Over rapid withdrawal & 24 hours later Matt Burne hangs himself from a tree - well so much for the Meadows

http://ssristories.com/show.php?item=2184

Paragraph 11 reads: "But by the autumn of 2004, Matt was almost unrecognizable to family and friends. Deeply depressed over a breakup, the energetic, gregarious extrovert had been replaced by an exhausted, melancholy shadow. A battery of antidepressants only seemed to deepen his haze." Family members have confirmed for SSRI Stories that this young man had never before been depressed in his life. Due to a break-up with a girlfriend, he became saddened & fragile. Matt was initially put on Lexapro and Xanax by his family Internist. Two months later,after experiencing no relief, Matt saw a Psychiatrist who switched him to Effexor, starting him at 5 TIMES the recommended starting dosage (187.5 mgs. instead of 37.5 mgs). The Psychiatrist also added a mood stabilizer (Seroquel) "off label." Four days later, and unbeknownst to family and friends, Matt drafted a codicil to his Will. Two weeks later, Matt arrived at THE MEADOWS in Wickenburg, Arizona to detox off the drugs already in his system. However, the Doctors there added three more drugs (Vistaril, Lamectil and Tegretol) to the "cocktail" he was already taking. Concurrently, these same doctors began detoxing Matt too quickly from his Xanax. At 10:00 a.m. on the morning before his suicide, Matt Burne experienced a medically documented Xanax withdrawal so severe it necessitated a rescue/stat dose of the drug to reduce his symptoms. For the next and last 22 hours of Matt's life, no one administered any additional Xanax. He was found dead the next morning having hung himself from a tree.
His family has started a Website [ http://www.break-the-silence-org/ ] in his memory.