there was another interesting side to valipene withdrawal.carol had begun to notice with horror that her abdomen was rapidly expanding.she looked five months pregnant.the problem with that was that she wasnt.her clothes no longer fit while her body continued to expand every day.carol wondered where the ceiling was on her new found expansion.would it stop , or would she eventually explode ? she had begun to diet furiously , but was too weak to exercise.carol cursed herself and her doctor every waking minute of every day.there was no justification for the torment and no peace.the one question she had yet to ask herself was why she had needed the sedation in the first place.recovery comes in stages .