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"When you reach a dangerous level of medication and it no longer works, there are only two choices left: keep going or stop breathing to end it," Céline Dion confided to Anne-Claire Coudray Sunday night, during a moving interview broadcast at the end of TF1’s evening news. The international star revealed she suffers from stiff person syndrome, an incurable autoimmune disease that causes intense pain and spasms.
These symptoms have forced her to cancel several concerts since late 2022. Céline Dion urges her fans: "Don’t live with your pain alone. Talk about it, seek help. Don’t suffer in silence".
The famous Québécois singer revealed that she had resorted to Valium, a medication whose dependence and dangers can be fatal, in the hope of easing her unbearable suffering.
According to a medical dictionary, Valium is a tranquilizer in the benzodiazepine family brought to market by Roche in 1963. Used to treat anxiety accompanied by severe disorders, alcohol withdrawal, or to prevent or treat seizures, it is not without risks.
Let’s hope Céline never becomes dependent on this medication, which carries dangers.