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Michael Jackson “Desperately” Sought Sedative, Nutritionist Says

6/30/09, 8:03 pm EST

Photo: Sullivan/Getty

In the months leading up to his sudden death last week at age 50, Michael Jackson was “adamant” about receiving a powerful intravenous sedative called Diprivan or Propofol, nurse/nutritionist Cherilyn Lee, who treated the star, tells the AP. And just four days before he died, one of Jackson’s aides placed a desperate call to Lee, indicating Jackson was extremely ill. ” ‘One side of my body is hot, it’s hot, and one side of my body is cold,’ ” Lee overheard Jackson saying in the background. She advised him to rush to a hospital, assuming “somebody had given him something that hit the central nervous system.”

An overdose of a sedative like Diprivan can cause a person to stop breathing, leading to a buildup of carbon dioxide in the body that ultimately leads to erratic heartbeat and cardiac arrest, an anesthesiologist tells the AP. Jackson did not go to the hospital on June 21st when Lee was called, however he was rushed to UCLA Medical Center on June 25th after falling unconscious in his Los Angeles home and not responding to CPR. Lee tells the AP, “He was in trouble Sunday and he was crying out.” TMZ reports that Propofol was recovered at Jackson’s home.

Lee says that Jackson was experiencing severe insomnia as he rehearsed for his “This Is It!” run of comeback concerts due to kick off July 13th at London’s O2 Arena. She first met the superstar in January when she treated his children for minor colds with vitamins. Jackson reported his difficulties sleeping and demonstrated his inabilities to stay asleep when Lee stayed over one evening to monitor his nighttime behavior. Jackson went to bed with classical music playing on a sound system and Donald Duck playing on a computer he kept in bed with him. After awaking after only three hours’ sleep, Jackson said, “All I want is to be able to sleep. I want to be able to sleep eight hours. I know I’ll feel better the next day.”

“He wasn’t looking to get high or feel good and sedated from drugs,” Lee told the AP. “This was a person who was not on drugs. This was a person who was seeking help, desperately, to get some sleep, to get some rest.” Lee says she advised Jackson the drug was dangerous — “The only problem is you’re going to take it and you’re not going to wake up” — but Jackson said he had received the drug before, refusing to name the doctor who administered it.

Questions over Jackson’s alleged use of prescription drugs have filled the papers since his death last week. “We know he was taking some prescription medication,” the coroner’s office said when initial autopsy results were released; cause of death will not be established until toxicology tests are returned in four to six weeks. After his three-hour interview with the LAPD, Dr. Conrad Murray stated via his attorney that he did not give Jackson a shot of Demerol as rumored. “There was no Demerol. No OxyContin,” his lawyer said.

Today TMZ reported that police search warrants for Jackson’s home specified controlled substances and needles, and that the LAPD is also seeking to question the singer’s onetime dermatologist Arnold Klein (who Us Weekly named as the father of two of Jackson’s children) over prescriptions he may have issued to Jackson. Former Jackson family attorney Brian Oxman also told Us Weekly, “I warned them there was the misuse of prescription medications by people who were enabling him; his handlers, folks who should never have been permitted to allow him to use those medications in the manner I observed.”


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Nance | 6/30/2009, 9:40 pm EST

Will this NEVER end???????

Marsarticlander | 6/30/2009, 10:13 pm EST

Sounds like he was desperate – there are plenty of MD’s who are only in the medical business for the money, not the humanity – he would have located one of them sooner or later – sounds like he found one – and it killed him.

kassandra | 6/30/2009, 10:27 pm EST

No one killed Jackson, he did it to himself. He began this process of self-destruction years ago. Why blame others? He just paid for what he wanted. He knew what he was doing he was a 50 year old man, not a kid.

@yogini | 6/30/2009, 10:37 pm EST

Saddening that no one was there to be the friend he needed

Anonymous | 6/30/2009, 10:41 pm EST

i think further research is deperately needed and it is true some are in for the money and not for the respect of humanity and it is sad beloved Michael did not deserve to die point blank an I am very very upset with what is going on in this world we should be working together to help each other not to destroy each other because of greed .

LOVE | 6/30/2009, 10:41 pm EST

i think further research is deperately needed and it is true some are in for the money and not for the respect of humanity and it is sad beloved Michael did not deserve to die point blank an I am very very upset with what is going on in this world we should be working together to help each other not to destroy each other because of greed .

