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sarahetc's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good, fast read. There was a little bit of actionable material about managing one's own propensity to chase dopamine, but Lembke vacillated wildly between general psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist. I get it that they overlap but many of her "lessons from addicts" came down you "you might be able to moderate." No, doc, I do not think that will do it. She eventually got around to talking about how genuine addicts, if returning to using their drug of choice after any length of time, will immediately resume quittin tolerance and get worse. But too little, too late.
Four stars for meaning well, minus one star for treating addiction too lightly, minus another half-star for trying to make a point about the film Serenity and its plot device, the drug "Pax" and just generally messing up every single pertinent detail except the part where it made people lie down and die.
Four stars for meaning well, minus one star for treating addiction too lightly, minus another half-star for trying to make a point about the film Serenity and its plot device, the drug "Pax" and just generally messing up every single pertinent detail except the part where it made people lie down and die.
reasteen's review against another edition
Author reads many Patient encounters and discussions in a foreign accent and broken English. This is completely unnecessary to the book, therefore, it was very off-putting to me and comes off as racist.
sammynickalls's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
littlebadgerco's review against another edition
challenging
medium-paced
2.0
Not the book I hoped for, and I really did not appreciate the further stigmatization of medications that support mental health and neurodivergence.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism