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Music credit: Mr Alligator by JJerome87 [Alt-J
Notes for this film:
[1] This short film is an artistic expression of my experience of being prescribed an SSRI antidepressant for anxiety. It was prescribed to me at the time of the five-year-long Defeat Depression Campaign which was primarily sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Industry. One of the Key Messages of this campaign was that there would not be any problems in coming off SSRI drugs. This prescribed drug has had harmful consequences for me and my family. In trying to come off it I nearly died. I have now been stuck on this drug for three decades.
[2] The song is not my own, so naturally the words may not always neatly fit with my images [many of which are personal to me and my family]. My family and garden flowers are there because I love them. Seroxat, in a number of ways, and particularly in trying to get off it, has hampered such natural love. In relation to the footage of Mr Benn [an old BBC cartoon] please do NOT imagine that the protective red-suit of armour he puts on is Seroxat. The opposite is true. My red-suit of armour is my creativity and helps me with my self-doubt [which goes back to childhood].
[3] The title of this film ‘Not To Be Trusted‘ expresses my view that financially incentivised science can cause harm: significant harm.