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My wife of 25 years was put on prozac in Oct 96. Within 30 days she became someone else, violently full of hate and rage and one sided. She has since left her family, At the urging of her Dr and has made every attempt to destroy us both as a family and financially. When I and our children told her Dr of her bizarre behavior he told us that we were liars and his patients do not have such reactions to prozac.

I thank you for this web sight. About 3 years ago I worked at a stressful high paying job as a department manager in a large food chain. I went to my family Dr. and told him I felt burntout. He told me I was depressed and prescribed Luvox(a psychiatric drug) to me. I took it and after about a month I felt better. It was over the next few months I was told my work performance was getting worse. I found myself drinking more alcohol, making poor decisions and more bad judgements. I took it for about one year. Four months after stopping I had legal ramifications and lost my job shortly after. But I fought going back on antidepressants. 6 months later I found a new job but had a depressionary bout and my Dr. then gave me Serzone. All went well for a month. Then I started having spells where I don't remember, feeling high, drinking too much, nausea, a metal taste in my mouth and feeling like I'm going nuts. I had to quit my new job because I just couldn't handle it, where it was easy. I feel less and less able to handle things that were once easy. My question is can I stop cold turkey from this garbage or wean off slowly. My wife suggests that once I am off take St. John's Wort instead? I am finding that I am doing things I wouldn't imagine doing before.

I just thought I'd write about my experiences with Serzone. The first day I took them I had an incredibly bad headache the entire day and night. The second day I was nauseated and a bit dizzy. The third day I was a bit disoriented and light headed. I went to my pantry to get some cereal and I can only describe what happened as a feeling of a short wire in my brain. Suddenly I couldn't figure out how to get my cereal off the shelf. I couldn't tell if I was pulling or pushing the box. Then I had a seizure and my legs buckled and I fell. I have never had a seizure-I am not even the fainting type! All I know is I have never in my life had such a strange and awful experience. I immediately got off the Serzone, but for a couple of days after I was still feeling really wacky,& dizzy.

My wife has recently started taking Prozac for depression, and has been taking the drug for about 2 months now. I'm seeing some of the effects that have been mentioned here. I've consulted her doctor on all of the things that have happened to me and my family. He didn't seem to worry about the fact that my wife is planning to leave me, even though before she was taking the drug everything seemed to be fine. She's very anxious, agitated and selfish. She told me that she doesn't want me to touch her anymore. I also think that she is having an affair. These are only a few things that have happened within the last few weeks. Everyone I talk to says that this is not the way she was before she started the drug.

I have read the synopsis of the book, Paxil: Panacea or Pandora. And I can say that Pandora applies! My wife, recently prescribed and now taken off of Paxil, has had a most severe manic episode, resulting in legal ramifications. As such I am searching for any and all credible information that these "Implusive acts with out reguard for consequence" can and do occur. Paxil has indeed ruined us.

Thanks for posting this on the net!!! Much needed information. I'm currently trying to come off the SSRI's...I'm looking for information on withdrawl...hoping to explore this sight and find some more info to sort out what's normal vs what's not.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the "What You Should Know About Psychiatry and Psychiatric Drugs" web page. I am a college student and former psychiatric drug user/patient writing my senior thesis women and SSRI's and your web page has been amazingly helpful to me.

Thank you and keep going, the quest for mental health and freedom from false labeling and accusation in the hands of unscupulous practitioners is not over yet.

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