U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Braddock opened up on national television Sunday about the severe depression that put him in a hospital and left him unable to get out of bed after his November election victory. He said he was “indifferent” to living — not to the extent of harming himself but unable to enjoy his Senate swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Fetterman told CBS “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley how he did not experience the thrill of political victory after beating Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz for the U.S. Senate seat in November. Fetterman, a Democrat from Braddock, said he was in such a state of depression after what should have been a highlight of his political career that he did not even want to get out of bed or eat.
“Depression can absolutely convince you, you had lost,” said Fetterman, who became a recognized public figure as a mayor of the hard-hit steeltown of Braddock.
“And that’s exactly what happened,” the first-term senator said. “And that was the start of a downward spiral.”
He had stopped engaging with his children. His then 13-year-old son tried to get him out of that mood, but it did not work.
Fetterman said his doctor became concerned about him and made arrangements for him to be treated for clinical depression in mid-February at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Fetterman told Pauley, who has acknowledged she has suffered from depression and bipolar disorder, that he was “indifferent” when his doctor discussed with him whether he would be living after 18 months. He said his feeling at the time was that if it happened, it happened.
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Fetterman said he was sad that he had to enter treatment on the day his oldest son turned 14.
Fetterman said in a statement upon his release Friday that he was excited to be the father and husband he wants to be and the senator the state deserves. Fetterman returned to Braddock and hopes to return to the Senate in mid to late April.
After his treatment for depression, Dr. David Williamson, Walter Reed’s neuropsychiatry chief and medical director, said Fetterman’s depression is in remission.
Fetterman had experienced depression intermittently throughout his life, and it had only become severe recently, according to Adam Jentleson, his chief of staff.
Fetterman said he still suffers from the effect of his near-fatal stroke at age 52 before the May primary last year. Doctors discovered he had a serious hearing deficiency. He said he still deals with auditory processing issues and used a closed caption of the questions that Pauley posed.
Fetterman was hospitalized briefly in February in Washington, D.C., after feeling lightheaded.
Joe Napsha is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Joe by email at jnapsha@triblive.com or via Twitter .
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