Weeks before he died of a suspected overdose in a Los Angeles rehabilitation facility, Presley Gerber publicly detailed the exact medications he was taking to manage mental health and substance abuse issues, according to a now-deleted post cited by Just Jared.
Gerber, the 27-year-old son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, died Sunday. His family confirmed his death and asked for privacy “during this very difficult and painful time.”
In a Dec. 1, 2025 post, Gerber wrote about his struggles openly. “Here’s some clarity for ya – the truth will set you free (hopefully) haha. I’ve had a lot of loss in many different forms recently. That is not an excuse, but it’s the reason — or part of — why I am where I’m at now,” he wrote.
He said he was taking Valium to calm his central nervous system, buprenorphine to treat pain and opioid use disorder, and Xanax for panic attacks. “For when the panic attacks [were] really, really bad,” he said of the Xanax.
Gerber also spoke candidly about the difficulty of navigating psychiatric care and multiple prescriptions.
“Every psychiatrist I’ve had — and I’ve had, like, 15 — they’re all like, ‘Here’s 20 medications. Take this if you feel like this, take this as needed.’ And I’m like, ‘No, don’t give me that much leeway. I need some direction.'”
He said he had significantly cut back on drinking, saying alcohol was “no longer serving” him, and that he was trying to surround himself with “good influences” while working through addiction.
“I’ve grown up in Hollywood, and there’s a lot of people around that I love to death, but right now, I try not to be around them,” he said.
He closed the post with a message aimed at others going through similar struggles. “I’m hoping this reaches people in many ways so you feel like you’re not alone, because that is how I feel most of the time,” he wrote. “I have a feeling if I say all of this, a lot of people will at least know that there’s someone else going through it.”
Gerber’s final Instagram post came Aug. 5, showing him smiling in a garden while modeling clothing from the brand Vuori.
In the months before his death, he had also disclosed using ibogaine, a West African root bark psychoactive sometimes used to treat opioid addiction, and had shared regular updates through a social media series he called “Mental Health Mondays.”
Last month, his sister, Kaia Gerber, 24, told Vogue that her brother had been the “greatest teacher” for being open about his struggles, saying “there’s only so much you can hide from the world.”
