Pete Wentz says prescription drugs saved his life
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Pete Wentz is giving credit to prescription drugs for saving his life, but says that depressed kids shouldn’t mess with the stuff. Way to be a role model, Pete!
He suffers from bipolar disorder, from which he attempted suicide with a drug overdose in 2005. He opted for prescription medication to help him with the disorder, but doesn’t want any younger kids considering that as an option.
He says, “I think that medication has helped me at times in my life. I’ve needed to be on medication, it’s saved my life. But it’s definitely an over-medicated generation. Rather than having any kinds of conversations with anyone to solve our problems, we go and see what pill we can take to make it all go away.”
Don’t you just love how he contradicts himself? He takes the meds, but he doesn’t want you to. Weird.
HAHAHAHA Right? Well, I guess he is admitting to be a walking contradiction in the first place, so…
But when we are constantly bombarded with some of our fav musicians and performers are all going into rehab or collapsing on stage, it’s actually refreshing to see someone say “maybe the way to go is to deal with the chemical problem – in the head.”
That said, they all have to watch what they say – because too many people take what these average human beings (who are elevated to deity status) say as gospel.
Missed your blog! Hope all is well.
~ d
Comment by Billychic — October 31, 2008 @ 3:39 pm