My wife Has PTSD and Depression due to some rather traumatic events including quadriplegia, earlier abuse in her life, and a dentist nearly killing her with a wrong medication. She needed all her teeth pulled {I can prove this story by a very old threat I posted}. But she was scared so she went to a Psychiatrist for help. He gave her Dyseryl aka Trazodone and Zoloft. It worked for several months then out of the blue she became very agitated and was having trouble. Having faith that doctor was always right I took her to see the Shrink. He said Oh she's fine and see ya in three months Oh & increase the dosage.
By the time we got home she was hallucinating. I took her to the ER. They never took a drop of blood. They called for a mental commital elsewhere which I balked at and demanded blood work and a MRI of her brain be taken. He said NO. I went back in the ER and she was unconscious unattended siting in her wheel chair. I yelled get the doctor in here. He came in and shrugged. I loaded her up in the van for ER two across town. She arrived unconscious. I made the mistake of being honest after they got her conscious. That doctor said call the mental hospital I'm transferring her. CAN YOU GUNRUNNER NAME ME EVEN ONE MENTAL ILLNESS THAT CAUSES THIS? The state showed up and thankfull denied their request.
In the days to follow she was thrashing and halucinating but ALL medicaions except for Ativan were stopped. All of the sudden she was OK in about a 12 hour time frame a few days later.
In walks Dr Quack Shrink who had never seen her and says Yeap the other Shrink was right up the antidepressants. Next day at noon in walks nurse. One hour later my wife was hallucinating.
Now I'm not a doctor but Hells Bells you know. I went home and got online and typed in her antidepressants +Adverse reactions that was after some prayers BTW. And I got the right answer. It was the antidepressants causing it. I printed the report and rushed back to the hospital certain they would do the right thing. I asked the nurse to please contact their house doctor ASAP it was a matter of life and death. {It truly was} she said we can't bother him. I said read this. She sauid he will make rounds tomorrow morning. I said OK now you listen to me then You will not give her any medications except for Ativan without my expressed written permission and in my presence.
The next Morning in walks Dr Contracted angrier than a wet hen demanding to know why his orders were rescinded by me. I said Doc please read this. He glanced and said Oh this is pure Rubbish were his exact words. I said OK then read me the name of the author. It was his professor.
My point? I had argued with Freepers who told me SSRI's were dangerous to some. Their concerns were genuine and correct. Not one doctor in six did a PDR of her meds. BTW it left her with a bleeder in the brain and partial Amnesia. Our own primary doc was left out of the decisions process due to so called protocols. When she saw her a week later she said OMG what happened to you? Rare? Yes. But more common than many realize.
So am I anti antidepressant? No they do a lot of good for people. I am against patients not being warned by doctors who say AH it can't happen.
Apples and oranges. Vaccines are not anti-depressants, nor is there any evidence that they radically alter brain chemistry or have any suicide risk.