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in America: A Memoir is an autobiography by Elizabeth Wurtzel,
released in 1994 and adapted into an independent movie of the
same name in 2001. In it, Wurtzel describes her experiences with
major depression. The title is a reference to Prozac, the name
of an Eli Lilly and Company manufactured antidepressant which
was prescribed for Wurtzel.   "I start to think there really is
no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and
I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I
live. I wonder if it's worth it." -Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac
Nation  "...what I really need, what I'm really looking for, is
not something I can articulate. It's nonverbal: I need love. I
need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your
heart turns on. And I know it's around me somewhere, but I just
can't feel it." -Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation  "That's the
one thing I wan