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.
Generation X poster girl for depression ( Prozac Nation ) and celebrator of difficult women ( Bitch ), Elizabeth Wurtzel offers a searingly honest tale of her descent into Ritalin addiction and her eventual recovery.
This volume is the author's take on the best-selling dating guide, The Rules . Chapter headings include Have Pets , When All Else Fails, Talk to God and Don't Clear the Table at a Dinner Party Unless the Men Get Up to Help Too .