Word: prozac
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...against the demon she calls "a psychic freight train of roaring despair." Thompson is uncommonly thoughtful on many levels--from her fearful childhood in a Southern fundamentalist family, to her confused entanglement with a harshly supportive man, to her hospitalization in a mental ward and her sunlit rescue by Prozac. Thompson's reporter's eye is unsparing, and she writes with tough grace. About one of her more hopeful moments: "Life did not get easier. But living...
Though the idea seems far-fetched, it jibes with two decades of research suggesting that serotonin plays a role in regulating sexual behavior. One piece of evidence is the action of the drug Prozac, which relieves depression by lifting serotonin levels in the brain. At the same time, though, the serotonin boost tends to dampen sexual desire. In contrast, low serotonin levels can produce heightened sexual activity, at least in lab animals. In experiments done in the U.S. and Italy, scientists used drugs and special diets to suppress serotonin in rats, mice, cats and rabbits. The result was increased...
Catlin says UHS does prescribe antidepressantssuch as Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil when they aredeemed necessary by consulting psychiatrists...
...calling it. Onstage is a band called Foamola, consisting of a bald male organist, a homeless man playing what appear to be a pair of rocks and a female vocalist who yowls, "When I read a book, I always read Balzac!/ When I take a drug, I always take Prozac!" Mercifully, an emcee named Jane Doe finally seizes the mike and asks, to the delight of the assembled digerati, "Just who the hell is Phiber Optik? A soft drink...
...that fatty foods can increase the amount of serotonin in the brain. So it appears that some people who are obese do not make enough serotonin and are in effect trying to treat their depression, or at least feel more satisfied, by overeating. That is why antidepressant drugs, like Prozac, seem to help people shed pounds. Unfortunately, the results are short-lived: patients lose weight at first, but after a year's treatment they have usually gained all of it back...