Seroquel And Suicide

A reader left this comment the other day and was OK with me putting it on the main page. I pass it along without comment, as it speaks for itself:

"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 spent 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."