BIELOVICH, Felicity - The Judas Window - (Excellent Paperback) *

Book still in a great condition - 1995 - 130pg - The true story of a woman's journey into the nightmare of addiction and her courageous struggle to regain sanity.   >>>   I liked the idea of this drub memoir.  Felicity is an ordinary middle class woman who got addicted to prescription drugs at the all but encouragement of medical practitioners.  It happens so easily when you just quietly obey what your doctor says and is a much wider spread drug problem than we think.     (Kim on Goodreads)   >>>   Felicity Bielovich is a woman who has been to hell and back. Addicted to prescription drugs for two years, she is a living proof of how easy it is to become addicted to drugs such as benzodiazepines, which are the most widely prescribed drugs in this country.   -   Bielovich has a message of hope for people like herself, which she hopes to spread through her  book, The Judas Window.   -   In an interview with the Cape Times Bielovich spoke of her dependency on benzodiazepines, which are minor tranquillisers. She described how her life became one of depression and despair, leading eventually to a nervous breakdown.   -   She was also committed to a state mental hospital after the side effects of taking benzodiazepines began to kick in.   -   Her nightmare began after a major back operation, when she was prescribed benzodiazepines by a neurologist to ease her pain.   -   "Within a week I began to feel the side effects depression, weeping, anxiety, sleeplessness, restlessness and I was anti-social.   -   "Each time I went back with these complaints the medication was changed and I was left with a whole new combination. This went on for 18 months.   -   "But I thought I could cope and I forced myself to work harder, and I ignored the symptoms and carried on as normal."  And then there was the suicide attempt ....   *Drug Addiction *