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...Cooney calls it--describing the hallucinations and the circular conversations, the fits of rage and neediness that wreck her own life and get her mother kicked out of her nursing home, all in wry, learned prose. Even when Cooney resorts to lies (for her mother) and booze and Valium (for herself), she never stoops to self-pity. "I understand that there is only one drug in the world that can keep my mother calm and centered," she writes, "and I am that drug...
...Start a Saturday Night Club” and “Close the Door,” but these pearls of digital wisdom might not be very helpful under the circumstances. If counseling doesn’t work, head directly to UHS for a fistful of Prozac and/or Valium...
...years' probation and ordered to perform 480 hours of community service and pay more than $10,000 in fines. When stopped by security guards in the store, Ryder was also found to have a collection of prescription drugs in her bag that would have made Elvis proud, including Percodan, Valium and Endocet. Her lawyer said the medications were for pain management. The judge chastised Ryder for not taking "personal responsibility" for the incident. The actress was deferential to the judge but made outraged and disbelieving faces as the prosecutor spoke. The judge also ordered Ryder to undergo psychological and drug...
...seat-belt extension to tie up his feet. Passengers passed belts, headphone cords, anything they could find. (When the rerouted plane landed in Boston, Reid was so trussed up that the FBI had to cut him out of his seat.) A doctor on board was drafted to give him Valium, kept in the flight...
MINOR TRANQUILIZERS If the antidepressants have a flaw, it's that they sometimes don't start working for weeks--a lifetime for the acutely anxious. For this reason, many doctors recommend judicious doses of fast-acting relaxants such as the benzodiazepines Xanax, Valium or Klonopin to serve as a temporary bridge until the SSRIs have a chance to kick in. The downside of such drugs is that they can be highly addictive and may merely mask symptoms. For this reason, doctors will prescribe them very carefully and strictly limit refills...