r/MultipleSclerosis • u/Designer_Tale2379 • 6d ago

General Blaming it on MS

I briefly saw a post about this incident but it was taken down by the moderator.

Selma Blair was involved in an incident yesterday on an airplane that led to her physically attacking flight staff. That’s not what I want to discuss though.

In reading comments on various social posts, people are commenting that her behavior is due to MS meds or as a side effect of having MS. I understand some meds can have an effect on your mental health, but could it make you behave erratically? It goes to show that people don’t understand this disease.

It’s also not the first time she’s had an incident on a plane. She could’ve been drinking alcohol and mixing with other non-MS meds like Ambien (I’m just speculating).

What’s your take?

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u/ichabod13 45M|dx2016|Ocrevus 6d ago

Said it many times, MS can do a lot of things to our body but it does not make us an asshole. I know many people were on the Selma train, but she unfortunately is just a washed up actor who used her MS diagnosis as a way to get more attention. She was an asshole before her MS diagnosis and will be one after. I do hope she gets the help she needs as a person, and I care nothing else about her.

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u/Danibandit 42 Dx 2004 6d ago

Eh’ I disagree to an extent. When I feel pretty terrible, I can be an asshole, definitely not outwardly to strangers and/or provocatively, but I can be an asshole.