John:

1) It seems like a solution because it IS a solution - it is a permanent solution to a temporary problem, as they say.

2) When I OD'd, thinking that I would never wake up, I did wake up (was made to wake up) after several days on a medical unit. I woke up unable to lift my left arm even a bit. Turned out, when I OD'd (in my parked car), I leaned on my left arm when asleep, and, in the course of 15 or more hours, some nerves got pinched or something but I

a) lost all function
b) was in pain.

LUCKILY, after several months on Tramadol for pain, I got better.

Eventually I recovered the full function and stopped needing Tramadol. I am now pain-free and just fine, and go to the swimming pool to do breaststroke several times a week - using my arms.

But I lucked out, big time. Many people who OD wake up only to suffer permanent damage to their liver or other organs for the rest of their lives.

In other words, if you think that your situation is bad now, imagine it just as bad mood-wise but with some permanent physical damage: that is what can happen if you OD. It is much better not to OD!