"i am a 46 year old male. in 1988 i was going through a very serious bout with anxiety and depression. luckily - there was a place called freedom from fear on staten island that was able to counsel me (free of charge, as was affiliated with columbia university), and a doctor there prescribed for me a new drug that was just approved and available...prozac. i took it for eight months or so and recovered - so much so that it helped me deal with the tragedy of my mother dying only a year later. yes, this medicine saved my life. this is are the reason i am here right now. i only took the medicine for that eight months, and slowly got off it. here i am 20 years later, totally fine!"