Re: New Member!!

[Guest guest]

Afterall, why would a physician lie to me about the drug I was taking?

BECAUSE HE'S A TOTAL MORON! Oh, please, just give me five minutes with this disgrace to the medical profession. Yes, he needs to be sued! Your husband is a lawyer. Sue this doctor for malpractice for starters!!! I wish I could say that you have an unusual story, but alas, it's all too common -- people deteriorate right before the doctor's eyes and yet they deny that there is any connection to the brain dope they are prescribing. i can't even tell you how sorry I am that you had to endure this nightmare because of ignorance, both on the part of your doctors (ALL OF THEM!!!) and the smarmy drug companies. I took Paxil for less than 5 months total back in 1997 -- when I went insane on the drug I was told things like, "Oh, you always had a mental illness, it was just lying dormant and the Paxil brought it out." That's when I knew the medical profession was being fed the most pernicious and insidious kind of propaganda -- that no matter what the outcome of taking the drugs, it's not the drug to blame, but RATHER THE PATIENT!! I've been involved in a the legal battle against Paxil since 2000. My declaration is part of the reason that GlaxoBinLaden had to finally put a label about withdrawal on their cash cow. But I'm not done with them yet. I'm a plaintiff in the lawsuit that was just recently filed in Colorado. I can give you contact information if you want it. Welcome to the group.

Blind Reason

a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue

Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again.

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Nuala and I am new to the group. I just thought that I would finally introduce myself instead of lurking here (which has not been long). So, here it goes!! I'll try to make it as short and simple as possible.

In 1996,I was getting married. I started to have panic attacks and severe anxiety. I couldn't understand what was wrong with me. I had never had a problem like that in my life. I noticed that I was shaking uncontrollably most of the time and I became very embarrassed about it. Later, my pdoc told me that I have social anxiety. I was placed on inderal and klonopin and I did very well with those medications.

In 1997, I thought that there must be a physical reason for my sypmtoms. I sought the help of an endocrinologist and he told me that I had a thyroid nodule. I was placed on synthroid suppression therapy which actually made me hyperthyroid and my situation much worse.

In 1998, I went to see another pdoc, she 'insisted' that I use paxil as a way to cope with the anxiety and panic attacks/social phobia. I told her that I really didn't know that much about that medication and I didn't think it was a good idea. She told me that klonopin and inderal had such "bad side effects". She told me that I'd be able to get off of inderal and klonopin by taking paxil. Finally, I gave in and gave it a try. Since, the doctor said that I'd be able to get off of it at anytime.....that never happened. In fact, I had to increase my dosages of inderal and klonopin.

In 1999, in less than 8 months, I had gained over 70 pounds from taking paxil and I wanted to get off of it desperately. Can you imagine the impact of 70 pounds on someone who weighs 138-146 pounds at 5'7. Yes, that's half of my body weight.

I couldn't get off of it and was becoming more and more sick. I couldn't lift my head off of my pillow. I had severe nausea with intense headaches with dizziness. I soon went to another pdoc who told me that paxil does not cause weight gain and that something else is wrong.....that I am probably eating too much etc. I told him that I was down to eating carrot sticks. I had always been a champion dieter in the past. Besides, cancer, diabetes and heart disease result in early deaths in my family and is most certainly related to obesity. So, I've always watched my weight.

I had tried to get off of the medications several times over the course of time with each and every time I had become extremely suicidal. I had no idea that the suicidal ideation was coming from the drug. At one point, my sister had even tried to have me admitted to a psych facility but there were a few male inmates who were exposing themselves and my husband flipped out and got me out of there!!

My pdoc had a brain storm.....let's get you on to zoloft.....it was like the old 'bait and switch routine'. He told me that I'd be on these drugs for the rest of my life. Can you imagine this? And I showed him a picture of me before I had gained the 70 pounds and told him that I wanted off of these drugs. He just shook his head and said "no"....these drugs do not cause weight gain and you need to be on them for the rest of your life.

