Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14576 in Books
• Published on: 1996-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Synopsis
An account, both harrowing and amusing, of the author's dependence on Prozac, prescribed for her after a series of suicide attempts and breakdowns. She describes her experiences and her determination to get herself off medication.

Customer Reviews

Wah Wah Wah.
Oh boo hoo! Another misleading synopsis, i was expecting a colorful and detailed portrayal of a young girl's fight with depression, and all i get is this! - it's like listening to someone continuously sob their heart out, no matter what you say, except, wait, it's in a book! I was expecting a lot more, and for the first few paragraphs i was willing to give it a shot, hoping things would pick up, but i couldn't bare to read a novel about a whiney girl, writing a book and passing on the depression. Sheer boredom.

If you want to die, go ahead.

Boo Hoo I'm Depressed
I have never read such rubbish in my life!
Having just read Marya Hornbachers 'Madness', a true story of her struggle with BiPolar Disorder, I found Prozac Nation extremely boring.

There are only so many pages I can read about some little girl whinning over her parents breaking up, etc etc..

I found this book to be full to the top of self pity, and as a sufferer of depression who is also on Prozac, this book seems to not only glamourise the illness but read like it is a ticket to the alternative 'cool' life style.

Elizabeth Wurtzel seems never to grow up through out her years, the end of the book still reads like she is the same old spoilt 10 year old she was at the start.

And frankly, how she manages to remember all of this stuff happening in her life whilst she is on so much medication at such a 'terrible' time in her life, is quite surprising.

My opinion - read Marya Hornbacher.

Good, but too long
I felt that the story dragged on a bit too much, even though it is a good book to read. i wasnt really interested on how she got to that point, in fact i wanted to know exactly what happened at the age she started. She does go back to when she was younger, which makes the read slightly confusing at times.