Seroxat Patient Information Leaflet - Vague. FOI to MHRA

----- Original Message -----
From: fiddaman
To: MHRA Information Centre
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:31 AM
Subject: FOI


Dear MHRA Team,

Whilst reading through the Patient Information Leaflet for Seroxat liquid - attached - I came across a line that is quite vague in its description, i.e.; there is no explanation.


The line in question is thus: [see red]

"If you feel restless and feel like you can’t sit or stand still, tell your doctor. Increasing the dose of Seroxat may make these feelings worse."

I don't know if the MHRA have the answer but why would increasing the dose of Seroxat make 'these feelings' worse?

The line would suggest that GlaxoSmithKline have evidence that shows an increase in Seroxat would make 'these feelings' worse. Could you provide me with such evidence please?



So,

Request under the FOI:

1. Why would an increase in Seroxat make the feelings of restlessness and not being able to sit or stand still worse?

and

2, Could you please provide the data that suggests this?



Many thanks

Bob Fiddaman

Seroxat Sufferers
http://fiddaman.blogspot.com

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Fid

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Paxil can lead to cognitive impairment in older people

By Darla Carter
dcarter@courier-journal.com

They're used for some of the most common ailments around — allergies, nausea, depression, itching, urinary incontinence and lack of sleep, just to name a few.

But they also could affect your mental sharpness, especially if you're over the age of 65.

The culprit: drugs, such as Benadryl, Detrol and Paxil, that have so-called "anticholinergic effects," or put another way, can affect cognitive performance.

Dr. Malaz Boustani of Indiana University co-authored a paper about the drugs recently. He thinks more people need to be aware that medications with anticholinergic effects can lead to cognitive impairment in older people, though it's unclear whether there's a long-term impact on the brain.

FULL STORY - Courier Journal

Fid

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Girls used as Guinea Pigs in HPV Trials Admits GSK

Source: American Chronicle

July 05, 2009

Christina England

We have always suspected it and now they admit it,GSK are using young girls (as young as 9 in some areas) as human Guinea Pigs in HPV vaccine Cervarix trials. This was only discovered after reading a document that was meant for 'Scientific Background and Informational Purposes only'

Damning article for GSK

Read more about Cervarix:



GSK - A Catalogue of Disasters!

Glaxo: "Promote More, Feel Better and Live a Life of Luxury"

Glaxo Goes Head-to-Head on HPV

Teenage Girls Sue Over GSK's Cancer Jab, Cervarix!

GlaxoSmithKline submits final study data to FDA for cervical cancer vaccine

HPV Vaccine Video on Youtube

Concerns over GSK's Cervarix vaccine

UP YOURS GLAXO!

Mindy Merck & Gail Glaxo Dilemma

LOLA'S LAND PROMOTING HPV VACCINE

GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix. Is Your Daughter Safe?

More debate on GSK's Cervarix

Cervical Cancer, Ofsted & GlaxoSmithKline

Is Cervarix and Gardasil Safe ? Humorous and very blunt answer.

Fid

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Let Us Pray - Our Lord Angus of AC/DC

Taken from Hampden Park, Glasgow

Is Cervarix and Gardasil Safe ? Humorous and very blunt answer.

Found a great post on the blog section over at MyFace Networking, it comes from the Administrator of the site who shoots from the hip with the following:

Q-Now that you are a more aware consumer, pharmaceutical corruption, the conflicts of interest within Health Canada as well as the FDA and MHRA, political bribes etc what do you think of the HPV Vaccine Cervarix manufactured by GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) in the UK & Gardasil manufactured by Merk in the USA and Canada.


A- For the average consumer (parent) the answer to this question is very complicated but to those who have more knowledge of how things really work its very simple. I will answer so that any one can understand what I'm saying or trying to say.

Mr. Merck and Mr. GlaxoSmithKline show up at your door one bright sunny morning. Mr. Merck introduces himself and Mr. Glaxosmithkline. They proudly tell you that they are in the business of health care knowing that will gain them your trust almost immediately. They have impressive degrees and wear somewhat fashionable suits though they could use a new hair do and perhaps some dental work not to mention I might suggest Orthokeratology rather than those coke bottle eye glasses but thats besides the point. (just go with me here)

Mr. GlaxoSmithKline says to you "we have here a new drink that will prevent your daughter from getting HPV related cervical cancer. (of course its not a drink its a vaccine but just keep up with me) He then goes on to scare the shit out of you with statistics about cervical cancer and HPV. The word "cancer" used in any sentence with your daughter has got your attention.

