Actually I took that before and getting off it was the WORST! But this is crud!

Judge: The Paxil made him do it

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Paxil made him do it.

A federal judge in Tampa is agreeing with the claim of a business executive who says the anti-depressant drug Paxil prompted him to embezzle one-point-eight million dollars from a former employer.

The judge granted a reduced sentence — sending Patrick Stewart to a year of home confinement and five years of probation. He did so partly because defense lawyers produced studies and experts that said the drug sometimes causes arrogant and uncontrollable behavior in people with bipolar disorder.

Prosecutors wanted Stewart to go to jail for at least three and a-half years.

The company he took the money from says the sentence sends "the wrong message."