So, I got started on zoloft and the same thing kept happening.......I couldn't get off of that either. Again, I had become very sick and very suicidal. I gained an additional 35 pounds. That's right!! Now, I was 105 pounds from where I started. Again, you could just look at me to see how sick and bloated I was.

In 2000, I told my doctor that I wanted to get off of zoloft because I wanted to get pregnant. He told me to adopt because if I wanted to get off of the drug to get pregnant that wasn't going to happen. In the meanwhile, I was spending literally thousands of dollars in trying to find out why I was gaining this weight. Afterall, why would a physician lie to me about the drug I was taking? It just didn't make any sense.

In 2001, my mom had become really, really sick. I had surgery for endometriosis. And of course, I experienced the full throttle of 9/11. I live in NYC.

In 2002, my mom died of ovarian cancer on June 29th. I had surgery on December 4th again for endometriosis. On December 18, my pdoc asks me what my hubby did for a living. I told him that he was an attorney. He went pale. He told me that I looked like I had lost some weight. I told him that I had gained it. And that I was feeling so sick and bloated, just what I was telling him all along. He told me for the first time ever how these drugs are well known to cause weight gain. Later that year, my father had a major heart attack on Christmas day.

In 2003, my father had open heart surgery in January. On February 28, I finally was able to get off of zoloft. Following getting off of the zoloft, I was having panic attacks on a continual basis for the next 4 months. I've never been so sick in my life. My friends and my job were gone. I was completely inappropriate the entire time I was on drugs. Thank God for my hubby......he saved my life in more ways than one. And he remembers the real me.........the girl I used to be....'happy go lucky'.

I was able to get off of the other drugs inderal and klonopin on Aug 10 and Aug 30 respectively. No one can know the agony that I've endured.

In September of this year, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and mitral valve prolapse. I asked my endocrinologist if these caused panic attacks and he told me after 6 years..........yes, they can trigger them. So, it wasn't in my head afterall. I truly believe that most of these psych disorders are based in physical illness.

This November, I'm actually working on getting pregnant.....even though, I am now 39 years old with endometriosis......it may not happen. The window of opportunity has been narrowed. But I'm still working on it.

In 2004, well, who knows how this year will turn out. I just know that I am LIVING PROOF THAT YOU CAN GET OFF OF THESE MEDICATIONS AND LIVE TO TELL THE TALE regardless of your situation. Don't give up......no matter what!! Don't give up!! I'm not giving up, not ever!! If I can give just one person inspiration and courage to go on and get off of these medications then it's worth every moment of my time.

I can give you details on how I did it and how I coped and managed with all the side effects. What worked and what didn't. I'd love to share it with everyone!! I have managed to lose about 20 pounds but I believe that due to all the weight gain and the amount of weight gain that I have become insulin resistant. I am certainly on my way to diabetes. I am unable to lose the rest of the weight but I am working on that too!!

Please feel free to email me or discuss any of it. I'm just so glad to be able to communicate with other people who have similar problems. And now I have a new computer, so I can do it much better. LOL, LOL.

Hugs,

Nuala.....ps, I am very interested in a lawsuit but I am having lots of difficulty with getting one going! It's just killing me that these people have virtually ruined my life and they are going to get away with it!! So, if any one has information on how to do so please feel free to let me know. Thank you!!

[Guest guest]

Hello Kim,

Thank you so much for the warm welcome!! I am hoping that my story

will help someone else. I think that my message is to never give up.

And there were many times when I thought that I would but I didn't

which shows that I am a lot stronger than I thought. And everyone

here is a lot stronger than they think. I think just going through

all of this proves that.

OH, that was sweet to say....I try to be as positive as I possibly

can. Thank you!

I am looking forward to getting to know you and everyone here!

Hugs,

Nuala

> Hi Nuala,

>

> Thank you for sharing your story! It is a pleasure to " meet "

you. Welcome

> to the group. Your positive attitude is an inspiration.

>

> Warmly,

> Kim

>

>

>

> <<My name is Nuala and I am new to the group. I just thought that

I would

> finally introduce myself instead of lurking here (which has not

been long).

