How many of you have ever "accidently overdosed"?

[Herbert Anchovy]

No, Jason, thank you for keeping it real, yo. You stand bestride us all like a Colossus.

 

[sartrean]

Here we go again: To assume that money somehow assures mental health is comically ignorant. The size of Owens' contract has no relevance to the discussion.

It's very relevant because the T.O. OD story would not be a story if T.O. was just a janitor at Texas stadium and ODed on pain pills. people like T.O. put the fans in the stands. Money is germane to this topic.

 

[poindexter]

Does anybody here segregate their pills and keep the rest in a drawer?

 

[MGoBlue]

Terrell who?

 

[SF_Express]

As a guy who's taking more pills than ever before, I actually see how this could happen.

 

[paris trout]

Here we go again: To assume that money somehow assures mental health is comically ignorant. The size of Owens' contract has no relevance to the discussion.

It's very relevant because the T.O. OD story would not be a story if T.O. was just a janitor at Texas stadium and ODed on pain pills. people like T.O. put the fans in the stands. Money is germane to this topic.

You're confusing the issue. You, like the publicist, assume that T.O. would not attempt to kill himself because he has a $25 million contract. The idea that Owens is an engine of commerce is a non sequitur.

 

[Ace]

I had some surgery years ago and was in quite a lot of pain. The painkillers they prescribed did not take away the pain, so I kept increasing the dosage and by the time I returned to the doctor the next day I had used an entire prescription that was meant to last several days. I was never pain-free that night, but I did have some severe nausea and some very strange thoughts ... and probably other side-effects that I no longer recall. So, yes, I can see how it could happen. By the way, the doc gave me stronger stuff the next day.

I agree.

Once my dog wacked me in the eye while we were horsing around. He scratched my cornea, but I didn't know it was that serious. It just hurt like a bench.

I went to work could barely see, it was a deadline day at the weekly I worked at. The next day, the pain had not gone away, so I went to the quickie medical office. The doctor fixed it up, but said the pain would probably be with me for a few more days. He prescribed Vicodin, which is not that powerful of a pain killer. He gave me 10 of them.

The Vicodin puts you in such a state that you feel invincible, but doesn't really take the pain away. It just puts your thoughts on other things. So I kept taking them, and I had a couple of beers as I usually do after I get the paper out.

Nothing bad happened, but the next day my ME was banging on my door wondering where the heck I was. He said he'd been calling me all day long. It was 4 oclock in the afternoon and I had slept for like 16 hours.

I see how it could happen especially if somebody's taking oxycontin.

When I saw the crawl that T.O. tried to commit suicide, I figured it was an exageration either on the part of the press or the cops or both. If I had T.O.'s money, suicide would not be an option ever. I may not be at the top of my game, but with his assets, I could at least choose my own misery (paraphrased from a rodney dangerfield movie). It just doesn't stand to reason that the guy would kill himself, but I don't know. I guess it's possible.

But facts. Facts are what are essential in reporting and so often the news media runs with speculation as facts. And cops are bunch of re-tards. I don't ever believe them.

FYI,

As someone who has had this happen more than once, do not go to a quicky medial place. Go to the eye doctor. They will check it out, put some drops in your eye and give you a contact lense to wear for a couple days that will completely take care of the pain.

No need for pain pills -- unless you just like them.

 

[sartrean]

Yeah, I'm not all about having to go to Dr. A for the referral to see high priced Dr. B who's an eye doctor. I'm poor, ya know, I'm a sports journalist.

 

[Ace]

Yeah, I'm not all about having to go to Dr. A for the referral to see high priced Dr. B who's an eye doctor. I'm poor, ya know, I'm a sports journalist.

Well, I didn't even use insurance. Wasn't too bad. Anyplace that sells glasses could handle it. Probably even Sunglass Hut in the mall.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

Here we go again: To assume that money somehow assures mental health is comically ignorant. The size of Owens' contract has no relevance to the discussion.

It's very relevant because the T.O. OD story would not be a story if T.O. was just a janitor at Texas stadium and ODed on pain pills. people like T.O. put the fans in the stands. Money is germane to this topic.

You're confusing the issue. You, like the publicist, assume that T.O. would not attempt to kill himself because he has a $25 million contract. The idea that Owens is an engine of commerce is a non sequitur.

Ask Kurt Cobain about the theory that engines of commerce don't kill themselves. Oh yeah, you can't....he shot himself after selling a gazillion records. If you're a miserable poor person, you'll probably be a miserable rich person.
For T.O.'s publicist to think right away that he tried to kill himself shows that people around him think he's capable of suicide. That's not good. They need to grab the guy, make him get out of the drama factory and force him to get some kind of treatment.

 

[cougargirl]

LOL, Whitlock had Colt 45, my weapon of choice was tequila.

However, a couple years ago I had really bad back problems and was given muscle relaxers as part of treatment. Every time my back gets tight I take one and call it a night. After an especially long day I took two and sprawled out on the couch. Half an hour later I was entirely numb, could not get off the couch if my life depended on it. Note to self: no more than one muscle relaxer.

 

[leo1]

once i had a bad headache so i took four advil. bad idea. stomach killed and headache didn't even get better, i assume because taking that much advil is bad for your brain.