Shootings in Germany, Alabama Underscore Violent Side Effects of Psychiatric Medications

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These drugs are a public health hazard far worse than anything else that the"nanny government" has attempted to deal with and THEY WILL NOT FACE REALITYon this issue!http://www.naturalnews.com/025826.htmlNaturalNews) A 17-year-old former student opened fire near Stuttgart,Germany, killing at least 16 people. The teenager was a former student at aWinnenden school, where he initiated the shooting spree. Three teachers andat least 10 students were killed by his actions.The media is reporting that Tim Kretschmer, "walked calmly into threeclassrooms and opened fire, without saying a word." Following the shootingat his school, Tim ran to a psychiatric clinic school and killed an employeethere. (Did he have a link to the psychiatric staff members there?)A day earlier, a man in his mid-30's opened fire in

Alabama, killing tenpeople before he was shot and killed by law enforcement.It's the medication, not the firearmsIn seeing the news reports on these events, the ignorant masses quitepredictably leaped to the conclusion that "guns are the problem." Apparentlyin their minds, these shootings were carried out solely by guns and havenothing whatsoever to do with the people pulling the triggers. But the truthis far more insidious: It is the psychiatric medications that are causingviolent shooting sprees in America, Germany and elsewhere.These dangerous psychiatric medications drastically imbalance brainchemistry, causing teens (and adults) to feel distanced from reality, as ifthey are walking through a video game. In fact, this was exactly how theColumbine school shooters described their experience of carrying out theinfamous shootings in Colorado.The report that Germany's shooter,

Tim Kretschmer, "walked calmly into threeclassrooms and opened fire, without saying a word" is a strong indicationthat he was almost certainly suffering the brain-altering side effects ofpsychiatric medication.The pharmaceutical companies, of course, incessantly attempt to deny thereality that their drugs cause school shootings. In fact, their psychiatricdrugs actually cause the very same things they often claim to treat!Antidepressants, for example, can cause depression, suicidal thoughts andviolent behavior. They also directly promote weight gain, obesity anddiabetes, and those health conditions can then lead to more depression,requiring more "treatment" with medication.It's all a gigantic scam. These drug companies are just selling patentedchemicals for profit while destroying the lives of human beings in theprocess. In my view, Big Pharma is responsible for the deaths of all thosekilled

by drug-induced shooting sprees. Read the jaw-dropping collection ofquotes (below) from authors on this issue to learn even more.Not surprisingly, the mainstream media remains virtually silent on thisissue, not even mentioning any link between psychiatric drugs and schoolshootings. The media, you see, is largely funded by drug companyadvertisements.A film you must seeA truly remarkable documentary film on the history of psychiatric medicationis now available through CCHR (the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights).Watch it here: http://www.cchr.org/#/videos/making...Or see the two-minute trailer here: http://www.fightforkids.org/video/m...CCHR is the same non-profit organization that produced Psychiatry - AnIndustry of Death, which you can watch on YouTube

here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsfH...CCHR is the world's leading organization fighting against the psychiatricmedication abuse of children. I recently visited CCHR in Los Angeles andtoured their shocking museum called Psychiatry - An Industry of Death. Thisis an absolutely mind-bending museum you simply can't miss seeing. If you'revisiting Los Angeles, make plans to go through this museum (admission isfree).You'll find it in the Hollywood district. The street address is: 6616 SunsetBlvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90028.CCHR is the leading organization standing up against psychiatric medicinearound the world. They have achieved an amazing number of importantaccomplishments in exposing the fraud and criminal behavior of thepsychiatric industry, and they deserve your support: www.CCHR.orgListen to the song:

