In Carly’s Voice, you can find quite a few examples of the authors discussing different medications that have worked, some that worked but caused horrible side effects, or some that didn’t work at all. For example, on pages 138-140 it discusses the countless amount of doctors and medications that Carly took and visited for her violent “fits.” In the midst of the family’s frustrations, doctors prescribed Carly medications that were doing more harm than good. Dr. Stein, a physician who would look after Carly prescribed her “gabapentin.” Prior to her new medication schedule, Carly started experiencing abnormal side effects such as stomach aches, getting up in the middle of the night and staying up all night, waking up & spinning in circles while
