Klarinet Archive - Posting 000596.txt from 1999/04

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beta blockers: BEWARE, please!
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:02:42 -0400

At 08:34 PM 4/12/99 +0000, you wrote:
>I have a page on Sneezy on Valerian root and its possible uses as a "stage
>fright" drug written by our own Diane R. Karius, Ph.D., at
>http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Study/Valerian.html . Diane put a number of
>references at the end of the article which might be of use to those
>afflicted with this disorder.
>
>I've met and performed with people with debilitating stage fright. I
>remember a phenomenal trumpet player who sat in with my band - offstage.
>He'd pass out if he went onstage, even without an audience.
>
>Mark Charette@-----.org

Stage fright can indeed be debilitating. I don't know how many
opera-lovers are out in KlarinetLand, but the career of the great tenor
Franco Corelli is a case study in the effects of stage fright on what
should have been a much longer career. Corelli suffered absolute terrors.
I once saw him backstage before Act III of "Tosca," and the man was white
as the proverbial sheet. He was legendary for his stage fright.

As for Valerian root...again, beware. If [generic] you are taking a
prescription med for depression and/or anxiety, Valerian root is also
dangerous...it does not work and play well with other meds, and can send
you (for no apparent reason) into major depressive or manic states. Don't
play mix-and-match with this stuff. One or the other, but NEVER both.

Ken

Kenneth Wolman http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1649
When I stand upright in the wind
My bones turn to dark emeralds.
--James Wright, "The Jewel"

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