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Posted by TomV on February 16, 2005, at 22:22:24
In reply to Re: Teen Gets 30 Years in Zoloft Murder Case » Phillipa, posted by franco neuro on February 16, 2005, at 20:32:09
When I took Prozac I nearly became psychotic from an adverse reaction. I can only imagine what could have happened if I were 12 at the time (I was 30). In the teen's case I totally blame the medication for the boy's behavior. Another victory for the self serving drug company. Their drugs do no wrong. Didn't you know it's the people who are fully to blame for adverse reactions? And the dangerous behavior that can result? If there were 12 people just like me on that jury he would have been acquitted in 15 minutes. As they say, unless you've been there, you just don't know.
Tom
Posted by AuntieMel on February 17, 2005, at 10:12:19
In reply to Re: Miscarriage of justice, posted by TomV on February 16, 2005, at 21:46:28
Is trying a 12 year old as an adult.
Especially if it takes so long that by the time it gets to trial the kid *looks* like an adult.
Posted by gromit on February 21, 2005, at 20:07:29
In reply to Re: Miscarriage of justice, posted by TomV on February 16, 2005, at 21:46:28
The morning after my first dose of Zoloft I woke up and I was a different person. For lack of a better description I felt evil, I didn't have a desire to hurt anyone but I certainly felt capable of it. Those feelings went away when I got used to the medication but it was a weird and scary feeling. I haven't had a reaction anything like that with the other meds I've taken. I haven't even been in a fight since grade school and I've never started a fight. I wouldn't hurt anyone unless they were threatening my family. I was about 30 then too I guess, if I had been 12 and still living with my abusive stepmother who knows what I might have done. These meds are strong stuff but the general public doesn't know it and thinks they're "happy pills".
And AuntieMel is right, it's shameful to prosecute a kid as an adult for something he did when he was 12.
Posted by AuntieMel on February 22, 2005, at 10:57:34
In reply to Re: Miscarriage of justice, posted by gromit on February 21, 2005, at 20:07:29
And I reserve a particularly harsh punishment for any doctor that would prescribe the pills to a 12 year old without very careful monitoring.
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