Rosie O’Donnell Says She Can’t Get Xanax in Ireland: ‘I’m Very Disappointed’

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O’DONNELL: “But I talked to my psychopharm guy from New York and said, you know, because have been using Remor — no, what is it called? Trazodone to sleep. And Trazodone is not really a sleeping aid, it's a depression medication, usually for people who are addicted to something. That's what I read, at least, online. I'm not addicted to anything and — well, I was, sugar, but that's over. Thank you, Mounjaro. So I asked him if could get Xanax because, you know, Xanax to sleep is fantastic You take one, it puts you to sleep. And to me, I sleep the whole night. But he’s like, 'I don’t like to give Xanax.' I'm like, 'You’ve been my shrink for so long. I have never abused any kind of med.' I don’t know why people would abuse Xanax, because all it does is make you sleepy. You know, at least if — you know, marijuana, you get a buzz, you get a high, you get a — like, when you drink, you get a little, you know, some kind of lift, even though it's a depressive innately. But you do get some kind of a, you know, change of your mood from it. And Xanax, all you do is get put to sleep. So I’m very disappointed that he wouldn’t do it. I'm going to ask my GP when I'm here. I'm not sure, in Ireland, where you get psych meds or sleeping meds. Maybe it is your GP."