Date:  Thu Jul 12, 2001  12:47 pm [ProzacTruth]

Hello! 
My name is Jennifer. I am 30 yrs. old and was
given Prozac for an anxiety disorder this past
Spring.  The health care provider told me not to
be concerned with any negative media I had heard
in the past as one of the first opening comments
she made about the medication.   

I took the Prozac for about two weeks and started
to feel better!  But just when I thought I had
found an answer to my years of anxiety,panic, and
an overall feeling of constant
cloud-over-my-head, I had the most life changing
experience you can imagine. 

I am sure you are aware of the possible LSD like
effects of these drugs... I went to bed one night
and have not been the same since.  I had a
horrible, nauseating, vividly violent nightmare
that caused me to wake up.  I bring up this in my
memory and it replays over like "The Excorsist"
or "The Shining" . 

 I felt like I was "possessed" and had no
emotions.  I know it sounds like I am not a
person you would want to deal with by this
description, but I am, in normal and a non
drugged state, an overly sensitive, genuinely
concerned for people, and told a caring person.  
 
Anyway, I actually felt a presence behind me when
I flew out of the bed and began to hear a voice. 
This is all so horrible to think about again.  I
clearly understood from this presence that I
should get a knife from the kitchen.  I have NO
suicidal history but while this episode was
occurring I was totally OK with the idea I should
cut my wrist. ( I can't even stand minor violence
and am pretty squeamish normally!) 

It was almost like I was telepathically being
given instructions on how to chop at myself.  I
have since learned of people describing alien
like experiences while on these drugs.  I am not
normally of any religious affiliation, but I
reached inside myself for any shred of human
emotion I could summon and prayed to God for
help. 

I cannot begin to describe to you all of the
horrible details that accompanied this
experience, but I can tell you I am scared to
death who may be on these mind tripping
medications and what we will all have to pay for
in the future for our overprescribing.  I was
totally dismissed by my doc and told I was the
only person they ever heard of having such
reaction.  My research indicates otherwise. 

I am not a paranoid person but I definitely smell
a conspiracy here between the guys who push and
manufacture(Lilly) these drugs.  I am happy for
all those helped by these meds, but am so very
scared of the repercussions. 
Thank you for listening!     
        
Jennifer