Johnny | 6/30/2009, 11:50 pm EST

I blame president Bush. It is his fault.

Eve | 7/1/2009, 12:02 am EST

Can diprivan be detected in the blood or urine during autopsy?

TrishaRN | 7/1/2009, 1:04 am EST

So complete breech of confidentiality? She should get her license taken away!!! She’s a licensed registered nurse that is publicly telling the world the symptoms he felt, the drugs he was asking for? Really now.

Like the doctor said, that drug is usually only given in a hospital setting. If he did receive it, he would have had someone giving it to him IV in his own home.

And the people working around him even said he was energetic, hitting all his beats. Slightly skinny. But if he was someone receiving high doses of sedatives. Wouldn’t he be seemingly lethargic? Or something of the sort? It was stated that nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

And why would she do that? How disgusting.

Everyone blurts out, “OMG he’s a drug addict”…. Making it sound like he was addicted to Heroine or Cocaine or some other shit. He’s 50 freaking years old, most older patients are addicted to pain killers!! And if he had been receiving pain killers since 1983, back then there wasn’t a big controversy over the potential addiction to pain killers.

And also, polypharmacy isn’t uncommon in older adults. Come to my parents house and you’ll also pull out two bags of prescribed drugs. Big deal. The only difference is there’s two nurses living in mine.

Everyone is so quick to say “OMG! Why would he do that? He did it to himself!” Well no one was living the stressful, under-the-microscope life that he was living.

The people who are NOT close to him are the ones that are quick to judge. Yet those that followed in his circle hold that he was a good man, a good father, an innocent soul.

I, too, am with Rev. Al Sharpton! People should be honoring his legacy!

esther | 7/1/2009, 1:23 am EST

Michael jackson is a wonderful entertainer, and he will be miss a lot. People should let him rest in peace.

Disco Stu - ATX | 7/1/2009, 1:56 am EST

Haha… It’s All Bush’s fault! Haha.. Love that! I’m sad about his passing & sad for his kids. But enough already. If I see this on TV again I’ll quit my severe addiction to masturbation.

anonymous | 7/1/2009, 2:02 am EST

i agree with marsarticlander,
MJ’s friend who were practicing doctors should have seek help from a drug rehabilitation unit. rather than keep patronizing MJ.

Jamie | 7/1/2009, 2:09 am EST

Leave him alone already! He gave his whole life to the stage…he was very messed up from living like that…so what if he took painkillers…he was in pain…mentally and physically. Let the guy rest!

emmy | 7/1/2009, 2:13 am EST

If true, this story should be told. Personally, I’ve experienced insomnia only a handful of times in my life, and for only one night each time, so it’s a little bit hard for me to empathize. I’ve had friends who have been desperate for lack of sleep, though, and I know that severe insomnia can become an obsession that overshadows someone’s entire life. I wasn’t a big Jackson fan, but I certainly hope that he isn’t written off as someone who was abusing drugs for recreational purposes if he was actually trying to get some relief for a medical problem. People who say “just let him rest in peace” don’t seem to get the point. He was only 50, and if the truth of why he died isn’t revealed his legacy will end up being the worst-case scenario. Insomnia is a tough, widespread, medical problem that frequently has no obvious medical solution. If this is what killed him, it elevates the entire story to a true tragedy. As such, maybe some good can come from it.

Iknow | 7/1/2009, 2:25 am EST

I am so sick of people downplaying the abuse of prescription drugs! Jackson displayed CLASSIC drug-seeking ADDICT behavior and Prescription Painkillers ARE in the DIRECT CLOSE family of HEROIN!! Heroin and all opiod painkillers (Vicodin, Demerol, Morphine,etc.) are one and the same. Too bad MJ never had anyone push him hard enough to seek treatment and a good spiritual or 12-step program. It seems as if he was an addict – plain and simple. And, addiction is a PROGRESSIVE and DEADLY disease. So sad.

too funny | 7/1/2009, 3:13 am EST

Yea if it is Bush’s fault, I am sure Obama will fix it lol

steve | 7/1/2009, 3:15 am EST

I kinda hope this is true. It’s horrible that he died, and I have been a life long fan but If he died because he was “getting high” on prescription drugs then his legacy is gonna have an astric next to it. If this doctor or this Klein guy injected him with this then they need to be charged with manslaughter! Especially if he was complaining about problems four days earlier and neither of them did anything. It sounds like instead of taking him to the hospital and having tests done or see what the problem might be they just filled him with whatever they thought would do the job. Of course Michael was complaining and begging for the drug, he was in agony. But you still have a rule of ethics that you must abide by! This is just my guess and I’ll wait for the facts but this whole situation sounds like it could have been avoided if people just helped him instead of giving him whatever he asked for.

