Sad news for Dungy family

[Gadiantor]

You hate to read about these things . Hopefully the media will show some respect and not bring up how the loss of Tony Dungy's son will affect the Colts season until enough time has passed. I feel bad for their family not only for their loss, but also because of the added difficulty that they'll have with the media. The Colts organization is doing exactly the right thing. These are times that people are reminded of what is really important in life.

[Aristotle]

Damn. 18 years old.

For the Colts, in a way it is good they already had a loss or else this situation might have been more uncomfortable.

[Leshrak]

Shit, what's gonna happen to Dungy if the assistant coach takes them to a SB win, when Dungy hasn't been able to do that with Indy OR TB yet?

[Gadiantor]

Originally posted by Leshrak
Shit, what's gonna happen to Dungy if the assistant coach takes them to a SB win, when Dungy hasn't been able to do that with Indy OR TB yet?

These are exactly the sort of comments that I hope NOT to see in the media. At the very least I hope that the media has enough respect to leave the family alone until a day or two after the funeral.

[Dorain]

I feel very sad for coach Dungy and his entire family. Very easily one of the classiest coaches at any level or any sport.

On the other hand, I know that for someone to be able to take their own life, (considering the reports are accurate), some serious issues are going on in their mind and they should deserve pity. I cannot feel for any other than the family members who will be affected for the rest of their lives. To go out like this is such a, bullshit, chickenshit, cowardly way to deal with any problem. The only ones hurt are the ones they leave behind. Way to make the holidays and your fucking birthday such a special time for your mother and father EVERY GD year till the day they die. Not to mention your siblings and immediate family. Cold, callous, I don't know. But it just infuriates me to no end to see that someone could do this to people who love and care for them.

[Leshrak]

I'm not trying to be cold or mean-hearted. Honestly, living in Tampa, I've been to the Campus Lodge apts where this happened, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if his death was drug or alcohol related. Those apartments are a haven for underage drinking and parties(God knows I've been to some of them). They're just off-campus dorms.

The most likely scenarios that I can think of are either a) he was drinking very heavily, and died of alcohol poisoning, or b) he was cracked out from being awake for days on speed/meth/adderall/ritalin, and his heart just decided to quit. I know speed and amphetamines are very popular here among college age people. I'm 21, and know a few people that are addicted; it's more common than I would like it to be, and I've had a couple scares with said friends.

[Leshrak]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1130/p11s02-legn.htm

When Paul left home to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder, he took his prescription for the drug Adderall along with him. The medication is normally used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but Paul - who now believes he had been misdiagnosed - no longer used it for that purpose.

Instead, the journalism/business student says he took Adderall only occasionally and with a very specific intent: to help him focus on homework, or to stay up all night cramming for an exam. He also shared the pills with other students who did not have prescriptions, but who wanted Adderall for the same reasons he did.

http://badgerherald.com/oped/2003/11...ugs_cause_.php

Adderall was initially developed to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), but has become an inexpensive way for students without attention problems to intensely focus before a big test. However, many students know little about the drug, or its side affects, that they digest prior to studying. Its medical name is Amphetamine-dextroamphetamine, which clearly denotes that it is an amphetamine. Amphetamines can be highly habit-forming, causing physical and psychological dependency.

According to webmd.com, an amphetamine is a “stimulant and appetite suppressant that stimulates the central nervous system by increasing the amount of certain chemicals in the body.” ...

before you grab a pill using the same mentality as this to study for your next test, consider the lack of prescription and side effects: irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, restlessness, insomnia, dryness of the mouth, anxiety, mood swings and impotence. Think twice on your next search for an Adderall in fear of its side effects, illegality and addictive nature and wonder if you could have avoided it by managing your time better. After all, isn’t your health worth more than a grade?

[Aristotle]

Those articles are about to make this issue touch on something I despise: the gross overdiagnosis of ADHD in order to make billions of dollars on ADHD medicine.

When I occasionally flip through pediatrician periodicals when visiting my in-laws, it never ceases to amaze me that there is an ad almost every 5-6 pages for some kind of ADHD medicine.