I read on one of my threads that the NIU shooter was taking Prozac. The story from Chicago said he stopped taking his meds for anxiety about two weeks before he killed. Cho at VA Tech had a clean toxicology report. Maybe both of these killers were experiencing SSRI discontinuation syndrome?
You know I am loathe to use that argument re: SSRI--just sticking it to me, huh? (LOL!)
Abrupt termination of anti-depressant meds is so ill-advised that shrinks avoid it without a second thought. Sort of like, 'don't drive off the roadway.' So, I admit there is a discontinuation syndrome. But, from time well before SSRI, it was has been an enduring syndrome. In my own experience, in those instances where the patient has DCd their owns meds, I truly fear discontinuance of a non SSRI more than I do SSRI. (disclaimer: I don't prefer SSRI, and generally steer away from them)
Ah, that was just one of three he was taking prior to the shooting. He had been prescribed Xanax, Ambien and Prozac. According to his exgirlfriend, he abruptly stopped taking them sometime prior to the shooting.
That's unlikely. Cho was a parnoid schizophrenic. The NIU perp got those tats in July '07 and put on a big smile about them. He had already been known to have cut himself and was facinated by the same in prisoners. Note the tattoo artist's description of the guy contrasted sharply from the description by his GF and NI grad advisor/prof. The GF rarely made I contact during her interviews and the prof refused to appear on camera. All they showed of him was an ear and neck hair. This had been developing for some time and none of the "experts" noticed.
I think it was Paxil, but close enough.