Demi Lovato Reveals She Suffered Brain Damage Following Overdose

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Demi Lovato is opening up about the effects her near-fatal 2018 drug overdose had on her health.
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil is a documentary that details the overdose Lovato suffered in 2018 and the subsequent health issues it caused including brain damage.

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Lovato sat down with the documentary’s director, Michael D. Ratner to further discuss her health issues, revealing, “I was left with brain damage, and I still deal with the effects of that today. I don’t drive a car, because I have blind spots on my vision. And I also for a long time had a really hard time reading. It was a big deal when I was able to read out of a book, which was like two months later because my vision was so blurry.”
“I dealt with a lot of the repercussions and I feel like they are still there to remind me of what could happen if I ever get into a dark place again,” Lovato shared. “I’m grateful for those reminders, but I’m so grateful that I was someone that didn’t have to do a lot of rehabbing. The rehabbing came on the emotional side.”
According to People, the documentary also shows Lovato throughout the last year, including her called-off engagement to Max Ehrich.
“I am holding myself accountable,” Lovato shared. “I learned a lot from my past. I was sober for six years and I learned so much from that journey. That’s the main thing that I learned was coming forward and talking about my story held me accountable.”
Lovato told People she wouldn’t change a thing about the aftermath of her overdose, telling the mag, “Everything had to happen in order for me to learn the lessons that I learned. It was a painful journey, and I look back and sometimes I get sad when I think of the pain that I had to endure to overcome what I have, but I don’t regret anything.”
“I’m so proud of the person I am today,” Lovato revealed. “And I’m so proud that people get to see it in this documentary and I couldn’t be more grateful that I had someone by my side.”