0 – Severely depressed, suicidal and/or homicidal, immediate inpatient treatment necessary, inability to function (in daily activities)
1 – Severely depressed, somewhat suicidal and/or homicidal, monitoring necessary, inpatient treatment likely necessary, inability to function
2 – Severely depressed, passing suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts, monitoring recommended, inpatient treatment optional, great difficulty functioning
3 – Moderately depressed, passing suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts, monitoring optional, some difficulty functioning
4 – Mildly depressed, passing suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts, monitoring optional, low difficulty functioning
5 – Emotionally numb, in a state of existence, no suicidal and/or homicidal ideations, no monitoring necessary, some ability to function, borderline mood (potential for change to 4 or 6)
6 – Mildly happy, content, no suicidal and/or homicidal ideations, little functioning problems
7 – Moderately happy, upbeat, no functioning problems
8 – Moderately happy, optimistic, positive, no functioning problems
9 – Extremely happy, optimistic, cheerful, positive, “in a good mood,” “feel great,” no functioning problems
10 – Extremely happy, potentially manic, active, energetic, euphoric, ability to function may vary
*A plus (+) sign, used only for numbers below 5, indicate that there is no suicidal ideation.
depression introspection 
Thank you Marissa.
I have to write the second but still got no guts for that.
I really wish this message to be heard.
I still remember in amazement how strong the feeling of the action was even without the “real wanting”.
The most strange was that even knowing it was withdrawal I didn’t call anybody and I’m sure if it was the real stuff I would never do what I did and I would have searched for help.
I will try to be very specific when writing the second.
I felt some times drug-induced suicidal ideation but only twice it was that strong that led me to do these things.
Drug-induce suicidal ideation should be at the front pages of mags. But the mainstream media don’t care.
It was a great post, Ana, and I’m glad you wrote it. I hope you do write about the second, although I know it would be painful.
Mainstream media doesn’t care much about anything that doesn’t make them money.
For me, Effexor was a truly nasty drug. It got me out of bed, but it made me hostile!
However, I experienced suicidal ideation on Geodon, and immediately stopped taking it.
And a few months later when a friend’s son was taking Geodon, waving a knife in the air, and threatening to kill himself, I was able to tell her it was the Geodon, he should call his psychiatrist, and get of it ASAP. The moment he stopped taking it; he stopped thinking about suicide.
But, I always find it interesting that we have to figure these things out ourselves!
It took Effexor and the others a long time to even admit there was such a thing as discontinuation syndrome but after getting their butts kicked in court it is now part of the med literature. When I come off of meds I tend to be placed on the psych ward for “the safety of myself and others”. take care
i go long long periods w/o meds
wifey always wants me to take neds
i only wanna take em if in either extreme, severe mania or severe depression
otherwise i prefer NO DRUGS
You really have to be careful what you take and what you stop taking. There are some scary things out there