Posted by paulk on June 28, 2001, at 3:33:00
In reply to Re: benzos » paulk, posted by Elizabeth on June 27, 2001, at 11:31:23
>How many? You said he was on Restoril -- that's a sleeping pill.
Yes – He was also on another benzo at the same time – be would take several of the resoril and had very slurred speech, stuble around, and would pass out – unable to be roused.
> Was a cause of death ever determined?
They removed a half a hotdog ->Was there a quantitative toxicology screen? If not, it's hardly reasonable to attribute his death to any one thing.
No screen that I know of – there was some kind of investigation – they found a lot more benzos that someone in his state should have had.
I’m guessing - but he was a extremely biolar – he would get manic and march the streets for days – the police knew him as quite crazy but harmless – and then crash - I was always amazed that he never seemed to break with reality as far as I knew. I used to stop by and get him food sometimes. – He had a trust set up, but still couldn’t keep his apartment clean and stocked with food. He would sometimes be quite filthy – sounds strange, but he was still a dear friend to me – he never would be afraid to tell things straight – frank to a fault – not what many would like, but we shared a love for classical music – he was quite smart – got a commercial license to run radio stations when he was only 13. As time went by his intellect deterrioted – much like a long term drunk (he didn’t drink probably would have killed him with all the benzos on board. )
I'm guessing - he probably needed very large doseages of benzos whren he was manic - and abused them at other times.
>Like I said, people in that situation -- severely mentally ill, nobody to support them, probably don't have access to the best medical care, etc. -- are endangered in all sorts of ways.
He used to be in a state hospital before they turned them all out – He probably would have done a lot better permanently in a half way house with someone metering out his drugs.
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