Harmful drugs

With reference to Marion Brown’s letter of 18 September on antidepressants, I, too, read with interest the recent articles on Alzheimer’s disease and lack of neurological services in Scotland.

I consumed a benzodiazepine and many different antidepressants for 40 years on the advice of my GPS. I have now withdrawn from these drugs, again on medical advice. I am left both cognitively and physically disabled, having suffered neurological damage.

I have spent three-and-ahalf years in bed as a result unable to function normally. I have known since April 2014 the cause of my many symptoms, yet six doctors in Scotland have either denied the role of the drugs or told me they do not know what is wrong with me.

In desperation I consulted a GP in Ireland who had no difficulty recognising my symptoms and their cause. I now have an acknowledgement from a local neurologist that