Prozac Diary

A poetic Prozac success story

This book is a very well written and interesting memoir about the author's experiences with Prozac. Slater's writing has a pleasing, poetic quality that makes her book stand out among the best in the genre of mental illness memoirs. I'd say her writing is nearly as outstanding as that in Kay Jamison's 'An Unquiet Mind' and Susanna Kaysen's 'Girl, Interrupted'. The effects of the drug on Slater's OCD and borderline personality characteristics is also remarkable- she becomes 'better than well' and experiences the world as if being born anew. This is an excellent book that should be read by anyone interested in mental illness or anyone who enjoys reading well written memoirs.

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Text Book...

I wasn't really impressed by this book, at times it read to me a bit like a text book.

A journery

This book allows one to see inside depression. Although I work with people who suffer from depression, I found a world that was unfamillar and that I had not seen before. Slator has the courage to invite you into her world and let you see the world from her viewpoint.

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