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Description edit
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.
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Characters/People edit
- Elizabeth Wurtzel: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Sterling
- Rafe
- Dr. Isaac
- Samantha
- Zachary
- Manuel
- Stillman
- Mellaril
- Alden
- Jack
- Mommy
- Bruce
- Timothy
- Springsteen
- Barnaby
- Dinah
- Ellie
- Paul
- David
- Gunnar
- Pamela
- John Lennon
- Diane
- Trixie
- Bob Dylan
- Chris
- Debi
- Joni Mitchell
- Abel
- Dr. Saltenstahl
Quotes edit
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“Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead.”
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“I don’t want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.”
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“My depression came gradually then suddenly.”
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“... what I really need, what I'm really looking for, is not something I can articulate. It's nonverbal: I need love. I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on.”
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“I must move, must get further and further away from this fire that's going to burn all of me down.”
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“Oh God, where do I have to go to get away from me?”
First Sentence edit
Some catastrophic situations invite clarity, explode in split moments: You smash your hand through a windowpane and then there is blood and shattered glass stained with red all over the place; you fall out a window and break some bones and scrape some skin.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
1 / Full of Promise
2 / Secret Life
3 / Love Kills
4 / Broken
5 / Black Wave
6 / Happy Pills
7 / Drinking in Dallas
8 / Space, Time, and Motion
9 / Down Deep
10 / Blank Girl
11 / Good Morning Heartache
12 / The Accidental Blowjob
13 / Woke Up This Morning Afraid I Was Gonna Live
14 / Think of Pretty Things
Epilogue: Prozac Nation
Afterword (1995)
Acknowledgments
Authors & Contributors edit
- Elizabeth Wurtzel (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 039568093X
Page Count: 317
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 039568093X
Page Count: 317
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: RC537.W87 1995
- Dewey: 616.85270092
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