Lexapros and Cons

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Realizing that his OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) is out of control, seventeen-year-old Chuck Taylor, who wants to win his best friend back and impress a new girl at school, tries to break some hardcore habits, face his demons--and get messy.

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Vulgar, Funny, Perceptive submitted by sdunav on July 30, 2014, 12:35pm The first sentence is a grabber (and bit of a shocker): "In the past year, I masturbated exactly 468 times."

In actuality, this is a very sweet story about a 17 y.o. suffering from OCD. I think the first sentence probably puts some readers off (on goodreads, anyway), but if it makes more teenaged boys read it, I'm all for it. Karo does an excellent job channeling a teen boy (maybe because he isn't too far from it himself?) and the social agonies of high school. And then there's the problems of seeing a psychiatrist, trying cognitive behavioral therapy, and medication.