Singer Demi Lovato Suffers A Heroin Overdose.

[JOSweetHeart]

I hate to say it, but I don't think she will see her way to 30 years old. Which is very sad because she is a very talented young lady.

If she can make it to her next birthday which I've read is on the 20th of next month, she will be 26.

God bless you and her always!!!

Holly

 

[koshergrl]

I did see it said that she is in stable condition. I don't know anything about this girl other than her collaboration with country singer Brad Paisley named "Without A Fight". My questions at the moment where she is concerned would be these two: Why do people go down such a road in the first place? What good difference do they think that there is in it?

God bless you and her and Brad always!!!

Holly

Demi Lovato is a DISNEY prodigy. She has been exploited since very young child hood.

She is a musical talent that leaves Taylor Swift gasping for air...and everybody with talent recognizes it...but she's bi-polar and has been quite open about her battles with drug addiction, eating disorders, and self harming.

Probably violently sexually abused in Hollywood from the age of 7 or so.

 

[koshergrl]

Love Demi, praying for her and all those affected by addiction:

 

[Picaro]

Dind't know she was a Disney kid. That explains a lot. I knew Aguilera was, and have always cut her some slack on being a loon because of it. All of them I'm familiar with appear to be mentally ill.
She likes blaming her neurosis on being 'from a military family', or something, iirc; I guess they're brainwashed into not looking around at each other and go with the " Let's Blame Daddy!!!' hand wave.

Britney Spears is another Disney kid who hasn't managed to kill herself yet, as well.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Heroin overdoses happen because it is illegal.

What if drug usage wasn't illegal? Then what?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. The sad thing is that people would only find something else to turn to if drugs didn't exist. Just like if there were no guns, another form of self defense/violence would then be turned to.

 

[koshergrl]

Heroin overdoses happen because it is illegal.

What if drug usage wasn't illegal? Then what?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. The sad thing is that people would only find something else to turn to if drugs didn't exist. Just like if there were no guns, another form of self defense/violence would then be turned to.

They would still od.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

At least she is the good kind of heroin addict, the kind we can humanize and care about more -- maybe it'll rub off onto us REALLY caring about the other drug addicts who don't have record deals -- but I doubt it.

 

[koshergrl]

At least she is the good kind of heroin addict, the kind we can humanize her and care about more -- maybe it'll rub off onto us REALLY caring about the other drug addicts who don't have record deals -- but I doubt it.

Some of us do care about them.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Probably like most entertainers, she's depressed and seeks an artificial escape in drugs.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

At least she is the good kind of heroin addict, the kind we can humanize her and care about more -- maybe it'll rub off onto us REALLY caring about the other drug addicts who don't have record deals -- but I doubt it.

Some of us do care about them.

Not enough to change these policies....

 

[koshergrl]

Probably like most entertainers, she's depressed and seeks an artificial escape in drugs.

Like most entertainers, she's been raised on a belief that they have no control over their emotions, and drugs can fix anything.

She's probably been medicated since the age of 10 or so.

Then people wonder why kids are bipolar.

 

[westwall]

Heroin overdoses happen because it is illegal.

What if drug usage wasn't illegal? Then what?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. The sad thing is that people would only find something else to turn to if drugs didn't exist. Just like if there were no guns, another form of self defense/violence would then be turned to.

They would still od.

Yes, but the stigma of being a felon would be gone and instead we could treat it as the medical condition that it is. Add to that the cost of the drugs would plummet so all of the residential burglaries that result of that would disappear. In the long run it would be far, far better for society, and the victims of drug abuse, if drugs were legalized.

 

[westwall]

Probably like most entertainers, she's depressed and seeks an artificial escape in drugs.

Like most entertainers, she's been raised on a belief that they have no control over their emotions, and drugs can fix anything.

She's probably been medicated since the age of 10 or so.

Then people wonder why kids are bipolar.

Bipolar is a medical condition that she was BORN with. You don't "develop" bipolar disorder from how you live.

 

[koshergrl]

Probably like most entertainers, she's depressed and seeks an artificial escape in drugs.

Like most entertainers, she's been raised on a belief that they have no control over their emotions, and drugs can fix anything.

She's probably been medicated since the age of 10 or so.

Then people wonder why kids are bipolar.

Bipolar is a medical condition that she was BORN with. You don't "develop" bipolar disorder from how you live.

Bipolar can be something some people are born with..it has to do with brain structure and function...but there is absolutely no solid foundation that asserts that every person diagnosed as *bi polar* was *born with it*.

And there's no real test, aside from "do you hear/see things that aren't there"....and many so called *bi polar* people have never experienced that.

Remember, psychiatry is not a science. Not even close.

"
No one knows exactly what causes bipolar disorder. Researchers suggest that a combination of different factors, including physical, environmental and social, increase your chance of developing the condition.

