i am now separated from my husband of 11 years due to testosterone use(directly and indirectly).when we married seemed to be the sweetest person you could imagine. i found out he was taking testosterone shots(he told me for a pituitary tumor/causing low testosterone levels). i noticed a day or 2 after he had a shot that this sweet person would become a maniac on the road, someone that would “snap” at the drop of a hat and want to fight(even tho he was in his 60’s), and become a bully to me. i later found out that he had been flying from louisiana to texas to the dr. to get a rx for the shots. i also learned his ex-wife had written the dr. threatening to sue him over the rx’s. he had been running around on her, gambling and was loosing his business and going bankrupt(he was in the process when we married and did not tell me). he went to 2 different dr.s after moving to louisiana, then to georgia. he told them he had moved and had a low testosterone level and was on testosterone shots and forgot to bring his records to get them to prescribe the shots. after they did blood work and found out there was no valid reason for the shots, they refused to give them to him. however; in the meantime, he already had the first rx’s. after running out of rx’s, he had me call the dr. in louisiana to get another rx. she called me and told me “under no circumstances would she prescribe him shots again”, because it had been proven that they had severe side effects ranging from roid rage to aggression, etc. i told her i had mentioned to him that i had noticed the bad effects in him aftering taking the shots. she told me i was exactly right. the dr. in ga. wrote and told him his blood work showed no valid reason for him to be on the shots, and he would not prescribe them to him any more. to make a long story short, because of testosterone shots, he became a lying, 2-timing, conniving, beligerant, abusive person that would do anything to get the shots/all just so he would be “the man”. he is now 72 years old, has lost everything he ever had. he pinned me against the refrigerator once(i called his gp and he demanded he see a psychiatrist and told me if i ever needed to, to call 911 immediately. he was on medication afterwards and got significantly better)after nearly killing me many times in the car and becoming aggressive with co-workers several times and was reprimanded. the wrestling assoc. is using the son’s illness to draw attention away from them and steriods and the dr. astin did the same because he knew he was prescribing testosterone without a valid reason. please don’t “play up” this horrible incident as being one of arguing over the son’s illness. put the blame where the blame lies—illegal use of steriods and it’s horrible side effects.

I agree with you 100%. I think it’s terrible that the WWE keeps pushing the Fragile X as the reason for this tragedy. They are being defensive and trying to put as much distance between themselves and Benoit because they know they Wellness Program is all smoke and mirrors and that they bear some responsibility in this situation. And I think WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt should be disbarred for feeding the media the information about Chris and Nancy fighting over Daniel’s condition and care and passing it along as fact.

[...] A Wikipedia posting about the death of pro wrestler Chris Benoit’s wife that preceded the discovery of the Benoit family’s bodies has become a major obstacle in the murder-suicide criminal investigation, authorities told ABC News. “It is unbelievable what a hindrance this has put on our investigation,” said Lt. Tommy Pope, a spokesman for the Fayette County, Ga., Sheriff’s Department. “We’ve got to put a lot of effort and time into working to prove or disprove that someone put up a hoax situation or that somebody was conceiving the death from out of state,” Pope said, adding that investigators have been flooded with tips regarding a Web posting that’s very likely a bizarre coincidence. [...]

i would bet dr. astin is taking the anabolic steroids too. he has 2 small children(i think 3 and 5). how old is he? how old is his wife? she filed 3 domestic abuse charges against him, one, after he got her in a headlock and threw her to the ground. sounds just like my soon-to-be ex. with all of the rx’s dr. astin wrote(10-month supply for benoit every 3-4 weeks. give me a break. i hope he goes to prison, where he’ll get more testosterone than he ever dreamed of.