Mr. Merck and Mr. GSK ask you if they can now give your daughter their new life saving drink.

You think for a minute and then say; (Pointing at Mr. GSK) "Aren't you the one that tried to get another drink on the market knowing it would not help children with depression and also knowing that it would cause a 7.5 -8 fold increase to induce suicidal and violent behavior in children? (Known as Seroxat in the UK and Paxil in the USA and Canada. Also known as Aropax) Legal papers here. http://securities.stanford.edu/1034/GSK05_01/200646_r01c_053751.pdf

"Did you not face criminal charges that were dropped because your fancy lawyers with equally as bad teeth and no conscience, found a loop hole in EU laws? Aren't you also the one that conducted illegal experiments on poor orphans and minority children in New Jersey and when the child would refuse you forced the child, without parental consent, by surgically inserting a stint peg into their bellies? Drugs with sever side effects? Are you not the one that I read about that was nailed with millions of dollars worth of Bribery in Italy? I know there is so much more but the list is so long I can't remember them off the top of my head" you admit.

Then you look over at Mr. Merck and ask him "Were you not the one that put Vioxx on the market, a drug that killed more people than lives lost in the Vietnam war and even when you realised how dangerous your drug was and how many people it was killing you tried to keep it on the market? Did the FDA not threaten Dr. David Graham in hopes he would keep his trap shut so that you could continue to sell Vioxx?

Testimony of Dr. David Graham http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/testimony/2004test/111804dgtest.pdf


And then you suddenly remember reading something reported by Dr. Diane Harper who worked on the HPV Vaccine. She is against vaccinating anyone under the age of 18yrs old because safety has no yet been demonstrated in younger girls. She also admitted that going public with this information could jeopardize her funding for research but said "I have to be able to sleep at night" She also said that if a child is tested for HPV before the vaccine is administered and comes back positive "Then we don't know squat, because medically we don't know how to respond to that," Harper said.

http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/503/27/

Mr. Merck looks at Mr. GlaxoSmithKline and then back at you. Shrugging his shoulders as though it were no big deal that they were willing to kill kids for money and says " Yes but that is yesterdays news. Today is a new day. We have a brand new miracle for you"

What did hundreds of thousand (or possibly more) parents say "Oh... OK"

After you dragged your daughter to the door and forced her to drink Mr. Merck and Mr. GSK's new miracle cure the two decided to tell you....

"By the way, we have no idea what the long term side effects will be as those studies are not available just yet because we have not done any. Oh.. and if your daughter drops dead from our drink don't bother trying to sue us. You can't. Our government and health regulators have our backs. (You can't sue over defective vaccines and history has already proven that we would be hard pressed to admit to it anyways not to mention the drug regulators are on our side NOT yours) Have a nice day and thank you so much for letting us use your child as a guinea pig for a type of cancer she probably would not have gotten in the first place." and they walk away and get in their fancy cars, wearing their fancy suits and we are left wondering if we did not just kill our kid or cause some future tragedy that no one will ever admit to but one we are responsible for because we did not do our homework (even though all the information is readily available) and we ignored all the red flags if we did.

To add insult to injury doctors such as Dr. Lisa Masterson went on live television and told viewers that Gardasil is a potential cure for cancer. I was shocked she would say that. NO IT IS NOT!!!!!!!! When I wrote to Merck asking them to respond to this they did not reply. No shock there!!

Have I answered your question?

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Fid

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Boring, Senseless and Paranoia

Once again, it appears a couple of mental health campaigners/advocates, call them what you will, seem hellbent on trying to discredit my name.

Talk about unrelenting! The Bonnie & Clyde of the mental health advocacy world just cannot get to grips with what it is I am trying to achieve. They seem to think, it would appear, that my meetings with the MHRA are all to do with Seroxat - they are wrong. Despite the minutes of the first meeting I had with the MHRA back in September 2008 being published, they both still think my discussions are all to do with Seroxat. [1]

Mardi Bennett has recently made a statement on her blog regarding recent discussions she had with Simon Gregor of the MHRA. For those of you that are unaware... or even care, Mardi is the girlfriend of Jeremy Bryce - at least she was. Back in 2004 Jeremy Bryce was posting as 'Morse' on a couple of Internet forums. He came under fire from various members and Mardi, who was herself posting as 'Tuesday', jumped to his defence. She signed off, Tuesday, Morse's girlfriend.' [2]