Doris | 7/1/2009, 3:55 am EST

I think that god sends us angels to see how good or bad our world is , Michael Jackson was one of them and we so sadly failed yet again ! RIP Michael we hope the world will be a better place!!!

Doris | 7/1/2009, 3:55 am EST

I think that god sends us angels to see how good or bad our world is , Michael Jackson was one of them and we so sadly failed yet again ! RIP Michael we hope the world will be a better place!!!

Ray | 7/1/2009, 5:13 am EST

This circus became a carnival when Joe Jackson brought in the irreverant reverends. Jesse and Al seem to pop up any time there are cameras.

As for people enabling Michael, that happens with every superstar. No one wants to get booted off the payroll. Artists like Elvis and Michael weren’t strong (or smart)enough to accept the fact they were slowly kiling themselves.

By the way, where were all these Jackson fanatics when his albums were not selling for the past 10 years?

maylyn | 7/1/2009, 5:27 am EST

i love sedatives!!!

david | 7/1/2009, 5:32 am EST

I live in L.A. how come i don’t see Michael Jackson?! why is dat?! THRILLER!

maylyn | 7/1/2009, 5:38 am EST

“Heal the world. Make it a better place for him..” Hope this is a lesson to some people who are not contented to their bodies!
Drugs can kill you. bow.

detectable? | 7/1/2009, 6:23 am EST

Seems if this were true we may never know as this anesthesia seems to have an extremely short 1/2 life and is all but gone from the body very quickly which is why it’s used for medical procedures like GI ones, etc.

I wonder if by the delay of calling 911 it might not even be detectable.

detectable? | 7/1/2009, 6:48 am EST

Hmm…seems a few cases where this was self administered indeed could not be ruled cause of death via tox studies..even specialized ones due to how it metabolizes…here is one excerpt:

The results of toxicological investigation suggested that death was not directly caused by propofol intoxication, however, based on the pathomorphological changes detected during the medico-legal autopsy we supposed that the fatal outcome was resulted by respiratory depression after rapid injection.

And…seems they used this particular method to try and detect as they KNEW she had self administered the drug right before death:

The propofol level of the blood sample was measured with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after liquid-liquid extraction.

Andrea | 7/1/2009, 7:22 am EST

Why won’t we let him rest in peace?

Loranger | 7/1/2009, 7:40 am EST

The fear of trying to top Prince at the o2 scared him to death.

Prince won, game over.

IVY | 7/1/2009, 7:42 am EST

By the outbursts thet are going by,The world Loved Michael.We did nothing to ease his pain,we closed our ears when he called on those of us around him.We are a wicked generation that cannot protect that,which we highly value.Its sad that those around him were after his money and not well being

Tig | 7/1/2009, 8:04 am EST

Doris– you think God sent us a child molesting angel?

JacksonFan | 7/1/2009, 8:43 am EST

1. Real fans didn’t have to purchase his music over the past 10 years because we already had it

2. According to the nurse, he wasn’t taking the meds to get high, but to control pain and insomnia

3. He was never proven to be a child molester

star | 7/1/2009, 8:45 am EST

Nance | 6/30/2009, 9:40 pm EST

Will this NEVER end???????

To Nance:

No I don’t think it’s going to end yet because they don’t know what killed him. Until they do this is going to continue.

Rick | 7/1/2009, 8:57 am EST

He was a singer. He was popular, but very quirky. He is dead. He no longer exists. He is a footnote. Time to move on.

Anonymous | 7/1/2009, 9:08 am EST

I just Miss the guy and hope that everyone can just let M.J Rest

SimplyAmazed | 7/1/2009, 9:14 am EST

The Jackson family, Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson. Bring the kiddies, this is a full blown circus with lots of clowns.

Kay | 7/1/2009, 9:17 am EST

Too many unanswered questions. Why did the doctor flee the scene? Why did he wait 30 minutes to call 911?

