"Discontinuation syndrome," AKA withdrawal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrom

"Discontinuation syndrome," AKA withdrawal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrome I'm a big "weird crime" geek and pretty much every single one of them, if you dig deep enough (and quick enough--I've seen news articles "cleaned up" after-the-fact to remove references about medications. Doesn't need to be a conspiracy when we have HIPAA), you find that the perpetrator had either been prescribed new meds/upped dosage in the past week or discontinued suddenly. Also, it's a little bit like a miscarriage--if you talk about it even a little, the private stories come out of the woodwork. Some tragedies, some "holy cow, am I glad I figured out what made me want to buy a gun." What kills me is not knowing how many suicides could have been avoided. And that the word isn't out yet, how many more will we see? I am seriously a little terrified about a mass shortage of these medications (SSRIs and antipsychotics aren't the only medications that can cause akathisia, delusion, homicidal/suicidal ideation...we've got Larium, ADHD meds, I even just read about a weight loss drug with suicidal ideation as a side effect...banned in Europe but A-OK in the US). How irresponsible if pharmaceutical companies just cut these drugs out without giving their patients a method of safely withdrawing from them... Dig around for withdrawal-induced crimes (especially at the local level; more data there), and you'll see that it's actually murderous. The least they can do is research which genotypes are most susceptible to dangerous side effects (for example, is it possible that people with the MTHFR gene mutation or other characteristics are hit with serious withdrawal symptoms?) to share with prescribing doctors.