Blackpool man, 33, with history of mental health issues and drug use sadly took his own life, inquest hears
Thirty-three-year-old had been deemed fit to go back into the community.
A 33-year-old Blackpool man with a history of mental health issues and drug use took his own life, a coroner has concluded.
Matthew Daykin was found unresponsive by his mother at his flat in Central Drive, Blackpool when she went to check after not hearing from him for two days.
A post-mortem found a fatal level of a prescribed medication in his system, an inquest at Blackpool Town Hall heard.
There were also scratches on his abdomen which the pathologist which may have suggested an attempt at self-harm but pathologist Dr Darek Golka said were likely to be days or weeks old.
Police who checked the flat said there were no signs of third party involvement.
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Mr Daykin, who was originally from Leeds and had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, had been treated at Blackpool Victoria Hospital some weeks before his death for an overdose of the same prescribed medication which caused his death.
His mother had expressed concerns that he might harm himself after a “bad episode” and a mental health consultation was later sought after he had been taken into custody by the police.
He was referred because of his history and the fact he had had suicidal thoughts some time ago.
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But Samantha Wilson of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Health Care Trust, who carried out the consultation, said he had engaged with her really well with no sign of psychosis and no indication that he intended to harm himself.
He was deemed fit to go back into the community.
Returning his conclusion of suicide, Blackpool and Fylde chief coroner Alan Wilson said it was “a sad set of circumstances” and offered his condolences to Mr Daykin’s mother, who he said had done everything she could to support her son.
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