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When should a hospital take a suicide threat seriously?
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<blockquote data-quote="welcometowitsend" data-source="post: 539741" data-attributes="member: 14356"><p>Thank you for your replies. </p><p></p><p>husband and I are very nervous about his state of mind. husband just got home from a trip tonight and difficult child seems to have been in an ok mood today. We a had a talk with him about his state of mind, how he feels, is anything causing this (i.e. is it situational?). Here is how he describes himself.....</p><p></p><p>He says when he is in a normal frame of mind he is content - not happy but not suicidal. And he is rational and would never consider suicide as an option. I guess he is just 'ok' and that is a good day for him. He says the suicidal thoughts can start and last anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours and they start for absolutely no reason at all. He or his friends talk him out of his feelings and then he says it's like he resets himself and waits for the next time it will happen. He describes himself as a ticking time bomb. He has never threatened me with suicide because he is angry or frustrated with a rule or something he can't do - he did leave home because he didn't like our rules but never threatened suicide. He doesn't/won't even come to me when he feels this way. I've asked him to change this and he says he will do his best. Apparently this has been happening off and on for months and I only just found out it was this serious when I took him to the dr.'s last week - but then he said that he hadn't felt that way in a while and was doing much better - until Sunday night/Monday am. I don't have much experience with this kind of thing other than my own teenage angst which was nothing like this and my sister but she doesn't get into nitty gritty details with me. I don't know if this sounds plausible or convenient, Know what I mean?? </p><p></p><p>I have a feeling I'll be up again most of the night checking on him - hopefully he sleeps tonight so I can too. I really don't know how he stays awake the way he does. I could try another hospital but my understanding is that unless he is an 'immediate' threat to himself or others then they won't do anything - and if he won't come to me when he is an immediate threat to himself then I'm at a loss as to what to do. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for your support</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welcometowitsend, post: 539741, member: 14356"] Thank you for your replies. husband and I are very nervous about his state of mind. husband just got home from a trip tonight and difficult child seems to have been in an ok mood today. We a had a talk with him about his state of mind, how he feels, is anything causing this (i.e. is it situational?). Here is how he describes himself..... He says when he is in a normal frame of mind he is content - not happy but not suicidal. And he is rational and would never consider suicide as an option. I guess he is just 'ok' and that is a good day for him. He says the suicidal thoughts can start and last anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours and they start for absolutely no reason at all. He or his friends talk him out of his feelings and then he says it's like he resets himself and waits for the next time it will happen. He describes himself as a ticking time bomb. He has never threatened me with suicide because he is angry or frustrated with a rule or something he can't do - he did leave home because he didn't like our rules but never threatened suicide. He doesn't/won't even come to me when he feels this way. I've asked him to change this and he says he will do his best. Apparently this has been happening off and on for months and I only just found out it was this serious when I took him to the dr.'s last week - but then he said that he hadn't felt that way in a while and was doing much better - until Sunday night/Monday am. I don't have much experience with this kind of thing other than my own teenage angst which was nothing like this and my sister but she doesn't get into nitty gritty details with me. I don't know if this sounds plausible or convenient, Know what I mean?? I have a feeling I'll be up again most of the night checking on him - hopefully he sleeps tonight so I can too. I really don't know how he stays awake the way he does. I could try another hospital but my understanding is that unless he is an 'immediate' threat to himself or others then they won't do anything - and if he won't come to me when he is an immediate threat to himself then I'm at a loss as to what to do. Thanks for your support [/QUOTE]
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