Suicide & Suicide Attempt Paxil 02/02/2000 Utah Father Kills Self on Paxil: Daughter Attempt Suicide on Paxil
Suicide & Suicide Attempt Paxil 2000-02-02 Utah Father Kills Self on Paxil: Daughter Attempt Suicide on Paxil

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http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/04/transcripts/4006T1.htm

Hi.  My name is Amy Coburn.
I have flown here from Salt Lake City, Utah, at my
own expense.
             I am here on behalf of my father, myself,
and my family.  My father's name was Wayne Coburn.
Most people remember him as a man full of life and
willing to help anyone in need.
             I remember my dad as a man who loved his
family very much and was very loved in return, a
man full of ideas and hope for the future, but like
many people, he found he got a little down in the
wintertime.  He was diagnosed with seasonal
depression without suicidal tendencies.
            When I was 13 years old, he was put on
Paxil.  Three weeks later he pulled his car into an
old factory garage, started his engine, and there
waited until he died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
           This naturally shocked me and my family
and we all had a hard time coping with his death.
                                                  
 I started going to a counselor to work through my
grief, and I was put on Paxil, the same drug my
father was on.
          I started acting differently, then very
soon after I started having suicidal thoughts, mood
swings, I was fighting with my friends, and the one
thing my mom noticed is that I wouldn't talk about
how I was feeling.  The only thing she could get
out of me was "I am fine, leave me alone."
             Six weeks after I was put on the drug, I
stayed home from school, wrote my good-bye letters,
and swallowed a cupful of poisonous bathroom
cleaner.  I immediately got scared and ran to my
neighbor's house.  She called 911 and luckily I
survived and I am standing here today.
           We soon found out that we weren't the only
ones who had problems with these drugs.  Hundreds
of families have lost people they love because they
had no idea of the effect they could have on a
person's mind.  All me and my family want are
warnings on these drugs.