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When she looks back, Susan Dudley says that never in her life had she imagined one day wanting to harm herself.
In 2002, the registered nurse was working, raising three children and leading what she describes as a perfectly normal life when her doctor prescribed a new drug for nerve pain in her leg.
About seven weeks later, Dudley knew something was wrong. She was feeling sad and depressed, and thinking "really bad thoughts." Then one day she woke up, and all she wanted was to go to the kitchen, break a glass and cut her arms.
Soon, Dudley was thinking of ways to harm herself the way other people might think about things to add to their grocery lists.....