What I am afraid of: that this will end up being another Marilyn Monroe unresolved death.

Michael Jackson was one the greatest entertainers of this generation. A sublime singer. Turn off the music and just watch those moves. Man, could he move!

Let’s just remember the Music.
From Ben to Invincible. That’s all I’m going to remember.

WorldPeace | 7/1/2009, 10:37 am EST

Michael Jackson’s final words were, “Take me to the children’s hospital.”

Jackson Fans!!! | 7/1/2009, 10:51 am EST

The article title itself tells you the story. If you seek drugs desperately from a NUTRITIONIST, you’re a junkie. Especially a nutritionist who is dumb enough to go to the to the press and say that. Was she attempting to save his reputation? WTF!!! I’m sure this bitch did believe him because she’s an idiot. Intravenous use!!
If you’re a jackson fan think about it realistically.

yolshie12345 | 7/1/2009, 12:17 pm EST

well i feel like this isnt going to end and i dont want them to end it too soon because if they do that then all of what they were looking for was pointless. and the people who were providing drugs should be charged because when someone is ill and taking medication they are to be monitored also when giving medications that are strong. matter of fact they not suppose to give that may drugs to one person especially pain meds. what is this world coming to?

Kelly | 7/1/2009, 3:21 pm EST

Some of you who posted these comments are brutal. He had a problem with addiction and what you don’t get is that he would have done anything to feed his addiction. I’m sure to a point he thought he would get help and it would stop but it’s something an addict puts off.

Let the man rest in peace!

newton asare | 7/1/2009, 6:06 pm EST

It is too early micheal you should have known better rest in peace

always anonymous | 7/1/2009, 11:55 pm EST

TrishaRN: Bravo! thank you for a (finally!) intelligent honest look at the horrifically sad death of a true master of performance and a gorgeously amazing lovely man, brother, son, father and friend. that nutritionist/nurse practitioner has broken Hiipa laws and again, the tabloids and other leeches are in hog heaven. it is thoroughly disgusting and an unfit way to celebrate the life of a true visionary whose message really was all about love.

always anonymous | 7/1/2009, 11:57 pm EST

p.s. addiction is a DISEASE, not a WEAKNESS or WILLPOWER issue!

Brandy911 | 7/2/2009, 12:04 am EST

It’s very sad that this is what Michael Jackson had to rely on to sleep. I blame the media for his death really. The man was an eccentric who opened an amusment park due to the fact that he never actually had a childhood. Then parents preyed on him for money and he paid. It’s a terrible thing that happened to this man really. He was extremely talented and the world will miss him. He will always remain an icon. Now he is finally at rest without pressure or media or speculation and the world remembers the real Michael Jackson we all grew up with and loved. God Bless him!

coolhandluke | 7/2/2009, 12:19 am EST

I’ve watched an interview on CNN with Susan Malvo around 3:00pm on Monday, June 29th. Susan Malvo interviewed the lawyer, Attorney Edward Chernoff, who represents Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael’s physician. After reviewing the Susan Malvo interview with lawyer Edward Chernoff, I’M 100% CERTAIN, MICHAEL WAS MURDERED!!!

Here’s my evidence of a murder that may not only involve the physician but MANY MORE in an elaborate plot.
1. The lawyer said to Susan Malvo that Dr. Conrad Murray learned of Michael’s condition for about 30 minutes BEFORE HE MADE A CALL FOR HELP. The lawyer then rambled off several reasons. One of those reasons no LAN line phone in Michael’s room. What happened to CELL PHONES? Here’s another excuse: The doctor didn’t have Michael’s address to give a 911 dispatcher. Do you honestly believe a physician drives to see his patient and DOESN’T KNOW HIS ADDRESS, a physician that sometimes LIVED with his patient?
2. Susan Malvo asked again about not calling earlier and the lawyer responded that he was a heart doctor and he knows how to give CPR. By now, we know the good old doctor DID NOT KNOW HOW TO GIVE CPR because he gave him CPR on the BED, when everyone knows you give CPR on a hard surface. The 911 DISPATCHER had to tell the DOCTOR to put Michael on the floor. This is where he/they GOT TANGLED IN THEIR LIES and probably hadn’t thought about that when they called. Remember the old Colombo TV show? This was my Colombo moment. Why wouldn’t a CARDIOLOGIST have a Fibulator? Now you can use that ON THE BED.

