have so many taking antidepressants that produce horrifying drug-induced sexual
nightmares with some of the patients acting those nightmares out in a
sleepwalk state and the others firmly, yet incorrectly, believing someone has
molested them because they believe those extremely vivid drug-induced nightmares are
helping them to "remember" what happened to them. Couple that with the
drug-induced anger patients feel on the drugs and this is this insanity
over sex offenders is the end result! As I have watched this develop I have lost
much hope of any future for this country. We are lost in a drug-induced nightmarish
haze! And it is breeding a "throw them to the lions" mentality. Why is no
one asking where it is all coming from to look for solutions?

I recall the Winatchee, WA case which I predicted six months before it
happened as I lectured in Winatchee. I warned that if they did not get
their children off these deadly antidepressants that was being promoted by their
own Dr. Jim Goodwin (Hello Jim, Hope you are still doing well on your
antidepressant, but you know we still disagree on this.) that they would end
up with false accusations of sexual abuse all over town. Sure enough six months later one
little 10 year old girl who had been on Prozac and was currently on Paxil
falsely accused enough people in town that the state of Washington faced a
$100 Million lawsuit for wrongfully imprisoning 43 people. since then the
problem has only spread nationwide with many being falsely accused and now facing
these extremely strict laws.

One of these falsely accused is an ex-neighbor of mine. I warned him a
decade ago that in spite of a terrible divorce he went through after his
wife started on Prozac, that he would need to help her to see what the drug was
doing to her so that she would get off the drug. If that did not happen I warned
that she would likely encourage their children to take the same drugs and
they could falsely accuse him of abuse because it is so common. The wife never
got off, did encourage the children to take them as well and two years ago the
false accusations were made. These accusations are very hard to beat even
when there is no evidence and his attorney encouraged him to plead guilty, which
I warned against. But he is now in prison and a labeled sex offender for
life. I cannot tell you how many times this has happened and continues to happen
today because of these drugs. I will go into more detail on this subject in
my DVD on False Memory Syndrome, which should be called "Welcome to Salem"
because this is truly a modern day witch hunt!

Diabetes has skyrocketed, has been linked to antidepressants, and blood
sugar imbalances have long been suspected as the cause of mania or bipolar.
Anyone who has witnessed someone in insulin shock would see the striking
similarity to a violent reaction to an antidepressant.

If there has been any increase in suicide since the black box warning it is
due to doctors not knowing how to get patients off these drugs safely.

Clearly far too many lives are being destroyed in so many various ways by
these drugs. And I AM SICK OF SEEING THIS HAPPEN!!!! And I am not alone!
Read the following statement made to the FDA in December by our Massacutes
Director, Allan Routier, who lost his wife to a Wellbutrin-induced suicide
after only six days on the drug for stomach pain which ended up being a gall bladder
problem:
________________

"This is a circus side show. The FDA has known all about
antidepressant-induced suicidality at least as far back as the hearings in
'91. This is the third time I'm doing this, and for what?

"I don't expect the FDA to do the right thing. They've had plenty of
chances, their record is abysmal.

"My beautiful 40 year old wife of 18 yrs.was murdered. She was sick with an
undiagnosed gallbladder attack, and the doctor she sought help from
poisoned her with an unmarked, free sample of Wellbutrin. After a week of severe
adverse effects, she took her own life in a toxic psychosis.

"I blame Glaxo and the FDA. You invaded my home insidiously. These twisted
mercenaries have been hiding suicides and homicides for years. The FDA's
own head of drug safety, Dr. David Graham says it seems the FDA has declared
war on the American people, and has now become the number one threat to their
health and safety.

"Black boxes only cover financial liability, an attempt at preemption. How
do you put a price tag on someone's life?

"This can't be covered up any longer, too many lives have been, and are
still being destroyed. We all know antidepressants cause suicides by their
terrible side effects, it's all there in the PDR. The same dubious benefits
that can be achieved with crack can never outweigh the risk of killing
innocents. The time for secrets is over, the word is out. Any idiot advocating the use
of poison is part of the problem. The young, sick, old, or simply genetically
unsuited can be especially vulnerable to the toxic effects.

"We are told these toxic chemicals may balance something, although there is
no measure, yet they admit they don't even know how antidepressants work.
People who think they are being helped by staying high are facing serious
health ramifications. We are being lied to by killers.

"Clinical trials are riddled with suicides, even though suicidal people are
excluded from participating.

"We all know people hurt by these drugs, this is huge. We need to shine
light on this unspeakable darkness, to reveal it for what it is.

"Drug company cheerleaders are being paid to perpetuate this nightmare.
Pushers keep spewing that it's dangerous not to drug people.

"It's all about the billions in profit. The FDA is bought out.

"Prove me wrong, do something now. Sorry if you can't handle the truth, but
the poisoning of my wife has left me bereft, and bitter.

"This should not be a civil matter, this is criminal. We need new Nuremberg
trials. This is all old news, and just the price of doing business.

"So why are we here? What kind of BS do you have for us victims this time?
What kind of black box to cover your liable asses this time? What kind of
obfuscations for the media? How manipulated is this entire proceeding when
we have a lottery to be allowed to speak, with only a few weeks notice, to
deliver our three minutes less than two weeks before Christmas?

"Kill one person and you're a murderer. Redeem yourselves, get the warning
out. Give me and my motherless sons a Christmas miracle. Tell the truth!"

________________

Clearly someone has to do something! All of us need to do something to stop
this. I only hope it is not too late. This was the express purpose of the
forming of the International COALITION for Drug Awareness well over a
decade ago - to gather all of us together to fight this problem. Yet for years as many
have learned from us they have gone off in their own directions rather than
coming back to join with us and help to fight this. This needs to be a
joint effort. We all have to work together. A few of us are working non-stop and
we need others helping in every area possible. PLEASE we beg you to help us
stop this drug-induced insanity that has turned our society upside down!

Can you imagine what could happen if a national natural disaster, a foreign
attack, something were to happen to keep patients from getting their
medications like we saw in Hurricane Katrina? That is a lot of people being
subjected to a possible abrupt change in antidepressant dose that could trigger a
manic psychosis leading to any of the above manias or the REM Sleep
Behavior Disorder. Even if you are not taking these drugs you and/or your loved ones
will be in danger of suffering the results of the worst reactions these drugs
produce.

I want ideas from all of you. I want plans. I want a huge brainstorming
session. I want anything you think we can do to stop this and to help those
who are suffering as a result when these drug companies are the ones who are
the true perpetrators of all of these crimes because they knew their drugs
could produce all of these reactions before they ever marketed these drugs. As
the scriptures say, I want their "sins shouted from the rooftops."

I want this all to stop so that we can go back to the more simple, peaceful
lives we knew before the introduction of these deadly drugs. ANY ideas I am
open to. I want any and all feedback. We need to join together and work
harder to do something and after putting my life aside nearly two decades ago to
dedicate full time to educating and warning about these drugs - my children
began to wonder if they were orphans because so much time has been spent
doing this. I also mortgaged my home multiple times to fund this battle, so I am
not asking you to do anything I have not done myself.

Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.,
Executive Director, International Coalition For Drug Awareness
Website: _www.drugawareness.org_ (http://www.drugawareness.org/)
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