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Book Review of Prozac Nation

Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation
Author: Elizabeth Wurtzel
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


After reading this book, I wondered why I wasted my time. It is definately about depression. I kept hoping the author would become better adjusted to life after being on Prozac. I guess she did achieve that goal but I felt her disdain for the prevalence of so many people taking antideppresants was very out of line for someone who obviously cannot function without the aid of medicine. I came away with a sense that she was trying to say her depression was worse than most everyone else and only someone as depressed as she was should be on antideppresants. Perhaps there is an overuse of Prozac and other antideppresants but I resent that kind of judgement by someone outside of the medical field.