Author: Dorothy Jane Neilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992671310
Category : Depressed persons
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
There is an ancient and unending love in the universe that is willing to see us through the toughest of times and bring us to a wholeness that is unimaginable when we are immersed in the struggle of living. That is the ultimate message of this book.It is the story of one woman's struggle to find normality and happiness while fighting the demons of the past. It is the story of God's work in Dorothy, allowing her both the sadness and privilege of wading through the marshlands of depression in order to find a way not just to keep from sinking, but to live on the higher ground where she can feel secure and happy.
Me, God and Prozac
Author: Dorothy Jane Neilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992671310
Category : Depressed persons
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
There is an ancient and unending love in the universe that is willing to see us through the toughest of times and bring us to a wholeness that is unimaginable when we are immersed in the struggle of living. That is the ultimate message of this book.It is the story of one woman's struggle to find normality and happiness while fighting the demons of the past. It is the story of God's work in Dorothy, allowing her both the sadness and privilege of wading through the marshlands of depression in order to find a way not just to keep from sinking, but to live on the higher ground where she can feel secure and happy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992671310
Category : Depressed persons
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
There is an ancient and unending love in the universe that is willing to see us through the toughest of times and bring us to a wholeness that is unimaginable when we are immersed in the struggle of living. That is the ultimate message of this book.It is the story of one woman's struggle to find normality and happiness while fighting the demons of the past. It is the story of God's work in Dorothy, allowing her both the sadness and privilege of wading through the marshlands of depression in order to find a way not just to keep from sinking, but to live on the higher ground where she can feel secure and happy.
Prozac Diary
Author: Lauren Slater
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679462791
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
The author of the acclaimed Welcome to My Country describes in this provocative and funny memoir the ups and downs of living on Prozac for ten years, and the strange adjustments she had to make to living "normal life." Today millions of people take Prozac, but Lauren Slater was one of the first. In this rich and beautifully written memoir, she describes what it's like to spend most of your life feeling crazy--and then to wake up one day and find yourself in the strange state of feeling well. And then to face the challenge of creating a whole new life. Once inhibited, Slater becomes spontaneous. Once terrified of maintaining a job, she accepts a teaching position and ultimately earns several degrees in psychology. Once lonely, she finds love with a man who adores her. Slater is wonderfully thoughtful and articulate about all of these changes, and also about the downside of taking Prozac: such matters as dependency, sexual dysfunction, and Prozac "poop-out." "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking," said Newsday about Welcome to My Country, and Slater's remarkable gifts as a writer are present here in sentences that are like elegant darts, hitting at the center of the deepest human feelings. Prozac Diary is a wonderfully written report from inside a decade on Prozac, and an original writer's acute observations on the challenges of living modern life.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679462791
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
The author of the acclaimed Welcome to My Country describes in this provocative and funny memoir the ups and downs of living on Prozac for ten years, and the strange adjustments she had to make to living "normal life." Today millions of people take Prozac, but Lauren Slater was one of the first. In this rich and beautifully written memoir, she describes what it's like to spend most of your life feeling crazy--and then to wake up one day and find yourself in the strange state of feeling well. And then to face the challenge of creating a whole new life. Once inhibited, Slater becomes spontaneous. Once terrified of maintaining a job, she accepts a teaching position and ultimately earns several degrees in psychology. Once lonely, she finds love with a man who adores her. Slater is wonderfully thoughtful and articulate about all of these changes, and also about the downside of taking Prozac: such matters as dependency, sexual dysfunction, and Prozac "poop-out." "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking," said Newsday about Welcome to My Country, and Slater's remarkable gifts as a writer are present here in sentences that are like elegant darts, hitting at the center of the deepest human feelings. Prozac Diary is a wonderfully written report from inside a decade on Prozac, and an original writer's acute observations on the challenges of living modern life.
Prozac Backlash
Author: Joseph Glenmullen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743200624
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In a controversial look at the potent drugs millions of Americans consume each day--for everything from anxiety to sexual addiction--Dr. Glenmullen presents authoritative information on why they are risky and provides advice on choosing safer alternative treatments.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743200624
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In a controversial look at the potent drugs millions of Americans consume each day--for everything from anxiety to sexual addiction--Dr. Glenmullen presents authoritative information on why they are risky and provides advice on choosing safer alternative treatments.
Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac
Author: Bruce Goldstein
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306817624
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Meet Bruce Goldstein: unemployed and recently dumped, this twenty-something New Yorker had fallen into such a deep depression he needed to call his mother just to get out of bed in the morning. In the downward spiral of bipolar disorder, neither therapy nor medication could help him shake his rapid mood swings, his fear of dying, or the voice of Satan, who first visited him one sunny day in Central Park. Then comes Ozzy, an exuberantly life-affirming black Lab puppy who launches Bruce on a surprising, uproarious journey of complete canine interdependence. Ozzy helps Bruce heal through the most unexpected source: the love of a good dog.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306817624
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Meet Bruce Goldstein: unemployed and recently dumped, this twenty-something New Yorker had fallen into such a deep depression he needed to call his mother just to get out of bed in the morning. In the downward spiral of bipolar disorder, neither therapy nor medication could help him shake his rapid mood swings, his fear of dying, or the voice of Satan, who first visited him one sunny day in Central Park. Then comes Ozzy, an exuberantly life-affirming black Lab puppy who launches Bruce on a surprising, uproarious journey of complete canine interdependence. Ozzy helps Bruce heal through the most unexpected source: the love of a good dog.