S.S.R.LiesYou may also know I'm the writer and singer on the song known as SSRIs -S.S.R.Lies which you can download or listen to here:http://www.naturalnews.com/SSRIs_S_...The lyrics are included on the right-hand column of that page.Authors' Quotes on Antidepressants and School ShootingsBelow, you'll find selected quotes from noted authors on the subject ofantidepressants and suicide or violent behavior. Feel free to quote these inyour own work provided you give proper credit to both the original authorquoted here and this NaturalNews page.This first list of school shootings is from the book, Psyched Out: HowPsychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill by Kelly PatriciaO'Meara:Illegal mind-altering drugs may elicit the same or similar adverse reactionsas many of the newer mind-altering

antidepressants, yet this importantcorrelation, beyond a cursory mention, is absent from serious considerationin most of the school shootings. The following list of school shootings isan example of the number of children with a known history of psychiatriccounseling and psychiatric drug use: [abbreviated list, get the book to readthe full list]• Kip land "Kip" Kinkle, 15 years old, May 21, 1998, Thurston Middle School,Springfield, Ore. Killed his mother and father and two students; wounded 25others. Psychiatric counseling and drug use: Prozac.• Shawn Cooper, 15 years old, April 16, 1999, Notus Junior-Senior HighSchool, Notus, Idaho. Fired two gun shots. No one injured or killed.Psychiatric drugs used: "antidepressants."• Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 18 and 17 years old, respectively, April20, 1999, Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo. Twelve students and oneteacher killed; 24

others wounded. Shooters commit suicide. Psychiatric druguse: Harris had been prescribed Zoloft and Luvox.• Thomas "T.J." Solomon, 15 years old, May 20, 1999, Heritage High School,Conyers, Ga. Six wounded. Psychiatric drug use: Prior psychiatric counselingand Ritalin.• Elizabeth Bush, 14 years old, March 7, 2001, Bishop Neumann High School,Williamsport, Pa. Wounded one student. Psychiatric drug use:"antidepressants."• Jason Hoffman, 18 years old, March 22, 2001, Granite Hills High School, ElCajon, Ca. Killed one; wounded one. Psychiatric drug use: Celexa andEffexor.• Cory Baadsgaard, 16 years old, April 15, 2001, Wahluke High School,Mattawa, Wash. Held 23 students and a teacher hostage with a rifle. Noinjuries or deaths. Psychiatric drug use: Paxil and Effexor.• John Jason McLaughlin, 15-years old, September 14, 2001, Recori HighSchool, Cold Spring, Minnesota. One

killed and 1 wounded.• Jeff Weise, 16 years old, March 21, 2005, Red Lake High School, Red IndianReservation, Minn. Killed nine and wounded seven others then committedsuicide. Psychiatric drug use: Prozac.• Michael Carneal, 14 years old, Dec 1, 1997, Heath High School, WestPaducah, Ky. Killed three students; wounded five others. Had psychiatriccounseling prior to shooting.• Mitchell Johnson, 13 years old, and Andrew Golden, 11 years old, March 25,1998, Westside Middle School, Jonesboro, Ark. One teacher, four studentskilled; 11 wounded. Johnson received psychiatric treatment prior to theshooting.- Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills ThatKill by Kelly Patricia O'Meara- Available on Amazon.comReports in the media began suggesting that antidepressants might be behindthe horrific murders that shook the nation. These stories typically

notedthat Andrea Yates (Houston bathtub drownings), Kip Kinkel (Jonesboro,Arkansas, shootings), Eric Harris (Columbine school shootings) andChristopher Pittman (South Carolina grandparents murdered) were on or hadbeen on antidepressants. The relationship between violence against othersand violence against self is apparent.- America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and HowWe've Been Deceived by Dr. Timothy Scott- Available on Amazon.comHostility and violence are also mentioned in the FDA-approved labels forsome antidepressant drugs. The antidepressants as a group have a dangerouspotential to produce abnormal behavior that can culminate in both suicideand violence. The SSRI antidepressants are especially liable to produceextremely irrational and sometimes horrendously violent acts.- The Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You AboutProzac, Zoloft,

Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox by Peter R. Breggin- Available on Amazon.comDespite mountains of evidence, they were avidly denying that antidepressantscan cause mayhem, murder, and suicide. From the moment Prozac burst on thescene in 1989, to the start of the FDA hearings on antidepressants in 2004,many stories of antidepressant-induced violence and suicide had beenreported in the press. Hundreds more had been sent to the FDA and had evenbeen published in the scientific literature concerningantidepressant-induced "harm to self and others.- Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-AlteringMedications by Peter Breggin- Available on Amazon.comHowever, mania is by no means the only way antidepressants can induceviolence. The SSRI antidepressants, as well as some other antidepressantssuch as Wellbutrin and Desyrel (trazodone) cause akathisia. In earlierchapters, I described

this drug-induced neurological condition that canbecome a virtual inner torture of irritation and anguish. Akathisia candrive a person toward bizarre and even violent actions. SSRIs can also causea loosening of inhibition or self-control, leading to unanticipated acts ofviolence.- The Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You AboutProzac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox by Peter R. Breggin- Available on Amazon.comMany doctors seem to believe that antidepressants will reduce the likelihoodof a patient attempting or committing suicide. The labels forantidepressants warn about being careful about suicide but they emphasizethat this care is required until the antidepressant can take effect. Thisfalsely implies that antidepressants can reduce the danger of suicide. Afterreviewing the vast literature and after examining the internal records ofseveral antidepressant makers, it is

absolutely clear that antidepressantsdo not reduce the suicide rate.- The Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You AboutProzac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox by Peter R. Breggin- Available on Amazon.comAndrew Mosholder, the task of investigating the emerging (though it had beenaround for years) evidence of a link between antidepressants and suicideattempts in children. As he was told to, he did his job and filed hisreport, but the FDA refused to release it. They also refused to allow him toparticipate in public hearings on antidepressants that were conducted inFebruary 2004. Why? Our belief is that it is because of his finding thatchildren who take antidepressants are two times more likely to exhibitsuicidal behaviors than depressed children who are not givenantidepressants.- The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children by FredA. Baughman, Jr.,

M.D. and Craig Hovey- Available on Amazon.comClassic papers dating as far back as the 1930s describe the risk withamphetamine antidepressants. For decades pharmaceutical companies and drugproponents adamantly denied the phenomenon, but by the 1970s, when strictlimitations were imposed on prescribing amphetamines, their ability totrigger suicide and violence had been firmly established. In the 1980s, asimilar phenomenon was recognized with tricyclic antidepressants, the classof drugs used between the fall of amphetamine antidepressants in the 1970sand the rise of serotonin boosters in the 1990s.- Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, andOther Antidepressants with Safe, Effective Alternatives by JosephGlenmullen, M.D.- Available on Amazon.comOn July 16, 2005, BMJ(formerly known as the British Medical Journal), in amajor review article ("Efficacy of

antidepressants in Adults"), summarizedthe research on the long-term outcome of antidepressants this way:"Antidepressants have not been convincingly shown to affect the long-termoutcome of depression or suicide rates." Today antidepressants areincreasingly used by Americans who are not severely depressed, and they arebeing prescribed on a long-term basis. The previously mentioned 2000 ABCNews poll reported that 46 percent of antidepressant users had taken themfor a year or more.- Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, andCommunity in a World Gone Crazy by Bruce E. Levine- Available on Amazon.comThe cases and scientific evidence presented in this book should convincinglydemonstrate that antidepressants cause suicide. Given that psychiatric drugscan cause suicide, is there evidence that any of them actually reducesuicide? The answer is no. Particularly in the case of

the antidepressants,drug companies and their paid researchers have tried for years to show thatthese drugs reduce the suicide rate, but no compelling evidence has beenforthcoming.- Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-AlteringMedications by Peter Breggin- Available on Amazon.comGiven that this conservative diagnostic manual makes clear thatantidepressants cause mania and that mania can produce goal-directedcriminal acts, anger, violence, depression, and suicide, no physician shoulddoubt that antidepressants cause acts of violence or suicide. Unfortunately,despite clinical experience, scientific data, and a consensus of opinionamong experts, many doctors refuse to believe that their medications aresometimes driving patients to crime, violence, and suicide.- The Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You AboutProzac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox

