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Tweak says, "Add majestic lines for majesty"

Winry Rockbell (sternerstuff) wrote in elric_apts,
@ 2009-12-04 21:29:00

Entry tags:

haganenomore, puddle_of_grace, say_once_more, sternerstuff, supermans_dead, wortcunning

We gotta get outta this place
((Locked to wortcunning, supermans_dead, and lost_myself for the first part. Locked to wortcunning, haganenomore, and puddle_of_grace for the second part.))

Winry deposited her bags from the market on the kitchen counter of her apartment once she got home. "Sheska, can you put the groceries away?" she called into the spare room that acted as a library for Sheska's many, many books. "I have to get to the clinic, we've got a patient looking for some prescription refills."

She grabbed her cellphone while she talked, punching speed dial for Russell's cell.

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	lost_myself 2009-12-05 08:04 am UTC (link)
	God, how long had it been? "How long ago? Until about six months ago, I think. I was on it off and on for four years." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wortcunning 2009-12-05 08:09 am UTC (link)
	"Four years?" Russell echoed, his voice strained and incredulous. He shook his head. "Have you been experiencing tremors, or flu-like symptoms, or chest pains, mood swings, blurred vision, or... quite frankly, anything at all? The list of withdrawal symptoms for benzo is impressive, and it's considered more dangerous than opiates like morphine to withdraw from." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lost_myself
2009-12-05 08:13 am UTC (link)

Tremors? Like his hand's doing right now? Those kinds of tremors? :D And mood swings...he'd snapped at Patricia the other day, without really meaning to--she'd just said something so thoughtless, callous...

"...mood swings, I guess. And..." Well, he just holds up his hand. He's not quite shaking like a maraca, but it is noticeable. He'd just chalked it up to the anxiety.

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sternerstuff
2009-12-05 08:20 am UTC (link)

Winry eyed the shaky hand Ken held up, then sighed. "Okay, we're going to definitely keep you on the Valium. I want to match doses of that with what you had of the benzo, and we'll work on weaning you down off of that. We're going to take you off the haloperidol, too, at least for awhile. Anti-psychotics like that tend to make the withdrawal from benzo worse."

She glanced back at Ed. "Go ahead and make the diazepam, Ed. Hold off on the haloperidol."

She looked back at Ken. "We're going to hold off on some of the other drugs too, until we have the withdrawal symptoms under control. A lot of what you're having trouble with goes back to that. That stuff warps how the brain works, and it takes quite some time for your body to readapt. Once we've safely passed the detox stage, we're going to see what complaints remain and medicate according to that. But everything I give you, it'll be with the intention of helping you someday not need it, all right?"

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	lost_myself 2009-12-05 08:26 am UTC (link)
	Ken nodded quietly. He really didn't care anymore--and he also didn't think it would work. He hadn't especially needed all of this until after... ...after he'd given up on Ran. That was when all of this had started in earnest. The nightmares, the flashbacks. He hadn't been affected so badly since Omi's death, and Crawford's suicide... "...all right." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	supermans_dead 2009-12-05 08:30 am UTC (link)
	((E-Carriage Return)) (Reply to this) (Parent)

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