A 48-year-old woman claimed that antidepressants left her bedridden, suicidal, and dependent on her parents for all her needs.
Lingling Wang, a banking consultant from Surrey, was prescribed three different types of medication in just a few months by her GP, for anxiety and insomnia.
Within a few weeks of taking the first tablet, Ms. Wang said her symptoms went from mild to severe and He now believes he would have committed suicide if he had not quit drugs after a year.
Two of the antidepressants he was prescribed, sertraline and citalopram, were also taken by Thomas Kingston, husband of the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, who took his own life in February last year.
Mr Kingston, 45, who was married to Lady Gabriella Kingston, the King’s second cousin, was first prescribed sertraline before switching to citalopram after his symptoms failed to improve.
His death led a coroner to warn there was a lack of communication about the “suicide risks” associated with antidepressants.
Now Ms Wang has added her experience to the debate, claiming she was not adequately informed about the risks of the drugs after being prescribed them last January.
“My life is over: I lost my job, almost all my friends, I’m bedridden, I have to depend on my family to feed me,” she said a year after being prescribed the drug.
Lingling Wang, 48, from Surrey (pictured), revealed she would have committed suicide if she hadn’t quit drugs after a year.

Ms Wang, who previously worked as a senior consultant at a bank, claims she was not adequately informed about the side effects of the drugs when she was prescribed them last January.
Recalling her ordeal, Ms. Wang said the independent Her GP first prescribed a medication called mirtazapine for insomnia and mild anxiety.
But after a few weeks he began to suffer from severe anxiety, bad mood and his insomnia did not improve either.
Her GP then advised her to stop taking mirtazapine and instead start a type of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), the most commonly prescribed family of antidepressants, called citalopram.
But once again, Ms. Wang suffered “huge waves of anxiety.” He added that the drug also made him feel as if his brain was “completely frozen.”
Eventually, she was told to stop both medications and take another SSRI called sertraline, which she says only made her feel worse and “crying for help.”
Her anxiety became so severe that she was forced to stay with her parents in China, where she saw a psychiatrist who helped her get off sertraline.
Ms. Wang said she believes that if she had continued taking the drug, she would have committed suicide.

Thomas Kingston (left), the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor (right), took his own life following an adverse effect from a prescription medication, an inquest heard.
SSRIs, of which eight are prescribed in the UK, are considered a gold standard medication for depression mainly because they are thought to have fewer side effects than most other types of antidepressants.
However, guidance for doctors written by NHS watchdog NICE recognizes the increased risk of suicide when starting an SSRI, although it is said to be higher in people under 30.
‘Monitor people carefully during the first weeks of SSRI treatment; In particular, be alert for signs of suicidal ideation, akathisia, and increased anxiety and agitation,” the guide reads.
The body also warns against suddenly stopping antidepressants, due to the risk of withdrawal symptoms, including stomach problems, insomnia, increased anxiety, and extremely low mood.
Instead, patients should stop taking medications gradually.
NICE guidance also states that treatment should continue for at least four weeks before switching antidepressants if one does not work.
Ms Wang lodged a formal complaint with her NHS trust following her experience.
but a The review found that he had been informed of the need to discontinue antidepressants carefully and was sent a link to information about sertraline.

The UK’s medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), is currently reviewing 30 antidepressants, including citalopram, sertraline and mirtazapine.
It comes as an inquest into Mr Kingston’s death found he had been experiencing anxiety and had not stopped taking antidepressants for a long time when he took his life.
Despite his symptoms, the financier “had not expressed any suicidal ideation” and Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett said his “intention remains unclear” as he was suffering “adverse effects from medications he had recently been prescribed.” .
Now, in a report on preventing future deaths, Mrs Skerrett, Gloucestershire’s chief coroner, has raised concerns about whether there is “adequate communication” about the risks of suicide with these types of pills.
Delivering a verdict of suicide, he also questioned whether current guidance to “persevere” with medications is “appropriate” in circumstances where the individual suffers “adverse side effects”.
NHS figures show an estimated 89 million antidepressant drugs were prescribed in 2023-24, an increase of 3.3 per cent from 2022-23.
The UK’s medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), is currently reviewing 30 antidepressants, including citalopram, sertraline and mirtazapine, after families raised concerns about the loss of loved ones.
Since 2014, the MRHA has received more than 71 alerts about deaths related to the antidepressant citalopram and 114 alerts about fatal adverse reactions related to sertraline.
But The Independent points out that the data does not conclude whether the drug was the direct cause of death.

This NHS data shows the number of Brits taking each type of antidepressant medication over the past eight years. The line with the green triangles indicates the total number of patients.
The use of antidepressants has soared in Britain in recent years, despite growing unease among experts about the drugs’ effectiveness in treating depression.
It is believed that people with depression have low levels of serotonin, although there is a scientific debate about this and SSRIs combat it by increasing these levels.
However, some experts suspect that the drugs could be causing the release of too much serotonin, with consequences for people’s health.
Psychiatrists advise patients concerned about the side effects of antidepressants to talk to their healthcare provider about their options.
Sometimes doctors may offer an alternative dosage, a completely different medication, or prescribe another medication to combat side effects.
They urge patients who take them not to stop without first speaking to the medical professional responsible for their care to ensure they receive appropriate support.