by Peter R. Breggin- Available on Amazon.comAdults whose symptoms worsen while being treated with antidepressants,including an increase in suicidal thinking or behavior, should be evaluatedby their health-care professional. The data convinced even the FDAhardliners. Belatedly, the agency issued warnings about suicidal thinkingand antidepressants. These cautions came far too late to prevent manyterrible tragedies over nearly 2 decades. As difficult as it has been forpsychiatrists and FDA officials to contemplate, people taking SSRI-typeantidepressants are sometimes preoccupied with thoughts of suicide orhomicide.- Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy by Joe Graedon, M.S. and TeresaGraedon, Ph.D.- Available on Amazon.comAdults in Taiwan and Korea, where antidepressants are rarely used, have verylow rates of major depression. Adults in America, Canada and France,

whereantidepressants are commonly prescribed, have much higher rates. Are westernpeople born inherently inferior to Asian people mentally; that is, moreprone to develop a mental disease? In 1950, when no antidepressants existed,the suicide rates for children and young people were less than half therates for those same age groups in 2000 despite dramatic growth inantidepressant use among America's youth.- America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and HowWe've Been Deceived by Dr. Timothy Scott- Available on Amazon.comPerhaps the most dangerous misconception is that the seriously depressed canbetter be prevented from suicide by antidepressants than any othertherapeutic technique. Not only is there no such proof, but SSRIantidepressants actually increase suicidal thoughts and behavior for somepatients. In 2004, the FDA ordered that antidepressants carry a "black

box"warning, the government's strongest warning, alerting consumers to the riskof increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens takingthem.- Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, andCommunity in a World Gone Crazy by Bruce E. Levine- Available on Amazon.comThe availability of graduated doses, 5- and 10-milligram pills, would haveundermined this advantage over all other antidepressants available at thetime. Likewise, had the FDA decided to add a warning on suicide and violenceto the label of antidepressants, this would have necessitated closermonitoring of patients, markedly reducing Prozac's unique appeal forprimary-care clinicians. Another memo makes clear that dosing problems werebrought to Lilly's attention again not long after the drug went on themarket.- Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, andOther

Antidepressants with Safe, Effective Alternatives by JosephGlenmullen, M.D.- Available on Amazon.comAs this book goes to press, a research team led by Kirsch (2008) has onceagain produced a meta-analysis of the scientific literature demonstratingthe ineffectiveness of antidepressants. It is a sad, ironic, and tragictale: It's impossible to prove that antidepressants actually relievedepression but it's relatively easy to demonstrate that they can worsendepression and cause mania, murder, and suicide. If my colleagues wanted tobe scientific about it, they would call them "depressants" rather thanantidepressants, and take them off the market.- Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-AlteringMedications by Peter Breggin- Available on Amazon.comPaxil is not substantially different from Prozac, Zoloft, Luvox, Celexa,Effexor, Wellbutrin, or any other of the newer

antidepressants in itscapacity to cause overstimulation and a variety of other dangerous adversemental reactions. If Paxil causes suicide in adults, so do the otherantidepressants. As already described, the FDA has mandated clear warningsthat are identical for the drugs. But because it is so short-acting andpotent, Paxil probably poses a more frequent and more severe risk than someof the other antidepressants.- Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-AlteringMedications by Peter Breggin- Available on Amazon.comMadhukar Trivedi, a clinical psychiatrist who is the director of the MoodDisorders Research Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medicalschool, has been researching the effectiveness of using exercise to augmentantidepressants. In 2006 he published a pilot study showing that patientswho weren't responding to antidepressants lowered their scores on a

