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RE: Don't Even Go There - to paul and lelia

Author: Greg
Date: 1999-08-19 18:45

Positively Calvanistic and puritanical are your posts!
Contrary to your beliefs, the reality is that there are countless, well documented incidences in the professional musical world of beta - blockers or/and psychiatric drugs (if PROPERLY used under a doctors guidance) that have literally saved careers or allowed careers to be built.

The medicines that treat social phobias such as performance anxiety are widely used successfully for what they were designed to treat! I hear about the successes almost on a weekly basis from colleagues and even students. Psychotherapy in conjunction with these well developed medications are the model in the scientific community for musicians and non musicians alike.

I have a friend who is one of the most respected instrumentalists in the world who would not even function let alone keep their job were it not for these kinds drugs.
I know of dozens more...and those are only the ones that have confided in me concerning this socially stigmatized issue.

Perhaps those that believe in the use of medication or psychotherpy only for non musicians should read up on the subject.

Gregory Smith
Clarinetist
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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