Can Antidepressants Cause Violence?

Me, too, Queen. The akathesia, extreme anxiety, and depression, insomnia, started 7 months off Paxil. Never had these problems before. And there's not enough room here to list a host of other serious problems from this drug. Doing better, but still in pretty bad shape at 19 months off.

Was put on Paxil for situational anxiety/depression. No history of violence or suicidal ideation. Not until I was told to quit the Paxil and dear God... None of the doctors knew anything about withdrawal.

Yep, Freaking auto spelling correct got me.

I think it's "akathisia," not anesthesia. :-)

There is enough evidence now to ban these drugs. When LSD first came out the psychiatrist were praising it. Now it is an illegal drug like many other psych created drugs. The only thing keeping this industry alive is the gross amount of profit they make. This money made at the expense of others lives. No different than any other drug dealers.

Well there's certainly a cause. People didn't do these mass murders 50 years ago. It is only recent. funnily enough it has conincided witht eh increase in medications. The fact that the warning labels also state that these drugs can cause violence and suicide also seems to add some credence to the concept.

If I had audio to go with my video I could explain those two former roles: 1. Violent thinker 2. Chemical scrambling and 3. How I believe the two interact

I prefer no substances...not even those I used to think we fun...

I thought I was inside my mouth, My friend slapped me in the side of the head becos I was screaming for help (It looked real)...he told me to follow his voice and to remember we were frying

These reactions are like playing Russian roulette, becos it does different things to different people and its too randomn

Well I'm a big CBT fan. But if you have ever done a drug which produces an altered state of mind, you will see that mind altering drugs can have a profound effects on cognition and contribute to "cognitive distortions".

The drug makers and the FDA acknowledge that in a certain percentage of the population, antidepressants drugs can cause both suicidality and homicidality.

Yea the drugs don't pull the triggers but people can have bad reactions which make them worse.

The common feature of these shooters is "negative" thinking or belief system about the world around them...(this is cognitive not chemical)...the mental disturbances discussed in this video, however with this "negative" thinking are potentially dangerous

Sorry to hear that! That would be the case of the medication making things wrose.

I think she did a pretty good job in this video describing an anesthesia reaction.

Just like someone can have a "bad trip" on LSD, so too can someone have a bad reaction to an antidepressants.

Try search the internet for "serotonin syndrome". It's a real medical disease.

LSD and antidepressants both work on the serotonin system in the brain.

Are we that concerned with the opinon of others? How many of these "gotta go out with a bang" persons want to die and want others to know they died? Cognitive distortions are errors in thinking that can be corrected by simply thinking the opposite...Everyone hates can be Not everyone knows me, so who cares if they like me or not.