commondepression test by 10.4 points on a 17-point scale -- a huge drop -- aftertwelve weeks of exercise. All seventeen patients were deeply depressed andhad been taking antidepressants for at least four months.- Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J.Ratey, MD- Available on Amazon.comChildren using venlafaxine (Effexor) -- a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptakeinhibitor (SNRI) -- had a 2.3 times greater risk of suicide attemptscompared with no drug treatment at all. Tricyclic antidepressants were alsosignificantly linked with suicide attempts.- Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 by Bottom Line Health- Available on Amazon.comThey divided the people into two groups -- those who had receivedantidepressants and those who had not. They found that children between theages of six and 18 who were taking antidepressants were 1.5 times morelikely to

attempt suicide and 15 times more likely to die in that attemptthan individuals not treated with an antidepressant.- Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 by Bottom Line Health- Available on Amazon.comExpress Scripts reported in 2003 that in a five-year period (1998-2002) theuse of antidepressants in children increased from 1.6 per 100 to 2.4 per100 -- an adjusted annual increase of 9.2 percent, with the fastest-growingsegment of users being preschoolers (newborns to 5 years old). As a followup to the FDA's revelations about the adverse effects associated withantidepressants, Express Scripts updated its study, reporting "theprevalence of antidepressant use in children continued to rise through thefirst half of 2004.- Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills ThatKill by Kelly Patricia O'Meara- Available on Amazon.comStill, though, there is the matter of the

2004 public hearings, where onceagain, due to the public outcry, the FDA was forced to revisit the issue ofsuicidality and SSRIs due to an ever-increasing number of claims that themind-altering antidepressants (including Prozac) were causing suicidalthoughts and other harmful behaviors. What does Breggin conclude? "Lillycontinued to hide the documents and the data at the 2004 FDA hearings onpediatric suicidality caused by antidepressants. At the hearings TomLaughren of the FDA said that he knew of no data linking SSRIs to suicide orhostility.- Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills ThatKill by Kelly Patricia O'Meara- Available on Amazon.comAn estimated 500,000 grade-school children are now taking antidepressants.In the teen years, this high rate of depression translates into a tragicallyhigh number of suicides and attempted suicides. The teen suicide rate

hasincreased threefold since 1960, making it the third leading cause of deathamong adolescents.- The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet ofthe Island of Crete by Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., and Jo Robinson- Available on Amazon.comBut a very well-kept secret, revealed by considering all the research, isthat the actual rate of death from suicide is higher in patients who takethe new antidepressants than in those who take the older tricyclics. Evenmore important, twice as many people taking the new antidepressantssuccessfully committed suicide than did the people who took placebos.- The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet ofthe Island of Crete by Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., and Jo Robinson- Available on Amazon.comAnd it is here that even those who continue to believe in the usefulness ofantidepressants overwhelmingly fault the

industry. The most charitable readit as a case of fragmented decision making and regulatory numbness. Othersassert that it was all about maintaining sales. Whatever you believe aboutmotivation, you can be certain that every major SSRI maker fudged when itcame to reporting publicly the rate of suicide, suicidal ideation, andviolence associated with use of their drug.- Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds,and Bodies by Greg Critser- Available on Amazon.comWhat's more, for almost all the drugs, except Prozac, there was no evidencefrom the clinical trials in children that the antidepressants worked anybetter at relieving depression than a placebo or dummy pill. Britishauthorities moved in late 2003 to try to stop the drugs being prescribed tochildren. A year later authorities in the U.S. demanded that companies add a"black box" warning to antidepressant labels --

more than a decade after thedrugs had first appeared on the market.- Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies AreTurning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels- Available on Amazon.comAccording to independent analysis of the clinical trials -- almost all ofwhich have been funded by their manufacturers -- on average the advantagesof these antidepressants over placebo or dummy pills are modest at best, yettheir side effects can include sexual problems, severe withdrawal,reactions, and an apparent increase in the risk of suicidal behavior amongthe young. Somewhat ironically, part of the marketing of these newantidepressants has played directly on fears that suicide could result if ayoung person's depression was left untreated.- Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies AreTurning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan and Alan

Cassels---Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you maycherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.John Quincy Adams