Reply #23: Roland, I think you covered it with this statement "In fact, I felt GREAT

[bertman]

which is odd as it was a period in my life when my wife left, I lost my job, and I was losing my house.

It is disturbing to me that during such a time of personal upheaval you would describe yourself as feeling great. That is a mental disconnect with reality. A BIG disconnect.

I'm only speculating, but it seems that a drug that would cause someone to feel great when his/her life is in a dreadful place could have some very negative effects on others whose body chemistry might be different from "normal".

Another point to consider: many drugs are just fine for a large percentage of the population, but for a small percentage they can be debilitating or deadly. If the clinical trials were not thorough enough or if the drug causes serious negative interactions in a tiny fraction of users, its ill effects might not be discovered until later when many "subjects" were using the drug.

One more possibility: when someone takes a drug that alters his/her perception of reality as massively as it did yours, is it possible that when one stopped taking that drug and the massive impact of reality struck them hard, especially if they were already prone to mental problems, there might be dire consequences when the person could not cope with the real world?