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Paragraph 10 reads: “Garda Noonan agreed with Mr Orange that Mulligan had been on antidepressants at the time and the medication did not mix well with the alcohol he had taken that night.” SSRI Stories Note: The Physicians Desk Reference states that antidepressants can cause a craving for alcohol and can cause alcohol abuse. Also,…
Paragraph seven reads: “Supt Martin Sammut, who was an inspector at the time, testified that in his statement to the police, Mr Attard acknowledged stabbing the officer and expressed regret. Mr Attard also said that he was drunk – even though he was not supposed to drink because he was on anti-depressants – and that…
Paragraph four reads: “Michael Clare, defending, said Roberts was sorry for what had happened, that he suffered from depression, was on medication and could not remember anything when he drank alcohol.” SSRI Stories Note: The Physicians Desk Reference states that antidepressants can cause a craving for alcohol and can cause alcohol abuse. Also, the liver…
A wife’s story of ovarian cancer and domestic
violence added yet another layer of passion to Garland’s lone contested city
council race Monday night.
Sharp questions, finger-pointing between
incumbent John Willis and challenger David McNeely and a moderator calling for
order had already made for a lively forum. Then, as parties were dismissed,
Donna McNeely stepped to the podium at Shiloh Worship Center.
She told
of being diagnosed with cancer shortly after their marriage in 1997, of
suffering depression after the treatment and of medication that magnified her
issues.
British judo star tipped for Olympic glory hangs himself with own black belt after breaking up with girlfriend
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:39 PM on 19th April 2010
A British judo star tipped for success at the 2012 Olympics hanged himself with his own black belt after struggling to get over splitting from his girlfriend, an inquest heard.
DAYTON Jesse Charles Huff walked up to the Veterans Affairs Department’s Medical Center on Friday morning wearing U.S. Army fatigues and battling pain from his Iraq war wounds and a recent bout with depression.
The 27-year-old Dayton man had entered the center’s emergency room about 1 a.m. Friday and requested some sort of treatment. But Huff did not get that treatment, police said, and about 5:45 a.m. he reappeared at the center’s entrance, put a military-style rifle to his head and twice pulled the trigger.
Defendant was on Paxil, an anti-depressant drug, and had a few
drinks after playing golf. He was arrested and charged with DUI after
weaving through traffic. He was “obviously impaired” according to his
lawyer. “The worst I’d ever seen in 25 years.”
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – A man is dead after being killed by a suspected intoxicated driver on Easter morning. An arrest reports says the 22-year-old suspect had been out at a club earlier in the night, drinking alcohol and popping pills.
The suspect is in jail, accused of killing Bob Childress who was simply on his way to work. Jacques Norton faces a charge of felony DUI causing death. The charge accuses him of being under the influence of drugs with enhancement of alcohol.
A LONG-TIME RAAF officer has piloted his way into
trouble after grabbing another man’s testicles at the Port Fairy Folk Festival.
Jeff Todd, 51, of Ramsey Court, Lowood, pleaded guilty in the
Warrnambool Magistrates Court this week to unlawful assault.
Salon
I take it every morning, right after I brush my teeth. A single white pill, with the letters F and L stamped on one side, the number 10 on the other. It’s so small it nearly disappears into the folds of my palm. You could drop it in my orange juice or my breakfast cereal, and I’d swallow it without a hitch.
And, for the last three years, I have been swallowing my Lexapro — and everything that comes along with it. And, apparently, I’m not alone.
Between 1996 and 2005, the number of Americans taking antidepressants doubled. According to the Centers for Disease Control, antidepressants are now the most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the U.S. — ahead of drugs for cholesterol, blood pressure and asthma. Of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005, 118 million were for depression. Whether the pills go by the name of Lexapro or Effexor or Prozac or Wellbutrin, we’re downing them, to the tune of $9.6 billion a year, and we’re doing it for a very good and simple reason. They’re supposed to be making us better.