Sadly, this means that AM may have tried to swallow several pills at once, which certainly could support a suicide conclusion. The same source claims that AM “smoked a lot of crack, barricaded the doors and killed himself.”
Popsquire’s pal and addiction specialist, Dr. Reef Karim, warns that recovering addicts must be careful about taking anti-anxiety medication, which DJ AM (understandably) was doing to cope with the guilt for surviving last year’s plane crash:
The complicated relationship between medicine, mental health and addiction was highlighted in this tragedy. As addiction is a chronic, relapsing illness and you never really “cure it”, you end up managing it and developing a support network and doing service with others in the sober community.
And anytime an addict is introduced to a medication that has abuse liability, you are taking a risk. The risk is that the medication with abuse potential may cause craving or may alter an individual’s relationship with drugs of abuse and ultimately their sobriety.
An insanely powerful disease. It claimed DJ AM’s life. Don’t let it claim the life of someone you love.
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