JohnK
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Being clinically depressed is not fun and makes life a challenge.
Medications do help but stay away from anti-depressants.
Our health system refuses to acknowledge it is a serious issue and does not how to deal with it. A good friend committed suicide 2 weeks ago and went to 2 different hospitals in the 5 days prior to the suicide and was released without treatment. He should have been kept for further observation. I don't like to be critical of doctors but how the hell they released this person without further observation is beyond my comprehension.
His boss could see he was suffering from depression.
His family could see he was suffering from depression.
Yet the nurses and doctors in both hospitals thought he would be fine. I know people suffering from depression are unpredictable but hope someone informs the doctors who supposedly treated my friend that he committed suicide so it is on their conscience.
Cruel? I don't think so but you are entitled to your own opinion....
Medications do help but stay away from anti-depressants.
Our health system refuses to acknowledge it is a serious issue and does not how to deal with it. A good friend committed suicide 2 weeks ago and went to 2 different hospitals in the 5 days prior to the suicide and was released without treatment. He should have been kept for further observation. I don't like to be critical of doctors but how the hell they released this person without further observation is beyond my comprehension.
His boss could see he was suffering from depression.
His family could see he was suffering from depression.
Yet the nurses and doctors in both hospitals thought he would be fine. I know people suffering from depression are unpredictable but hope someone informs the doctors who supposedly treated my friend that he committed suicide so it is on their conscience.
Cruel? I don't think so but you are entitled to your own opinion....