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Age 30-39
Interview 05  

Interview 05

Age at Interview: 33
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 24
Background: A computer programmer, married with children, who has had a number of episodes of depression, the most recent was very severe. (Played by an actor.)
Brief outline:Has very good care from his GP. Medication was somewhat effective. He recently stopped taking Lithium and Effexor.


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Explains how he became suicidal while on antidepressant medication. (Played by an actor)

 



And whilst initially (after starting antidepressant medication) I started feeling better. I then started feeling, I started feeling depressed again and I started feeling, essentially because I'd got my capacity of thought back, I started feeling introspective. In the, before then really I'd lost the capacity… 

I just think I was a zombie and I started feeling, I started sort of thinking again and started thinking that, “Well, actually yeah the world would be a better place without me. Then, I think my family would be better off without me. You know, because of the life insurance, think of life insurance and they'll be more secure then you know. If I did lose my job I'd be unemployed.”
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