MEDICATION wasn't her thing -- she hadn't taken an antibiotic since 1987. But when Tipperary-based mother of two Catherine* experienced a "bad menopause" and didn't sleep for months, her doctor asked in August 2007 if she'd try a bit of Valium.

"I took no more than 5mg at night for two or three months. It worked -- I was getting sleep."

She planned to get off it by Christmas but her mother-in-law died and Catherine stayed on the Valium. 

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