Boxing hero Frank Bruno says medicine makes him feel like a zombie
Published: 2013 July 06 19:08:46 (5032 Views)
Boxing hero Frank Bruno has told how he is desperate to get off medication that makes him feel a "zombie".
The ex-world champ, who has battled depression for years, despairs of taking powerful pills for the rest of his life.
And despite being sectioned three times he refuses to accept he should be put into psychiatric care every time he does "something crazy".
Frank, 51, describes his torment in a revealing TV documentary in which he is interviewed by his daughter Rachel.
In the programme, Rachel Bruno: My Dad and Me, he tells her: "Sometimes I don't know what they give you all this powerful medication for.
"I am trying to get off the medication, Rach. I don't want to be like a zombie for the rest of my life."
Former heavyweight star Frank, who retired after he was beaten by Mike Tyson in 1996, suffers from bipolar affective disorder.
He tells of feeling "manic", explaining: "The chemicals in your body make you react differently. Sometimes I don't sleep. Sometimes you're rushing, tripping yourself."
The BBC Three documentary, which airs on July 23, follows Rachel as she sets out to discover the truth about her dad's illness.
Rachel, now 26, describes seeing him sectioned at their home in Essex for the first time in 2003, saying: "They took nine hours to get him in the ambulance.
"I think he got aggressive and the police tripped him up to inject him. It was sad because he was like a child, begging us not to do it."
She also recalled bizarre behaviour by her father including sleeping in a boxing ring in his garden and walking down their local high street with no shoes on.
- Sun
The ex-world champ, who has battled depression for years, despairs of taking powerful pills for the rest of his life.
And despite being sectioned three times he refuses to accept he should be put into psychiatric care every time he does "something crazy".
Frank, 51, describes his torment in a revealing TV documentary in which he is interviewed by his daughter Rachel.
In the programme, Rachel Bruno: My Dad and Me, he tells her: "Sometimes I don't know what they give you all this powerful medication for.
"I am trying to get off the medication, Rach. I don't want to be like a zombie for the rest of my life."
Former heavyweight star Frank, who retired after he was beaten by Mike Tyson in 1996, suffers from bipolar affective disorder.
He tells of feeling "manic", explaining: "The chemicals in your body make you react differently. Sometimes I don't sleep. Sometimes you're rushing, tripping yourself."
The BBC Three documentary, which airs on July 23, follows Rachel as she sets out to discover the truth about her dad's illness.
Rachel, now 26, describes seeing him sectioned at their home in Essex for the first time in 2003, saying: "They took nine hours to get him in the ambulance.
"I think he got aggressive and the police tripped him up to inject him. It was sad because he was like a child, begging us not to do it."
She also recalled bizarre behaviour by her father including sleeping in a boxing ring in his garden and walking down their local high street with no shoes on.
- Sun
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