This morning I received an anguished email from Tania Morgan, a 59-year-old former head teacher I interviewed for the Daily Mail last year following her son's adverse and tragic reaction to an antidepressant.
Tania and her husband Ian had told the story of their 25-year-old son, Sam, who took his life a week after he'd started taking the medication - they believe his suicide was the direct result of the drug.
'HELP. I don't know where to turn but I am unable to turn a blind eye to what is happening and owe it to my son to not let this matter lay. I'm writing to you this morning in despair, frustration and anger.'
Tania's anger had been triggered by the news yesterday of the inquest into the death of Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor.
'The evidence of his wife, family and business partner all supports his lack of suicidal intent. He was suffering adverse effects of medication he had recently been prescribed.'
Thomas Kingston had been given a number of anti-anxiety drugs and antidepressants -a type known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - to help him sleep and deal with stress at work. But in February earlier this year, the 45-year-old financier was found dead at his parents' Cotswolds home with a head injury from his father's shotgun.
Since the death of her son five years ago Tania has campaigned tirelessly for regulators to warn people that antidepressants can cause even those without a history of mental illness to take their own lives.
'I'm devastated to hear about Thomas Kingston's death because it could have been avoided. The story so closely replicates our family's that I feel angry and let down by so many people.'
'The MHRA has promised to look into this matter, but nearly five years after the needless death of our son another life is cut short that should never have happened.'
Like Sam, Thomas Kingston was not depressed: he'd gone to his GP in January because he had trouble sleeping and was given sertraline, a type of SSRI. But it made him feel 'sleepy and low in the mornings', while he would get 'woozy and overheat' during the day, according to testimony at an inquest.
Lady Gabriella Kingston told the inquest: 'If this can happen to Tom it can happen to anyone'.
Indeed, stories like these are regularly shared through antidepressantrisks.org, a not-for-profit website set up after experiencing an adverse reaction myself which left me first psychotic then suicidal — fortunately leading me into hospital care before any harm came.
"First," let me stress that many people do benefit from these drugs. But their adverse effects can be disastrous for others.