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Delta Burke Explains Psych Ward Stay
Thursday February 21, 2008
Delta Burke attends The Museum Of Television & Radio's Presentation of Designing Women: A Reunion on October 25, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Thursday February 21, 2008
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Before she recently checked into a psychiatric hospital, Delta Burke says she was so depressed she was unable to get out of bed for two weeks.
In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Burke, 51, says she had been on five medications to treat her lifelong battle with depression when all of them stopped working.
So she went to a clinic "to get my meds straightened out and to get properly diagnosed," she says, adding that her meds have since been cut back to two and she has been put on a diabetic diet.
As for reports that she was also hospitalized for hoarding, Burke admits she had an addiction to the QVC Shopping Network and eBay.
At one point, she says, she had 27 storage units filled with belongings in New Orleans. (She says her sister is helping her through the addiction and she is learning to sell a lot of the items and donate them as well.)
Burke says she has come a long way since her Designing Women days when her depression severely escalated.
One night, she recalls, she was parked in a car on top of a hill with a gun beside her and a bottle of Xanax. She was upset over what a tabloid had written about her.
"I just kept taking Xanax and hoping the pain would stop," she tells ET. "I got really sleepy and decided to go for a ride. I needed a Diet Coke really bad. I called up [husband Gerald McRaney]. I didn't know where I was but he found me."
Burke says she continues to speak out about her depression — "something that I deal with and millions of Americans deal with" — "to remove the stigma.
"I will always fight and everyone out there who battles this should always fight," she adds.
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2:49 AM
Kudos to Delta from speaking out. Her voice many help others in pain. She is to be commended for stepping up. Depression is a serious illness and ignorant people are still discriminating against it just as they do against all mental illness. One does not "just get over" depression. After a two year struggle with Depression ( and no insurance) I was able to recover on my own with much foritude and without any treatment. Its a difficult cross to bear and many suffer in silence due to discrimination. People in this country have to get over their phobia about mental illness. The people that discriminate are the ones with the low intelligence and no moral fiber. Good for her for dealing publicly with a very difficult illness. I wish her only the best in her recovery and in the future. This is the type of celebrity that uses her voice for good.
3:02 PM
Anonymous Says:
You go girl! Some celebrities would'nt even comment on such a touchy issue she has guts she could have just said no comment smiled and walked away instead she spoke up I like that she seems real!
2:19 PM
Anonymous Says:
As someone who is bipolar, I will tell you firsthand that depression is NOT SOMETHING YOU JUST GET OVER. Sometimes it is good to put yourself in others shoes. Until you have been through this don't judge. Those of us who do suffer from a mental disorder did not ask to be this way - we were born with chemical issues that we cannot help without medicine. We are not these horrible people - I have a college degree and work full-time. But there are days when I don't want to get out of bed because I am depressed and nights when I get no sleep because I am manic. That is something I have accepted and I do the best that I can.
I respect her for letting the world know what depression really feels like. Kudos to her!
1:28 PM
§*Wicked*§ Says:
I loved "Designing Women." That was a long time ago! Good luck to her.
12:53 PM
Anonymous Says:
i used to LOVE watching "designing women" w/ my mom when i was younger. i hope she gets better!
11:26 AM
Anonymous Says:
9:52 AM Anonymous - you've obviously never struggled with serious depression. It isn't something you just GET OVER by seeing people in worse shape than yourself. If anything, that would make you WORSE. Get off your high horse!
I wish Delta the best. She's had a very difficult time with depression and illness most of her life. I'm glad her husband loves her enough to have stuck by her all these years.
11:17 AM
Randa Says:
Delta has always been one of my fav. actresses and somewhat of a hero to me.
It took alot of guts to speak out like she has.
It's great to see that she and her husband are still in love and still a team...
She will get thru this like she does everything else.
she is a Strong courageous woman. she gets nothing but my respect and admiration.
Keep going Delta!!
11:02 AM
Anonymous Says:
9:52- You obviously have no clue about depression, because if you did, you would never have said something so stupid. Go get educated before you speak!
9:52 AM
Anonymous Says:
She sounds like a victim to me. Sorry but this woman has so many issues, most of them she's creating herself. Depression is definitely real but sometimes people create the drama themselves and she is one of them. I think she should go to a cancer ward where people are dying and then see if she is still depressed.
9:43 AM
Anonymous Says:
Her skin is so beautiful!