Mardi has recently created her own blog, unlike her boyfriend, who seems to be infatuated with me, she focuses on issues pertaining to a whole range of SSRi's. Moreover, she has recently drafted an article pertaining to her discussions with the MHRA, part of which reads, "...whereby the contemptuous, disrespectful activities of Mr Bob Fiddaman of the fiddaman.blogspot continues – along with his stalking and harassment, in an attempt to undermine, intimidate and discredit me - for some warped perverse reason known only to himself." [3]

Mardi is well aware that her boyfriend, be it current or former boyfriend, has created a blog aptly named 'Seroxat Sufferers Stand Up and Be Counted', exactly the same name as this blog. She is also well aware that he posts as 'Bob Fiddaman' and furthermore well aware of the content of his blog where he not only tries to discredit me but continues to try and discredit prominent figures such as Dr. David Healy. He also seems fixated on the solicitors handling the Seroxat Group Action plus a whole host of other people who have spoken out against Seroxat.

I am unsure of Mardi Bennett's current state of health but to accuse me of 'stalking and harassment' seems rather peculiar, particularly when her boyfriend seems to get his rocks off by posting about myself and other Seroxat campaigners on a daily basis His blog, which was created in or around August 2008, is a classic case of delusional rants and supposition. For the record, Mardi's boyfriend, had previously targeted me on the UK Survivor's forum with a series of wild and wacky accusations. [4].

Question for Mardi Bennett - Define stalking and harassment?

Jeremy's Yahoo ID was banned but he later rejoined under a different identity, one of many identities that he has used in the past [5]

I have contacted Blogger, the West Midlands Police and the Police Service of Northern Ireland regarding Jeremy's antics, but it seems it is a civil matter and not a criminal one. A claim of libel would cost in the region of £30,000.

I suggested to the West Midlands Police if I could counteract his claims by creating my own blog. They thought it was a good idea. So, I created the Strangford Bryce blog.[6]

Mardi, and/or her boyfriend, it appears, have recently requested documents from the MHRA that pertain to a recent meeting I had with Simon Gregor. Quite why they are wasting the MHRA's time is unknown. [7,8]

The MHRA have, in the past, used the word, 'Vexatious' to various campaigners. I think, in the case of Mardi Bennett and Jeremy Bryce, the word fits perfectly.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Mardi.

I continue to have discussions with the MHRA and we continue to build bridges, something Messrs Bonnie and Clyde should be concentrating on rather than their deluded fantasies that there is some sort of huge push to get Seroxat noticed and no other SSRi/SNRi.

A quick click of the mouse button to Jeremy Bryce's stalking blog shows two posts, the headlines: 'So you think you have problems Fiddaman - neonatal outcomes for Christiane Schultz who was taking Effexor for several years' and 'Matthew Schultz - murdered by Wyeth, the Mark Harvey's & the greedy Fiddaman's, who would have you believe Seroxat is the worst SSRI'

And Mardi Bennett thinks I'm harassing and stalking her?

Fid

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1. Meeting between Bob Fiddaman and MHRA
2. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/criticalpsychiatry/message/9784
3. Tuesday1st Blog
4. Collection of Jeremy Bryce's UK Survivor's Posts
5. Jeremy Bryce, who are you?
6. http://strangfordbryce.blogspot.com
7. FOI FIDDAMAN 1
8. FOI FIDDAMAN 2

How Michael Jackson Was Failed

Source: Examiner.com

Anorexia, drug addiction and body dysmorphia: The American medical system failed Michael Jackson.

A superstar suffering from anorexia, drug addiction and body dysmorphia disorder, and the American medical system, in every way possible, failed Michael Jackson and the American public. And if the man who was, perhaps, the most famous person in the world can be failed by our out-of-control medical system, what chance do the rest of us have?

Michael Jackson weighed a reported 112 pounds at the time of his death. According to the Santa Barbara (California) Sheriff’s Department arrest report in 2005, Jackson’s height was 5 feet and 11 inches. That would make his body mass index a skeletal 15.6 at the time of his death. How low is that? The World Health Organization says that a BMI of 16.0 is the weight one might die of starvation. Amazingly, Jackson was reputed to have been gaining weight for his upcoming concert tour.

