58 words, made into a story - a Fiction in 58

SAD
The doctor’s diagnosis was seasonal affective disorder and he told her to sit in front of a lightbox for a half-hour every day.
The vitamin D was great an all, but what she really wanted was a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Recital maybe, Zoloft, or that classic standby, Prozac.
“The darkness isn’t in your head.”
She begged to differ.

Comments

Miss Alister said…
This is a nice sublety.
The darkness may not be...but the thought is...
Placebos anyone?

missalister

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