and thats exactly what happened and that was the start of a downward spiral he said you just won the biggest race in the country he also stopped eating lost weight and found himself staying in bed senator john fetterman leaves capitol hill in washington feb 14 2023 still during his time in walter reed fettermans office insisted he remained involved in legislative activities including posting pictures on social media of him meeting with his staff fettermans return to the senate anticipated to come during the week of april 17 will also ease democrats control of the chamber where they hold a 5149 majority and the whole thing about depression is that objectively you may have won but depression can absolutely convince you that you actually lost i will be going home and this will be the first time ever to be in remission with my depression im just somebody thats suffering from depression and i cant wait to see what it really feels like to take it all in and to start making up any lost time he said sen john fetterman is speaking publicly for the first time since he entered the hospital in february with severe depression saying in an interview on cbs sunday morning that he looks forward to returning to work later this month fetterman dpa said he also looks forward to being the kind of dad and the kind of husband and the kind of senator that pennsylvania deserves this isnt political he said truly thats what my aspiration is elected in november in one of 2022s most significant midterm elections fetterman checked himself into walter reed military medical center for treatment for depression on feb 15 his staff has said the absences of fetterman and sen dianne feinstein dcalif over a shingles infection have curtailed their ability to move legislation through the floor more john fetterman set for return to senate following treatment for depression during his cbs news interview alongside wife gisele he explained that he never had any suicidal ideation or selfharm but was indifferent to living evelyn hocksteinreuters file fetterman said he hopes the publicity surrounding his diagnosis can help others struggling with mental health issues to choose to seek help