Archive for Panic attacks – Page 2

Ranteesi deliberations set to begin today — (The Times Herald)
SSRI Ed note: Man on Paxil bludgeons estranged wife to death with welding jack.
Mom of teen Paxil survivor speaks out against pharma deceptive marketing practices — (The Courier-Post)
SSRI Ed note: 'A' student, 18, prescribed Paxil for panic attack becomes suicidal, unpredictable, aggressive, forced to leave school. Still, he is lucky, he survives.
Good Cop, Sad Cop — (Seattle Weekly News)
SSRI Ed note: Anxious woman takes antidepressants, becomes manic, marriage ends, bipolar diagnosis costs her job despite competence and no problems.
Death could have been prevented — (BBC NEWS)
SSRI Ed note: Street drug user has problems, NHS gives psych drugs incl. sertraline. Quits drugs, murders man. Mental illness, supervision blamed. Reoffends 8 yrs later.
Management of patient with severe, deteriorating mental illness (01HDC13687) — (NZ Health and Disability Commissioner)
SSRI Ed note: Woman with postnatal depression given tricyclic antidepressants attempts suicide, medication changed and she succeeds.
Firm with Earth City unit is settling suits over drugs tied to suicides — (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
SSRI Ed note: Lawsuits over 2 suicides: Girl, 15, hangs herself after starting Celexa; boy, 13 hangs himself when his dose of Lexapro is doubled.
31-Year-Old Female Shows Marked Improvement in Depression, Agitation, and Panic Attacks after Genetic Testing Was Used to Inform Treatment — (Case Reports in Psychiatry)
SSRI Ed note: Genetic testing results in tailored treatment for woman with depression, agitation, panic attacks. Non-pharmaceutical solutions not considered.
Mother charged with killing toddlers in Monroe County fire — (PennLive.com)
SSRI Ed note: Good mom takes Effexor, sets fire that kills her two toddlers. Mental illness is blamed.
Police ‘warned’ before machete attack — (BBC News)
SSRI Ed note: Man starts Celexa, tells GP about "abnormal, extreme thoughts", 4 months later kills shopkeeper with machete. BBC blames schizophrenia, med not mentioned.
Planner died in rail tragedy — (West Sussex County Times)
SSRI Ed note: Man treated with antidepressants for stress becomes delusional, dies by suicide
Home Maker — (People.com)
Havel v. Chapek — (OHIO COURT OF APPEALS)
Teen Accused Of Killing Baby Pleads Not Guilty, 17-Year-Old To Be Tried As Adult — (Local10.com)
Dramatic reversal in research on anxiety — (The Age)
My 18-Year Old’s Bizarre Behavior on Prozac — (Survivor Stories)
Be on the alert for antidepressants with unhappy side effects — (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Rage on Paxil — (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Police Kill 16-year-old girl holding pellet gun — (Washington Post)
US Air patron mixed medication, alcohol — (The Durham Herald-Sun)
Suzanne Robbins — (1991 FDA Hearings)
SSRI Ed note: Woman "feeling a little blue" is put on Prozac, has panic attacks, hives, shakes, feels like she is dying, and withdrawal is worse. Begs FDA to outlaw drug.
Shirley Surber — (1991FDA Hearings)
SSRI Ed note: Woman has bad side effects from Prozac starting day 2 - panic attacks, blurred vision, headaches, irritability. Explains suicidal feelings to FDA in detail.