> So, here it goes!! I'll try to make it as short and simple as

possible. >>

[Guest guest]

Dear Glitter,

I cannot stop laughing!! I am laughing so hard that I am crying. Oh,

you are a riot!! Wow, your fantasy is far better than mine. A Paxil

suppository and 1000mgs....I am still laughing!! Oh, that's

priceless!!

Day 3, throw in a gun.....my goodness, that is just too funny! I

think we should add rope, a flame thrower and maybe some gas to

that. Or maybe a blunt knife, a blunt saw, ice tongs, and a ravenous

wolverine. And over the loudspeaker we should play some kind of

music over and over again. Something from Pink Floyd's " Dark Side of

the Moon " . The song breathe might do...hehehehehehehe!!

I've already spoken to Baum, Hedlund etc and they sent me a

rejection letter. But another lawyer called from their firm and left

a message with my hubby and now he wants me to call him tomorrow

morning. I just have to remember that there is a 3 hour time

difference between NYC and LA. My memory is getting to be so

terrible. I know that I will have to write a note to myself to

remind me. Can you imagine this?

I am looking for someone in NYC which would be ideal but I cannot

find anyone. I think the last firm I looked into was and

Waichman but they also refused me. Were you ever rejected? And what

did you do when you were?

I had emailed a lawyer, I don't exactly remember who, but they wrote

back to me to tell me that they weren't interested unless I had

committed suicide. Well, I finally wrote back and told her that I

was very sorry to disappoint her. Unbelievable. Right?

So, I guess I will see what happens tomorrow morning. Otherwise, I

may try to call the lawfirm now dealing with the Colorado lawsuit.

I'm going to take it all one day at a time. I'm trying not to get

too worked up or otherwise I find that I do get depressed and cry

for a few days.

Hugs,

Nuala.....ps, I'd also like to see those goons get indicted on some

criminal charges also.

pss, have you ever heard of pendley law firm in louisiana? I don't

know that much about their particular lawsuit, but I am willing to

learn.

You've got me into such a giggly kind of mood. Thank you!! I really

needed that laugh. Thank God, that's the one thing that they

couldn't take away....my sense of humor.

> In a message dated 1/4/04 2:55:48 PM Mountain Standard Time,

> mccarthy1996@m... writes:

>

>

> > Wouldn't you

> > love to force feed them their own product? I've had that fantasy

> > going on for quite some time now.

> >

>

> Uh, my fantasy is a 1000 mg Paxil suppository. My other fantasy

is to put

> Jean- Garnier, Alistair Benbow, and a few other corporate

liars on 40 mgs of

> Paxil for 30 days and then make them go cold turkey. I'd put them

all

> together in one room with a two way mirror. I would talk to them

over the

> loudspeaker, assuring them that their horror is not induced by

their wonderful drug.

> On day three, I'd throw in a gun.

>

> You probably need to contact Baum Hedlund. Surely there is

lawsuit in NY

> that's brewing that you may be able to participate in.

>

> For anyone interested in submitting information for us to review,

you can

> refer them to our websites at www.BaumHedlundLaw.com, or

www.APaxilLawyer.com to

> complete the Questionnaire & Evaluation form. We'll then review

their case

> to determine if we can represent them.

>

> Actually, I'd like to see these Glaxo goons up on criminal

charges, for

> peddling a substance more addictive than heroin, and lying about

it. Don't even

> get me started on this subject.

>

>

> Blind Reason

> a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue

> Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again.

[Guest guest]

Hi Nuala,

<<there were many times when I thought that I would but I didn't

which shows that I am a lot stronger than I thought. And everyone

here is a lot stronger than they think. I think just going through

all of this proves that. >>

That is sooo true. I think there are many things to be

learned from this experience that we might otherwise

not have had a chance to learn. I try to keep that in

mind when the damage gets me down.

