Comments on: Dr. Keith: The Joker’s Demons http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/ The latest from the FOX News Health team. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jo http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14909 Jo Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:38:13 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14909 I wonder how many people making rude and vicious comments are taking over the counter drugs along with meds physician prescribed, not knowing what can be mixed with what. I also wonder how many of those people are also doing recreational drugs on top of it. So why you are babbling off your nonsense against Heath Ledger, not even taking into account what you are doing to yourselves. And so many of you are just self righteous bible thumpers who are quick to tell somone that they are going to rot in hell cause they didn't look both ways before crossing the street. The amn died young, and horribly. Was it an intentional or accidental overdose? No one knows for sure. But keep in mind that a little girl lost her father, and will never know how great or horrible he was, or get to make the decision for herself. Michelle Williams never put it out there that he was horrible so I am assuming that Matilda lost a wonderful and loving father, and its something she is going to have to grow up with. So rather than throwing your self righteous babble around, how about some condolences to those who lost a member of their family. I wonder how many people making rude and vicious comments are taking over the counter drugs along with meds physician prescribed, not knowing what can be mixed with what. I also wonder how many of those people are also doing recreational drugs on top of it. So why you are babbling off your nonsense against Heath Ledger, not even taking into account what you are doing to yourselves. And so many of you are just self righteous bible thumpers who are quick to tell somone that they are going to rot in hell cause they didn’t look both ways before crossing the street. The amn died young, and horribly. Was it an intentional or accidental overdose? No one knows for sure. But keep in mind that a little girl lost her father, and will never know how great or horrible he was, or get to make the decision for herself. Michelle Williams never put it out there that he was horrible so I am assuming that Matilda lost a wonderful and loving father, and its something she is going to have to grow up with. So rather than throwing your self righteous babble around, how about some condolences to those who lost a member of their family.

]]> By: Lara Nichols http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14801 Lara Nichols Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:36:27 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14801 The real people to blame are the doctors who prescribe the medications!!! The new all around pain medication ,(that is highly addictative), which is anything with codone in it, is prescribed for anything concerning pain from toothaches to serious injuries to post surgery. I know this for a fact as I am a nurse and have seen it with my own eyes. What people who take these kinds of medications are failed to be told is that the most common side effect is insomnia!!! I can also tell you that this drug is now one of the drugs of extreme availability on the steets due to the fact that doctors prescribe it so freely. NOONE KNOWS except GOD what really happened and why!!!! So instead of bashing people, whether if be celebs,the homeless,drug atticts,etc., we should all be praying for them and be willing to be there to help them in what ever way that we can. Unless you have walked a mile in a man's shoes, who are to have ANY comment about him!!! Every family in the world has at least one or more members with an addiction problem, whether it be alcohol, drugs,over eating, gambling,shopping,etc. So my final words are this: we should all be more aware of what is going on with our loved ones and stop just caring about ourseves!!!! And let the ones that have a PERFECT family cast the first stone at the ones that don,t. This includes you Dr. Keith and all other professionals who seem to help create the problems and then put the blame on someone else. Please join in with me to make a commitment to pray for all the people in this world that have ANY kind of addiction no matter how big or small it may be!!! May God bless you all. The real people to blame are the doctors who prescribe the medications!!! The new all around pain medication ,(that is highly addictative), which is anything with codone in it, is prescribed for anything concerning pain from toothaches to serious injuries to post surgery. I know this for a fact as I am a nurse and have seen it with my own eyes. What people who take these kinds of medications are failed to be told is that the most common side effect is insomnia!!! I can also tell you that this drug is now one of the drugs of extreme availability on the steets due to the fact that doctors prescribe it so freely.

NOONE KNOWS except GOD what really happened and why!!!! So instead of bashing people, whether if be celebs,the homeless,drug atticts,etc., we should all be praying for them and be willing to be there to help them in what ever way that we can. Unless you have walked a mile in a man’s shoes, who are to have ANY comment about him!!!

Every family in the world has at least one or more members with an addiction problem, whether it be alcohol, drugs,over eating, gambling,shopping,etc. So my final words are this: we should all be more aware of what is going on with our loved ones and stop just caring about ourseves!!!! And let the ones that have a PERFECT family cast the first stone at the ones that don,t. This includes you Dr. Keith and all other professionals who seem to help create the problems and then put the blame on someone else.

Please join in with me to make a commitment to pray for all the people in this world that have ANY kind of addiction no matter how big or small it may be!!!

May God bless you all.

]]> By: SMG http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14800 SMG Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:11:03 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14800 Thank you for someone finally pointing that out. While I enjoyed Heath's performances and movies, I was sickened with the fact that another child would not know her father. I too lost my father as a young girl. My father died suddenly, probably from a heart attack. Heath chose to take those perscriptions. He did not put his family first. Thank you for someone finally pointing that out. While I enjoyed Heath’s performances and movies, I was sickened with the fact that another child would not know her father. I too lost my father as a young girl. My father died suddenly, probably from a heart attack. Heath chose to take those perscriptions. He did not put his family first.

