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Old 22-04-2006, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Jen
Well my husband seems to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown I got a phone call from him last night at midnight from the motel he has been staying at for the last week I went and saw him he was a mess very upset and apologetic and emotional said he was thinking of suicide.After a night of sitting with him he seemed to have settled but was upset again this afternoon. I rang his psychotherapist this afternoon he is going to see us on Monday hopefully he can help out with my husband he seems to be a bit of a mess at the moment. Never seen him so upset.
Jen
Jen, you need to do a couple of things really to fix this for him.
  1. If he's not on medication, ie. lexapro or similar, get him to a shrink and get him on it.
  2. Get hold of VVCS, tell them he is suicidal, and they will handle everything from that point on to get him hospitalised, treated and rationally sane.
  3. He will refuse, but sometimes you need to do what is in the best interest of him, as he doesn't clearly know what he is doing at this point. I know this, because I have been through it, ie. nervous breakdown and suicidal to the worst degree.
  4. He must know that people can help him, and he mustn't deal with this alone during these bad stages.
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