On this page you can find information on:

• childhood trauma
• stressful life events
• brain chemistry
• genetic inheritance

Childhood trauma
Some experts believe that experiencing a lot of emotional distress as a child can cause you to develop bipolar disorder. This can include experiences like:

• sexual or physical abuse
• neglect
• traumatic events
• losing someone very close to you, such as a parent or carer

This could be because experiencing trauma and distress as a child can have a big effect on your ability to regulate your emotions."

Causes | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems

 

[westwall]

Probably like most entertainers, she's depressed and seeks an artificial escape in drugs.

Like most entertainers, she's been raised on a belief that they have no control over their emotions, and drugs can fix anything.

She's probably been medicated since the age of 10 or so.

Then people wonder why kids are bipolar.

Bipolar is a medical condition that she was BORN with. You don't "develop" bipolar disorder from how you live.

Bipolar can be something some people are born with..it has to do with brain structure and function...but there is absolutely no solid foundation that asserts that every person diagnosed as *bi polar* was *born with it*.

And there's no real test, aside from "do you hear/see things that aren't there"....and many so called *bi polar* people have never experienced that.

Remember, psychiatry is not a science. Not even close.

"
No one knows exactly what causes bipolar disorder. Researchers suggest that a combination of different factors, including physical, environmental and social, increase your chance of developing the condition.

On this page you can find information on:

• childhood trauma
• stressful life events
• brain chemistry
• genetic inheritance

Childhood trauma
Some experts believe that experiencing a lot of emotional distress as a child can cause you to develop bipolar disorder. This can include experiences like:

• sexual or physical abuse
• neglect
• traumatic events
• losing someone very close to you, such as a parent or carer

This could be because experiencing trauma and distress as a child can have a big effect on your ability to regulate your emotions."

Causes | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems

The only way that bipolar can develop after birth is from severe physical trauma, think depressed skull fracture. Some cases are more profound than others, just like on the autism spectrum. But other than trauma, bipolar is a genetic flaw. What complicates matters is when they are in their manic phase they get tons done and they exist in a state of euphoria. Nothing is too challenging. The depressive cycle though is where the problems come from.

The drugs used to treat the disorder have one terrible side effect, the euphoria is eliminated and replaced with a sense of living in a bubble of gauze. Everything is muted, so, most bipolar sufferers will stop taking the drugs because that sense of being smothered is too much for them.

 

[koshergrl]

"Causes
Bipolar disorder does not appear to have a single cause but is more likely to result from a range of factors that interact."

Bipolar disorder: Causes, symptoms, and treatment

 

[koshergrl]

Probably like most entertainers, she's depressed and seeks an artificial escape in drugs.

Like most entertainers, she's been raised on a belief that they have no control over their emotions, and drugs can fix anything.

She's probably been medicated since the age of 10 or so.

Then people wonder why kids are bipolar.

Bipolar is a medical condition that she was BORN with. You don't "develop" bipolar disorder from how you live.

Bipolar can be something some people are born with..it has to do with brain structure and function...but there is absolutely no solid foundation that asserts that every person diagnosed as *bi polar* was *born with it*.

And there's no real test, aside from "do you hear/see things that aren't there"....and many so called *bi polar* people have never experienced that.

Remember, psychiatry is not a science. Not even close.

"
No one knows exactly what causes bipolar disorder. Researchers suggest that a combination of different factors, including physical, environmental and social, increase your chance of developing the condition.

On this page you can find information on:

• childhood trauma
• stressful life events
• brain chemistry
• genetic inheritance

Childhood trauma
Some experts believe that experiencing a lot of emotional distress as a child can cause you to develop bipolar disorder. This can include experiences like:

• sexual or physical abuse
• neglect
• traumatic events
• losing someone very close to you, such as a parent or carer

This could be because experiencing trauma and distress as a child can have a big effect on your ability to regulate your emotions."

Causes | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems

The only way that bipolar can develop after birth is from severe physical trauma, think depressed skull fracture. Some cases are more profound than others, just like on the autism spectrum. But other than trauma, bipolar is a genetic flaw. What complicates matters is when they are in their manic phase they get tons done and they exist in a state of euphoria. Nothing is too challenging. The depressive cycle though is where the problems come from.

The drugs used to treat the disorder have one terrible side effect, the euphoria is eliminated and replaced with a sense of living in a bubble of gauze. Everything is muted, so, most bipolar sufferers will stop taking the drugs because that sense of being smothered is too much for them.

That's a theory.

Schizophrenia of the real kind, where they start hearing voices or seeing things out of the blue when they hit adolescence, that's genetic.

But bi-polar is a catchall phrase given to us by the shills of the 70s and 80s and they used it to promote the theory that all character flaws or emotional issues = mental illness and all mental illness can be cured with drugs.

