Charlie Bartlett Page #6

out of our student lounge.

Oh, absolutely.

-It's right here.

-All right.

-Thanks.

-No problem.

See you later, Charlie.

-Hey, girls. You gonna sign this?

-GlRL:
Yeah.

(HUMMlNG)

Hi.

-You're Charlie Bartlett, right?

-Yeah.

I'm Kip. Kip Crombwell.

Nice to meet you, Kip.

Yeah.

Do you think there's any way

that we could maybe talk in private?

Sure.

HENRY:
Everyone, come on, this petition

gets those cameras out of our lounge.

So, what's up?

Is it true that you can get a hold

of medication?

Yeah, I guess. Why? What's going on?

I'm, like, totally depressed.

I've been having these spells,

and trouble breathing,

mostly in class.

What does it feel like?

It feels like a heart attack.

But I'm thinking, you know,

it's probably mental.

And I can't go to my parents about it,

because they already think I'm a freak,

so I just thought that you...

Look, I'm not a doctor, but...

I don't know if Ritalin's gonna help you.

Do you know what would?

I'm not sure.

But I'm gonna find out.

I'm gonna work this out, I promise.

Yeah.

Thanks.

I get short of breath and dizzy,

you know, nausea, blurred vision.

I mean, sometimes it feels like

a heart attack.

Yeah, we call that a panic attack.

Oh, is that what they call it?

Well, what can we do?

Well, I think maybe

I'll put you on a low dose of

Xanax and Zoloft.

Okay, so, here's the thing.

In everything that I've read,

there's not one case of anyone dying

of a panic attack.

-No?

-No. Not one.

So the next time you start to feel anxious,

you just tell yourself,

"Hey, I'm having a panic attack.

I'm not gonna die.

"ln fact, in 15 minutes,

I'll probably feel fine."

What do I do until then?

CHARLlE:
Murph, start him on

and half a milligram of Xanax as needed.

Here, Kip, this should provide you

with some relief

and we'll just meet next week,

same time, same place, okay?

(BELL RlNGlNG)

-Thank you, Charlie.

-No problem. Be nice, Murphy.

Charlie, I spoke to Dr. Weathers today.

He said you may have not only ADD,

but a whole battery

of psychological disorders

that will likely plague you for life.

(SCOFFS)

Sounds a bit melodramatic,

don't you think?

That's what I said.

Then he went on to imply that

you may have inherited it from me.

I was rather perturbed.

I mean, look at me.

I'm as fit as a f***ing fiddle.

Can't argue with that.

Are you making any friends at all?

Working on it.

He says he doesn't want to see me.

I can't stop crying.

Well, sometimes people say one thing

and they really mean another, like...

He called me a loser,

and last night he hit my mom.

You have to understand that

what he's doing isn't because of you.

He hates his life so much that...

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