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Thursday, February 8, 2007 12:00 AM

My mother stopped her Paxil and appears to have gone crazy

She went on Paxil eight years ago when my dad died, and now she's acting irrationally.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Wednesday, February 7, 2007 07:39 PM

    I can't believe you wrote to an advice columnist...

    ...instead of immediately calling the police and/or your state's mental health services and discussed having her involuntarily committed. She is a danger to everyone around her, including herself. She needs to be under immediate and constant supervision of a mental health professional.

    —Kate

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