Posted by floatingbridge on May 14, 2011, at 17:50:20
In reply to Re: Sleep difficulty with MAOI » SLS, posted by sigismund on May 14, 2011, at 17:10:54
> Maybe the moral is that we only give up alcohol at our peril?
sigi, that's silly :-)
Gosh, writers and alcohol. A friend and I speculated once about a study we heard. Types of artists were ranked (somehow, who knows?) in order of mental illness and stability. Architects were the most
stable (and thank goodness if you think about it), and writers (esp fiction & poetry) won by a nose over musicians as far as being the most unstable.We concluded that the medium was
responsible. Language being so weirdly
powerful yet intangible.I think stopping drinking and/or starting
benzo's could precipitate a breakdown.Was (is) Styron manic or unipolar? I could never get that straight. But it was lithium that pulled him through I believe.
* and whoever gazes at the stars will never again be quite alone...
c-ptsd & attendant health concerns
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