Immy | 7/2/2009, 4:48 am EST

Let the guy rest in peace after all God let him give us his best. God be merciful to him and forgive him whatever went wrong during his life time

Anonymous | 7/2/2009, 9:18 am EST

Its so sad to know that Michael Jackson in his last momentos past away alone … if he was really alone which I dont think so… here a few people are involved in his death and we all know this someone is responsable.I know in my heart that Michael was surrounded lately by very evil people with an agenda behind his back and all our fan should order the justice system to maintain this case open put in jail those who have to do with Michaels jackson death…He was murder and these events took place slowly Justice must be made!Mia from Puerto Rico

Mia from Puerto Rico | 7/2/2009, 9:20 am EST

Its so sad to know that Michael Jackson in his last momentos past away alone … if he was really alone which I dont think so… here a few people are involved in his death and we all know this someone is responsable.I know in my heart that Michael was surrounded lately by very evil people with an agenda behind his back and all our fan should order the justice system to maintain this case open put in jail those who have to do with Michaels jackson death…He was murder and these events took place slowly Justice must be made!Mia from Puerto Rico

leithel | 7/3/2009, 5:58 pm EST

We are going to miss you MJ. We loved and love your music and your moves. We hope you find the happiness in death that seemed to elude you in life. You were a character who just wanted to be a kid. the child you were never allowed to be. Your father should never have had children. And we know your mom meant the world to you, but how weak a woman was she to let that freak of a dad control his children and use them for support. Parents take care of their kids, not the other way around. I am sorry no one was able to help you as a child, give you a real loving environment and just let you be a child. I hope god has a special play room for you in heaven, you deserve it. Thanks for all the beauty and love you brought to this world, nobody will ever move like you did.

sissy | 7/4/2009, 9:39 pm EST

it seems to me that MJ was just trying to have a child hood that he was never able to get due to his father. parents don’t realize at the time when their children are young that what they do at the time may come back and bite them in the butt

Anonymous | 7/5/2009, 10:54 pm EST

bwaaaaaaa! that is so sad, i felt so sorry when i read that in mj’s last moments he was crying out in pain. he was such a poor soul in need of some really good needed sleep. i was such a big fan of mj. love you mj, miss you always. rock on and live forever.

to nance | 7/6/2009, 4:18 am EST

that’s how the press work. they will dig and dig until they come up with something ‘new’. but they cause so much pain to the person concerned. they just do not focus on the good side of things. and to Ray: his fans were always here in this world and will always remember him.

Tazhin khan | 7/7/2009, 4:48 pm EST

thts the work of press a bad news for stars i sgood news for them….i always have belief in mj…….his death was not in peace .he died in pain….R.I.P mj

Anonymous | 7/7/2009, 10:28 pm EST

big fucking shit.. he was and now he is dead.. great job
think maybe willy mays

Friend | 7/10/2009, 10:03 am EST

MJ told Oprah that he wanted to “behave as Jesus did to love everyone and forgive everyone.” We all know how difficult that is to do in today’s cruel world. MJ was mistreated by so many people, family, friends, strangers, press, and others, yet he still managed to forgive and love, but I don’t think he could forget, those memories of disrespect were his demons. Perhaps, if he could have been strong enough to not let it consume him, his heart wouldn’t have broken and stop beating. I believe he was in strong emotional pain who should have counciling many years ago!

Ada | 7/10/2009, 1:17 pm EST

First, he was never convicted of child-molestation. The members of the jury voted unanimously that he was not guilty. 2nd, settling & paying doesn’t deem one guilty. Chris Tucker & Jay Leno both testified that one of his accusers’ parents called them trying to get money from them. Macauley testified that MJ never molested him. And recently, one of his accusers recanted what he said, saying that MJ actually did not molest him. And he said this after news of MJ’s death. So, there is no hard evidence whatsoever that he was a pedophile.

Thirdly, the guy who said that pop is 2mins long, etc… I think your idea of pop is limited to what you’re hearing on the radio these days. Obviously, you listen to Britney Spears & Beyonce. Michael’s music transcended the genre. I’m willing to bet that at one point in your life, you either listened to the Jackson 5 or tapped your foot to “Beat It”, maybe watched the “Thriller” video, or sang “Billie Jean” to yourself. He was interwoven in the fabric of our culture, there was no getting away
from him. You liked his music, whether you want to admit it or not.

