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> StopTheInsanity

> Tue, 06 Jul 2004 02:41:14 -0000

> [sSRI-Research] Workplace violence in a

> school involving Prozac: Fwd: Prozac: Stephen

> Leith: sc

>

> The tragedy of all those who were killed by the

> SSRIs and those who

> have been imprisoned is exemplified by the following

> letter from Stephen

> Leith, a schoolteacher in Michigan who murdered his

> superintendent. I am

> sending this letter since it explains the type of

> bizarre behavior that can

> be exhibited by individuals becoming manic/psychotic

> on the drugs.

> Everyone should be aware & watchful of this type of

> behavior.

>

___________________

>

> Stephen Leith 239190

> Carson Correctional Facility

> PO Box 5000

> Carson City, MI 48811

>

> Jane Henney, M.D., Commissioner Food and Drug

> Administration

> 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm 1471

> Rockville, MD 20857

>

> Dear Dr. Henney: I am writing to tell you what

> PROZAC did to me and

> to urge you to take it off the market. In the years

> prior to 1992, I

> became depressed as I watched my wife slowly die of

> cancer. In January of

> 1992, I sought psychiatric help and was immediately

> prescribed PROZAC. After

> about 2 weeks it kicked in, and I was full of

> energy, I felt as though I

> could accomplish anything I put my mind to and began

> a major project.

>

> People in the school where I taught knew something

> had happened to me: I ran

> everywhere, even in the school! The kids joked that

> I was " hitting

> the acid cabinet " in the back of my chemistry room,

> and the Superintendent,

> thinking I was on street drugs, called me into his

> office and

> demanded to know what was going on. I lost all

> discretion regarding what I said, even speaking to

> strangers about personal things. I became obnoxious

> and

> the students started fearing me, especially when I

> began touching some

> of them. I now lacked control. After about six

> weeks, I sprained my

> ankle and the good feeling turned bad. My sleep

> became increasingly more

> fitful and the depression returned. The psychiatrist

> suggested taking me off

> PROZAC, but I begged him to leave me on it, fearing

> that the depression would be much worse without it.

> I started seeing things moving out of the corner of

> my eye, and I was constantly jerking my head in the

> perceived direction to see what it was. There was

> nothing, of course, but I was fooled into looking

> anyway. I was constantly agitated. I became

> disillusioned, thinking people didn't like me and

> were out to get me. When I was reprimanded for my

> inappropriate behavior (which began after taking

> PROZAC), I was certain the administration was trying

> to fire me. I was becoming paranoid. I had gone

> deeply into debt, acquiring many things I did not

> need after going on the drug, and now I was

> convinced they were out to take my job from me.

>

> My temper became shorter and anything could set me

> off. My anger

> burned so intensely it was scary. I had never

> experienced anything like it

> either before going on PROZAC or since I was taken

> off of it. I had a

> headache all the time and was confused much of the

> time. Something inside

> felt as if it wanted to crawl out of me, leaving a

> shell behind; my brain

> felt like it was sloshing in my skull. After nearly

> two years of decline,

> I snapped and killed the Superintendent at a

> grievance meeting

> pertaining to my bizarre behavior. Only minutes

> later I was going about the normal routine in my

> classroom, wondering if the shooting had really

> transpired; it did not seem real. Of course I was

> arrested and whisked away.

>

> When the lawyer arrived at the jail, I asked him if

> anyone got hurt! I have

> been incarcerated now for over six years on a life

> sentence. I have met

> others here who have been on PROZAC and several of

> them, without my

> prompting, have shared how the drug also intensified

> their anger and caused

> similar impulse control problems. So here I am, a

> trained educator, being

> punished for something I would not have done if I

> had not been on PROZAC. The

> Superintendent, a talented man, is dead and his

> family is bitter

> over his loss and their wrecked lives. The two

> others who were wounded are

> mistrustful in their dealings with others. My wife

> was disgraced in

> the community due to my actions, and she died from

> the cancer two years

> later without me having been there to help her and

> comfort her.

>

> My friends deserted me and my name and reputation

> ruined. As you can see, many

> lives besides my own have been negatively impacted

> due to what PROZAC did

> to me. This drug is dangerous. Both you and I know

> it, and it is time to do

> the right thing. Declare this drug unsafe and take

> it off the market.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Stephen Leith

>

>

> Stephen Leith 239190 Carson Correctional Facility

> PO Box 5000

> Carson City, MI 48811

>

> Jane Henney, M.D.,

> Commissioner Food and Drug Administration

> 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm 1471

> Rockville, MD 20857

>

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