"in 1995, i was miserable for no particular reason and was diagnosed with depression and prescribed prozac.  great life, depression in check.  in 2013, i weened myself off it because i  didn&#039;t think i needed it anymore.  as luck would have it,  i hit a period of  challenging events in life that they brain  interpreted as trauma.  to cope, i began drinking a little which evolved into daily. i concluded that i had gone off prozac, decreased self control and created a personal crisis.  i&#039;m back on prozac and my moods have leveled off and i so far have the ability to abstain.  i won&#039;t go off it again."