Suicide Med For Depression 07/10/2011 England Man's Personality Changed After He Started A/D: Became Paranoid: Killed Self
Suicide Med For Depression 2011-10-07 England Man's Personality Changed After He Started A/D: Became Paranoid: Killed Self
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Paragraph one reads: "THE PARTNER of a man who jumped off Beachy Head has said it was the side-effects of his prescribed anti-depressants which led to his death.:

Paragraphs seven throughj thirteen read: "Ms Harding said Mr Edwards changed after he started taking the medication."

“Overnight he seemed to change,” she said. “He was restless and agitated. He said he felt like there was adrenaline sawing around his body.”

Mr Edwards’ mental state continued to deteriorate and he began to fixate on a child abuse case in Plymouth and became overly concerned about his two young daughters.

He also started to have hallucinations and became obsessed about the family’s finances despite them being in a comfortable position with low mortgage repayments and inheritance.

Ms Harding said her husband had gone from being confident and easy-going to paranoid since he started taking the medication.

She said, “I said, ‘you have got to go back, you need to get off this’. It was just not right.”

Ms Harding always wanted her partner to get off the medication and she researched the drugs and found psychosis and paranoia were recognised side-effects.



http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local-news/anti_depressants_led_to_suicide_1_3117691


Friday 7 October 2011

Anti-depressants ‘led to suicide’

Published on Friday 7 October 2011 02:00

THE PARTNER of a man who jumped off Beachy Head has said it was the side-effects of his prescribed anti-depressants which led to his death.

Jason Edwards, of North Gardens, Littlehampton, took his own life on March 20, 2010 and an inquest into his death was held at Eastbourne Magistrates Court on Friday (September 29).

Deputy coroner Joanna Pratt heard the 40-year-old father-of-two had been prescribed anti-depressants in November 2009 after suffering from sleep problems following a bad back.

Paula Harding, his partner of 22 years and the mother of his children, said, “He wanted a short-term fix to enable him to get a few nights’ sleep so he could go up to London to further his business.

“When he came back with anti-depressants I was surprised because he said he only wanted something to help him sleep.

“The anxiety was down to getting his business moving. It was just frustration.”

Ms Harding said Mr Edwards changed after he started taking the medication.

“Overnight he seemed to change,” she said. “He was restless and agitated. He said he felt like there was adrenaline sawing around his body.”

Mr Edwards’ mental state continued to deteriorate and he began to fixate on a child abuse case in Plymouth and became overly concerned about his two young daughters.

He also started to have hallucinations and became obsessed about the family’s finances despite them being in a comfortable position with low mortgage repayments and inheritance.

Ms Harding said her husband had gone from being confident and easy-going to paranoid since he started taking the medication.

She said, “I said, ‘you have got to go back, you need to get off this’. It was just not right.”

Ms Harding always wanted her partner to get off the medication and she researched the drugs and found psychosis and paranoia were recognised side-effects.

There was a time when Mr Edwards stopped taking the medication for a short period and Ms Harding said his mood and behaviour settled.

Mr Edward had many appointments with his GP, was referred to the community mental health team in Littlehampton and tried meditation and hypnotherapy.

He experienced ups and downs and admitted he had suicidal thoughts when filling out a depression questionnaire at his doctors surgery.

At that point, his GP Dr David Miller changed his medication to an anti-depressant which was less dangerous in overdose.

Despite continuing his job and taking their daughter to school, Mr Edwards’ mental state worsened and on March 19 he sent a goodbye text message to his brother from the top of Beachy Head. His body was recovered from the foot of the cliffs by coastguard teams the next day.

Miss Pratt recorded a verdict of suicide.

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