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I chose to read the book "Prozac Nation", by Elizabeth Wurtzel, mainly because I'd been interested in this autobiography since February, when it was recommended to me by a friend. Having already read similar memoirs, such as "Wasted", by Marya Hornbacher, I had an idea of what "Prozac Nation" would be about. The prologue of "Prozac Nation" begins with Elizabeth Wurtzel at a college party, snorting lines of cocaine and searching for any type of drug she can take to help her get away from herself, in order to enjoy the party. The rest of book then goes on to map out the course she took to land herself at this point in her life. In the epilogue, Elizabeth becomes the first person in the United States to be put on Prozac, an anti-depressant medication. In the following excerpt, taken from the prologue of “Prozac Nation”, Wurtzel is describing her take on depression, at an early time in her life, around the age of 12. By this time, she has already resorted to cutting her legs with a razor blade, and overdosing on pills, both in an attempt to draw the attention to herself that she so desperately needs, but is too separated from her surroundings to realize that this is also what she wants. "I start to get the feeling that som