Sociology
Author: David M. Newman
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 1412978130
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
The Eighth edition of David Newman′s Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life once again invites students into the world of sociological thought. Sociology encourages students to think less about the next test and more about how the subject applies to their everyday lives. In addition to updated coverage and fresh examples, this edition features revamped Micro-Macro Connections that have been even further honed to help students understand the link between individual lives and the structure of society.
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
ISBN: 1412978130
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
The Eighth edition of David Newman′s Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life once again invites students into the world of sociological thought. Sociology encourages students to think less about the next test and more about how the subject applies to their everyday lives. In addition to updated coverage and fresh examples, this edition features revamped Micro-Macro Connections that have been even further honed to help students understand the link between individual lives and the structure of society.
Prozac Monologues
Author: Willa Goodfellow
Publisher: She Writes Press
ISBN: 1631527320
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
She was going to stab her doctor, but she wrote a book instead. Years later, Willa Goodfellow revisits her account of the antidepressant-induced hypomania that hijacked her Costa Rican vacation and tells the rest of the story: her missed diagnosis of Bipolar 2, how she’d been given the wrong medications, and finally, her process of recovery. Prozac Monologues is a book within a book—part memoir of misdiagnosis and part self-help guide about life on the bipolar spectrum. Through edgy and comedic essays, Goodfellow offers information about a mood disorder frequently mistaken for major depression as well as resources for recovery and further study. Plus, Costa Rica. · If your depression keeps coming back . . . · If your antidepressant side effects are dreadful . . . · If you are curious about the bipolar spectrum . . . · If you want ideas for recovery from mental illness . . . · If you care for somebody who might have more than depression . . . . . . This book is for you.
Publisher: She Writes Press
ISBN: 1631527320
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
She was going to stab her doctor, but she wrote a book instead. Years later, Willa Goodfellow revisits her account of the antidepressant-induced hypomania that hijacked her Costa Rican vacation and tells the rest of the story: her missed diagnosis of Bipolar 2, how she’d been given the wrong medications, and finally, her process of recovery. Prozac Monologues is a book within a book—part memoir of misdiagnosis and part self-help guide about life on the bipolar spectrum. Through edgy and comedic essays, Goodfellow offers information about a mood disorder frequently mistaken for major depression as well as resources for recovery and further study. Plus, Costa Rica. · If your depression keeps coming back . . . · If your antidepressant side effects are dreadful . . . · If you are curious about the bipolar spectrum . . . · If you want ideas for recovery from mental illness . . . · If you care for somebody who might have more than depression . . . . . . This book is for you.
Move Over Manic Depression
Author: A. Brocklesby
Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing ltd
ISBN: 1904697143
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
By Anne Brocklesby ISBN: 9781847471017 Published: 2007 Pages: 165 Key Themes: manic depression, bi-polar disorder, medication, empowerment Description A sincere and moving autobiography about a mother of two whose life is turned upside down by post natal depression and bi-polar. Anne suffered severe side effects from taking prozac but fought back through CBT, studying, poetry and writing about her condition. Anne's personal transformation from sufferer to empowered and confident woman gives new hope to fellow sufferers. Anne's bravery is an example to us all, this book is an inspiration to sufferers, carers and professionals alike. About the Author Anne Brocklesby was born in 1951 in Epsom, Surrey. She was educated in Wimbledon and Scotland before studying social sciences at Edinburgh University. She has now returned to live in Wimbledon where she has worked for many years in the voluntary sector. She is involved in the Make Poverty History campaign and takes an active interest in mental health issues, trying to promote a more positive image and challenging discrimination and stigma. Book Extract "I think I developed a separation anxiety at a very early age, and had the enduring feeling that in fact I was an orphan. My mother told me that I was sent for 3 weeks to my aunt and uncle's house, with two of their children, to spend time being looked after by them when my mother was giving birth to my sister Kay, her second child. Of course I do not remember any of this, but I am conscious of a feeling of separation, which I can only trace to this time. My mother said that when I returned, I looked like a neglected orphan, because my hair seemed a tangled mass, as though it had not been brushed or combed.
Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing ltd
ISBN: 1904697143
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
By Anne Brocklesby ISBN: 9781847471017 Published: 2007 Pages: 165 Key Themes: manic depression, bi-polar disorder, medication, empowerment Description A sincere and moving autobiography about a mother of two whose life is turned upside down by post natal depression and bi-polar. Anne suffered severe side effects from taking prozac but fought back through CBT, studying, poetry and writing about her condition. Anne's personal transformation from sufferer to empowered and confident woman gives new hope to fellow sufferers. Anne's bravery is an example to us all, this book is an inspiration to sufferers, carers and professionals alike. About the Author Anne Brocklesby was born in 1951 in Epsom, Surrey. She was educated in Wimbledon and Scotland before studying social sciences at Edinburgh University. She has now returned to live in Wimbledon where she has worked for many years in the voluntary sector. She is involved in the Make Poverty History campaign and takes an active interest in mental health issues, trying to promote a more positive image and challenging discrimination and stigma. Book Extract "I think I developed a separation anxiety at a very early age, and had the enduring feeling that in fact I was an orphan. My mother told me that I was sent for 3 weeks to my aunt and uncle's house, with two of their children, to spend time being looked after by them when my mother was giving birth to my sister Kay, her second child. Of course I do not remember any of this, but I am conscious of a feeling of separation, which I can only trace to this time. My mother said that when I returned, I looked like a neglected orphan, because my hair seemed a tangled mass, as though it had not been brushed or combed.
Woman Designed by God
Author: Amanda Hess
Publisher: Elevate Publishing
ISBN: 1937498492
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Woman Designed by God is written to challenge the healthcare industry's "cover-up" attitude toward women. God designed a woman's body with a powerful, innate capability to heal itself. So why does modern medicine leave women cut open, covered up, and heavily medicated, when there is hope for a better way? The good news is, this book will help you learn how to make the right choices for your body. In it, you will learn about natural and holistic approaches to women's health. It may change the entire way you view your body and how you take care of it. (We hope it does!)
Publisher: Elevate Publishing
ISBN: 1937498492
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Woman Designed by God is written to challenge the healthcare industry's "cover-up" attitude toward women. God designed a woman's body with a powerful, innate capability to heal itself. So why does modern medicine leave women cut open, covered up, and heavily medicated, when there is hope for a better way? The good news is, this book will help you learn how to make the right choices for your body. In it, you will learn about natural and holistic approaches to women's health. It may change the entire way you view your body and how you take care of it. (We hope it does!)
Prozac Nation
Author: Elizabeth Wurtzel
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547524145
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Elizabeth Wurtzel's New York Times best-selling memoir, with a new afterword "Sparkling, luminescent prose . . . A powerful portrait of one girl's journey through the purgatory of depression and back." —New York Times "A book that became a cultural touchstone." —New Yorker Elizabeth Wurtzel writes with her finger on the faint pulse of an overdiagnosed generation whose ruling icons are Kurt Cobain, Xanax, and pierced tongues. Her famous memoir of her bouts with depression and skirmishes with drugs, Prozac Nation is a witty and sharp account of the psychopharmacology of an era for readers of Girl, Interrupted and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547524145
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Elizabeth Wurtzel's New York Times best-selling memoir, with a new afterword "Sparkling, luminescent prose . . . A powerful portrait of one girl's journey through the purgatory of depression and back." —New York Times "A book that became a cultural touchstone." —New Yorker Elizabeth Wurtzel writes with her finger on the faint pulse of an overdiagnosed generation whose ruling icons are Kurt Cobain, Xanax, and pierced tongues. Her famous memoir of her bouts with depression and skirmishes with drugs, Prozac Nation is a witty and sharp account of the psychopharmacology of an era for readers of Girl, Interrupted and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.
Finding Jesus in the Storm
Author: John Swinton
Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 0334059747
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Drawing from theological reflection on the lives of 30 Christians with severe mental health challenges, (depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia), leading disability theologian John Swinton contends that mental health problems require theological understanding and not just medical intervention. In fact, he argues, it is not necessary to care effectively for Christians experiencing severe mental illness to grasp the theological dimensions of such experiences. Therapy and pharmacology may be helpful, but on their own they are deeply inadequate. By listening carefully to the lived experiences of people with severe mental health problems, FInding Jesus in the Storm will open up new understandings and perspectives that challenge current assumptions and draws out fresh perspectives for care, healing, recovery and community. It is a book about people instead of symptoms, description instead of diagnosis, and lifegiving hope for everyone in the midst of the storm.
Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 0334059747
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Drawing from theological reflection on the lives of 30 Christians with severe mental health challenges, (depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia), leading disability theologian John Swinton contends that mental health problems require theological understanding and not just medical intervention. In fact, he argues, it is not necessary to care effectively for Christians experiencing severe mental illness to grasp the theological dimensions of such experiences. Therapy and pharmacology may be helpful, but on their own they are deeply inadequate. By listening carefully to the lived experiences of people with severe mental health problems, FInding Jesus in the Storm will open up new understandings and perspectives that challenge current assumptions and draws out fresh perspectives for care, healing, recovery and community. It is a book about people instead of symptoms, description instead of diagnosis, and lifegiving hope for everyone in the midst of the storm.