[neverdem]

Holmes was taking sertraline, a drug which is in a class that is problematic, to say the least. Some people appear to get violent with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). Some soon after they start the drug, or increase the dose or add another drug that increases serotonin in the blood. It's called serotonin syndrome. Others stopped it too quickly. They get what's called SSRI withdrawal syndrome or SSRI discontinuation syndrome.

SSRI Stories - Antidepressant Nightmares

A lot of primary care docs write scripts for these meds, but many are unaware of either serotonin syndrome or SSRI withdrawal syndrome.

[MacMattico]

I’ve seen problems where people start, then stop, then start these types of meds over and over again on their own and that starting and stopping seems to trigger some sort of reaction. I have no study to prove this, just observed it in a certain line of work. An educated guess would be that starting and stopping psychotropic meds over and over again would make an unstable person even more unstable. You use to be able to force people to take their meds, now you can’t and there’s no monitoring. And there’s more mass shootings. And it has nothing to do with guns, but watered down mental health laws, IMHO. With monitoring, you could stop a med that didn’t work or made things worse, (not one med works for everyone) or make sure someone that benefits from SSRI’s or Antipsychotics take them regularly.