- Dr Evthoka was visibly shaken when I told him that I had been
taking 3-5 x 10 mg Valium, 3-6 Rohypnol and 1-2 Normisone every day,
but simply refused to accept my description of the so-called Redeptin
treatment which, coupled with inconsistencies within my letter of
introduction led him to telephone Dr Sophocleous for clarification.
This turned into a heated argument ending with Dr Evthoka slamming
the phone down in exasperation and anger and explaining that I had to
stop all my medications immediately and return to him in two weeks
for a new treatment. I did exactly as I was told.
Within a few days I had turned into a wild
animal which I've described fully elsewhere and eventually Dr Evthoka
prescribed Anafranil, Ludiomil, Largactil, Akiniton Retard, Valium,
Xanax and Halcion. After 2-3 months he removed the Largactil and Akiniton
and added Vivalan. I continued on this cocktail until March 1987 when he
drastically reduced my dosages so that I could return to the UK to
see another doctor.
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My 'mental' problems started when Dr Evthoka
stopped the drugs that Dr Sophocleous had addicted me to. As soon as the
new treatment started I was able to stabilise the physical withdrawal
effects with fairly massive doses of Valium which I also used to suppress
the horrific panic attacks I was getting for months afterwards.
I became a chronic agoraphobic totally
unable to leave the house. I suffered anxiety attacks and disorientation.
I hid from the world in my darkened bedroom for many months and I began
to develop irrational ideas. I also experienced a few months of vivid
dreams which occurred while I was awake as well as asleep, which I still
did almost continuously. I stopped bathing, shaving and even refused to
take off my track suit for months at a time. I was irritable and
short tempered but by the end of that year I began to stabilise and
make positive progress. The agoraphobia eased, the attacks subsided
and I became brighter, stayed awake longer and, surprisingly, I was
very happy. In fact, I think my original depression had ended a year
or more earlier but I had been too drugged to notice.
In January 1987 I noticed that I would from
time to time lose track of reality and fantasy or imagination. At first
it was quite trivial but I do remember telling Dr Evthoka about it.
A little later my wife pointed out that I appeared to be suffering from
bouts of amnesia after taking my Halcion pills at night where I would
get very talkative, 'confess' to all manner of things (most of them quite
fictitious) but be unable to recall any of them the next morning.
Both of us reported this to Dr Evthoka who said that Halcion had an
effect similar to a 'truth drug'. My wife remained sceptical because
by now my ideas were bordering on the absurd and my behaviour had
become highly eccentric especially as my increasingly higher social
profile began to draw public attention.
To the best of my recollection I was taking
the following approximate dosages: Anafranil 100 or 175 mg, Ludiomil
75-100 mg, Vivalan 5 pills, Xanax 1 tablet, Valium 5 to 10 x 10 mg,
Halcion 1 to 2.5 x .5 mg
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Once again my wife intervened and suggested
that I return to London and consult with a Harley St. specialist and in
mid-March we approached Dr Evthoka to that effect. He readily agreed to
this but suggested that I reduce my dosages first. My trip was actually
planned for the beginning of May, about 6 weeks hence and he wanted
to see how I coped on the lower doses before I left. He therefore
changed my prescription as per Exhibit 17, p144, i.e. Anafranil 100
or 150 mg, Ludiomil 50 mg, Vivalan 3 tablets, Xanax 1 x 1.5 mg,
Valium 2 x 5 mg and Halcion 1 x .5 mg. On hearing this, I complained
about the large cut in the Valium whereupon he asked me how much I
had actually been taking, it was, after all on a take as required
basis and I explained that I 'needed' at least 40 mg daily but
occasionally as much as 100 mg on a bad day. I am sure my wife was
present.
Dr Evthoka was adamant about the cut in my
Valium dose and he added that as Valium was addictive, I should avoid
it as far as possible. This was the very first indication I had been
given in my two years on Valium that it was in any way addictive, but,
even so, I had no idea what 'addictive' really meant. I decided, as a
result, that I did not 'need' any Valium except for dire emergencies so I
stopped taking it all together.
- Although I was due to see Dr Evthoka six more times before
coming to London, I never saw him again because before the week was
out, I was well on my way to 'cloud cuckoo land' and within two weeks
I was in London firmly believing that the whole world had gone mad
and that I was the only sane person left. My psychosis had begun and
I was compelled by my rampant delusions to bring my thriller fiction
to life in a hilariously tragic fiasco culminating in my arrest.
During this period I became very erratic in taking my drugs and for
some very obscure reasons I took random and massive overdoses of
Vivalan and Halcion. I drank heavily, especially Champagne, and
accepted unknown drugs, pills and tabs including copious amounts of
cannabis from my four 'Wild Child' groupies. I recovered gradually
between 4 and 10 months later. An amazing experience.
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- Just before I left Cyprus, I sent my wife to our regular
pharmacist to get me a 'prescription'. I did this for no other reason
than the fact that page 10 of the Nemo report asks for a 'valid
doctor's prescription' which explains exhibit 17, p144. Whilst in
London, I became convinced that this was some sort of driving licence
and I stuck my passport photo onto it, wrote S. A. Millar at the top
in Greek and tried to hire a care with it!
My wife was rather taken aback by the
sudden realisation that I was leaving Cyprus so suddenly and
unexpectedly early that, in order to ensure that I did see a doctor
in London, she called Dr Evthoka and asked him to prepare my letter
of introduction immediately and collected it herself the next day.
Dr Evthoka's letter, the original copy,
was at my mother's house, amongst my papers, and is now in possession
of the prosecution. To date, they have not disclosed it to the defence.
When they do, it will be seen that Dr Evthoka, unlike Dr Sophocleous,
actually included his diagnosis within its text, typewritten on his
letter-headed paper, taking me beyond the scope of the Mental Health
Act!
Dr Evthoka saw me a least once a week
continuously for nine months, the last time being a few weeks before
my arrest. In contrast, Bowden, D'Orban and Robin have seen me for a
couple of hours after I'd spent 18 months in prison and from between
1 1/2 and upto 6 years after the events they have deigned to
prognosticate about. The disclosure of the Sophocleous letter has
completely discredited Bowden but I find it difficult to believe that
the prosecution have allowed their own 'experts' to plunge blindly down
the same hole in their desperation to cover Bowden's exposure as a
charlatan oblivious to Dr Evthoka's indisputable overriding authority
with regard to my diagnosis which is actually in the prosecution's
hands. Three wrongs do not make a right! They have, however, ensured
that I have served a further five months in prison totally secure
that their reports will never see the light of day.
Unless, of course, I decide to call
Dr Bowden, just for a laugh; it might be worth it.
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