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I feel very suicidal and my friends are keeping their distance from me. My psychiatrist wouldn't treat me if I was contemplating suicide.
I feel so discriminated against. My doctor doesn't want to see me if I kept on feeling suicidal and maybe one day take my own life. So in essance the treatment is very lopsided. We would only treat me and look at the positive side. But what if there is wisdom looking at the "negative side" which is that maybe I am feeling so hurt and that maybe death is the best solution for me? If we don't take an objective look at my situation and really acknowledge that there is a possibility of dying, how can we have an objective prognosis and work on a treatment that would ultimately benefit me at the end of the day. I feel this treatment benefits the psych because he wants to try to make me happy as much possible and avoid having a death on his hands which he told me will be very traumtic for him.
I look forward to hearing from you about your points of views.
Regards,
I feel so discriminated against. My doctor doesn't want to see me if I kept on feeling suicidal and maybe one day take my own life. So in essance the treatment is very lopsided. We would only treat me and look at the positive side. But what if there is wisdom looking at the "negative side" which is that maybe I am feeling so hurt and that maybe death is the best solution for me? If we don't take an objective look at my situation and really acknowledge that there is a possibility of dying, how can we have an objective prognosis and work on a treatment that would ultimately benefit me at the end of the day. I feel this treatment benefits the psych because he wants to try to make me happy as much possible and avoid having a death on his hands which he told me will be very traumtic for him.
I look forward to hearing from you about your points of views.
Regards,
Mine supported me really well when I was suicidal. She took care of everything, even ensuring that I wasn't spending time alone. Have you contacted a help line?
I really can't believe your psychiatrist said that! what does he think his job is? You need someone who will support you no matter what place you're in!
Where I live there are not a lot of resources and not a lot of psychiatrists. We don't have a crisis line or anything like that. I will talk to my psychiatrist tomorrow and tell him to try to reach out to me a little, if he couldn't (and I think that he made it clear that he couldn't) it will be better to shop around for another psychiatrist. I think I will stay with him for the meds but I will try a psychologist. He told me about one a while back. Maybe I will pay her a visit.
Thanks for your support.
In my opinion there is nothing to be done with a person who is convinced suicide is a viable option. The key words here are 'kept on". At some point, the 'patient' has to dismiss the idea or continuation is a waste of time. A doctor has the right to discontinue treatment if it is not effective.
Doctors (along with most people) help people live. They cannot do anything with someone who doesn't want to. It is not even open for discussion.
If someone came to me (whether I was a doctor or not), and said they wanted to die, my response would be "I cannot help you."
As long as you see it that way, there is only one person I can think of .. and he would probably not help you either because he only works with people with terminal illnesses, except now, he doesn't even do that .. he is paroled from prison.
So, my advice to you is dump the idea .. ENTIRELY.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/990315ap/1500.html
Please find a new psychiatrist, one who will respect you and take you seriously.
Please visit the following link:
http://www.dailystrength.org/help/crisis-resources