Fourth, just because his albums did not sell as much as his “Thriller” album, doesn’t mean it didn’t sell at all. It was a “failure” by Jackson’s standards, but wasn’t a failure compared to the albums that were released at the same time. For the past 10 years, his album still sold millions.

Finally, Michael had a lot of demons he had to wrestle with. But who doesn’t? His struggles were just magnified a million times more because he was so popular.I’m not surprised that he had to take drugs to help him sleep. I mean, if you had music & ideas flowing through your head 24/7, & a perfectionist at that, you would be an insomniac too. Unfortunately, he had a lot of enablers, who wanted to keep getting paid, they didn’t think of MJ’s well-being at all. He wasn’t perfect, nobody is. Let’s just pray that he’s at peace.

I know I already said “finally”, but there’s one more thing I have to say… Undoubtedly, Prince is one of the greatest musicians ever, he is one of my favourites too. But his popularity, globally, was nowhere near MJ’s. Yes, he (Prince) was influential to the music world & kept it real all the time, but MJ opened doors, set precedences, united a generation on a global scale, & set the blueprints for most artists that came after him. He’s a huge part of pop culture. One of the greatest, if not THE greatest entertainer that ever lived.

Steve | 7/12/2009, 11:28 am EST

Oh poor Michael didnt have a childhood ?? Oh puulleeaassee!! He had adoring fans and he had a blast !! Most people would give anything to have been in his shoes as a child, what gives with this feel sorry for Michael garbage?? No one proved he molested kids, but you dont keep hanging around with boys and sleep with them and have boys in your house !!!! A grown man, where was a wife or spouse or mate ??? Why would you share your bed with little boys !?!?!?!?! Did you notice after he was no longer permitted to be with young boys at his home, he gave up. He was so freaked out over being found out that he couldnt sleep. Why didnt he go lift some weights or get a real job ?? Huh ? Eccentric out of touch has been. This is it ?!?! The last curtain call alright.

Pete | 7/13/2009, 6:10 am EST

Those cunning doctors are guilty. They want money and wanted money from MJ, seeing that he was easily manipluated and exploited. So they fed him drugs and did not advise him against it. That is a crime isn’t it? Doctors should not be motivated by greed. They are responsible for patients’ well-being. Those culprits ought to be dealt with.

Shanthi , India | 7/13/2009, 2:58 pm EST

Whatever you all say,,,its soooo sad that a great artiste like MJ had to die like this…his songs were sooo meaningful and relevant to the problems in the world..

annonymous II | 7/13/2009, 6:38 pm EST

I believe he had many things what he live for, but what happend when the feels won to the reason?
He was sick, obiously, but why the doctors didn´t help him and why a famous person like he don´t have persons interesting about it?
Either, nobody love him.

Rose | 7/13/2009, 6:58 pm EST

This is true, He was an adult, famous and different person, but why he wanted to destroy himself, obbiously he was sick, mental or not he was sick, and where was the persons said that loved him??, why he was so along? why he wanted to change all things about who was he, poor Michel!

sonia | 7/13/2009, 7:23 pm EST

Ever since he was accused of child molestation, his life fell apart. He needed help to deal with this terrible ordeal. So he hired those doctors and they ruined him. That’s all I can say.

Sonia

Anonymous | 7/13/2009, 11:14 pm EST

I think Michael should have been taken to the hospital that second. I go to the hospital at the second i feel something is wrong like anyone who really values their life would do. I’ve been close to this before when i was in the hospital, one half of my body was cold. i went to the hospital. How hard would it have been for that shady entouage to take him to the hospital and get checked out? Or if they were that lazy, and i were Michael i would have waited until they left me alone and called myself for an ambulance to come and pick me up so I COULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL!!! Dont get me wrong i

pathways2trinity | 7/13/2009, 11:57 pm EST

People REALLY REALLY NEED to get up on drug addiction awareness. ANYONE AND EVERYONE who is addicted suffers from SEVERE, SEVERE, SEVERE, sleep problems. It is a number one complaint. When the person tries to quit using the drug, it is so unbearable, a person will feel as if they are crawling right out of their skin…and with opioid dependence (or any, but most severe with opioid) it doesn’t go away for a long time. For any addiction, we are talking 5-7 years before a person will begin to sleep through the night however, will most likely have sleep problems for the rest of their life. THESE ARE THE FACTS and it just kills me to read when people are sooooooo oblivious to these ABC’s of addiction and speak of sleep probelms as if they are the problem. SEVERE sleep problems are CAUSED BY and EXASSERBATED BY Addiction…NOT a seperate issue. No doctor has ANY business treating an addict unless they specialize in addiction treatment. Otherwise, the general population is so clueless that all they end up doing is “helping” the person to their casket.

