FRANK BRUNO has opened up on his mental health problems and claims he was ‘left like a zombie’ after being ‘pumped full of drugs’ by doctors.
The British ex-world heavyweight champion suffers from bipolar disorder and believes more need be done for those dealing with mental issues.
Bruno suffered a nervous breakdown in 2003 after being sectioned two years earlier under the Mental Health Act.
And the 55-year-old believes that a culture of ‘pill-popping’ is doing nothing to get to the root cause of people’s mental health problems.
He told the Daily Star: “I want to tell the world how badly I was treated when I was sectioned because I don’t think others should go through what I did.
“When they took me away against my will I didn’t understand what was happening to me. It was very scary. They locked me up and when the doctors came even they wouldn’t tell me why I was there.
“They filled me full of pills, then they left me there like a zombie. I felt like a guinea pig. I felt abandoned.
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“They give you an injection to keep you quiet. The doctors just keep giving you medication. They hand out tablets like Smarties. How is that helping?
“It’s about time someone stood up and defended people struggling with mental health issues. We have to stop this culture for over-medication and start getting to the core of the problems.”
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