READ MORE

Fid

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Penetanguishene: Leading The Lamb To Slaughter - Afterword

Penetanguishene: Leading The Lamb To Slaughter - Afterword

Previous entries here:

Part I - Suicide is painless
Part II - Dr. Fargher I presume?
Part III - Whatever Happened to Compassion
Part IV - The End is Nigh
Part V - Memories
Part VI - The Hell of Paxil Withdrawal

AFTERWORD

"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill


It took some time and I did a lot of thinking after the withdrawal had eased up. I still had some side effects that lingered but nothing I could not handle. The guilt and memories were harder to deal with but I managed with lots of help from a friend. I still have difficult periods but I deal with it naturally.

In addition to going back to work, In 2007 I decided to start my own website. It was more about Paxil withdrawal and the massively shocking amount of corruption that exists between pharmaceutical companies, drug regulators including Health Canada, and so called "reputable and distinguished" scientists that participate in ghost writing, whose signatures have killed thousands, than it is about Penetanguishene or depression.

I was not prepared for the response I received. The emails came in by the hundreds. I opened and replied to every single one of them. In the first month I got more than 60,000 visitors from all over the world. Of course GSK was all over it but said nothing. What could they possibly say?

I met parents that had lost children, children that had lost their parents, people that were still alive but very lost and trying to find their way home again. It got to the point that I had to convince myself that I needed to sleep. If I did not reply I felt guilty and worried about them. I also continued to do as much reading and research as I possibly could while managing and readjusting to family life.

I am still very actively involved in raising awareness about these drugs and the tragic concequences they carry.

Not only do I feel guilty for attempting to take my own life, I also feel guilty for surviving and having made it to this point when so many others have not. What makes me so special?

Sara Carlin, a teenager from Oakville Ontario was not as fortunate as I was. I think about her quite often.

Initially the family had requested a coroners inquest into her death which was denied. I was furious. I was really furious. I screamed about that for days, publicly.
Every single time this Paxil nonsense lands in the lap of someone that can do something about it and protect Canadian children they come up some ridiculous reason why they can't or should not do it. In this case the coroner had stated that a jury would not make useful recommendations. The entire system is maddening. In the end, the decision was overturned.

The newspapers and news on television reported Sara committed suicide. I don't agree with that at all. She was murdered by a drug company that lied and a doctor that was like most of the other doctors here. They don't have a clue what this drug is capable of, especially to a child because no one told them. Paxil is not licenced for children because GSK's own trials prove it is too dangerous. Not only that, the trials prove it does not even work for depression, in children. What Canadian parents don't realise is that a doctor can still prescribe it off label. I'm sure if Sara's doctor had told her parents that he/she was going to prescribe an unsafe and unapproved drug with a 7.5-8 fold increase of suicide and self harm for their child, compared to a placebo they would have said "No" But they were never told and like all of us we just assume our doctors know what they are doing. It's called blind trust and it's deadly.

All Canadian parents need to be concerned about this inquest. All Canadian parents should be supporting it because it effects all of us.

The Carlin's have done as well as can be expected, managing their grief and fighting for Canadian children but they can't do it alone. They need all of us and we owe them that much. Afterall, their plight will not bring their daughter back but it could save yours and mine. So if you can't support them for the sake of their child and the tragedy that took her life then do it for yours. Get off your ass Canada.

My husband got a big promotion and is now the VP of a Mutal Fund Dealership. He is tired but content and remains supportive always and of everything I have done thus far. Not only did he not force me to talk about it he has never once held what happened, against me.

I spend time in the garden, I'm back to cooking up a storm and I have another little business going on the side. Life is busy but I love it. There are no pill bottles on my counter top. I also became a vegetarian and enjoy the benefits of healthy, natural living. I am still writing but its just a hobby I indulge in now and again and when I have time.

I have met a new friend that also has a websites and suffered the same fate as I did. He is very important to me. Not a day goes by that we don't connect in some way and even though he is half way around the world, we are very close. I can't imagine life without him or the support he gave and continues to give me.

We moved to a new house that is a century home with an abundance of character. I absolutely love our home and our neighbourhood. The kids are happy and well adjusted.

My oldest son graduated from high school last year. He decided to go to medical school. I'm happy for him as his decision seems to make him very happy. My father is deliriously happy as is the rest of the family.

Our youngest son is by far the most affectionate, loving and giving person you could meet. He is thinking about psychology but hes not sure just yet and has another year to decide. He is also debating joining the army but is worried about the haircuts. He is equally against the over prescribing of psychiatric medications as I am. He is bugging me about getting a kitten. He loves animals and they love him. I'm still thinking about it. He is the quieter of the three and the cleanest by far. Thank god for small mercies.

