Is It Me or My Meds?: Living with Antidepressants PDF
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is i t me or my meds? is i t me or my meds? Living with Antidepressants David A. Karp HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Copyright © 2006 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2007 Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book and Harvard University Press was aware of a trademark claim, then the designations have been printed in initial capital letters (for example, Prozac). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Karp, David Allen, 1944– Is it me or my meds? : living with antidepressants / David A. Karp. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-674-02182-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-674-02182-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-674-02551-6 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 0-674-02551-2 (pbk.) 1. Antidepressants—Anecdotes. 2. Depressed persons— Anecdotes. 3. Depression, Mental—Chemotherapy— Anecdotes. I. Title. RC537.K3665 2006 616.85′27061—dc22 2006041061 To Darleen My wife, my best friend, and my collaborator in all the important things Contents Prologue Doxepin Diary 1 Chapter 1 Giving Voice 9 Chapter 2 Unwelcome Careers 19 Chapter 3 Married to Medication 62 Chapter 4 Searching for Authenticity 95 Chapter 5 Significant Others 127 Chapter 6 Teens Talk 166 Chapter 7 High on Drugs 207 Epilogue Lessons from the Inside 230 Appendix A Getting Stories Straight 251 Appendix B Commonly Prescribed Drugs for Anxiety and Depression 262 Notes 265 Acknowledgments 281 Index 285 is i t me or my meds?
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