i wonder if you can give me any advice for my friend. Her partner suffers from
manic depression and take llithium to control it, approx 6 months ago he was also given diazipam and now he is very low, talking of killing himself etc.
he is in his late 30's so he understands his
manic depression, and knows what the low of that feels like and he felt that its was the diazipam making him feel worse. he does not trust the doctors as his father was also a
manic depressant killed himself when he was 48 and didnt get much help or support.
my friends partner is convinced he is going to die when hes 48 or before like his father.
He started cutting his diazipam down on his own, and then just stopped taking it completely as he really had it stuck in his head that it was wrong for him, hes now been given
beta blockers which arent really making him feel any better. it is getting so bad, he wont go to see a doctor, and my friend is trying to cope with it all and i think she is starting to get depressed herself.
could this awful low be after effects of the diazipam (which he stoped taking about 8 weeks ago) or the beta-blockers hes on now? is so how long will it be untill hes feeling better.
i did read somewhere that lithium and diazipam do not go well together, and that you should only be on it for short periods, not 6months!
have you any advise for me?
Thank you for your time
