GhostofBrianJones wrote on Jan 12
th, 2009 at 1:24pm:
The stress and brutal strain of being a rock star in the Sixties wasn't any help either. People had almost little or no understanding
of mental problems back then and were quick to label a person crazy if they felt they did not act normal. I suspect Brian
suffered from Major Depression and the meds now were not available back then. He would have benefited greatly from the
ones they have out today. My meds turned my whole world right side up for me and I am very grateful. Not only did they
label you crazy but they made fun of you, laughed at you and called you names. Even if you were handicapped they did
the same things.
You're absolutely right GOBJ, Brain was seeing a psychopathologist when he was under that strain of going to court because of the drug busts, which was planted by a cop that wanted to bust all these rock stars (Lennon was one, Eric Clapton was another) Mick mentioned in a Interview, all the Dr.'s did was feed him more drugs, the only differance, is like you mentioned, the drugs back then were not even close to the drugs of today to help with depression, manic-depression & any other disorder.
My Mother (who passed away in '80) was a manic-depressive, & the drugs they gave her only doped her up so much she couldn't stand up for a long length of time, she had to sit down, so you're very right about the Meds back then.