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http://www.furiousseasons.com/

It's been interesting and sometimes jaw-dropping over the last few years to watch how fully various "behavioral health" medications--by which I mean psych meds--have been repurposed for everything from shyness to low libido to public speaking anxiety. There's a nice rundown in the Independent (UK) on just how far the reach has spanned. Two examples: Topamax used to treat gambling addiction and Luvox, an SSRI, to treat compulsive shopping. And who could forget Seroquel--an antipsychotic, for crying out loud--to treat public speaking anxiety? If anyone can show me where public speaking anxiety is a psychotic disorder, I'll eat my hat.