Word: prozac
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...left this institution and made an example of her/himself we actually dig? Can we find just one individual who has strayed deliberately from the horde of garbled-Gen X-rhetoric manifesto-creators who scream "I have a New Kind of Feminism" or "I am a New Kind of Prozac User"? Such an individual exists, and she is not self-congratulatory. Her name is Alice Stone...
While today these figures might be on Prozac, back in the Grand Siecle they were content to ease into a life of darkness and solitude both environmentally and physically. Their mourning is done behind closed doors to keep them within their own world. Pining is a type of beauty and art form...
...many years no one paid much attention to Breggin, 58, but that was before the dawn of the Prozac Age. The immense popularity of the drug, which is most often prescribed for depression but is gaining a reputation as an all- purpose personality enhancer, has given Breggin his best ammunition yet. In his new book Talking Back to Prozac (co-written with his wife Ginger Ross Breggin), he says the drug is merely a stimulant that does not get to the root of depression and is probably dangerous when used over long periods. He has dumped on Prozac...
...Breggin's attacks on the usefulness of antipsychosis drugs. He doesn't content himself with describing possible side effects, such as uncontrollable jerky movements and facial ticks, but claims the drugs rarely have any benefit. He likens lithium, which is used to treat manic depression, to lead and compares Prozac to amphetamines...
MEDICINE: Taking Potshots at Prozac...