The Doctor And A Patient: On Depression

– Dr Sushil Rudra

Durgapur, West Bengal

The Story: The Doctor and the patient: on Depression

This is a story on the Doctor and a patient: on depression. The Doctor is present in his chamber in the morning and busy diagnosing his patients. Naturally, one patient is in the room. The Doctor is taking rather a bit of time to prescribe the medication. However, this story ” the Doctor and the patient: on depression is learnable for everyone.

But outside of the chamber a patient couldn’t wait for a moment and tried to go in. Unfortunately, the attendant stopped him and told, ” Please wait for a while. You will go next after returning the former who is in.”

However, it seems that he couldn’t listen to it. The patient who was outside of the room was very unrest and deeply thoughtful about his health. His wife came with the man. When their turn came, they began to express their problems.

” What’s Your Problem?”

The Doctor asked him. But he said nothing. His wife replied:

” All-day long he is very busy and always says, ” how can I complete my office tasks? I have no time to spare for resting.”

The doctor eagerly listens to him. Practically he( the patient) used to think that his colleagues couldn’t furnish these tasks properly. So he alone must perform this works within a certain amount of time. Therefore, it is his duties to complete this heavy tasks within the stipulated time.

That’s why he was overburdened. He gradually gets worried and his mental pressure becomes high. Lastly, it takes off out of control. Hence, he booked an appointment to this renowned Psychiatry of his city.

In reply to the Doctor, he told:

” Sir, I am very busy throughout the day performing my Herculean tasks of the office. I couldn’t able to finish all the tasks within my office period. Therefore, I have to bring a lot of files in my briefcase to home for completing this office works.

” Doctor, I couldn’t bear these pressures anymore. I’m feeling unwell. Please help me to come out of this massive mental stress. I want to have a peaceful life.

” Please Doctor give me some medicines that I can overcome this burden of mind. I want to get relief? Is there any medicine that gives me relief? “

The Doctor asked him: ” Why do you not finish all the works in the office? You work in the office the whole day. So there’s lots of time to furnish your official tasks there. So why do you carry all the official papers in the home? ”

Then the patient answers: ” I have nothing to do, Sir! I work in the home the rest task when I get time. So I become worried until I finish it. This is a mammoth pressure to me that I want to escape from it. Please help me Sir, to get rid from this burden of the head.”

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The Prescription Of The Doctor: The Doctor and a patient: on depression

The Doctor did examine nothing. Rather he stared at him and said:

” Yes, you have come to me for help. I think you trust upon me. So you have to follow my advice what I would prescribe to you. Would you?”

” Sure, Sir! Why not? I have come to you for curtailing my mental pressure and my stresses. I must follow your advice. Tell me what to be done?”

Finally, the Doctor prescribed not a single medicine. Rather he told the patient: ” I won’t write a medicine for you. Only you have to do curtail two hours from your busy schedules. You’ll walk daily for these two hours – walk until you feel fatigued.

Besides, you should provide half an hour in a week to spend that time in front of a graveyard or on the cremation place. Are you ready?”

” What?” – the patient became astonished and told: ” I have come to you from getting relief by some medication, but you don’t give any medicine, rather you are advising me to will. I have no time to spare, Sir!

After a little pause, he told: ” Alright. I must walk as you advice me. But I couldn’t understand why you are advising me to spend some hours before the grave.

The Doctor explains the significance of his words. ” Yes, I insist you to spend some time before the grave because you’re to think about the man who is lying on the ground under the tomb for ever. “

” Why ” – asked the patient in the story” the Doctor and the patient: on depression.

” because death is inevitable to all. One day we have to face it. These men once spent their time in worldly affairs like you. They toiled, they had to face an enormous amount of duties, even like you they thought, without me this tasks would not be finished in time. Other people couldn’t do it. They had taken all the responsibility on their shoulders. But never thought of death.”

After a pause, the Doctor continued: ” One day, like these people, me and you have to face inevitable death. You would be lying there peacefully. The visitors would have been come here to pay their homage to them. This action will never end. It’s an eternal truth.”

The Doctor and the Patient: on depression: this patient was not like other patients. He has the patience and cooled. He was listening to Doctor and tried to follow his advice.

Story no. 2 The Doctor and a patient: on depression

Let listen to another incident. I came to know from my friend who is an eminent psychiatric.

The patient, aged around 60, came to my friend’s chamber. He seems to think that he has been suffering from various diseases. Especially when he urged to defecate a second time, he used to think that he had lost all his energy. Therefore, he uttered – ” I have no hungry. I have lost my appetite. ”

The Doctor has found no clue of the disease. The patient was examined thoroughly seriously but got no symptoms.

The Doctor tried to convince them that he is out of ailments. But became futile. He prescribed some antacid. Some days after, Doctor came to know that the person got suicide.

Story no. 3 / The Doctor and the patient: on depression

Last but not least – this is an incident of a modern smart lady. She is a professor of a college. She has been suffering from insomnia. Moreover, she is a harsh temperament and is always depressed. So weakness wrapped her body and mind.

The Doctor examined her thoroughly. The report is tremendously fine. The Doctor advised her to revisit next time along with her husband. That day the Doctor gave her only medicine for depression, a tonic and some sleeping tablets of very mild doses.

Next week she came to Doctor, but not along with her husband. Her husband was reluctant to come. Because he tried his best to communicate with the Doctors. But they told them that she had no diseases.

Her health is fine. She previously contacts a dozen of Doctors in the city. They advised her the same. ” You are okay.” But she didn’t believe it.

She continued to express her trouble with the mind. And said with a broken heart –

” Doctor, do you think that I am okay? But I feel that I am not going well. I have no attractions in worldly affairs. So I have gotten lost. I don’t have any pleasure in my mind. Save me, Doctor. ”

She said with full of agony and fear. Her face is pale.
However, the Doctor prescribed an anti-depression medicine” Amitriptilin “.
After two weeks she revisits along with her husband. She expressed her gratitude to the Doctor for his help.

The Doctor and the Patient: on depression:

” Thank you, Doctor, I’m indebted to you that you have lit up the lights in my dark life. I am now free of clouds that cluttered me.
Thank you again, Doctor babu. You have saved me from these ailments.

I hope, my readers take lessons from the story ” The Doctor and the Patient: on depression. Please inform me, suggesting to me your opinions that I could have written a helpful article in my blog. However, thanks for reading, liking and sharing this post.

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