About 15 years ago,  I convinced one of my doctors to prescribe some generic Wellbutrin (bupropion XL ) for me. The product had been advertised as a game changer for depression. My doctor, at that time, was reluctant at first; but he eventually succumbed to my repeated requests and wrote the prescription. Now, unlike many people, I actually read some of the warning fliers that come with medicines. Bupropion had an interesting list of precautions, along the lines of: if thoughts of suicide or violence occur, call your doctor right away. That warning jumped out at me. One might go to sleep waiting for the medicine’s effect to kick in, like Dr. Jekyll, and wake up as Mr. Hyde. The problem is that in a Mr. Hyde operating state, one may not be predisposed to call the doctor for advice. True, this may not happen to most people, but it happens to enough to be newsworthy. Antidepressants have been linked to 28 reports of murder and 32 cases of murderous thoughts, in...(Read Full Article)