francine | 7/14/2009, 4:26 am EST

I have always loved Michael Jacksons music. Sometimes life is too hard to handle and even if he had money doesnt mean that the demons that held him to want more and more prescription drugs also are the demons that killed him. Let him rest in peace. Now he doesnt have to put up with everyone grabbing at him because he had money and fame. I believe happiness is the most important thing we can have and sometimes others destroy this happiness and change the perception of happiness to make us feel it isnt worth it. Maybe mj was at the point he just had had enough craziness and wanted to leave an uncaring world. Naming his concerts should of told everyone how he felt.

Barbara South Africa | 7/14/2009, 11:41 am EST

stop all your negative comments look at your own lives the bible says not one of us are allowed to judge others he will do that so just shut up and look at your own lives and leave other peoples lives alone

Insomniac | 7/14/2009, 6:47 pm EST

Just a comment about insomnia. Severe insomnia problems exist regardless of drug addiction. I’ve never used drugs or alcohol yet maximum I can sleep is 3 hours. I would do anything for getting a full night sleep. I’m irritable and it gets worse as I age. It can’t be cured and it’s not triggered by drugs but it can drive you crazy and you will try anything to stay asleep. People who never had this problem will never understand but I do… Poor Michael…

gladtrishrnisntmynurse | 7/15/2009, 7:12 am EST

Wow, TrishRN, I certainly hope that I never have you as MY nurse. Most older people are addicted to pain killers? Where are you getting your information from? I know MANY older people that don’t use any meds at all and many older people that use meds for daily maintenance but NOT painkillers. Sorry to hear that you have not been enough of a advocate for your own parents to not become addicts.

Yes, they need to investigate MJ doctors for sure and yes, the “nutritionist” is probably speaking out of line, but he was a sad lonely, lost man who just wanted to peace in his life. He probably wasn’t looking to get high he just wanted to sleep and when you’ve been awake for days and days, you will do anything that you can think of to sleep. Unfortunatly, he had vultures waiting to give him medications that were unwarranted. I think ALL of his physician need to be looked at. Joe Scmoe on the street knew the MJ had multiple doctors…why didn’t the doctors know it? Because they were making money off of his saddness and depression.

I feel saddest for his children. Yes he was a strange man and yes, he was likely an addict but at the end of the day: He was someones son, someone’s brother and THREE someones father who will now grow up in the shadow of his legacy and hear all of the horrible things that people will say about him until the end of time.

Leave the family in peace, finish the investigation around his death, file charges on whomever they need to be filed on and let his children move forward with what little bit of a life that they have left.

Jennifer Mccoy | 7/17/2009, 1:30 am EST

Well I don’t know Micheal in person but what I do know is he could never hurt a child . He was a lovely person and wonderful.I don’t belived he killed hiself.He wouldn’t leave his kids like that.I think their was someone that had something to do with his death yes but I don’t kno who and I’m not pointing any fingers at any one.That person knows how they are and they will have to deal with what they done one day.Pleases you all let Micheal just rest in peace.Leave him out your mouth if you don’t have anything good to say.His in heaven now just let him be okay

Dido97 | 7/19/2009, 3:54 am EST

RIP Micheal Jackson, RIP Billy Mays RIP Ferra Fawset

Steve | 7/20/2009, 7:31 am EST

Ferra Fawset ? LOL !! !!

