My daughter 32 years old was seeking counseling for marital problems. A PCP put her on a low dosage of Alprazolam 0.5mg on 5/20/2009. The medication was changed to 50mg Pristiq on July 30th 2009 by a different PCP in the same practice. That same PCP increased the dosage to 100mg on 1/29/2009 and prescribed Xanax 0.5mg for jitters. She was finishing her 50mg and began taking her first dosage of 100mg on Feb 24th and by Feb 26th she hung herself. She died March 1st.
She worked full time, raised two children, had a very active lifestyle. If you met her for 5 minutes you would be best friends She had a vibrant personality and many friends. She was doing well working it out with her husband from an affair 11/2 years before. I know what your thinking... what was she doing on that MDM in the first place my thoughts exactly. Now she's dead. So if it happen to her how many other are out there not saying anything. That is the purpose to me replying.
My advice is these drugs for depression are very dangerous. They should only be prescribed by a Pschcologist who know and understands and follows up with patients. The drug has to be a good fit, not just the latest on the market. Monitoring the patient has to be a group assignment. I know you want your privacy but at what cost. Let others close to you know you are on this drug. They need to stay close to you in the early going. They should not to take for granted any change in behavior. This goes double when the dosage is changed up or down. Suicidal thoughts are not just a side effect. Blured vision, and runny noses are side effects.
Pristiq is a new drug out since 2008 FDA approved. If I were you I'd find a drug that's been proven over the years to be effective.
You may want to Google "the use of Pristiq in Europe" and find they won't approve it there. Maybe try counceling without the use of drugs. If the use of an anti depression drug can cause a suicide It's working against it's purpose.
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My daughter 32 years old was seeking counseling for marital problems. A PCP put her on a low dosage of Alprazolam 0.5mg on 5/20/2009. The medication was changed to 50mg Pristiq on July 30th 2009 by a different PCP in the same practice. That same PCP increased the dosage to 100mg on 1/29/2009 and prescribed Xanax 0.5mg for jitters. She was finishing her 50mg and began taking her first dosage of 100mg on Feb 24th and by Feb 26th she hung herself. She died March 1st.
April 8, 2010 - 10:21amShe worked full time, raised two children, had a very active lifestyle. If you met her for 5 minutes you would be best friends She had a vibrant personality and many friends. She was doing well working it out with her husband from an affair 11/2 years before. I know what your thinking... what was she doing on that MDM in the first place my thoughts exactly. Now she's dead. So if it happen to her how many other are out there not saying anything. That is the purpose to me replying.
My advice is these drugs for depression are very dangerous. They should only be prescribed by a Pschcologist who know and understands and follows up with patients. The drug has to be a good fit, not just the latest on the market. Monitoring the patient has to be a group assignment. I know you want your privacy but at what cost. Let others close to you know you are on this drug. They need to stay close to you in the early going. They should not to take for granted any change in behavior. This goes double when the dosage is changed up or down. Suicidal thoughts are not just a side effect. Blured vision, and runny noses are side effects.
Pristiq is a new drug out since 2008 FDA approved. If I were you I'd find a drug that's been proven over the years to be effective.
You may want to Google "the use of Pristiq in Europe" and find they won't approve it there. Maybe try counceling without the use of drugs. If the use of an anti depression drug can cause a suicide It's working against it's purpose.
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