My daughter is a witty and level headed young lady. She is very unique and so beautiful inside and out. We spend as much time together as teens will spend with their parents. Sometimes we just sit on my bed and talk for hours, late at night while the boys are downstairs watching movies. Other times she reads her books while I'm reading mine. We both share the same views about eating meat and dairy products. Actually, it was my daughter that convinced me to become a vegetarian in the first place. I'm still shocked at how much energy I now have and how much healthier I feel.

I love my family. I enjoy them thoroughly and their friends too. We always have a full house which is important to me. I just wish they would learn to pick up their dirty socks but sometimes I don't even get upset about it. I'm just glad I'm here to be annoyed by it and healthy enough mentally to find it amusing.

Life is good.



Interviewer: Bob Fiddaman, Author of Seroxat Sufferers Blog. http://fiddaman.blogspot.com/

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[1] http://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratings/87853/ON/Parry-Sound/Fargher
[2] http://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratings/868341/ON/North-York/Fareau-Weyl


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FULL PDF FILE HERE

SWINE FLU ADVERSE REACTION "PRIORITY" REPORTING

With an apparent pandemic of swine flu, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency [MHRA] have issued a letter to Healthcare professionals with regard to reporting of any adverse reactions to the vaccines, Tamiflu [Roche] and Relenza [GlaxoSmithKline].

The letter, which can be downloaded here, announces the 'special' web-based portal, which the MHRA have named, 'The Swine Flu ADR Portal.'

Two ways of looking at this:

1, The MHRA expect a large number of reports because the vaccines will be widely used

or

2, The MHRA have their suspicions about these vaccines so want to keep a close eye on the adverse reactions.

Now call me a cynic...

Fid

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Penetanguishene: Leading The Lamb To Slaughter Part VI

Penetanguishene: Leading The Lamb To Slaughter Part VI

Previous entries here:

Part I - Suicide is painless
Part II - Dr. Fargher I presume?
Part III - Whatever Happened to Compassion
Part IV - The End is Nigh
Part V - Memories

PART SIX
The Hell of Paxil Withdrawal
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
Ben Okri


Then came the dreaded Paxil withdrawal AGAIN. I had to get off the rest of it but this time was going to be different. This time I was going to have more control. This time I knew it was the drug and not me.

I read everything I could get my hands on. I became a huge fan of Dr. David Healy, Dr. Peter Breggin and Dr. Joseph Glenmullen. I read blogs, websites and forums. I steered clear of anything authored by GlaxoSmithKline and their famous ghost writers. If I was going to get through this I needed the truth and not a bunch of smoke and mirrors. I also stayed away from anything authored by Health Canada, the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency [MHRA]. I might not be a University scholar with a medical degree but I'm not stupid either. They are full of lies and corrupt as hell. You have to have a severe learning disability not to see that.

The first thing I did was talk to my husband and tell him what I wanted to do. He told me he would support me but that he wanted to know more about it too. My husband worked quite a distance from where we lived. He is the VP of a mutual fund company and his job is demanding but he was always home right after work and on weekends. He spent evenings catching up on what I had learned. We had to prepare the kids too. How do you that without scaring them? "Mommy is going to turn into the devil". Education and preparation. We told them what the worse case scenario would be and what the best case scenario would be. We let the kids read everything we had read. My daughter, whom I thought would scream in protest and fear, said, "I know you can do this." The kids were amazing. I don't know how many times my son had to put a pill in my mouth and hold the glass of water to my lips.

As we now know, Paxil has a short half life. The severe initiation and withdrawal side effects don't simply plague the very small minority of those that willingly take it. The numbers are much higher then most would have us believe. Though I have spoken to some people that did not have the severity that I did. I am very happy for them but sad for anyone that does.

I started reducing by 10mgs/daily. The plan was that I would do this for approximately 2-3 weeks. That was a disaster. By the second day the anxiety was pumping out of me at an alarming rate. I was sure I would have a heart attack and die. That accompanied by severe and debilitating depression was more than I could handle for any length of time. I decided to be less eager and more realistic. I changed the reduced amount to 5mgs/daily and took a sleeping pill at night. The sleeping pill was very helpful. At least while I slept I was not in agony though the vivid dreams were something else. Unfortunately when I woke up I was greeted by the same feelings of impending doom that were followed by anxiety attacks like the ones I had experienced right before my suicide attempt, after reducing by 30mgs daily, in 2006. I hated those feelings. I would dive out of the bed as though by doing so I was able to get away from it. No such luck. Those suckers followed me around day in and day out and until it was all over.

