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Virtual Books
No not eBooks, or anything else, these are actual books that you can.. ohh look they explain it far better than I can, visit the British Library’s latest innovation: Turning the Pages

Thursday, September 5, 2002 ~ Comments Off

Prozac Nation?
The Lilly Suicides
Fascinating article on the effects of SSRI drugs, antidepressants.

“Though Prozac is one of the world’s best-known commodities, its most terrifying potential side effect, “akathisia,” remains virtually unknown. Akathisia has been described as a unique form of inner torture that, prior to the development of psychiatric drugs, probably never existed.”

“Reports that Prozac might be unsafe at any dose had Lilly running scared. As early as 1990, one executive stated in an internal memo that, if Prozac is taken off the market, the company could “go down the tubes.” “

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Sleep
Anyone else feeling completely worn out and knackered at the moment? I was in bed by 9:30pm last night, read for half an hour or so and fell asleep quickly (as far as I can remember anyway). Next thing I know, the alarm is being set to ‘snooze’ for 7 minutes, accomplished by whacking it on top, and then it’s time to get up. I was up at 7:07am. So at the very least I had NINE hours sleep last night.

Yet I still feel knackered and tired and yawn-ey.

In other news, I’m supposed to be playing 5-a-side footie tonight. Yeah, cos that’s just what I feel like doing…