The Truth about Suicide - Part 1

Posted on May 28th, 2007 | by admin |

This video discusses information collected by the Drug Awareness Warning Network; DAWN.

DAWN is part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration with the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States Government.

One thing that DAWN keeps track of is emergency room visits and suicides connected to drug and medication use.

I think you will find it shocking just how many people attempt or actually successfully complete suicide while taking psychiatric drugs. DAWN even breaks down the number of suicide related to specific categories of medications such as SSRIs, antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiety medications, stimulants, etc.

We normally think that drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor or Wellbutrin as preventing suicide. Is this the case?

You can download and look at these reports for yourself at

http://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/

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  1. 25 Responses to “The Truth about Suicide - Part 1”

  2. By psychetruth on Nov 11, 2007 | Reply

    The information is …
    The information is this video are “facts” which come from the Drug Awareness Network which is part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the US Government. I presented the data, you can download the reports and look over them yourself.

  3. By verysherry13 on Nov 11, 2007 | Reply

    Taking statistics …
    Taking statistics that you clearly do not understand and twisting them to justify your very skewered point of view doesn’t really make you an authority. Have you seen MRI’s of clinically depressed people? It shows a CHEMICAL IMBALANCE. ta-da!

  4. By justana2 on Nov 12, 2007 | Reply

    – infrequently, …
    — infrequently, but independently of the suicidal thoughts that are linked to depression itself.There was also concern (centred on Seroxat)about a risk of dependence;some users found it impossible to stop taking SSRIs because of severe withdrawal symptoms.”

  5. By justana2 on Nov 12, 2007 | Reply

    According to the …
    According to the British Parliament

    “Almost from the outset,there was concern about two main problems with SSRIs.First, there was suspicion (initially centred on Prozac)that these drugs could induce suicidal and violent behaviour

  6. By justana2 on Nov 12, 2007 | Reply

    There are very …
    There are very important issues in the “The Influence of Pharmaceutical Industry” Search the weB for I cannot send the link. Youtube does not accept it.

  7. By goodtimez408 on Nov 24, 2007 | Reply

    SUICIDE i dispize …
    SUICIDE i dispize those who dont appreciate there life suicidals and druggies and REPUBLICANS are selfish

  8. By blisteredeye on Nov 25, 2007 | Reply

    haha, you know what …
    haha, you know what? one side effect for lexapro is SUICIDE. i’m pretty sure its the same thing for other antidepressants. blows my mind.

  9. By JapSlapFever on Nov 30, 2007 | Reply

    As a teen growing …
    As a teen growing up in the 80s, I clearly remember how teen suicide had reached epidemic proportions—this in a time before antidepressants had become so ubiquitous. Then in the 90s, doctors began prescribing antidepressants very readily for the first time. And guess what? Teen suicide rates dropped dramatically and still not have been as high as they were in the 80s. In essence, antidepressants have actually saved more lives than it has destroyed. You can’t argue with the statistics.

  10. By jynxotik on Nov 30, 2007 | Reply

    I hope you wake up …
    I hope you wake up one day manically depressed.

  11. By jaypp on Dec 7, 2007 | Reply

    Only hell is darker …
    Only hell is darker place

  12. By shannonm75 on Dec 9, 2007 | Reply

    You had better not …
    You had better not wish that on anyone.

  13. By psychetruth on Dec 20, 2007 | Reply

    Teen suicide has …
    Teen suicide has not dramatically dropped since the 80s. It’s dropped about 10 percent.

    Antidepressants prescriptions have gone up 1000 percent.

    If you compare the antidepressant prescriptions to decreases in suicide the figures come out to. 1 less suicide for every 10,000 antidepressant prescriptions. That doesn’t show a 1 to 1 causative relationship but 10,000 to 1 correlation.

    The teen suicide rate was half of what it is now in 1950 w/ no antidepressant prescriptions.

  14. By JapSlapFever on Dec 21, 2007 | Reply

    Well, I went and …
    Well, I went and pulled out my paper because I knew I would be able to cite academic sources. According to a March 18, 2006, article in the Science News, the suicide rate for youths has dropped 33% in the past 15 years. Having said that…

  15. By JapSlapFever on Dec 21, 2007 | Reply

    I also know …
    I also know something else: teen violence has escalated in the last 15 years. Could there be a connection? Possibly so.

  16. By JapSlapFever on Dec 21, 2007 | Reply

    Also, I’d like to …
    Also, I’d like to elaborate on my situation. I am 39 and have been clinically depressed all my life. I refuse to take any antidepressant because the side effects are way too harsh. I have attempted suicide while both on and off of these meds. I’ve tried excercise, eating healthy, etc., nothing helped. And then I found one med that did help my depression…

  17. By JapSlapFever on Dec 21, 2007 | Reply

    As a matter of fact …
    As a matter of fact, it’s the med doctors used to prescribe for depression back in the ’50s: opiates. I started taking hydrocodone for chronic pain and was amazed how much it helped me mentally. But there is a drawback: just like antidepressants, it seemed to numb my emotions and I no longer felt passionate about anything. So I stopped taking hydros.

  18. By psychetruth on Dec 22, 2007 | Reply

    you can look over …
    you can look over the actual suicide rates on the CDC website. Search for WISQARS.

    I’ve spent many hours pouring over those statistics.

  19. By psychetruth on Dec 22, 2007 | Reply

    Although the data …
    Although the data hasn’t been being collected until recently, there is evidence that since prozac came out in the mid 80s, even though the suicide rate has been slowly declining, the attempt rates have actually gone up.

    A Swedish study found this to be true.

    Tricyclic antidepressants are much easier to Overdose on than SSRIs. It could be that suicide attempts are rising but completely suicides are declining simply because it’s harder to kill yourself w/ the drug.

  20. By psychetruth on Dec 22, 2007 | Reply

    The Drug Awareness …
    The Drug Awareness Warning Network tracked 10,000 teen drug related suicides in 2004.

    Not a single one of them was successful.

    So, there are many many attempts to commit suicide before an actual successful attempt and the most common method of attempting suicide in teens is self poisoning.

  21. By Celestialtears006 on Jan 6, 2008 | Reply

    where do you get …
    where do you get this information?

  22. By psychetruth on Jan 6, 2008 | Reply

    The Drug Awareness …
    The Drug Awareness Warning Network (DAWN) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  23. By blakrabbit666 on Jan 14, 2008 | Reply

    I have overdosed on …
    I have overdosed on perpose. i never knew so many people were on meds for psyciatric reasons. i am depressed and have quite bad paranoia. i havent seen a doctor though, i’m too scared.

  24. By OliviaHadassah on Jan 14, 2008 | Reply

    Thank you, this is …
    Thank you, this is important info.

  25. By oxidenitric on Feb 22, 2008 | Reply

    hello justana,
    yes …
    hello justana,
    yes you are right, there is nothing like exercise, healthy dieting, do you the amino acid trytophan, it can help moody minds.
    thanks for sharing

  26. By sodaslivve on Feb 22, 2008 | Reply

    are this opiates …
    are this opiates legal???

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