Re: Thank you all for caring, you saved a life.

Wow Jerry, thanks for writing and giving us an uplifting story!! ::wipes
eyes::
It took me a long time to see that sometimes the most loving thing to do is
to back away from the people who are toxic to us. I pray Patsy finds the
strength someday to let go of those people who hurt her (and vice versa),
and start living and learning what real love is about.

With hope and heart,
Kathleen




I wanted to pass on my thanks and respect to those who worked with
Patty this weekend. What you did was absolutely the right thing to do.
She is in complete denial as to her problems and her husbands. If she
does not wake up she will get out of denial and into deground.
Unfortunately, her "supportive and understanding" husband will
eventually get his wish. He is isolating her to the point of assisting
her in her suicidal ideals. I am NOT talking out of my ***.

You see, I was diagnosed Manic/Depressive in 1995. This came after
losing my brother-in-law to a heart attack, my Grandfather to a
stroke, my Grandmother to a hunger strike, my best friend to cancer,
my Mother-in-Law to diabetes, and my mentor to smacking the wall at
the Bronson Motor Speedway. I left his funeral and walked down to his
shop where I told everyone that he was inside but refused to come out
and have a drink with me. Eventually the police came and carried me
home. That night I made my first attempt on my life. All of these
deaths occurred within a period of 4 months and I had never experience
any loss prior.

I was taken to a hospital called Charter Springs in Ocala, Fl. They
got me rebalanced and I returned home. As AS3 discovered back at that
time, I was in a very bad marriage. Within 4 days of returning home I
was once again suicidal. This revolving door continued for nearly a
year. I missed over 7 months total from my job. Finally I told my wife
that she had to leave. I picked a monster fight with my God-Daughter
to get her to leave as well. This left me at home alone, as I had
planned.

I changed the locks on the house to keep everyone out. I had read a
book called "An Unquiet Mind" and learned that Lithium would cause you
to vomit if you took too much. I gathered 350 Lithium tablets, 1
bottle of anti-naseau medication, 50 Welbutrin tablets and one gallon
of Pina Coladas. I went into my room, closed and locked the doors.
Moved dressers up against them, layed in the bed and begin eating my
breakfast of pills and booze. I put on some Jimmy Buffet and went to
sleep. The rest is hazy. Apparently 4 hours later my God-Daughter,
still angry from the fight decided to come to the house to get her
things. She knocked on the window of my room until I actually awoke
and let her in the house. I have "lost" most of what I had eaten all
over my bed and the floor. Later my doctor would tell me that my
getting up to answer the door was the only reason I survived. Once I
laid back down I apparently continued to "lose" my breakfast.

I awoke several hours later and called my therapist to ask just how
much damage had I done to my liver, Lithium attacks the liver. He said
that if I woke up then I was going to be alright. Therapist called
Shrink. Shrink then called and ask how I felt. I told him "Well Doc,
it's a hell of a feeling waking up the morning after you killed
yourself." He was NOT amused. He then sent me to a specialty hospital
in New Orleans. It was this place that I credit with saving my life.
I sent my wife there with hopes of saving our marriage. She chose to
fight the program from day one. My insurance spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars on the two of us. I decided that my well being
was more important than my marriage and so I filed for divorce. I have
been on the medication ever since that time and I am doing fine.

I recognized all of the danger signs reading the posts about Patty.
Please, Please be kind to yourselves and know that she owns ALL of the
blame for what happened. She needs help. Her shrink and her husband
need to be replaced if she is to survive but you all did everything
you could. I owe my life to my pissed off God-Daughter and Patty owes
hers to you. Thank you for caring.

Jerry Housh
One month, six days, 12 hours, 28 minutes and 27 seconds.
1967 cigarettes not smoked,
saving $245.65.
Life saved: 6 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes.



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