Some people say that withdrawal makes them sleep for hours on end. Not for me. I had severe insomnia and I relived every single mistake I had ever made in my life including chopping my sisters hair off when we were 6 yrs old. Of course Dr. T.J Fargher and Penetanguishene Mental Health Facility came back to me. My mind would not let it alone. I relived it over and over again until it would make me throw up. I spent days on the bathroom floor in a pool of sweat and vomit. I had body aches as though I had caught the flu virus. My entire body ached like hell. I cried, I screamed and I begged those memories to leave me alone but they would not. I shook like a fish out of water and so much so that I could not hold a glass of water without spilling it all over the floor and myself. I hallucinated and at times I do believe I was delusional.

I had headaches that went on for days. Tylenol was helpful for those.

There were also mood swings. One minute I would be bawling about something on television and the next minute I would be explosive. There was another feeling that I always found hard to describe. The best I can do is say that I felt like I was splitting away from myself.

Of course the depression came back with a vengeance. I would be lying if I said that I did not ever feel suicidal during which would become my last time doing Paxil withdrawal. I did. In truth, it was like hanging on to the edge of a cliff whilever I was awake, which was 18 hours/daily for weeks at a time.

Paxil is a very complicated experience. I did experience some of the very same symptoms during initiation that I did during withdrawal which just adds to the confusion for both patient and doctor. Every time the dose was changed I went for a roller coaster ride. Unfortunately my family had to go on it with me. To add insult to injury GSK was not exactly forthcoming about their billion dollar baby. This infuriates me to no end. Although it seems that our Drug Regulators are beginning now to take steps to control this out of control problem, we should not have had to work this hard or wait this long for something that is clearly a life threatening problem. I read somewhere that fifty million people are taking SSRI drugs. With a number as shocking as this one would think that getting a handle on this problem would be a priority for our drug regulators, doctors, the public... but they take forever and every decision they make is to the benefit of pharma with a hint of concern for public safety. I suppose it has to appear as though life is more important than money.

My husband, whom is very familiar with the regulations about conflicts of interest in his field, is quite shocked by the way in which Health Canada operates. What a world we live in when our financial investments are far more protected than our lives. What have we become?

The bathroom might seem like an odd place to pitch a tent but the floor was cold and I was boiling hot. I actually had a fever. How that could be? I don't know but I did. My face was beat red. I would do this until the withdrawal would ease up which lasted far longer than the two weeks GSK claims it takes. Then I would coast for a few weeks and catch my breath. I was afraid that if I coasted at the new dose for too long I would lose the courage to keep going. I should have kept a diary but how would I have written in it? There was no way I would have been able to hold a pen to paper much less write legibly. I thought it would never end but it did. A few months later and many pounds lighter, as I could not hold a thing down during the worst of it with the exception of ice chips, it was over. I could not believe it was over. I could not believe I survived it. Psychiatry was out of my life forever. I don't remember ever being so proud of myself as I was then. I still can't believe I did it.

When People ask me to describe severe Paxil withdrawal I always refer to the same thing. I ask them, "You know the movie, The Exorcist?" , with the exception of my head spinning 360 degree that was about it. Oh and there was no Priest or holy water either. I am not exaggerating. Paxil hated me more than Fargher and that Hitler woman did combined. It was like a living entity in its own right and it did not want to let me go. Knowing that the withdrawal from Paxil was not me losing my mind and a state I would be in for the rest of my life, but the Paxil leaving my system, made the difference between life and death. Had I not known about Paxil withdrawal, had I believed that experience was me and not the drugs... well... I don't even want to think about it.

I attended my daughters graduation drug and psychiatry free. Never have I felt more liberated.

Never again will I take a drug without doing a mountain of research on it before hand. Never again will I fall prey to psychiatry. Never again will I blindly trust any single doctor or any miracle cure or treatment. Never again will I trust that our very own Health Canada is on guard and protecting us. Never again will anyone that I know take an SSRI drug like Paxil. That is one good thing that came out of it all. The people, family and close friends that witnessed this, will never touch an SSRI drug.

Never again will that happen to me!!

Dear GlaxoSmithKline,
Who, in the name of God would attempt a paediatric licence knowing an experience like this could be a possibility to a child?

Coming Soon. Afterward



Interviewer: Bob Fiddaman, Author of Seroxat Sufferers Blog.

http://fiddaman.blogspot.com/

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