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Summary: "All That's Not Fit to Print"
Review: "Prozac Free" by Reichenberg-Ullman, Judyth, N.D., and Ullman, Robert. After reading this book, I conclude that the title for this edition is not appropriate; it should have been "The Ullman's Book of Homespun Advice." The subtitle reads, "Homeopathic Medicine for Depression, Anxiety and other Mental and Emotional Problems." Full of vague, unspecific meanderings on case studies, it offers nothing more than opinions from authors with an education. For that reason, I found it objectionable in that they purport to have a BETTER opinion than the reader. If it was presented scientifically, and not strictly philosophically, then it would have sold as many copies as the authors WOULD have liked. For example, the phrase "Get a Pet" on page 80 is recommended as a solution for relieving the effects of depression. Does anyone with a brain really need to be told or reminded that pets, in fact, do exist? What really disturbed me about this kind of terrible writing, though, were the unacceptable digressions. The authors were too easily sidetracked. At Chapter 12, we see "Can I live Without Him?" What does this have to do with the book's title? Is this a book about living without Prozac, or is this a book about relationships, implying some sort of lesbian promotion? My assumption was correct. On page 137, we are told the story of a woman who left her husband and "established a successful relationship with another woman." The authors shifted perspectives from giving relatively worthless advice to supporting a deviant lifestyle, about a patient who apparently needed Vanadium to keep going. I'm sick of stuff like this coming off as normal, when thrown at the reader in an in-your-face style, and instantly I had to toss the book back to the library. Judging by how fast negative responses have been posted on my review, I would safely guess the authors (and those with deviant lifestyles) are in cahoots with multiple email aliases. Shame on them and their unscrupulousness. I expected intelligent, focused writing in this book, as I'm sure did many other disappointed and disgusted readers, but all I found was overstatements of the obvious, chock full of cliches that most of us are tired of hearing. Who edited this thing anyway? Where's my red pen? As a writer and an editor myself, I feel this book is not fit publication. It must be self-published, othewise it should never have made it to print in this form. Content, layout, presentation, cliches, shifted tenses--they all need immediate rework, or "surgery." A revised first edition is definitely in order.
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Summary: I'm doin' it!
Review: Prozac Free, that is! I have been suffering from depression sinse I was a young teenager and attempting to use anti-depressants to treat the problem for the past 12 months, to no avail. Then I read "Prozac Free" and found that I really identified with some of the contributers' stories, so I sought out homeopathic treatment and havn't looked back since. That was 3 months ago now. I haven't had 90 good days in a row in over 15 years!"Prozac Free" explores depression and treatment in a no-fuss, down to earth kind of way, and then uses individuals' stories to illustrate (1) different kinds of dominant feelings within depression, and (2) the different types of treatment used. I would recommend that a beginner to homeopathy start with something more general, though.
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Summary: I'm doin' it!
Review: Prozac Free, that is! I have been suffering from depression sinse I was a young teenager and attempting to use anti-depressants to treat the problem for the past 12 months, to no avail. Then I read "Prozac Free" and found that I really identified with some of the contributers' stories, so I sought out homeopathic treatment and havn't looked back since. That was 3 months ago now. I haven't had 90 good days in a row in over 15 years! "Prozac Free" explores depression and treatment in a no-fuss, down to earth kind of way, and then uses individuals' stories to illustrate (1) different kinds of dominant feelings within depression, and (2) the different types of treatment used. I would recommend that a beginner to homeopathy start with something more general, though.
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