He became an alcoholic and could not hold down a job, so we took him under our care and he lived with us for 12 years. He turned to drug use, got in trouble with the law, and disappeared for two years until we found him. His problems occurred from when he was 18-30 years of age, due to broken relationships, and termination of pregnancies with his partner. Please encourage more research into this subject and more education for mental health personnel to be able to inform patients of adverse effects and to be knowledgeable when an antidepressant is warranted. As soon as I stopped the antidepressants my shakiness stopped as well. It’s now 4 years later and I’m struggling with poor physical health. 3 days later I attempted suicide and after recovering from the overdose, which I don’t remember taking, I was put into a mental facility where I was continually supplied with more drugs. I finally realised that the medication might be the cause of the shakiness and stopped taking it. I was never warned of the suicide effects and there was no monitoring while I was taking the medication. I even went to the emergency department of our local hospital 3 times to be told to continue taking the medication as it had only been 6 months. I was referred to a psychiatrist who continued supplying antidepressants, which seemed to cause more shakiness. From that moment it was a downhill battle. I had received some disturbing news and needed something to calm my nerves. I was prescribed Lexapro by my doctor who knew my background and that I’d never had depression or any other mental illness. Names and any other connectable material have been removed or changed in order to protect the families and relatives of the deceased.Īs more prescriptions for antidepressants are written the rate of suicides and attempted suicides continue to rise. The following stories are real and have been reproduced here by permission of the Authors. Finding The Link Between Spiritual Experience And Mental Illness.Health Rights Commission – Suicide Related Complaints.Mother’s Story – I Lost an Identical Twin.
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