Dollars to donuts some shrink put him on meds recently. This is virtually always the case. If only there was a connection somehow.....
Many are suddenly off some drug like an SSRI and can't cope. Family sometimes says "He wouldn't listen. He thought the meds weren't doing anything for him so he refused to take them."
Antiwar 60s activist Abbie Hoffman died April 12, 1989, age 52. The cause of death was an overdose from 150 phenobarbital tablets and liquor. He had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1980. He had recently changed treatment medications.... Some who were close to him claimed that he was also unhappy about reaching middle age combined with the fact that the liberal upheaval of the 1960s had produced a conservative backlash in the 1980s. In 1984, he had expressed dismay that the current generation of young people was not as interested in protesting and social activism as the youth had been during the 1960s.