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Antidepressants inducing violent behaviour?

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I have spent six months taking sertraline (zoloft) to help me with my anxiety and depression. I stopped taking the medication as I felt it was making me aggressive and reckless. While still on it I started driving much faster, and seemed to have completely lost my inhibitions. I was also very aggressive towards some people and had severe issues with self-harm whilst on the pills. It got to a point where I ended up in hospital due to taking an overdose of diazepam as I could no longer handle the extreme emotions I was feeling.

Coming off sertraline was horrific and felt a lot like an exorcism at times. I seem to have got through the worst now. I'm still very much depressed but I'd rather be that than tearing my life apart in a continuous rage.

Has anyone else experienced this? I nearly had my kids taken away because of this. I feel there seems to be little information or awareness out there, considering how much damage these pills can cause in some people. (I have no doubt they can really help, but not in case)

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i found that taking fluoxetine stopped me caring about things - but also stopped me caring about things I should care about. Tried another AD but that gave me such vivid dreams (not unpleansant) that It made me worry that I was losing my mind.

I found that meditation helped much more ...

SSRIs can interfere with the metabolism of folate - which can make the situation worse but usually goes beyond just the psychiatric and has other effects.

My big problem turned out to be B12

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