whats the point really ?

[FallenAngel]

About 6 months ago now I took myself to A&E and told a doctor there I wanted to end my life ...... he sent me home telling me to make an app with my GP ... how is this acceptable ... where is the real care for the lost & lonely ..

[WantToChange]

There is help. We have anti-depressants and CBT. There are websites to help people. There is just no cure for it and charities etc are still raising awareness for it.

What made you think about this event if happened 6 months ago?

[FallenAngel]

I have tried almost every pill going .. I think about dying everyday ...

[Luckyring56 in reply to FallenAngel]

Angel,

Support for people like us is hard to come by...they just don't have the time or funding.

I too have tried almost all the pills going and think of suicide everyday.

Last year I ODd 3 times but didn't even try and get help. Both my GP and psychiatrist both know...a CPN told me if I was looking for inpatient treatment the nearest available bed was in Scotland - I live on the south coast! Some help eh?

They just don't know what to do except hand out more prescriptions and hope that you either find an answer by yourself or just get on with it and kill yourself.

In some ways we are no further forward than 100 years ago when they would've just locked us up for life.

I live in hope that one day something will change.

Sorry - not a very positive response but you're not alone.

Lorraine

(((Hugs)))

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Hello

Did they get the Crisis Team to give you a call and appointment

If you go to A and E there is very little they can do. They normally have a chat, although this can be truncated and they will send you home if they feel you will not do it again. If you OD they will keep you in and put you on the bus because it will take four hours to arrange an ambulance.

Sadly I cannot give advice other than above as I went through the OD route and saw the Crisis Team within twenty four hours after my attempt. I am unable to really understand what sort of treatments are given over the country as I only know what happened to me, they did ask is I would do it again when I got home, they wanted me to promise I did not have the heart to refuse them and now I feel I know the process I would not attempt it again. They can bring you back toot sweet and it is not very nice.

[Stilltrying_]

Really fallenangel I do not know what to say but was wondering it you've read my post is the feeling you get similar to the sort of thing that I get? I just don't what to suggest except to try and get some more understanding of how you get to feel like this and then work slowly on ways of how to get out of it. Do you think you are worse at weekends? Weekends for me are a massive trigger as during the week i can be in "work mode" and distract from how I feel inside. The only way I manage is with structure all the way and if I can't manage to provide enough structure then just getting through time until there is some structure again. Sorry I can't be more help. The thing is we are all different so it may not be the same sort of thing for you and therefore there may be different ways out of it for you; I'm just not sure. Sorry you are feeling like this though as it is hellish to feel like this (I should know) Gemmalouise

[Gambit62]

Sorry to hear about your experience, but not entirely surprised. A&E tends to be about patch 'em up and move along and there isn't much time for treating people like human beings. Its the technical skills that tend to get emphasised rather than soft skills and that doesn't make for a caring experience.