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Son attempted suicide last night
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<blockquote data-quote="pigless in VA" data-source="post: 707767" data-attributes="member: 11832"><p>Hello, theboyzmom. I was incredibly impressed by the new program my county offered at a local hospital. We took Ferb to the hospital at the beginning of January and spent all day in the ER waiting for a telephone consultation with an intake officer. We did speak to a nurse quickly, but the actual admission took about 8 hours. Ferb spent 3 days on a psychiatric unit. The result of that visit was medication which, up until now, he had refused to take. </p><p></p><p>This trip was much better. We saw a doctor and a counselor rapidly. To Ferb's credit, he has willingly seen a counselor since he was 8 and began having suicidal thoughts. At age 16 he requested that I find him an anger management therapist. We made a switch to the newer therapist who is also skilled at helping people through suicidal episodes. SO and I see another therapist in the group. They run a large, court ordered anger management group which often meets when we are there. They are skilled at helping men cope with anger.</p><p></p><p>Basically, Ferb is one of the fortunate few who has had help available. Ferb is saying to me now that he is much happier on the anti-depressants. He wasn't really going to kill himself Wednesday night. He was just angry with me. </p><p></p><p>I hope he chooses to want to live. He may not. I am trying to wrap my mind around the seemingly more reasonable idea that I cannot stop him from dying. I cannot even make him enjoy his life. I also cannot connect with him. He doesn't want a connection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigless in VA, post: 707767, member: 11832"] Hello, theboyzmom. I was incredibly impressed by the new program my county offered at a local hospital. We took Ferb to the hospital at the beginning of January and spent all day in the ER waiting for a telephone consultation with an intake officer. We did speak to a nurse quickly, but the actual admission took about 8 hours. Ferb spent 3 days on a psychiatric unit. The result of that visit was medication which, up until now, he had refused to take. This trip was much better. We saw a doctor and a counselor rapidly. To Ferb's credit, he has willingly seen a counselor since he was 8 and began having suicidal thoughts. At age 16 he requested that I find him an anger management therapist. We made a switch to the newer therapist who is also skilled at helping people through suicidal episodes. SO and I see another therapist in the group. They run a large, court ordered anger management group which often meets when we are there. They are skilled at helping men cope with anger. Basically, Ferb is one of the fortunate few who has had help available. Ferb is saying to me now that he is much happier on the anti-depressants. He wasn't really going to kill himself Wednesday night. He was just angry with me. I hope he chooses to want to live. He may not. I am trying to wrap my mind around the seemingly more reasonable idea that I cannot stop him from dying. I cannot even make him enjoy his life. I also cannot connect with him. He doesn't want a connection. [/QUOTE]
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