diff --git a/code/game/verbs/suicide.dm b/code/game/verbs/suicide.dm
index ec64e84c355..ef759b24073 100644
--- a/code/game/verbs/suicide.dm
+++ b/code/game/verbs/suicide.dm
@@ -2,25 +2,12 @@
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/verb/suicide()
 	set hidden = 1
-
-	if (stat == DEAD)
-		src << "You're already dead!"
+	if(!canSuicide())
 		return
-
-	if (!ticker)
-		src << "You can't commit suicide before the game starts!"
-		return
-
-	if (suiciding)
-		src << "You're already committing suicide! Be patient!"
-		return
-
 	var/confirm = alert("Are you sure you want to commit suicide?", "Confirm Suicide", "Yes", "No")
-
+	if(!canSuicide())
+		return
 	if(confirm == "Yes")
-		if(!canmove || restrained())	//just while I finish up the new 'fun' suiciding verb. This is to prevent metagaming via suicide
-			src << "You can't commit suicide whilst restrained! ((You can type Ghost instead however.))"
-			return
 		suiciding = 1
 		var/obj/item/held_item = get_active_hand()
 		if(held_item)
@@ -74,21 +61,11 @@
 
 /mob/living/carbon/brain/verb/suicide()
 	set hidden = 1
-
-	if (stat == 2)
-		src << "You're already dead!"
+	if(!canSuicide())
 		return
-
-	if (!ticker)
-		src << "You can't commit suicide before the game starts!"
-		return
-
-	if (suiciding)
-		src << "You're already committing suicide! Be patient!"
-		return
-
 	var/confirm = alert("Are you sure you want to commit suicide?", "Confirm Suicide", "Yes", "No")
-
+	if(!canSuicide())
+		return
 	if(confirm == "Yes")
 		suiciding = 1
 		viewers(loc) << "<span class='userdanger'>[src]'s brain is growing dull and lifeless. It looks like it's lost the will to live.</span>"
@@ -98,25 +75,12 @@
 
 /mob/living/carbon/monkey/verb/suicide()
 	set hidden = 1
-
-	if (stat == 2)
-		src << "You're already dead!"
+	if(!canSuicide())
 		return
-
-	if (!ticker)
-		src << "You can't commit suicide before the game starts!"
-		return
-
-	if (suiciding)
-		src << "You're already committing suicide! Be patient!"
-		return
-
 	var/confirm = alert("Are you sure you want to commit suicide?", "Confirm Suicide", "Yes", "No")
-
+	if(!canSuicide())
+		return
 	if(confirm == "Yes")
-		if(!canmove || restrained())
-			src << "You can't commit suicide whilst restrained! ((You can type Ghost instead however.))"
-			return
 		suiciding = 1
 		//instead of killing them instantly, just put them at -175 health and let 'em gasp for a while
 		viewers(src) << "<span class='userdanger'>[src] is attempting to bite \his tongue. It looks like \he's trying to commit suicide.</span>"
@@ -125,17 +89,11 @@
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/verb/suicide()
 	set hidden = 1
-
-	if (stat == 2)
-		src << "You're already dead!"
+	if(!canSuicide())
 		return
-
-	if (suiciding)
-		src << "You're already committing suicide! Be patient!"
-		return
-
 	var/confirm = alert("Are you sure you want to commit suicide?", "Confirm Suicide", "Yes", "No")
-
+	if(!canSuicide())
+		return
 	if(confirm == "Yes")
 		suiciding = 1
 		viewers(src) << "<span class='userdanger'>[src] is powering down. It looks like \he's trying to commit suicide.</span>"
@@ -145,17 +103,11 @@
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/verb/suicide()
 	set hidden = 1
-
-	if (stat == 2)
-		src << "You're already dead!"
+	if(!canSuicide())
 		return
-
-	if (suiciding)
-		src << "You're already committing suicide! Be patient!"
-		return
-
 	var/confirm = alert("Are you sure you want to commit suicide?", "Confirm Suicide", "Yes", "No")
-
+	if(!canSuicide())
+		return
 	if(confirm == "Yes")
 		suiciding = 1
 		viewers(src) << "<span class='userdanger'>[src] is powering down. It looks like \he's trying to commit suicide.</span>"
@@ -178,17 +130,11 @@
 
