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<blockquote data-quote="B. Lerner" data-source="post: 711181" data-attributes="member: 21306"><p><em><span style="color: #660066"> I see in my original post that I hadn't stated that my son was seeing a psychiatrist & was on anti-depressants in his teens (about 4 years), but the minute he turned 18 & we couldn't force him anymore, he quit both. And is now he's 21. Nothing has changed, except his older brother told us that now, instead of trying to buy a gun, he's thinking about hanging himself, using a knife or taking an overdose of some drug. We can hide the drugs, but not sure how to possibly avoid the other ways (especially since he has his own set of knives from when he took a cooking course). We've been thinking about trying to get him into a 72-hour hold, but the thing is -- someone meeting him anew wouldn't see any sign of a suicidal ideation. He's very smart & doesn't fit all the standard signs of depression. His brother was able to get him to see someone for about four months, if they went together. It took about 3 months for the counselor to admit that Dan had any hint of suicidal thoughts & even then he wasn't very concerned. So we don't see how we can get him committed for even the initial 72 hours. We have thought about kicking him out, but we're concerned that would be the straw that would actually set him off.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660066"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660066">We feel so helpless..............</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B. Lerner, post: 711181, member: 21306"] [I][COLOR=#660066] I see in my original post that I hadn't stated that my son was seeing a psychiatrist & was on anti-depressants in his teens (about 4 years), but the minute he turned 18 & we couldn't force him anymore, he quit both. And is now he's 21. Nothing has changed, except his older brother told us that now, instead of trying to buy a gun, he's thinking about hanging himself, using a knife or taking an overdose of some drug. We can hide the drugs, but not sure how to possibly avoid the other ways (especially since he has his own set of knives from when he took a cooking course). We've been thinking about trying to get him into a 72-hour hold, but the thing is -- someone meeting him anew wouldn't see any sign of a suicidal ideation. He's very smart & doesn't fit all the standard signs of depression. His brother was able to get him to see someone for about four months, if they went together. It took about 3 months for the counselor to admit that Dan had any hint of suicidal thoughts & even then he wasn't very concerned. So we don't see how we can get him committed for even the initial 72 hours. We have thought about kicking him out, but we're concerned that would be the straw that would actually set him off. We feel so helpless..............[/COLOR][/I] [/QUOTE]
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