Suicide Paxil 09/02/2004 Idaho 12 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide
 
 Summary:<br><br><!--StartFragment -->First paragraph reads: &quot;<strong>Kara Jaye-Anne Otter, 12, had been on the antidepressant Paxil for seven months when she committed suicide. &quot; I was told the worst side effects would be flulike symptoms,&quot; recalls her mother, Shannon Baker.&quot;<br /><br /></strong><a href="http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,586237,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,586237,00.html</a><br /><br />Prescription For Suicide?<br />British authorities say some antidepressants can be deadly for kids. Now the FDA is investigating<br />By <a href="http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview//time/searchresults?query=MICHAEL D. LEMONICK">MICHAEL D. LEMONICK</a> <br />&nbsp; <font color="#999999">Feb. 9, 2004<br /><br /></font>Kara Jaye-Anne Otter, 12, had been on the antidepressant Paxil for seven months when she committed suicide. &quot; I was told the worst side effects would be flulike symptoms,&quot; recalls her mother, Shannon Baker. &quot; But after three weeks she had begun to cop an attitude. Her grades started falling. Then she didn&#39;t care what she looked like, and she was fighting with everybody.&quot; Baker says her daughter developed rashes and dark circles under her eyes and had trouble sleeping. Then, on June 7, 2001, Kara pinned a note to her chest reading, &quot; By the time you find me I&#39;ll be dead. I love you with all my heart&quot;<br /><br /><br /><br /> 
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