Russell Armstrong Stopped Taking Anti-Depression Meds Two Weeks Before Suicide

Posted on Aug 23, 2011 @ 05:30PM

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Russell Armstrong had been taking anti-depressant medications to control his rage issues, but stopped taking the drugs two weeks before his suicide, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

Russell had been taking the drugs for several months prior to his suicide.

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Russell was found hanging at a friend's Mulholland Drive mansion last week - his memorial is scheduled for Wednesday.

"Russell had been doing so well when he was on the anti-depressants. He was prescribed the meds to control his rage issues. Russell stopped taking the meds two weeks before his suicide," a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com.

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Taylor had encouraged her estranged husband to stay on the anti-depressants. "Taylor was very supportive of him taking the meds. All of a sudden about two weeks ago, Russell stopped taking the meds though," the insider says.

Ed Winter, Assistant Coroner for Los Angeles tells us:"No medication bottles for Mr. Armstrong were recovered from the scene."

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Med's were not working if he'd been taking them for several months to control his RAGE Issues, since Taylor was supposedly beaten including broken bones & gashes over a month before he died - Not within the last 2 weeks before he died.

by US_DOJ_Gov
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 1:31am

Any man would have to be on meds being with Taylor

by FUrol
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 1:17am

The guy is dead. Do we have to keep rehashing every detail of his obviously troubled life? The man clearly had problems so how about ROL, TMZ and Perez let the man rest in peace?

by Nunyaz
Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 9:42pm

Because you trust they should be helping you. Then you lose all hope because now you are worse and u think even the drugs cant help. This was before warning was on bottle - thank God I figured it out. Very sad for his family.

by Dana1234
Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 9:15pm

We even give these drugs to our soldiers suffering PTSD and the suicide rate has sky rocketed.I speak from experience.I took these-felt worse,and suicidal.The last thing you think is the drugs are actually making it worse.

by Dana1234
Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 9:13pm

Because the doctors and drug companies do NOT adequately warn people. I believe in personal responsiblity and there are effective drugs out there that help with depression. But the ones with sucidal warnings should be removed.

by Dana1234
Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 9:00pm

If you stop taking meds prescribed for you without a doctor knowing how is that a drug companies fault or the doctors fault? He was a sick man who probably would have killed his wife eventually had he not died. It's called personal responsibility

by Jinxy
Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 8:01pm

I want to know who Russell's doctor is.

by Popgal1
Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 7:34pm

I have a friend who abruptly stopped taking anti-depressants and got very suicidal feeling and terribly depressed. It certainly sounds like Russell stopping taking his meds contributed to his suicide. Sad.

by amagod121
Posted Tue, 08/23/2011 - 5:44pm