 

[Gracie]

Meh. She was partying hard the night before. Everyone scrammed from that party when she OD. She has the means to help herself, which she has obviously not done. Now many are falling all over themselves in giving her "support" which she had to begin with. Meanwhile, joe blow down the street, and jane doe, are struggling but are stepped over as they lay on the corner gutter because they are unknowns.

 

[westwall]

"Causes
Bipolar disorder does not appear to have a single cause but is more likely to result from a range of factors that interact."

Bipolar disorder: Causes, symptoms, and treatment

More than suggest. The incidence of those having the disorder having relatives with it is very high. More than 50%. That's the genetic factor. The paragraph below doesn't tell you why they have it, just what the results are. The hormonal imbalance is, yet again, a genetic factor.

The environmental factors theory has no basis from published studies. What is known is bipolar in general doesn't "present" till age 25 though it can manifest at any age. Once again, the genetic predisposition is there, but the trigger is not known. Drug usage can definitely be the trigger that sets it off, but once again, there has to be that genetic predisposition. If the drugs are never used, there is still a chance that it will develop at any time thanks, once again, to that genetic predisposition.





From your link

"Bipolar disorder does not appear to have a single cause but is more likely to result from a range of factors that interact.

Genetic factors
Some studies have suggested that there may be a genetic component to bipolar disorder. It is more likely to emerge in a person who has a family member with the condition.

More than suggest. The incidence of those having the disorder having relatives with it is very high. More than 50%. That's the genetic factor. The paragraph below doesn't tell you why they have it, just what the results are. The hormonal imbalance is, yet again, a genetic factor.

The environmental factors theory has no basis from published studies. What is known is bipolar in general doesn't "present" till age 25 though it can manifest at any age. Once again, the genetic predisposition is there, but the trigger is not known.



Biological traits
Patients with bipolar disorder often show physical changes in their brains, but the link remains unclear.

Brain-chemical imbalances: Neurotransmitter imbalances appear to play a key role in many mood disorders, including bipolar disorder.

Hormonal problems: Hormonal imbalances might trigger or cause bipolar disorder.

Environmental factors: Abuse, mental stress, a "significant loss," or some other traumatic event may contribute to or trigger bipolar disorder.

One possibility is that some people with a genetic predisposition for bipolar disorder may not have noticeable symptoms until an environmental factor triggers a severe mood swing."

 

[westwall]

Probably like most entertainers, she's depressed and seeks an artificial escape in drugs.

Like most entertainers, she's been raised on a belief that they have no control over their emotions, and drugs can fix anything.

She's probably been medicated since the age of 10 or so.

Then people wonder why kids are bipolar.

Bipolar is a medical condition that she was BORN with. You don't "develop" bipolar disorder from how you live.

Bipolar can be something some people are born with..it has to do with brain structure and function...but there is absolutely no solid foundation that asserts that every person diagnosed as *bi polar* was *born with it*.

And there's no real test, aside from "do you hear/see things that aren't there"....and many so called *bi polar* people have never experienced that.

Remember, psychiatry is not a science. Not even close.

"
No one knows exactly what causes bipolar disorder. Researchers suggest that a combination of different factors, including physical, environmental and social, increase your chance of developing the condition.

On this page you can find information on:

• childhood trauma
• stressful life events
• brain chemistry
• genetic inheritance

Childhood trauma
Some experts believe that experiencing a lot of emotional distress as a child can cause you to develop bipolar disorder. This can include experiences like:

• sexual or physical abuse
• neglect
• traumatic events
• losing someone very close to you, such as a parent or carer

This could be because experiencing trauma and distress as a child can have a big effect on your ability to regulate your emotions."

Causes | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems

The only way that bipolar can develop after birth is from severe physical trauma, think depressed skull fracture. Some cases are more profound than others, just like on the autism spectrum. But other than trauma, bipolar is a genetic flaw. What complicates matters is when they are in their manic phase they get tons done and they exist in a state of euphoria. Nothing is too challenging. The depressive cycle though is where the problems come from.

The drugs used to treat the disorder have one terrible side effect, the euphoria is eliminated and replaced with a sense of living in a bubble of gauze. Everything is muted, so, most bipolar sufferers will stop taking the drugs because that sense of being smothered is too much for them.

That's a theory.

Schizophrenia of the real kind, where they start hearing voices or seeing things out of the blue when they hit adolescence, that's genetic.

But bi-polar is a catchall phrase given to us by the shills of the 70s and 80s and they used it to promote the theory that all character flaws or emotional issues = mental illness and all mental illness can be cured with drugs.

No, it's not a theory. My wifes best friend from grad school runs the Mental Health Dept. for one of the countries biggest counties and she deals with it all of the time. One of my cousins is afflicted as well so I have been able to view it up close and personal for over 50 years.