Three kids here:(all girls) the one born in the summer, no suicidal ideation or psychiatric issues at all. The 2 born in the winter months have had suicidal ideation, and/or have attempted suicide.

HMM the Seroquel. Well Ive seen many medications in different med classifications give my daughter (and myself)suicidal ideations, which left with the removal of the drug. The key phrase, when reading about medications, is "Mechanism of Action". There, if you read long enough, and look at the chemical structures of the medications, you will see clear connections, as to why in some people, antipsychotics for instance can have the same suicidal ideation reaction that antidepressants have.Also, when my daughter was on the max dose of Seroquel, the mechanism of action looked like a benzo to me. I told this to the psych, that she reacts to Ativan the way she reacted on Seroquel. They said, oh stop, they are 2 separate med classes, I wanted to continue my discussion of the chemical make up and it's reaction within the brain of these meds, but the doctor literally walked away from me.
I'm surprised to see them quote: (and am glad they did quote him, more people should read what he writes)

"They're depressants that can actually push a person deeper into depression," said Breggin, who is in private practice in upstate New York. "They impair the function of the frontal lobes, produce a chemical lobotomy, in effect."
Breggin, popular with me, and has super good points and out of box thinking, is often shunned by that Professional Community. I love his phrase 'chemical lobotomy', and have used it many times myself.
So yes, I would consider any medication as being part of what basically makes people "lose it". How many times are there news stories, about murder,jumping off bridges, etc and it comes out later the person had just been placed on a psychiatric medication? Look at Columbine shootings. Luvox is right there. Makes you wonder doesn't it? Sure, people pull triggers, yet what triggered that thought?

Im actually more interested in the time of year the people died than when they were born, is that part of the study?

I haven't been on a neuroleptic in over 20 years. As a teen I suffered from OCD, and in the 70's and 80's the dummies gave me things like prolixin for it. Yes, you become MORE depressed.

I learned the hard way to be extremely wary of psychiatrists. They sometimes seem to think like fundamentalist followers of certain religions. Inflexible. Ideologues. Lacking creativity.

A friend recently took an overdose of seraquel and died. They say it was accidental. The person had numerous problems, including epilepsy. But, I wonder if seraquel aggravated her depression.

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My sister just recently took a fatal overdose of seroquel. She passed away on February 20th. She had taken the drug for seven years and for some reason the doctor changed her in August 2006. New medication was not working so on Feb. 5, 2007, they started her back on seroquel. She seemed to be coming out of the depression and never mentioned harming herself or anyone else and then suddenly - she's gone. Vicki was a very spiritual person and would have never made a rational decision to take her on life.

My 27 year old son was put on Seroquel without any testing as AstraZeneca recommends to rule out any health challenges. He was making a major life change moving from Florida to San Diego Ca. the psychiatrist just handed him 40 tablets of Seroquel with a typed note to start with 25mg and increase as needed. He turned into a zombie a friend told us the first week out there and was starting to struggle with despair and suicidal thinking. He left Florida on the 21st of June and took his life the 21st of July. He just graduated 9 months before from the University of Gainesville, received a good paying job and saved enough money to buy a town house. He was not in debt or had any girl problems he just wanted to experience another place to live and stretch his mind but instead he lost it---a waste and sign of the times. The state investigated and stated that they could not find a probable cause--but I say it was a probable contributor since the time spand was so short and the decision was so irrational unless the chemistry was severly distrubed. All my research and contacting different people who were with him those last weeks seem to point to my son not being himself. The question was what criteria did the doctor use to diagnose for Seroquel and why give a patient drugs when they are no longer in their care. Never answered. But sharing the story will hopefully alert people to these quick fixes that can be equal to brain surgery--one slip up and a life is/can be ruined forever. Missing a part of our family of seven.