Posted by Scott L. Schofield on March 8, 2000, at 20:35:12
In reply to Re: abuse of insanity defense, posted by judy on March 8, 2000, at 13:24:34
> Am I the only one on this forum who went into a psychotic manic episode while taking prozac (without a mood stabilizer in place)? Believe me, if not hospitalized, I was totally capable of criminal acts. I think this is a valid defense, and only people who have not been through something like this would be so quick to condemn.
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Dear Judy,
I think the way I composed my post was confusing and probably misleading. When I wrote "Not fact", I was trying to be witty (dumb) in expressing the fact that what I was about to write was indeed not a fact, but an opinion. I actually do consider what I wrote to be manifestly fact, and your post, unfortunately, is a testimonial of living proof.
I am very, VERY happy that you decided to post both your personal account of your experiences and your personal opinions. It has become obvious in this thread that such a reaction to antidepressants is not as rare as some would like to believe.
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> > Not fact: There must certainly be a neurochemical substrate for suicidality if it can be induced "artificially". It can. So must there be a neurochemical substrate for psychotic aggression, for it too can be induced through the application of foreign agents. I'll let the psychopharmacologists among us list them. I believe Prozac to be one such agent.
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