Warmly,

Kim

[Guest guest]

Nuala: You are a gal after my own heart. I'm laughing, thinking about the board members sitting around the 20 foot mahogany table waiting for the angry Paxil victims to storm headquarters. I often ask myself why Osama didn't fly a plane into GSK!!! ly, there is no punishment on earth that would really be fitting for the goons who invented this hell in a pill. I'm shocked at BH's response -- they only want suicides and slashers??? OMG! I heard GSK is trying to settle the suicide cases so they don't go to court. They offered one woman $700,000 for her dead daughter. She wants to go to trial. That's never going to happen when the lawyers can walk away with $350,000 and not risks losing should they get a jury full of morons who couldn't possibly believe that the FDA allowed this drug on the market. Maybe you should try Pendley. I haven't heard from the lawyers in Colorado although I did have to fill out some more paperwork for a settlement conference, but that's all I know. I'm sure very few of these cases will ever get to trial -- and there's no justice anyway, so it won't matter. You can click on the Blind Reason link at the end of my message, which will take you to my website, but if it doesn't come through you can look it up on Amazon.com. It's a rather scathing indictment against the pharmaceutical industry in general, implying that these drugs are not about curing anything but instead about wrangling the bleating herd into a planetary corral.

Blind Reason

a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue

Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again.

[Guest guest]

Hello Glitter,

You are just too funny!! I am still laughing! I am thinking that

maybe we should cheat a little now and add some psychodelic drugs to

the mix and drop some acid at their next stock holders meeting. And

tell them that there are 10 million angry paxil users on their way

over to discuss their withdrawal symptoms and would like to have a

word with them immediately. And let's just see their

reactions?....hehehehehehe!!

GSKKK....I love it!! My God, these people are criminals. Instead of

being sued they should all be locked up and preferably in a very

mean prison like a level 5 penitentiary where they can learn how to

behave by the inmates. Where they will be given the tough love they

deserve by the other inmates. OK, I'm getting carried away...but

it's just my fantasy. LOL, LOL.

Glitter, you wrote a book? Wow, I am impressed. Good for you!! Is

the book presently on the market? Or are you still in the process of

writing it? I'd love to read it! I am also considering writing a

book. I know someone else who is interested in writing a book

concerning the ssri's. We should just flood the book stores with the

stories about what happened to us. It's a great idea. OH,,,duh,,, I

see the book title....Blind Reason....wow, what a title....I love

it.

God Bless you, Glitter!!! I am very impressed with the work that

helped launch the very many lawsuits that we have today. That really

took lots and lots of guts.

I returned the call sent to me by Baum, Hedlund. And they told me,

and I'm not kidding, they told me that they are only interested in

those people who actually hurt themselves or committed suicide. He

told me that he gets at least 10 phone calls everyday about a

relative who has slashed their wrists or really hurt themselves

badly. Can you imagine as many as 10 per day? My God, when are they

going to take these drugs off of the market?

Now, Baum, Hedlund is telling me that they are not accepting any

other cases because it is just too expensive right now. They are

waiting for a victory and he said that the lawsuits are just going

to come pouring in!! Interesting...hmmm!!

I also got an email from another california law firm requesting that

I fill out a paxil intake form. I emailed it to them yesterday. And

it took me quite a while to fill it out.

Just wanted to add here that a shark bite would be to good for them.

LOL. LOL. I think a slow drowning ought to do. Oooops, did I say

that? hehehehehe

Hugs,

Nuala

[Guest guest]

Hello Glitter,

I'm glad that you didn't put your head in an oven. I'm glad to see

that you used your head for a different purpose like nailing these

GSK guys to the wall. But I know what you mean about luck. For the

past few years, I'd say that my luck has been at the bottom of the

barrel. But the good news is that there's only one way out of that

barrel and that is looking up....right?

Hey, how do you know that these guys wear those $4000.00 Italian

suits. I'd like to see them exchanged also for the little white

straight jackets. Have you ever actually seen these guys?

OK, another thought, what about scaring them to death. I know, why

don't we peirce the corporate veil and sue them individually. I

know, we can let them watch their assets dwindle down to $0...I

think that's fair. How about you?

Hugs,

Nuala