What was wrong with Edgar Allan Poe?

Question

I think he was an extremely skillful writer, but he also saw death wherever he went. Did he have a disease or something that made him hallucinate?

Answer 1

yes he had rabis
he eventually died

Answer 2

Poe seems to of been unable to handle all the tragedies in his life and turned to alcohol..............

Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, and other agents.

The evening of January 20, 1842, Virginia Poe broke a blood vessel while singing and playing the piano. Blood began to rush forth from her mouth. It was the first sign of consumption, now more commonly known as tuberculosis. She only partially recovered. Poe began to drink more heavily under the stress of Virginia's illness.Increasingly unstable after his wife's death, Poe attempted to court the poet Sarah Helen Whitman, who lived in Providence, Rhode Island. Their engagement failed, purportedly because of Poe's drinking and erratic behavior; however there is also strong evidence that Miss Whitman's mother intervened and did much to derail their relationship.

Answer 3

No. He was healthy mentally.
He did all of his writing in the top floor attic like room that was so cramped and claustrophobic it would have creeped out any one. You can go there and visit this room and you will not be able to stay in there very long. Maybe it was haunted or something.

Answer 4

he took alochol and was a heroine addict

Answer 5

Na, he was normal. That's what his problem was.

Answer 6

he was a depressed cokehead

Answer 7

He was crazy & a heroin addict.