A DEPRESSED Nelson man took a massive overdose of tablets to deliberately end his life, an inquest heard.
Thomas Stubbley, 43, of Ringstone Crescent, was on anti-depressants but took more than four times the amount that can prove fatal.
The Burnley inquest was told he was found in bed on April 18 surro-unded by empty packets of the medication.
His sister Maureen Green said he had suffered depression for a long time with lots of ups and downs but before his death he seemed fine and was excited about starting a new job.
But the education welfare officer added: "He would not be silly enough to take a handful without knowing what it could do. If he has taken a lot of pills he has done it deliberately."
And she told how, after a row a few years ago, he had swallowed a few tablets out of anger but a dose he knew would not kill him.
Pathologist Dr Abdul al Dowd gave the cause of death as an excessive amount of anti-depress-ants saying 14 micro-grammes per litre had been found in his blood -- 3.4 microgrammes are enough to cause death.
Coroner Richard Taylor said: "For a reason we will never know, he decided he was going to take a very large amount of pills.
"It leaves me with no alternative but to record a verdict he took his own life."
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