{"product_id":"9781542974646","title":"Thank God For Antidepressants!: A Personal Journey To Contentment","description":"My book is unique in today's book market on the subject of depression \u0026amp; the taking of antidepressants. Why is that? Because I am writing from the perspective of one who is actually taking antidepressants, and has done so for a long time. It's my personal story, not a professional take on the subject. I have no medical training whatsoever. However, my book has been vetted by two psychotherapists and a psychiatrist, to be sure that it is not misleading in any way. I am a mother of four and a grandmother of five, and my struggle was a journey of twenty-seven years. I'm definitely not handing out a ten point recipe for success. I want people to feel understood, able to hold their heads up and walk tall. It's like a conversation with the reader. Aimed at people who struggle with depression \u0026amp;\/or medication in any way, and those who wish to understand them or have to live with them! I have written for anyone who is in that situation, but, being a Christian, I do look at the vexed question of healing \u0026amp; the struggle that produced in me. Several friends and family members read it who are not Christians \u0026amp; told me that they really liked it in spite of \"the parts that could have annoyed them\" as one person put it. I wrote my book in response to a number of people who have told me conspiratorially \"I take antidepressants too\" like it was some guilty secret. I have had numerous occasions to share snippets in conversations or even sermons, but I felt it would be helpful to put it all down in one piece. I wrote for the sheer joy of writing, \u0026amp; to be a help to others. As Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel says: \"No-one is as capable of gratitude as the one who has emerged from the shadows. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, and every hour a gift. Not to share them would be to betray them.\" I write from an understanding of the personal challenges of long-term medication and the fall-out on family relationships and personal identity. Thank God for antidepressants is about such questions as... -How did I get here? -Where does depression come from? -To take, or not to take anti-depressants? -Why do people treat me differently? -Do the meds make me a different person? -Which side-effects can I live with, or not? -What about Psychotherapy? -Am I a second class citizen? -Where is God in all that? -What do we tell the children? My book is about finding hope, joy and peace in spite of still taking antidepressants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJane Maire Newman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eMar 02, 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e128 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e154297464X\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9781542974646\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50364355674417,"sku":"9781542974646","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/files\/9781542974646__63830.jpg?v=1732438875","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/products\/9781542974646","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}