my prozac story.

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hi,this seems a little funny as i dont really know who im writing to,but this is

the first place ive found that seems to know anything about or have any care for

victims of antideppressants.

i live in wales in the uk and cannot find anyone to help,i cannot get anyone to

reply back to me.

i have sufferd completely alone.its been the most terrible part of my entire

life.

i was prescribed prozac in january 2006 after being attacked and having my jaw

broken.i took the drug for until september 07.

i started to feel very dizzy and ill,i went to my doctors and he said i most

probably had an ear infection.

i took the antibiotics but my symptoms just got worse,i felt heavy stiff muscles

headaches face swelling,muscle twitches,vomiting.

i went to two hospitals,every doctor told me it couldnt be the prozac,one doctor

even told me a story about a girl who thought she was ill for two years but

wasnt.

i was treated like an idiot with mental health problems when really what was

happening was my body was withdrawing from prozac addiction.

i endured 12 weeks of the most agonising pains,i felt like a hot knife was being

pushed in my back every waking moment,i was shivering uncontrolably,my head hurt

so much my skin burnt and heated up in flushes that would appear all over my

body because as i found out later,seratonin affects your body temperature.

something that the ambulance men seemed to find amusing in their ignorance as

they asked if was going through the menopause.such funny stuff when you feel so

bad.

i had terrible thoughts of killing my mother .even though i never would.it

seemed to play on my mind.

 i was staying with her  because i couldnt function.

my mind was twisted beyond belief,i had constant thoughts of harming others or

myself.

the mental torture was extremely frightening,made a lot worse by all the doctors

constant denial of the drugs terrible effects.i would feel extremely nervous and

scared permanently,and jump at the slightest noise or thing on tv.

i eventually gave in and went back on them after reading the horrific stories on

the internet of people who had tried to get off antidepressants.

these pains and anguish have continued for four years,i wake up everyday and

have to deal with muscle spasms ,skin flushing,dizziness,muscle

stiffness,swollen hands/face.terrible headaches,eye pains,indigestion like ive

never felt ever,swollen stomach and many other symptoms.

i have very slowly cut down and am now on one fifth of a tablet compared to

40mgs of two 20mg tablets a day.

i do feel quite a bit better than i did and the symptoms seem to be

disapearing.although after four years of hell.

i havnt received any help or advice as doctors refuse to believe/admit its

addictive because they then lose money.

or are so ignorant and uncaring

i wouldve been better off taking heroin,as i would get help to get off and it

would be easier to get off.

i do not drink or take drugs.even some my own family refuse to accept that im

addicted because " doctors are qualified "

they even told me it wasnt considered addiction because you dont crave it!!!

if it wasnt for my brother and my mother who sadly died of cancer in 09,im sure

i would be dead.

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i had to suffer this agony whilst seeing her die.

they talk of the terrible social problems with drugs and yet they are no better

than drug pushers.

i would really love to make people and especially the medical profession aware

of these drugs and their effects on innocent people.

the statistics and information available on these drugs is readily/widely

available to those who have the slightest inclin to care.

and yet nobody seems to care,especially in the uk.

you only have to type in ssri withdrawall/prozac problems on the internet to

find huge amounts of horror stories.

they tell of a worldwide horror story that amounts to nothing less than human

medical testing on unwilling participants.

stories of suicide ,murder,death and severe side effects from all parts of the

world and yet everyday doctors presribe more of them to unknowing patients.

these drugs are evil and are ruining peoples lives.they should be banned.

i would apreciate it if somebody could talk to me and assure me through their

own experience that i will suceed in getting well and off these horrible drugs.

anybody ...please help?

thank you

paul pezzack