]]> By: Julie http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14798 Julie Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:48:28 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14798 I totally agree. I lost my dad when I was 9 years old (I'm 52 now), not due to overdose but to a heart attack. My life was totally changed forever. I will never what effect that had on me, good or bad, but I do know that there have been and will be times in my life, my children and grandchilden's lives that he could and would have had been a big part of. Such as just trying to grow up, graduations, marriages, childbirths, sickness, but most of all the love of a Daddy, Grandad and Great Grandad that none of us will ever know. Plus my mom lost the love of her life, Thank God she is a strong woman and managed to raise us up by herself which wasn't easy in the 1960's. It isn't much easier for women now. I totally agree. I lost my dad when I was 9 years old (I’m 52 now), not due to overdose but to a heart attack. My life was totally changed forever. I will never what effect that had on me, good or bad, but I do know that there have been and will be times in my life, my children and grandchilden’s lives that he could and would have had been a big part of. Such as just trying to grow up, graduations, marriages, childbirths, sickness, but most of all the love of a Daddy, Grandad and Great Grandad that none of us will ever know. Plus my mom lost the love of her life, Thank God she is a strong woman and managed to raise us up by herself which wasn’t easy in the 1960’s. It isn’t much easier for women now.

]]> By: Thomas, St. Petersburg, FL http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14797 Thomas, St. Petersburg, FL Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:12:10 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14797 I agree with Dr. Keith's sentiments. While Ledger was certainly an outstanding actor, his parental skills were quite lacking. I find it quite mysterious that the grainy cellphone video captioning Heath snorting cocaine, proudly mentioning his daughter's name, and then saying that he will be "catching some sh** from my girlfriend" is no longer mentioned nor heard from at all. Someone with a lot of power removed this video after it was briefly shown soon after Heath's unfortunate death in January. I agree with Dr. Keith’s sentiments. While Ledger was certainly an outstanding actor, his parental skills were quite lacking.

I find it quite mysterious that the grainy cellphone video captioning Heath snorting cocaine, proudly mentioning his daughter’s name, and then saying that he will be “catching some sh** from my girlfriend” is no longer mentioned nor heard from at all. Someone with a lot of power removed this video after it was briefly shown soon after Heath’s unfortunate death in January.

]]> By: Travis http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14788 Travis Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:24:47 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14788 I think your views are completley barbaric thrashing someone that isnt around about how they failed as a father from what I have seen and heard he was a great father and plus him and his wife were seperated or divorced werent they. Divorces are hard for everyone especially for a child. As for you saying not having a dad to walk her down and give her away at the wedding im sure he will be there in spirit if that exists. Heath Ledger was a good actor and because some people have strange ways of dealing with problems we have people like you that listen to conspiracy theories and false statements. I also think that you should show some respect for the dead and if you don't have anything nice to say don't say it at all. I think your views are completley barbaric thrashing someone that isnt around about how they failed as a father from what I have seen and heard he was a great father and plus him and his wife were seperated or divorced werent they. Divorces are hard for everyone especially for a child. As for you saying not having a dad to walk her down and give her away at the wedding im sure he will be there in spirit if that exists. Heath Ledger was a good actor and because some people have strange ways of dealing with problems we have people like you that listen to conspiracy theories and false statements. I also think that you should show some respect for the dead and if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it at all.

]]> By: Rod C. Venger http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14785 Rod C. Venger Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:51:40 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14785 There wasn't anything heroic about Ledger...except in the minds of those whose agenda he promoted in doing Brokeback Mountain. The Dark Knight was no better or worse than any other villaino-centric movie. What drew attention to it was Ledger's previous work and Ledger's death. That Hollywood would talk about giving him an Oscar for it...long before the movie ever came out...is just nauseating. There's worse villains lurking about, believe me. Real ones. There wasn’t anything heroic about Ledger…except in the minds of those whose agenda he promoted in doing Brokeback Mountain. The Dark Knight was no better or worse than any other villaino-centric movie. What drew attention to it was Ledger’s previous work and Ledger’s death. That Hollywood would talk about giving him an Oscar for it…long before the movie ever came out…is just nauseating. There’s worse villains lurking about, believe me. Real ones.

]]> By: Vic http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14783 Vic Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:48:01 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14783 Well written....Hollywood sucks the life out of you and then throws you to the side. The trail is littered with many others who have died prematurely or have had their lives ruined. Well written….Hollywood sucks the life out of you and then throws you to the side.
The trail is littered with many others who have died prematurely or have had their lives ruined.

]]> By: Beth http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14782 Beth Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:35:14 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14782 If I have trouble sleeping for even a week, I begin to feel extremely depressed and uncontrollably emotional. Ledger had suffered from insomnia for years. I cannot fathom the toll that took on his body, and Dr Keith should know well how vital sleep is to the mind and body. Ledger was a wonderful father who suffered from legitimate medical problems. The physical and mental demands of filming most likely only exacerbated the exhaustion from insomnia and the emotional weight of being away from Matilda and from no longer being in a relationship with Michelle Williams. He was a human being, and I think he did the absolute best he could with what he had, despite being incredibly drained and discouraged. His death was an accident, and if Dr Keith can in good conscience blame Ledger for an accidental overdose then fine. But I cannot and I will not. If I have trouble sleeping for even a week, I begin to feel extremely depressed and uncontrollably emotional. Ledger had suffered from insomnia for years. I cannot fathom the toll that took on his body, and Dr Keith should know well how vital sleep is to the mind and body. Ledger was a wonderful father who suffered from legitimate medical problems. The physical and mental demands of filming most likely only exacerbated the exhaustion from insomnia and the emotional weight of being away from Matilda and from no longer being in a relationship with Michelle Williams. He was a human being, and I think he did the absolute best he could with what he had, despite being incredibly drained and discouraged. His death was an accident, and if Dr Keith can in good conscience blame Ledger for an accidental overdose then fine. But I cannot and I will not.

]]> By: Ronnie Paul http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/dr-keith-the-jokers-demons/#comment-14781 Ronnie Paul Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:53:18 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=817#comment-14781 Even the subway is in a hole. Even the subway is in a hole.

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