Posted by 49er on March 9, 2008, at 7:23:31
In reply to Re: Psych medicine and the Niu shhotings » 49er, posted by ShawnThomas on March 6, 2008, at 14:45:37
> Prozac has a much longer half-life than Paxil or Celexa. Thus, Prozac is sometimes used to help reduce the withdrawal effects of other serotonin reuptake inhibitors with shorter half-lives. I made my comments based *specifically* on the case of the NIU shooter. He had not recently taken Celexa or Paxil to my knowledge, and he had stopped taking Prozac around three weeks before the killings. While your anecdote about Celexa is unfortunate, that anecdote does not in any way refute the arguments made by experts who believe that Prozac is not to blame in this case. I do believe that serotonin reuptake inhibitors have influenced the actions of other killers, but there is no evidence to suggest that in this case.
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> ShawnShawn,
I became suicidal thanks to a psychiatrist cold turkeying me off of Prozac Experts would lead you to believe you don't need to taper from Prozac. That is totally untrue.
Remember, experts used to think that withdrawal symptoms from all antidepressants were mild at best. We now know how wrong they were.
Like I said, trusting experts will get you killed. That is not to condemm all medical professionals but just because they have an MD by their name doesn't mean they are right.
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