by Carrie Shaffer

Created on: May 11, 2010

Drug of the New Day

Struck as a pedestrian by a drunk driver at age 21, Rena lost some of her normal brain functioning like short term memory. In its place she developed intensely accurate psychic ability. She saw a shrink quarterly to help with the depression that was another result of the accident.

Fall was coming along with the season change depression so familiar to Rena. Her gut told her not to mention the extrasensory abilities that had been increasing in frequency and accuracy since she last saw her psychiatrist. Not that she had much chance to talk, her doctor was all abuzz about a medication that Rena had heard about in the news. It was touted as a miracle pill that leveled moods, increased productivity and decreased anxiety. Rena had heard that it worked for everyone, and a side effect of this wonder drug was weight loss. Rena had been fighting her weight for a while so she accepted her doctors invitation to start the medication.

A few months passed, a new president was elected who guaranteed stabilization in the plummeting economy and the public all seemed to be in good spirits. The medication Rena had been taking was selling out; everyone wanted it and the manufacturer could hardly keep up with demand. All the media joined in at singing its praises and it was talked about more often than American Idol. Rena wondered why it hadnt changed anything for her; her mood was still up and down like a seesaw and she hadnt lost an ounce of weight.

One day while daydreaming at her desk Rena had the visions in her minds eye that were like familiar TV show in her head playing of the weeks coming attractions. Suddenly she gasped as the feeling of a net coming down over her thoughts felt as real as if it had happened to her physical body. A minute later a migraine came on; ten minutes later she was throwing up in the bathroom and getting into a panic about this bizarre net feeling. She stumbled into her supervisors office and said she needed to go home.

But Rena, I need you to go over this article about the announcement that Somat is going to be subsidized by the government for those who cant afford it” Somat was the medication Rena had been taking to no avail but was the craze with everyone else.

“Im sorry Ed but Im vomiting and my vision is beginning to go and I need to get home while I can still drive” This migraine was a doozy and Rena could tell tunnel vision was the next symptom to strike; things were already starting to get blurry.

“Then

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