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I was interested in Prozac from a personal point of view because I can be a bit moody - things do get on top of me sometimes - so I was quite keen to find out what it would do to my personality.

Most medications don't work effectively for a lot people.

Depakote also has a really bad side effect, which is death.

I made 'Prozac Nation' necessary reading because I write necessarily. I tell my story because it is about everyone else: in 1993, people took pills to relieve the pain just like they do now, but it scared them; it doesn't any more, because talk is not cheap at all - it is tender.

I really have a problem with any kind of drug, I always have.

Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people.

Chemotherapy is brutal. The goal is pretty much to kill everything in your body without killing you.

When you drink fluoridated water, you're drinking liquid Prozac. You drink enough of it, even though it's a small amount, drink it for decades and decades and what does Prozac do to you? It dumbs you down; it makes you docile.

Drugs have played no significant factor in my life.