Prozac doesn’t work when wrongly prescribed
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008So says the news today. No shit. It works just fine for the particular purpose it’s designed for - it’s just that it heavily over prescribed to people who don’t need it. If you don’t need it it, it’ll do nothing. That’s the beauty of it. Unlike the old skool tricyclic antidepressants which had terrible side effects.
Don’t listen to the hype - fluoxetine and all the SRI anti depressants out there that are based on it are great drugs. Life enhancing, useful and quite frankly one of the best chemical compounds humans have developed since CnH2n+1OH. Just treat them both with respect, don’t get addicted and enjoy their life-enhancing benefits.



I’m thinking about what it’ll be like to be in the UK for the next couple of months, walking through the cold Brighton dawn, and watching the sun come up on the train to London, blustery October days walking in the South Downs and I’m looking forward to it. I’m starting to take pleasure in life again. The black dog is finally starting to leave me. He’s only around in the mornings now, and will soon leave me alone completely.