What started this Thread is this

Someone very close to me began having outrageous psychotic episodes--manic episodes in public, violence, getting arrested etc. I found out they were on Zoloft and began doing research on it. That's when I became exposed to how these SSRI' can cause all this whacky, obsessive- compulsive, out-of-control, suicidal ideation etc. And all along I had thought that this person was just 'naturally' going crazy.

Anyhow I started reading literature, especially by Ann Blake Tracy and Peter Breggin of how these drugs could have caused not only all the behavior in this person close to me, but also suicidal ideation in people who were never suicidal before and how all the "going postal" and "school shooter" events always have some type of psychotropic drug at the scene. I began to wonder if these drugs could be part of the problem in the number of suicides of people coming out of the Family. Even if exers have an aversion to going to a psychiatrist, they can get these drugs from a family practitioner for almost any number of reasons.

Believe me, I know that the trauma experienced in the Family can cause suicide ideation by itself. After Berg took my first wife Rachel, I went through an extreme traumatic period and almost did kill my self on a frozen lake one dark night in Canada.

When I look back on that period, if I had had my mind racing any faster than it already was, say on a stimulant like Prozac, I believe I would have killed myself.

Jules, in her post to me say that clinical trials show "the effectiveness of SSRIs in treating of PTSD in adults". But down below, 'Reader' says that "in general SSRI's tend to be boosters and many people suffering from severe PTSD (hypervigilance, hyperarousal, intrusive memories, and a general fucking up of the autonomic nervous system) do not need the severe anxiety to be boosted."

Peter Breggin MD in several of his books says the same thing as Reader. That SSRI' are basically stimulants and that it is hyper anxiety caused by Prozac that leads to suicide and violence. I know in my own trauma where my mind could not stop replaying all the events over and over again and more and more intense to the point that my brain felt like it was on fire--if I had been on a stimulant like Prozac I no doubt would have killed myself and who know's who else.