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I have actually wanted to start a thread about this for a long time. I have been diagnosed with GAD (General Anxiety Disorder) and panic attacks. And not that I'm promoting it but I'm prescribed a benzodiazepine called Klonopin. After being on it for a little I remembered that Billie had anxiety and it made me feel better and more normal cause someone that I have looked up to my whole entire life had the SAME mental health issues as I did! Made me feel a lot better about my condition...but then I remembered the iHeart Radio incident...he admitted he was on anxiety medicine, insomnia medicine, and was drinking throughout the day. Although he did not want to say what medicine he was on, I could only imagine it had to be something like Klonopin, and that shit kinda scared me. He said he went through insane withdrawals (lying on his bathroom floor in agony) and that the whole experience was basically hell. I don't want to go down that road, but I guess everyone's different. Anyway, moral of the story is, I still look up to him and almost praise him for dealing with his anxiety for so long. Maybe one day I'll be as big a rock star as he is ......with anxiety and that's okay!!

Why is it any of our business?

My intent wasn't to be a gossip. The knowledge would emotionally prepare me if he went the way of Mike Starr (God forbid,) but yeah you're right talking wouldn't make things better and will just rev up the rumor mill.

Just a little concerned. I would like to hear more Billie Joe content. Pill addiction is heavy and the death rate of pill relapses are pretty high. I just hope they guy I grew up listening to is staying healthy.