Prozac-Mania ³Yeah, I'm on Prozac,² I hear quite often, said as if the speaker had just received a new Porsche. I often do catch myself responding with, ³I'm on Zoloft‹isn't modern medicine great?² In a way, this exchange is a way of bonding. In another, more twisted way, it is a way of receiving a stamp of approval from my peers, for antidepressants have become extremely widespread and widely accepted. ³Prozac...has entered pop …showed first 75 words of 1849 total…

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