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/verb/suicide()
 	set hidden = 1
-
-	if (stat == 2)
-		src << "You're already dead!"
+	if(!canSuicide())
 		return
-
-	if (suiciding)
-		src << "You're already committing suicide! Be patient!"
-		return
-
 	var/confirm = alert("Are you sure you want to commit suicide?", "Confirm Suicide", "Yes", "No")
-
+	if(!canSuicide())
+		return
 	if(confirm == "Yes")
 		suiciding = 1
 		viewers(src) << "<span class='userdanger'>[src] is thrashing wildly! It looks like \he's trying to commit suicide.</span>"
@@ -199,16 +145,11 @@
 
 /mob/living/carbon/slime/verb/suicide()
 	set hidden = 1
-	if (stat == 2)
-		src << "You're already dead!"
+	if(!canSuicide())
 		return
-
-	if (suiciding)
-		src << "You're already committing suicide! Be patient!"
-		return
-
 	var/confirm = alert("Are you sure you want to commit suicide?", "Confirm Suicide", "Yes", "No")
-
+	if(!canSuicide())
+		return
 	if(confirm == "Yes")
 		suiciding = 1
 		setOxyLoss(100)
@@ -217,3 +158,20 @@
 		setCloneLoss(100)
 
 		updatehealth()
+
+/mob/living/proc/canSuicide()
+	if(stat == CONSCIOUS)
+		return 1
+	else if(stat == DEAD)
+		src << "You're already dead!"
+	else if(stat == UNCONSCIOUS)
+		src << "You need to be conscious to suicide"
+	return
+
+/mob/living/carbon/canSuicide()
+	if(!..())
+		return
+	if(!canmove || restrained())	//just while I finish up the new 'fun' suiciding verb. This is to prevent metagaming via suicide
+		src << "You can't commit suicide whilst restrained! ((You can type Ghost instead however.))"
+		return
+	return 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
index fbb3a7bacae..3115d55e8c7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@
 		if(100 to 200)
 			msg += "<span class='warning'>[t_He] [t_is] twitching ever so slightly.</span>\n"
 
-	if(suiciding)
-		msg += "<span class='warning'>[t_He] appears to have commited suicide... there is no hope of recovery.</span>\n"
-
 	if(gender_ambiguous) //someone fucked up a gender reassignment surgery
 		if (gender == MALE)
 			msg += "[t_He] has a strange feminine quality to [t_him].\n"
@@ -177,8 +174,9 @@
 	if(stat == DEAD || (status_flags & FAKEDEATH))
 		appears_dead = 1
 		if(getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain))//Only perform these checks if there is no brain
+			if(suiciding)
+				msg += "<span class='warning'>[t_He] appears to have commited suicide... there is no hope of recovery.</span>\n"
 			msg += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] limp and unresponsive; there are no signs of life"
-
 			if(!key)
 				var/foundghost = 0
 				if(mind)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
index a0795957383..376622f3314 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
@@ -1047,14 +1047,9 @@
 	if((H.status_flags & GODMODE))
 		return
 
-	if(!breath || (breath.total_moles() == 0) || H.suiciding)
+	if(!breath || (breath.total_moles() == 0))
 		if(H.reagents.has_reagent("inaprovaline"))
 			return
-		if(H.suiciding)
-			H.adjustOxyLoss(2)//If you are suiciding, you should die a little bit faster
-			H.failed_last_breath = 1
-			H.oxygen_alert = max(H.oxygen_alert, 1)
-			return 0
 		if(H.health >= config.health_threshold_crit)
 			if(NOBREATH in specflags)	return 1
 			H.adjustOxyLoss(HUMAN_MAX_OXYLOSS)