#4358289 - 05/19/17 06:23 PM
Re: R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
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Chris Cornell's widow says he was prescribed Ativan, which is used for seizures or anxiety...but a side effect is paranoia or suicidal thoughts, and can affect judgement. She also said he told her he may have taken one or two more than he should have which made it worse.
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#4358320 - 05/19/17 09:28 PM
Re: R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
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Suicide can be such an elusive and mysterious thing to try and understand. Using statistics shows over 90% of people committing suicides suffered depressive episodes before their death. And clinically depressed people have a mortality rate of 15% - by suicide. Chris Cornell's widow says he was prescribed Ativan, which is used for seizures or anxiety...but a side effect is paranoia or suicidal thoughts, and can affect judgement. She also said he told her he may have taken one or two more than he should have which made it worse. But having this triggered by outside factors is plain evil.
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#4358322 - 05/19/17 09:34 PM
Re: R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
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Ativan withdrawal is a rougher thing than opiate withdrawal. Maybe he was having trouble with that. Long term use of any benzo can be very dangerous. Benzo abuse (Xanax,Valium, Ativan) doesn't get the attention in the media it needs. Mix in a little alcohol, and you have a very bad recipe for disaster.
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#4358353 - 05/20/17 12:08 AM
Re: R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
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Thanks Jayhawk, that Temple of the Dog album instantly transports me to the 90s. RIP Chris Cornell.
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#4358628 - 05/22/17 01:51 AM
Re: R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
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Chris Cornell's widow says he was prescribed Ativan, which is used for seizures or anxiety...but a side effect is paranoia or suicidal thoughts, and can affect judgement. She also said he told her he may have taken one or two more than he should have which made it worse. Taking an extra Ativan isn't going to make him hang himself in the hotel bathroom. What she's really doing is trying to get the medical examiner to change the cause of death to 'accident' instead of suicide, so she can collect on the life insurance policy, which she can't do if his death is ruled a suicide.
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#4358634 - 05/22/17 02:35 AM
Re: R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
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[quote=Weasel_Keeper]Taking an extra Ativan isn't going to make him hang himself in the hotel bathroom. What she's really doing is trying to get the medical examiner to change the cause of death to 'accident' instead of suicide, so she can collect on the life insurance policy, which she can't do if his death is ruled a suicide. She originally neglected to mention anything about slurred speech or his saying he might have taken an extra one or two Ativan. All she said was that he sounded fine and did not sound depressed or suicidal. Then, after the coroner ruled it a suicide her story changed.
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