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Talking Back to Prozac: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Prozac and the Newer Antidepressants Kindle Edition

by Peter R. Breggin (Author), Ginger Ross Breggin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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A psychiatrist takes a critical look at this SSRI and newer medications that are among the most frequently prescribed drugs in America.

Prozac. Millions of Americans are on it. And just about everyone else is wondering if they should be on it, too. The claims of the pro‑Prozac chorus are enticing: that it can cure everything from depression (the only disorder for which Prozac was originally approved) to fear of public speaking, PMS, obesity, shyness, migraine, and back pain—with few or no side effects. But is the reality quite different? At what price do we buy Prozac‑induced euphoria and a shiny new personality?

Psychiatrist Peter Breggin, MD, and coauthor Ginger Ross Breggin answer these and other crucial questions in Talking Back to Prozac. They explain what Prozac is and how it works, and they take a hard look at the real story behind today’s most controversial drug:
  • The fact that Prozac was tested in trials of four to six weeks in length before receiving FDA approval
  • The difficulty Prozac’s manufacturer had in proving its effectiveness during these tests
  • The information on side effects that the FDA failed to include in its final labeling requirements
  • How Prozac acts as a stimulant not unlike the addictive drugs cocaine and amphetamine
  • The dangers of possible Prozac addiction and abuse
  • The seriousness and frequency of Prozac’s side effects, including agitation, insomnia, nausea, diarrhea, loss of libido, and difficulty reaching orgasm
  • The growing evidence that Prozac can cause violence and suicide
  • The social and workplace implications of using the drug not to cure depression but to change personality and enhance performance 
Using dramatic case histories as well as scientific research and carefully documented evidence, the Breggins expose the potentially damaging effects of Prozac. They also describe the resounding success that has been achieved with more humane alternatives for the treatment of depression.

Talking Back to Prozac provides essential information for anyone who takes Prozac or is considering taking it, and for those who prescribe it.
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Peter R. Breggin, MD, is a psychiatrist in private practice in Ithaca, New York. He is the author of many scientific articles and more than twenty books, most recently Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood‑Altering Medications (2008). Many of his cutting-edge discoveries on the dangers of psychiatric drugs have been affirmed by recent scientific research and by FDA regulatory actions. He has taught at numerous universities and acts as an expert witness in legal cases involving harm done by psychiatric medication and electroshock.

Ginger Ross Breggin has coauthored two books with her husband: the bestseller Talking Back to Prozac and The War Against Children of Color. She is also coeditor of Dimensions of Empathic Therapy. For more than a decade, she was director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, and she continues to contribute to her husband’s reform work. She cofounded the scientific journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry and was its first managing editor. She is also an award‑winning photographer. 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J52FMH0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media; Reprint edition (April 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2025 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 365 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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Marilu
5.0 out of 5 stars Eyes wide open!
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2021
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This book was food for my soul! I have been on and off antidepressants and am truly grateful for this very well written book. It's jaw-dropping at the greed that exists in the pharmaceutical/FDA/government complex. The human being is last on the list!
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RadioFan
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opener Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2021
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Must read and have book.
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Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm glad I learned the infromation instead of being left in ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2017
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Wish this infromation was public before I started taking these poisions! I'm glad I learned the infromation instead of being left in the dark by my PDoc and Big Pharma!
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ajc
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and revealing book
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2015
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One owes it to him or herself to read this book. It is our own responsibility to make sure we are well informed and an advocate for responsible healthcare. Any difficulty related to a mental illness should be carefully assessed . This books sheds light on this process and how big pharma influences countless diagnosises. Excellent and revealing book.
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Windy City
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2015
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Everyone in our over-medicated nation should read this.
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Cavatti
1.0 out of 5 stars What a Joke
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2018
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I am in Prozac and it has changed my life for the better. My daughter had to take it for a brief time as well. We never had any of the side effects mentioned in this book. I guess we're in that 70-80% of people that they didn't even bother to mentioning. It only focuses on the small percentage of the negative side effects. Almost all the information that they have in the book is drawn off other publications. If you look at the back of the book, the are 38 pages of references. No studies were done of their own, because as he says, he doesn't prescribe medications for depression. I believe they wrote the book to further THEIR approach for depression. The lectures, book tours ect.
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S. L. Wilkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information About These Drugs
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2015
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Much needed information about the side effects of these drugs.
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Carol J. Corsica
1.0 out of 5 stars Older book from 1994 with only a new introduction
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018
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I read the publication date as 2014 so I expected a more up-to-date book but 90% of the book is from 1994 not fully revised and updated.
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Michael Sullivan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2017
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great book!
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Josephine-Anne Griffiths
5.0 out of 5 stars AT LAST - AN INTELLIGENT RESPONSE TO SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS!!!
Reviewed in Australia on May 8, 2018
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Dr Peter Breggin has written the most eye-opening book I've read in a while. This is the second of his books that I've read in a couple of sittings. I would recommend this book to anyone who is stuck on SSRIs, SNRIs, Benzodiazepines etc. If you are not on these brain-altering drugs yet, do yourself a favour and do not start. There are safer, natural therapies ... and They. Do. Work.
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jmm
4.0 out of 5 stars Great, except..
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2022
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The contents of this book are amazing. The information at times needs almost wading through as it’s so in-depth and detailed. The last two chapters are the most inspiring I’ve ever read on the subject of depression and the book leaves you in no doubt that the drugs are not the answer. And I know, I’ve been on many of them!!
However , there are a few complaints. Firstly, there are a ridiculous amount of typos in this edition. Mis - spellings, missed words, missed spaces, wrong letters etc etc. This of course is a publishing thing but it still makes for a subconscious questioning of the content when the print is so riddled with errors. The other issue 8 have is that the author does seem to assume that the depressed person had a childhood of abuse. This is not always the case by any means.

Other than that, this book is inspiring, eye opening and life changing. If you are or have been depressed or on any medication , read it. It will give you what medication never will, knowledge, power, hope and ability.
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