Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 1457562308
ISBN 13: 978-1457562303
“I would like to thank myself for the miracle of my being here today.”
These are the words Dawn spoke before members of the FDA Psychopharmacologic Drug Advisory Committee Hearing in 2006 before she described her prescription drug-related experience—an ordeal that began five years earlier…
With a successful and coveted career in the concert tour arena, a blossoming new relationship, and her beloved dog Simon at her side, Dawn sets off for a sunny vacation in Florida between tours. But when she is prescribed an anti-anxiety medication for a minor problem, her charmed life quickly spirals into mania, insomnia, religious preoccupations, impulsive actions, grandiose behaviors, suicidal ideation, and psychosis. The world-altering events of September 11 further propel a delusional Dawn into a full-blown paranoid, psychotic war—and she is brutally taken into custody, involuntarily committed to a mental crisis institution, and drugged even more.
In riveting detail, Dawn takes the reader on a wild and terrifying ride of insanity. As the drugs are flushed from her system, she begins to regain control over her life and eventually flourish, and now she shares her harrowing story to shed light on the dark epidemic of pharmaceutical drug-generated violence, suicide, homicide, and terrorism.
About the Author
Dawn Jeronowitz was born and raised in the suburbs of New Jersey. Upon graduating from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she embarked on a twenty-year career working backstage in the concert touring industry. She has traveled to over sixty countries while specializing in wardrobe and catering for some of the world’s greatest rock stars. When not touring, she nurtures her passion for animals and food safety. She shares her pharmaceutical drug experience in Crazy or Not, Here I Come in order to help save lives.