The train wreck continues.

[patdog]

Johnny Manziel hospitalized after a "reaction to an adjustment in his prescription medications." Hope this guy gets turned around before it's too late.

Link

 

[Shmuley]

[FONT=&quot]"Manziel's rep, Denise Michaels, tells us ... "It seems like he had a reaction to an adjustment in his prescription."[/FONT]

It "seems like" monkeys just flew out of my ***.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Drugs are the freaking devil. Just. Don't.

 

[MSUDC11]

Ugh. The single most entertaining college football player I’ve ever watched. It’s so frustrating to see him keep making bad decisions, if this is what it appears to be.

 

[SyonaraStanz]

He was in town for a golf tournament and concert. My money's on he upped his dose or mixed something with his lithium.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I know who he got his prescription from
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[HumpDawgy]

It's nothing that a nice warm bath can't cure


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[tired]

Ugh. The single most entertaining college football player I’ve ever watched. It’s so frustrating to see him keep making bad decisions, if this is what it appears to be.

Really?

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I'm not a Manziel fan, but I think most ppl are reading into this wrong. He got new bi-polar meds and he had a negative reaction to the adjustment. I don't think this is related to opioids at all.

I was biased and shook my head as well when I saw the headline, but when I read the article, I think it was an actual legit medical issue.

 

[paindonthurt_]

At this point I don’t think he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

 

[patdog]

It's always possible the story he's putting out is the complete truth. I guess I'm just cynical enough to look at his history, the history of multiple other celebrities who almost always claim their overdoses are a "reaction to prescribed medication," and the type of event this occurred at, and think the more likely explanation is he was taking alcohol and/or recreational drugs and they reacted with the lithium in his system and cause an overdose.

 

[paindonthurt_]

That’s not being cynical. That’s using the evidence and history and making a logical assumption.
Could it be wrong? Sure, but it’s more likely to be right based on past.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I understand completely and I don't give him the benefit of the doubt either, but the story is pretty clear he had changes to his bi polar meds and he had a reaction to it. The headline is misleading and his past behavior (probably current behavior) would lead one to believe he's abusing prescription drugs.

 

[johnson86-1]

At this point I don’t think he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

It's not really giving the benefit of the doubt. Even if it was a mix of lithium with drugs or alcohol, I think for a lot of bipolar people, it's difficult to tell how much of their substance abuse problems were caused by being bipolar versus their substance abuse problems contributing to bipolar episodes. Especially since a lot of people don't present any bipolar symptoms until they get to college.

 

[maroonmadman]

My wife is bi-polar and takes lithium. She also works for the State Dept. of Mental health as a counselor. She is very skeptical of Manziel's claims. Increases in lithium dosage are done in very small increments over an extended period of time while being closely monitored by said persons mental health professional. In other words, she says it would be very difficult for this scenario to occur. However a small increase in lithium could cause an adverse reaction to other chemicals introduced into the body. Simply put her theory is the increase in lithium (if that is true) had an adverse reaction to something Manziel has been using recreationally all along. Excessive alcohol can also react badly with lithium.