[kj] OT: Seroxat
Mark Saxton
gathering@misera.net
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:08:18 +0100
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Thanks for that Neil, very interesting but not surprising.
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From: Neil Perry=20
To: gathering@misera.net=20
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Seroxat
A friend of mine was on it until recently, she finally stopped=20
after she started bleeding internally. These articles were in the=20
Guardian recently:=20
Coroner calls for inquiry into Seroxat=20
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,912963,00.html=20
Touching the void=20
Regulators have just banned the prescription of the antidepressant =
Seroxat to=20
under-18s. Novelist Helen Walsh, who was suicidal during her time on =
the drug,=20
knows why=20
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,975448,00.html=20
N=20
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Mark Saxton wrote:=20
Seroxat is a seriously powerful drug that IS addictive, despite all =
the initial ballyhoo that SSRIs are not . You try coming off it, it is =
worse than the depths of terror that led you to it in the first place, =
who knows of long term effects?Oh yeah, together with alcohol I have had =
some wild experiences, culminating in resignation from my job as a =
Psychiatric Nurse and incarceration for 4 months. I still don't know if =
Seroxat was to blame, though I know I had Bi-Polar tendencies prior, =
nothing like the absolute euphoria and mayhem that followed and =
continues to simmer to this day.This is one of the reasons I adore KJ so =
much, it reflects the chaotic fearful mind but is infused with great =
beauty and hope too.I'd be interested to know more about your =
experiences with Seroxat.Do you get the "minds eye as television screen =
cutting out for half a second accompanied by electro shock sensation =
whenever you move too quickly or turn your head " syndrome, if you miss =
a couple of doses?Let me know, off to down my 30mg, down from 40 =
recently.Cheers.
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<DIV><BR></DIV>A friend of mine was on it until recently, she finally =
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<FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Seroxat is a seriously powerful =
drug that IS=20
addictive, despite all the initial ballyhoo that SSRIs are not . You =
try=20
coming off it, it is worse than the depths of terror that led you to =
it in=20
the first place, who knows of long term effects?</FONT></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Oh yeah, together with alcohol I have =
had some wild=20
experiences, culminating in resignation from my job as a Psychiatric =
Nurse=20
and incarceration for 4 months. I still don't know if Seroxat was to =
blame,=20
though I know I had Bi-Polar tendencies prior, nothing like the =
absolute=20
euphoria and mayhem that followed and continues to simmer to this =
day.This=20
is one of the reasons I adore KJ so much, it reflects the chaotic =
fearful=20
mind but is infused with great beauty and hope =
too.</FONT></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>I'd be interested to know more about =
your=20
experiences with Seroxat.Do you get the "minds eye as television =
screen=20
cutting out for half a second accompanied by electro shock sensation =
whenever you move too quickly or turn your head " syndrome, if you =
miss a=20
couple of doses?</FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Let =
me know,=20
off to down my 30mg, down from 40=20
recently.Cheers.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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