I’ve been told more than a couple of times that negative body image is one of the last things to go in eating disorder recovery. Doesn’t that seem unfair? You want to think that you’ll feel better and be more accepting of yourself with the start of treatment, and that will motivate you to eat better and take care of yourself and move on past the disorder. And maybe at some point in treatment the nutrition kicks in and decreases the depression and anxiety that starvation heightens… …

I was doing some Christmas shopping online at Amazon this morning (free shipping AND free gift wrapping? I’m sold.) and I ran across this book: “Puppy Chow is Better Than Prozac”
I’ve read plenty of books on the healing power of pets (and I completely believe in pet therapy) but never a book on pets and Bipolar disorder. Now I haven’t purchased this yet (I assure you that it IS in my shopping cart, though), so I can’t review the book… but it did get me thinking about pets …

This article came out last week, but just caught my article today: Prozac Over the Counter? – TIME
The article makes some great points, so I definitely recommend reading it… but I of course have to give my two cents.
Why do I think that Prozac should NOT be OTC?  Well, my biggest concern, is that depressed individuals who would take OTC Prozac would not seek the help that they need — and they may very likely need MORE help than just an SSRI.  It’s hard to seek mental health treatment — …