According to Steven Kazmierczak’s girlfriend, he stopped taking Prozac before he shot to death five Northern Illinois University students and then himself.
Over the years, antidepressants like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft have been linked to suicide and violence in hundreds of patients. But many doctors say it is almost impossible to tell whether this stems from drug reactions or the underlying illness the drugs were treating.
But some people do become agitated and unpredictable in response to the drugs, usually just after starting to take them or shortly after stopping.