Dan:
Who's crazy-
The husband or wife?
Who's crazy?
To live their whole life
Believing that somehow
Things aren't as bizarre as they are?
Who's crazy—
The one who can't cope
Or maybe the one who'll still hope?
The one who sees doctors
Or the one who just waits in the car?
And I was
A wild twenty-five
And I loved
A wife so alive
But now I believe I would settle
For one who can drive
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
The round blue ones with food, but not with the oblong
White ones, the white ones with the round yellow ones
But not the trapezoidal green ones. Split the green ones
Into thirds with a tiny chisel, use a mortar and pestle to grind...
Diana:
My psychopharmacologist and I...
It's like an odd romance—
Intense and very intimate
We do our dance
My psychopharmacologist and I...
Call it a lover's game—
He knows my deepest secrets—
I know his... name
And though he will
Never hold me
He'll always take my calls
It's truly like he told me:
Without a little lift
The ballerina falls
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
Goodman, Diana. Bipolar depressive with delusional episodes
Sixteen-year history of medication. Adjustments after one
Week
Diana: [Spoken]
I've got less anxiety, but I have headaches, blurry vision
And I can't feel my toes
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
So we'll try again, and eventually we'll get it right
Diana: [Spoken]
Not a very exact science, is it?
Voices:
Zoloft and Paxil and Buspar and Xanax...
Depakote, Klonopin, Ambien, Prozac...
Ativan calms me when I see the bills—
These are a few of my favorite pills
Diana: [Spoken]
Oh, thank, Doctor. Valium is my favorite color. How'd
You know?
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
Goodman, Diana. Second adjustment after three weeks
Delusions less frequent but depressive state worse
Diana: [Spoken]
I'm nauseous and I'm constipated. Completely lost my
Appetite and gained six pounds, which, you know, is
Just not fair
Diana, Doctor Fine & Voices:
May cause the following
Side effects, one or more:
Diana & Doctor Fine:
Dizziness, drowsiness
Sexual dysfunction— Voices:
Headaches and tremors Diarrhea, constipation
And nightmares and Nervous laughter
Seizures— Palpitations—
Diana, Doctor Fine & Voices:
Anxiousness, anger
Exhaustion, insomnia
Irritability
Nausea, vomiting—
Diana:
Odd and alarming s**ual feelings
Diana, Doctor Fine & Voices:
Oh, and one last thing—
Doctor Fine:
Use may be fatal...
Gabe:
Use may be fatal...
Dan:
Use may be fatal...
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
Goodman, Diana. Third adjustment after five weeks. Reports
Continued mild anxiety and some lingering depression
Diana: [Spoken]
I now can't feel my fingers or my toes. I sweat profusely
For no reason. Fortunately, I have absolutely no desire for
Sex. Although whether that's the medicine or the marriage
Is anybody's guess
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
I'm sure it's the medicine
Diana: [Spoken]
Oh, thank you, that's very sweet. But my husband's waiting
In the car
Dan:
Who's crazy?
The one who's half-gone?
Or maybe
The one who holds on?
Remembering when she was twenty
And brilliant and bold
And I was so young
And so dumb
And now I am old
Diana:
And she was And though he'll never
Wicked and wired. Hold me
The s** was He'll always take
Simply inspired. My calls
Now there's no s**, It's truly like
She's depressed, He told me—
And me I'm just tired. Without a little lift
Tired. Tired. Tired. The ballerina falls
Who's crazy— My psychopharmacologist
The one who's uncured? And I
Or maybe
The one who's endured? Together side by side...
The one who has Without him I'd die...
Treatments
Or the one who just My psychopharmacologist
Lives with the pain? And I
They say love is blind
But believe me—
Love is insane
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
Goodman, Diana. Seven weeks
Diana: [Spoken]
I don't feel like myself. I mean, I don't feel anything
Doctor Fine: [Spoken]
Hmpf. Patient stable