Murder/Suicide of Wrestler
The deaths of Chris Benoit, his wife and young son have splashed across the media in the past few days and people are asking one of the obvious questions: Did steroids, specifically anabolic steroids, have anything to do with it? This isn't the first suicide of a well-known young wrestler, but it is the first double homicide-suicide.
Wrestling, as many highly physically demanding sports such as weight lifting and football, is one profession where massive muscles are prized for their power and the sculpting of the wrestler's body. Unfortunately, too many in the profession fail to see the grim downside of taking anabolic steroids. They are, after all, tantamount to taking massive doses of male hormones even though they shrink the testacles.
While many people take steroids for a multiplicity of health problems, these patients know that they must be monitored, but even then there are changes. One of the most prominent I've seen in my career is changes in mood with impulsivity and even mania exhibited by some patients. Taken without medical supervision and not for disease-related reasons they can lead to something that mirrors the psychosis we see in seriously mentally ill people. Anabolic steroids bring on depression, paranoia and highly-charged impulsivity in an incredibly powerful, out-of-control man and it's almost a sure bet. Along with this can come kidney damage and cancer. I've seen young men who took anabolic steroids and they've jumped through the plate glass windows of shops.
Not only do these steroids cause personality and mood changes, they bring on irritability, impatience and aggression. I've heard people in the wrestling profession say that Chris Benoit's actions weren't what is typically called "roid rage" because his actions were deliberate.
These people are wrong because, in my professional opinion, individuals who are psychotic because of anabolic steroids can be deliberate in their actions. The paranoid person doesn't always act impulsively, but can do so and then regret what they've done. It is then, with the realization of the lack of control and what it did, that they seek to remedy the situation. Perhaps that's what happened here.
We're never going to know why Chris Benoit killed his wife, his son and himself, but we do know what anabolic steroids do. The message of their true danger has to be gotten out to everyone, whether they are professional athletes, weekend warriors, marathon runners or high school or grade school students. Steroids kill in the long run.
Remember the case of the football great, Lyle Alzado, who developed cancer from these deadly drugs. He was a shell of a man at the end, but he stood up and tried to get the message out. He died at age 43 in 1992. Another victim of anabolic steroids.
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Wrestling, as many highly physically demanding sports such as weight lifting and football, is one profession where massive muscles are prized for their power and the sculpting of the wrestler's body. Unfortunately, too many in the profession fail to see the grim downside of taking anabolic steroids. They are, after all, tantamount to taking massive doses of male hormones even though they shrink the testacles.
While many people take steroids for a multiplicity of health problems, these patients know that they must be monitored, but even then there are changes. One of the most prominent I've seen in my career is changes in mood with impulsivity and even mania exhibited by some patients. Taken without medical supervision and not for disease-related reasons they can lead to something that mirrors the psychosis we see in seriously mentally ill people. Anabolic steroids bring on depression, paranoia and highly-charged impulsivity in an incredibly powerful, out-of-control man and it's almost a sure bet. Along with this can come kidney damage and cancer. I've seen young men who took anabolic steroids and they've jumped through the plate glass windows of shops.
Not only do these steroids cause personality and mood changes, they bring on irritability, impatience and aggression. I've heard people in the wrestling profession say that Chris Benoit's actions weren't what is typically called "roid rage" because his actions were deliberate.
These people are wrong because, in my professional opinion, individuals who are psychotic because of anabolic steroids can be deliberate in their actions. The paranoid person doesn't always act impulsively, but can do so and then regret what they've done. It is then, with the realization of the lack of control and what it did, that they seek to remedy the situation. Perhaps that's what happened here.
We're never going to know why Chris Benoit killed his wife, his son and himself, but we do know what anabolic steroids do. The message of their true danger has to be gotten out to everyone, whether they are professional athletes, weekend warriors, marathon runners or high school or grade school students. Steroids kill in the long run.
Remember the case of the football great, Lyle Alzado, who developed cancer from these deadly drugs. He was a shell of a man at the end, but he stood up and tried to get the message out. He died at age 43 in 1992. Another victim of anabolic steroids.
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: Chris Benoit, murder, suicide, wrestler, roid rage, steroids, anabolic steroids, domestic violence
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Something close happened to the famous wrestler "The British Bulldog" in the 90's... because of Heavy Steroid use.
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