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Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2015
Question: I am at the point where I want to die again. I can't take this anymore not ever hearing from XXXXXXX I drafted a letter to send to him but have not yet sent it. Last XXXXXXX I took a whole bottle of valium and was taken to the hospital..then two weeks after I got out, he filed the injunction against me and then I was in the car accident..In November during the Thanksgiving Holiday, I drank half a bottle of Brandy and took pills...they almost lost me that time..now I am reaching that point again. I miss him too much to wait any longer and besides, it doesn't look like he cares..last year he was afraid he would cause me to go into the mental hospital and it turned into a self fullfilling prophecy as that did happen but not because he was here, rather because he left me...ironic isn't it...I am just not sure if I should send him the email or not but really Doc, I don't much care anymore..I won't tell anyone this time as they way I was treated in the ER was abusive but thought I would tell you anyway..
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Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (7 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Please don't send that mail

Detailed Answer:
Hello again

One another reason of filing injunction was probably the fear of getting into legal problems. You took Valium tabs and probably he got feared that he might be held responsible for that and he filed injunction. So I request you to keep away these thoughts now. Don't think about taking any such step. As per my opinion please don't send the letter for now. This will do no good. Try to wait some more time, see your therapist and you can start learning new things ( like Hebrew). This will keep your mind busy, you have to pass the time only. Please try to understand that.

Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (10 minutes later)
No Dr Bishnoi. XXXXXXX never knew that I took the valium...it was never anything he ever knew about...how could he have known? We have really strict federal privacy laws in regard to health care privacy especially mental health care laws..not even employers or other businesses are privy to that information so that there is no way he could have known, we hadn't seen each other in almost two months or talked at all either...I was so sad about losing him and so confused I couldn't cope with it.he had no knowledge of either time...he wouldn't have been responsible for that in any case...as no one I knew knew it or would have told him..so no that is not the reason...I am too sad to even watch television now...I am not going to send him anything maybe ever again...I just want to die..I am not even interested in Hebrew or in Israel..
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Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Don't feel bad about yourself

Detailed Answer:
Hello again

I am sorry for my assumption. Please don't think bad about yourself. Life is a gift by GOD and you are a true believer. Fight with your bad phase of time and don't fight with your self. Anger, despair should be directed in good things and try to direct these into improving your health. I appreciate your decision that your will not mail him the letter. Try to pass that time, don't feel bad about yourself. Try to learn new thing, redevelop your interest. Please try to understand, life is precious gift, at least think about those who care about you.

I hope you will understand my advise.

Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (22 minutes later)
I do understand your advice but don't care about my life anymore. Its a curse,not a gift.I am researching methods of suicide and am considering Nembutal if I don't feel better soon or if XXXXXXX doesn't respond soon.Maybe if my daughter sees him tomorrow I will feel differently, but he might not even be there..I have nothing more to say to him in any more emails anyway as its hard to have one sided conversations..my days have been so long and lonely and stretch out endlessly with no hope of ever seeing or hearing from him again..having known that kind of love now its hard or impossible to live without it. i am not living anymore. i have been fighting the depression but without any response from him in sight...I am losing the battle with it...not sure how much longer I can hold on....
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Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (7 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Don't feel bad about yourself

Detailed Answer:
Hello again

First of all I would like to apologise for my late answers because of a little busy schedule for today. Don't consider life as curse, it's a gift and please try to realise it. Think about those who care about you, like your son, daughter. Don't feel bad about yourself. The bad phase of time will be pass and you will start loving your life again.

That's good if your daughter sees him, this may bring some good thing. Try to keep patience, your are a fighter.

Please don't even think about methods to kill yourself, pray to God.

Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (11 hours later)
My daughter went up to Michael's store and he paid no attention to her or anyone who came into the store. He was loudly talking to his emails or perhaps speaking what he was writing.Every once in a while he turned his head to the right and started talking in a low voice to someone or something that was not there. She said that something about him seemed "off" and that his hair looked rather wild. She thought of lifting a purse and walking out to see if he would even notice and then come back again in the other door just to test if he was even aware of what was going on in his store...he was intently focused on the emails and nothing else but other than that she couldn't say what was going on with him really. I don't know either if he still cares or not or ever will come back and that is all that I care about. I care nothing for anyone or anything else...and I don't know how to get interest in anything else in life back again until I know what he feels for me...bottom line..
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Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
He is a Schizophrenic and please accept this and try to improve yourself

Detailed Answer:
Hello again

His behaviour at store itself denotes that he is still ill. Lack of awareness to people, appearing as if talking to self or muttering, hallucinatory behaviour, poor self care, indifferent to others etc are main symptoms of schizophrenia. It is difficult to come out of these symptoms without proper medicines and evaluation.

