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Subject:	Re: Treatment or mistreatment?
From:	Chrystal Ocean <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Social Determinants of Health <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:06:59 -0400
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I can relate to the story told by Angela of Tooker's death and its
prescription drug lead-up.

I was prescribed Vivol (Valium) when I was 14 years old and each family
doctor thereafter renewed the prescription. Of course, my depression never
lifted and only worsened. At the age of 30, I asked my GP how much longer I
would have to be on Vivol. He replied: The rest of your life.

After that visit, I went home and did what you're not supposed to do. I
immediately stopped taking the drug. Since I hadn't been on a very high
dose, I survived the withdrawal.

My marriage did not. Within 30 days, I was asking for a divorce - a good
thing. The drug had made murky the reality of my mock life.

It had also dulled my senses.

What I remember most about that time was not the break-up of my marriage,
but a fresh experience of what it means to be alive. It was a day in April,
three weeks after I'd quit Vivol. I was outside and there was the breath of
spring all around me. I saw colours, smelled scents, and heard sounds I'd
not been aware of in 16 years. The world was suddenly beautiful again.

Ocean

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(Chrystal) Ocean, WISE Coordinator
http://www.wise-bc.org/

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