Word: prozac
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...author of Prozac Nation, the autobiography of depression that spoke to a generation, returns now with More, Now, Again, her second memoir before reaching the age of 35. The book chronicles her descent into addiction and slow rise to recovery. In an age of perpetual confession and personal narratives, Wurtzel is gambling on the persistence of her own appeal...
...More, Now, Again, Wurtzel marshals the same unsparing detail and narcissism mingled with self-deprecation that characterized Prozac Nation. Hovering around boldness but dallying with melodrama, she begins by describing how she holed up in Florida to write her second book, Bitch. Wurtzel emerged from the success of Prozac Nation armed with a cocaine habit compounded by a growing Ritalin addiction...
...speak to a doctor. Just last month, researchers at the University of Cincinnati found that binge eaters who took the antidepressant Celexa for six weeks decreased the number of binge episodes they experienced. Only 40 patients were studied, so the results are still preliminary. Other antidepressant drugs, like Prozac and Zoloft have already been shown effective in cases of binge eating's relative, bulimia. Most likely they work because antidepressants normalize levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that doctors think may be involved in controlling appetite. Practitioners also report success with cognitive behavior therapy, alone or in combination with medication...
...You’re just like that Elizabeth Wurlitzer,” she exclaimed, blithely butchering the surname of Elizabeth L. Wurtzel ’89, precocious journalist and author of Prozac Nation. After she’d grilled me to her satisfaction, Amos grinned and said, “Okay, now I’m ready. I’ve got the whole wonderful picture. Ask away...
...night, I saw the romantic comedy Serendipity for the second time, getting a healthy dose of sugar-spun goodness. The Bad: Sunday morning, I read the New York Times Magazine only to be depressed by tales of “never marrieds,” medicated couples addicted to Prozac and even a treatise “on the tyranny of two.” The Bizarre: Sunday night, I receive an e-mail from the Internet site SecretlyKissed.com informing me that someone “with the hots” for me has secretly “kissed?...