Word: insomnia
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...Hunting. But Williams is a recovering schmaltzaholic, having engaged in a dangerous number of Patch Adams- and Mrs. Doubtfire-type roles. As therapy, apart from performing before 39 live audiences in 26 cities over the next two months, he's beating a woman to death in rural Alaska (in Insomnia, with Al Pacino), plotting the downfall of a TV rival (in Death to Smoochy) and stalking an adulterer, with a carving knife in his backpack (in One Hour Photo). "Those warm, open characters, outsiders who want to help other people--is that part of me? Oh, yeah," says Williams...
...Insomnia, due out in May, is even darker. In it Williams plays a stalker who murders a young woman and taunts the detective who flies out to Alaska to find him. "It's two opposite extremes: Pacino playing a cop who can't sleep and me playing this devil's advocate with him." Williams prepared for the role by watching tapes of an interview with Jeffrey Dahmer--"to get his conversational tone; it was so calm." Death to Smoochy is a comedy but not a light one. He plays a TV clown who, incensed at being replaced by Smoochy...
...INSOMNIA, DIFFICULTY OF CURING
Finally, if anxiety is making it tough to fall asleep, there are sleeping pills. These include Halcion, Ambien and Restoril--and, like other true antianxiety drugs, they carry the potential for abuse. It's O.K. to use them if you really must. But it's better to deal with insomnia in other ways first--if you're tossing and turning, leave the bedroom and try reading. These pills are strong medications that should be used only with caution...
...amphetamines is about half that of methylphenidates, but amphetamines still carry the risk of becoming habit forming. Doctors are hesitant to give them to patients, particularly teens, with a history of substance abuse or addictive behavior. But stimulants are usually well tolerated. The most common side effects are insomnia and loss of appetite...