The main hurdle in our case is that you can't contact him or ask him for treatment. He is not caring about himself so he can't be held responsible for his behaviour. He lacks insight and awareness to his illness. I know you are accepting his illness but in the same time you are feeling bad and dejected by his behaviour and this is causing deterioration of your condition. Please try to understand that he is not showing his real behaviour instead he is showing psychotic behaviour. Try to keep yourself busy, start loving yourself again. Don't feel bad about yourself. Develop new interests in life. If possible mail him again after about 3-4 weeks. With due course of time things should get better.

Thanks, hope this helps you
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (23 minutes later)
Thanks so much. I had hoped he would be a little bit better by now. Do you still think emailing him would help break him out of psychosis at all? should I tell him I am still considering moving to Israel? I think my telling him I love him was helpful. Do you think so? I am going to tell him that he has a good, pure heart(he does) and how much God loves him in Jesus aka Y'shua(the Hebrew).And also how much I still love him...no one else seems to care about him. He is fixated on his emails. I get the feeling he is looking for one from me. XXXXXXX said he had such dark bags and circles under his eyes from lack of sleep that he looked grey under his eyes. He was poorly groomed and his hair and eyes looked wild.
I am looking bad myself from sorrow and exhaustion but it was good she and my son and I went out to dinner tonight `as it helped my mood a lot. I need more sleep too but the dystonia and sadness makes that hard.Thank God for gabapentin and melatonin. Maybe I will be able to begin taking Hebrew again.. I might have to wait 7 months and go up to see him then. meanwhile I will continue to email him once a month.. what do you think?
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Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (23 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Yes continue to mail him at once a month but not more than that.

Detailed Answer:
Hello again

Emailing him would not help in coming out of psychosis but the mail may realise him about your presence whenever he gets a little better. He may come to realise about you due to these XXXXXXX

As per my opinion continue to mail him once a month and lets see what happens. Don't mail more than that and also don't feel bad and devastated even if he doesn't reply.

Yes you should tell him about your decision to move Israel. Even telling him that you love him was probably helpful though I can't say with certainty.

Talk about GOD and religious things in XXXXXXX As he is also a religious person he would find this in positive manner.

Try to go out with your children, try to enjoy time. Dining out, a short picnic, learning new things, developing new interests would really help. Try to keep yourself busy and this would help a lot.

Thanks, take care
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (9 minutes later)
Do you think he still remembers me or has he forgotten me because of his psychosis? I would feel so sad if he has forgotten the love we shared...he told me he loved me so very deeply...I would feel devastated if he forgot me...he seems to prefer the hallucinations now to me and if thats true my heart is broken...can he still love me romantically?
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Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (14 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
He lacks insight to his illness so he can't be held responsible for these

Detailed Answer:
Hello again

On the basis of history and our previous conversations I can tell you that he can't forget you. He may ignore you because of his underlying psychotic process and which can be due to his fear of homicide arisen out of his hallucinatory voices. He has fear of killing you as you have mentioned that some entities were asking him for homicide which were probably auditory hallucinations.

He can't make preference at this point of time. He is not aware of his actions and is not having insight so how can he make choice to choose hallucinations over you. His illness is not his choice but he is suffering. Please try to accept this thing that he is ill and you have to try to keep yourself healthy and away for depression. You have to realise that he lacks insight of his illness. Some times delusions of patients weaken with time and we are relying on that thing only. You can't contact him or ask him for medicines and this is one of major setback to his recovery. So we are left with one option that is to wait. Pray to GOD for his recovery and keep yourself healthy.

Thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Depression

Brief Answer: Please don't send that mail Detailed Answer: Hello again One another reason of filing injunction was probably the fear of getting into legal problems. You took Valium tabs and probably he got feared that he might be held responsible for that and he filed injunction. So I request you to keep away these thoughts now. Don't think about taking any such step. As per my opinion please don't send the letter for now. This will do no good. Try to wait some more time, see your therapist and you can start learning new things ( like Hebrew). This will keep your mind busy, you have to pass the time only. Please try to understand that. Thanks