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Advice PLEASE about suicidal friend!
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Please can you offer some advice if you can.
My friend refused to join his family for Christmas dinner today and stayed at home all by himself. He has taken 14 Ibruprofen and drank a bottle and a half of Buckfast.
My partner is there right now with him and he is refusing to go to the hospital or do anything like that. Does anybody know if he will be ok after taking those tablets? I don't know how many you need to take for it to affect your system. Should we force him to go to the hospital or should we let him stay at home and just keep an eye on him?
Any advice would be welcome but most particularly from those with previous experience or knowledge of suicide attempts
My friend refused to join his family for Christmas dinner today and stayed at home all by himself. He has taken 14 Ibruprofen and drank a bottle and a half of Buckfast.
My partner is there right now with him and he is refusing to go to the hospital or do anything like that. Does anybody know if he will be ok after taking those tablets? I don't know how many you need to take for it to affect your system. Should we force him to go to the hospital or should we let him stay at home and just keep an eye on him?
Any advice would be welcome but most particularly from those with previous experience or knowledge of suicide attempts
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Won't do much but really you should phone someone asap in case he/she finds a real way to kill themselves.
It sounds like he/she wants attention rather than to kill themselves. When I was in your friends prostitution all I wanted is people to understand how I felt and could not explain the way I was feeling..
That is what I'm thinking.
I'm trying desperately to get him to go to hospital but I am receiving pressure from everybody involved. They all say he seems fine, he didnt take that much, I'm over reacting, and he'll fine as long as we keep an eye on him. But I'm worried.
It sounds like the people around him just can't understand how he is feeling. It all depends on how responsible you feel about your friend. The people that should make this decision is his family. As ringing ambulance will start of a lot of things.
I'm going to head out now and insist we go to hospital because the way I see it, it's too much of a risk NOT to go. I'd rather go and have peace of mind. Thank you both for your responses.
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NHS Direct for advice if it's not and you just need help on what to do.
Recommend he talks to the Samaritans or see his GP for help.
Some info here
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Suicide/Pages/Introduction.aspx
And I say that as a depressive who has attempted suicide myself in the past. the last thing i would have done is told friends or family about it.
:eek: I assume you meant position rather than prostitution? I agree with the other posters it is a cry for help. I would take him or her along to the hospital just incase and get them to talk with someone. I have taken a couple of overdoses myself and I had to drink liquid charcoal to flush the tablets out of my system. Just drinking that is enough to put me off that again!
Yes thats my stupid spell check add on for you. I do agree on your comment completely and hope everything is sorted out.
Why are you taking that tone ?
That was a sensible piece of advise. Call an ambulance if you are that worried.
There is more information about ibruphen here,
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Howweregulate/Medicines/Licensingofmedicines/Informationforlicenceapplicants/Guidance/OverdosesectionsofSPCs/Genericoverdosesections/Ibuprofen/index.htm
Not sure how you can you just write this off like that? This person has taken 14 pills at once. Even if it's not enough to kill someone, it's still an attempted overdose. They need help. I can't see how someone on a forum can decide it's just attention seeking and they should be left to it. That sounds like very reckless advice to me. Yes I appreciate you've been there but that doesn't mean your situation is the same as someone elses.
I wouldn't count on it.
It amuses me when people read tone in so little. I actually took the "thanks" at face value
Call an ambulance, get them help. Let the professionals deal with it.
Sorry your Christmas isn't going well.
The OP hasn't been here since 28/12.
Was in a similar situation a few months ago. A friend who was staying with me did this in my flat when I was falling asleep.
He took about 20 ibuprofen and a load of drink and was ready to take more when I found him. Hed also been cutting himself and had taken ecstacy a couple of hours before.
Took him to hopsital in a taxi and was waiting 2 hours before he was seen, a further 2 hours before they took blood.
All in all we waited 18 hours for the results of the blood tests before he wanted to leave. Left without getting the all clear. The hospital called the police.
He's fine (psysically) but stuff like that can cause organ damage which you might not be able to tell for a while.
It was one of the worst situations ive ever been in.
I hope your friend is ok....inbox me if you need someone to speak to about it.