{"product_id":"may-cause-side-effects-brooke-siem-9781949481891","title":"May Cause Side Effects: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn unforgettable memoir about the turmoil of antidepressant withdrawal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrooke Siem was among the first generation of minors to be prescribed antidepressants. Initially diagnosed and treated in the wake of her father's sudden death, this psychiatric intervention sent a message that something was pathologically wrong with her and that the only \"fix\" was medication. As a teenager, she stepped into the hazy world of antidepressants just at the time when she was forming the foundation of her identity. For the following fifteen years, every situation she faced was seen through the lens of brokenness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade and a half later, still on the same cocktail of drugs, Brooke found herself hanging halfway out her Manhattan high-rise window, calculating the time it would take to hit the ground. As she looked for breaks in the pedestrian traffic patterns, a thought dawned on her: \"I've spent half my life-and my entire adult life-on antidepressants. Who might I be without them?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfurled against a global backdrop, \u003cem\u003eMay Cause Side Effects\u003c\/em\u003e is the gripping story of what happened when, after fifteen years and 32,760 pills, Brooke was faced with a profound choice that plunged her into a year of excruciating antidepressant withdrawal and forced her to rebuild her entire life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay Cause Side Effects\u003c\/em\u003e is an honest reminder that the road to true happiness is not mapped on a prescription pad. Instead, Brooke's story reveals the messy reality of how healing begins at the bottomless depth of our suffering, in the deep self-work that pushes us to the edges of who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brooke Siem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949481891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949481891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central Recovery Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Brooke Siem","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860633579775,"sku":"9781949481891","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6bbf6ad1-38f1-4808-9f52-f5c20776a4f7.jpg?v=1709136516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/may-cause-side-effects-brooke-siem-9781949481891","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}