Paris | 7/28/2009, 4:03 am EST

Steve you are full of shit. Maybe if you had a dad who locked you up and bet you and your siblings up simply because you missed a note maybe you would be a little messed up too and maybe if your elder brothers were sleeping with loads of girls next door to you then you would be a little odd too. All he seeked was a normal child hood whats wrong with that??? Look at other child stars like Maculy Culkin, Shannon Doughty and Drew Barrymoore all famous and all became drug addicts aith propper drugs like cocain extasy but he did not do that he only wanted a child hood and that aint wrong!!! he also never molested kids and the reason he stopped having them sleeping over was cos he learned he culdn’t trust them or their parents two boys betrayed him and lyed about him

His docter should be prosecuted for manslaughter because he is the reason M.J is dead and it don’t matter whether M.J wanted it of not the docter is theprofessional i hope Janet gets his three buetiful kids

R.I.P M.J i love you soooooo much and i will never forget you you will always be in my heart

Dan D | 7/28/2009, 4:14 am EST

I had dismissed MJ years ago as a quack gone crazy, I have since realized there was a lot more to this man than I knew. I really don’t believe he sexually molested any boys, he might have had some in his bed, but I believe they were like friends to him. In reading about MJ I was amazed at the world wide reaction to his death, this man touched so many lives. Rest in Peace Michael Jackson!

Anonymous | 7/31/2009, 4:35 pm EST

What i don’t like is when your different from everyone else people like to judge. We are not all created equal. This is the case for Michael Jackson. He was in my eyes was like a God who everyone whorshipped, looked up to and want to be like because he was extremely gifted end talented. Eveything that he sang and did was through his feelings and emotions that he experienced in life. We should stop judging people according to ourselves and start seeing & accepting people for who they are. Through experience, is how we were raised, brought up and what we’ve been through that make us what we are in life. Michael was an innocent, kind and gentle human being who wanted to just entertain people through his music by being a pop superstar all over the world. Atleast, he made his dreams come true and acheived even more than most us. All everyone is doing is talking about his faults and making up lies about him instead of remembering his acheivements and the good he has done for people especially poor children all over the world. What he does in his personal life is none of our buissness. All our concern should be is the good that he has done for people through his music and helping being as being an humanitarian. I have alot love and respect for this man because of what he has done with his life. I will never forget him as long as I live. May god bless and give him a peace afterlife in heaven for the Angel and mortal man that he was on earth.

Shelly | 7/31/2009, 4:36 pm EST

What i don’t like is when your different from everyone else people like to judge. We are not all created equal. This is the case for Michael Jackson. He was in my eyes was like a God who everyone whorshipped, looked up to and want to be like because he was extremely gifted end talented. Eveything that he sang and did was through his feelings and emotions that he experienced in life. We should stop judging people according to ourselves and start seeing & accepting people for who they are. Through experience, is how we were raised, brought up and what we’ve been through that make us what we are in life. Michael was an innocent, kind and gentle human being who wanted to just entertain people through his music by being a pop superstar all over the world. Atleast, he made his dreams come true and acheived even more than most us. All everyone is doing is talking about his faults and making up lies about him instead of remembering his acheivements and the good he has done for people especially poor children all over the world. What he does in his personal life is none of our buissness. All our concern should be is the good that he has done for people through his music and helping being as being an humanitarian. I have alot love and respect for this man because of what he has done with his life. I will never forget him as long as I live. May god bless and give him a peace afterlife in heaven for the Angel and mortal man that he was on earth.

diane | 8/12/2009, 11:45 am EST

Enough of the michael Jackson already they didnt make that much fuss when a President died . He brought it on himself and if he loved his children as much as everyone one says he wouldnt be messing around with drugs to begin with I like Michael Jackson in the earlier days he was a nice looking guy then after he became weird and I think it had a lot to do with the drugs he was taking

Quiet n Listen | 8/25/2009, 12:15 am EST

“A foolish man knows not what he does.”

Jessica18 | 9/3/2009, 3:22 pm EST

Why are people so mean the man was suffering from insomnia it is hard to fucntion normally if you missed your 8 hours of sleep….its bad enough that the media tore his life apart he doesnt need it from alledged fans as well. I truly believed that yes for his children’s sake he should have never became dependent on the drugs and sedatives he took but although he did slowly kill himself he was doing it to better himself to escape the feelins of depression and to escape the brutal memories which he suffered from his child hood…..If we all gave michael a chace and read or look at his life’s story we would all understand why he did what he did and why he made the bad chicoes he did(that didnt seem to be bad at all in his mind’s eye).He was just and ordianry man looking for a way out looking for ways to have a ordinary life,looking for ways to keep himself up spirited and alive.
I love and understood why he did what he did although it turned out to be tragic in the ending.
R.I.P MJ until we meet again your true fan jessica18

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