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I have no firsthand experience with any of that stuff, but it sounds like an Rx for disaster, destruction and death. Obviously, it was for his victims and one of the Columbine shooter's victims.

[B.O. Plenty]

You can almost bet that he was on ritlin when he was in grade school....just to calm him down...

..you know....to stop him from acting like a boy.....

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

AMBIEN! You’ve heard me before, but I’ll say it again: DON”T TAKE AMBIEN! Ask your doctor for something else. I almost burnt down my house cuz of that drug!

[Petronski]

Three very serious drugs mixed in an anguished mind in unknown ratios and quantities.

Hmmmm.

[The KG9 Kid]

But.. but.. but... Ambien and Prozac have little advertising mascots of smiling raindrops and beautiful magical butterflies!

Smiling raindrops and magical butterflies wouldn't mass-murder people with a shotgun, would they?!

Oh, someone hold me!

[shrinkermd]

Xanax and Ambien are sedatives, but sometimes they cause a paradoxical excitement. This is especially true if they are taken recreationally in larger dosages than prescribed.

The Prozac has been implicated in a few vulnerable individuals developing a mania. This is more likely in individuals diagnosed with a bipolar disorder-depressed.

[kcvl]

Jack Nicholson has been quoted as saying:

“I warned him (Keith Ledger) about Ambien. I took it once and somebody called me in the middle of the night and I woke up in my car 50 yards from my house. I almost drove off a cliff. I didn’t know where I was. Ambien can get you. Not through excessive use, it’s just some people react more strongly than others.”

[spanalot]

Why do you think God gave us beer?

[kcvl]

What other drugs will affect Ambien?

Before taking Ambien, tell your doctor if you are using any of the following drugs:

antidepressants such as imipramine (Janimine, Tofranil), fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem), or sertraline (Zoloft);

If you are using any of these drugs, you may not be able to use this medication

[Larry Lucido]

Well, the obvious answer is more gun control.

[knarf]

"Jessica Baty said Tuesday that her boyfriend of two years ... "What possible relationship could there be in such a drugged mentality?

What did they talk about?

[pallis]

Back about nine or ten years ago I was dealing with cancer and other problems, and my doctor put me on Zoloft. I got so peaceful and pleasant I couldn’t stand myself. I quit taking them without any serious effects, but wouldn’t recommend it. Any time there is a murder suicide, the first thing to look for is antidepressants. The problem seems to start when people quit taking them without tapering off..

[Travis McGee]

I know for a fact that coming off of prozac can make some folks pretty crazy....

[varyouga]

Possibility of a sleepwalker?

Are sleepwalkers capable of hiding stuff and finding it while sleepwalking next time?

[Travis McGee]

ping

[txlurker]

I have taken all three, Xanax, Zoloft and Ambien without any problems at all. Trying to get off the Zoloft now after many years. The side effects from withdrawal are awful. Xanax when used properly is a great drug for dealing with anxiety. As with anything, moderation and knowing your own body make a big difference.

[spanalot]

I can take cold remedies - like Nyquil . It seems that a week or two after stopping, I get the most horrific nightmares that are surrealisticly bizarre and summon up so much angst that when I recall they months later, they are still chilling.

[Deo volente]

He was into some other stuff, too.



http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/02/girlfriend-of-n.html

[Gondring]

Isn’t it funny how people blame the medications, rather than face the fact that there was a reason medications were prescribed? It’s not like the psychiatrist mugged him and forced meds on him....he felt the need for seeing a psychiatrist in the first place.

[FrdmLvr]

America needs to wake up. We are an over-medicated society. Case in point: My 19 yr. old daughter is recovering from a devistating car accident which occurred Memorial Day 2006. She suffered a major TBI, (she was nearly pronounced dead at the scene), but thanks to the grace of God and many prayers, many from the community of Freepers for which I am eternally grateful, my daughter has made a miraculous recovery. However, her neurologist believes she may have OCD and sleep problems so he sent her to a psychologist who referred her to a psyciatrist who IMMEDIATELY prescribed a couple meds for her. He really didn't get to know her or try to ascertain her personality, he just took her word to base these scripts on. He didn't try any behavioral modification or other therapies or coping strategies. Well, I flatly refused to fill these scripts. And wouldn't you know it, here it is a few months later and all of these so-called symptoms are no longer an issue with her. She's just a typical teenager with teenage problems, and he would have had her on these psycotropic meds for nothing, getting her all wacked out. Needless to say, she's no longer seeing the pysciatrist and psychologist.

Let this be a lesson, don't start with the head doctors because its a revolving door. They're going to put you on something, that's for sure. If you have issues, try alternatives, go to the health food store, or get your hormone and thyroid levels checked by a doctor who will prescribe bio-identical hormones and thyroid. The drugs are dangerous and have devistating side effects not to mention the addictive aspects.

[GovernmentShrinker]

[the girlfriend] tried to persuade Kazmierczak to stop taking one of the drugs

She apparently succeeded, since per police reports he had stopped taking his meds shortly before the shooting. It wasn't dangerous for this guy to be ON the drugs, it was dangerous for him to be OFF them. If this stupid girl hadn't tried to substitute her clueless judgement for that of an experienced psychiatrist, it's quite likely that this tragedy never would have happened. He didn't do anything crazy while he was taking all the drugs the doctor prescribed, but 3 weeks (not surprising, since that's about how long it takes for most of the Prozac to be cleared from the body) after clueless girlfriend persuades him to stop taking at least one of them, he suddenly turns into a mass murderer. If I was a parent of one of the dead or maimed students, I'd be hauling this airhead into court to face a massive civil suit.