From a personal point of view, I`ve been on 3 different anti- depressants now over a number of years, and I can tell you the effects differ wildly. The one that was pinpointed in this country for causing suicide, a tri-cyclic, can`t remember the name of it now, did have an horrific effect upon me including hallucinations, murderous feelings and an overwhelming urge towards self harm, which eventually led to me burning myself severely up and down my left arm with a cigarette..............something I never would have done previously.
So I do think there is something to this. Obviously- this is all anecdotal, not scientific, but there you are.
Finally I was prescribed fluoxetine (Prozac- the old housewives favourite) which has worked wonders on me, and made me almost human. I suppose in America I would be sueing someone by now, but then again I`d rather they test these drugs on hapless humans like me than monkeys.
Of course, people with a tendancy toward black thoughts and self doubt are much easily triggered to self destruction than the rest of the population, it`s a fine line.
It seems to me sometimes that a dread of death can make you want to kill yourself, paradxically because then you are in control of you own mortality....
Please excuse the rambling nature of this post- now, where`s me pills?
