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 mortal 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 sexual 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 sex was He'll always take
Simply inspired My calls
Now there's no sex, 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