Need to talk to a counselor but...?!


Question: Need to talk to a counselor but...?
my parents don't seem to think I need to. I've told them I do, and so has my doctor. Oh, I'm 15, almost 16, just thought I'd throw that out there. I don't know what to do. I'm just so stressed and... well, I've been cutting myself a lot more lately. I've felt sort of nauseous for the past couple days and i've had a worse headache than usual. I haven't been able to sleep very well for a while. They don't know that I cut myself. I do have a couple friends I can talk to about this kind of stuff, but I always hate to, because they've got their own problems, but they're always willing to help, just as I'll always help them. One of them is my age, and the other is 18 and he's out of high school. The one that's my age, he knows that I cut myself, but the other one doesn't. I've been crying a lot lately, always at night when everyone else is asleep. But before, I never used to cry.
Anyways, I have this plan. I don't want to kill myself, I want to get to help. So, I've decided to overdose on dramamine. Not enough to die, but enough to get high. And yes, I know what'll happen, but it's all I can do now. So, my parents will see me acting very strangely and then hopefully take me to the hospital, and then they'll see that I really do need help. Do you think this will work?

Answers:

You're very lucky to have such good friends who cares about you.

So your doctor says you need counseling. But your parents doesn't have same opinion as doctor. Have you asked your parents why? Is that financial thing or they just don't believe there's such thing as mental illness?

That is a really tough situation you're in. It is the best if your doctor could convince your parents. Maybe you already tried? But you can keep trying.

Since you're still in school, there's another option such as school counseling or infirmary nurse.

I'm sorry that I don't have exact solution for your problem...but I don't think taking pills would be a good idea. You could really harm yourself and if you overdose, end up in hospital...Vacuuming pills out of stomach really hurts.

I hope things gets better soon for you.



No, I think this is a bad idea. You really need to just open up COMPLETELY to your parents. Show them your cuts, tell them you've been crying at night and you can't sleep and you're depressed and feeling miserable. Tell them everything. Then I imagine they'll get you some help. But don't overdose on dramamine. Dangerous...



DON"T OD!!!! You could die. I really think that you are like me and have depression. you probably do need to see a counselor but I get where you're at I was there too just don;t do anything rash that you might regret.

past experience



no please dont do that it isa bad idea. you never know what could go wrong. tell a teacher at school.or call your doctor



hey hang in there and your parents shouldnt get you some counciling and girl ive been im the same situation you in. just chilll out. and ill be praying for ya. your a beautiful person and cutting yourself is not the answer. do some exercising. whatever you keep your head up. And no drugs are not the answer. Just demand your parents to take you to get some theoropy hope this helps. :)

exeperience



Hello there,
I understand your feelings, I felt the same way.
You should always trust your parents, I highly suggest you do NOT overdose on dramamine, because that will just cause another problem.
I suggest you to just calm down, tell your parents you want to talk to them, so sit down with them and share your feelings, and tell them you have been depressed, and you want help.

Hope everything goes well.
xx



Please don't cut yourself. That doesn't do anybody any good.
Well, if it's a real problem, saying that isn't enough. But if you really need to do something like that, bite your arm, but not hard enough to bite a hole out of your arm, or bite a dish towel. I have a tendency to bite my arm when I'm very irritated; the pain actually leaves me very quickly, but that works for ME.

In general, try to find out what's bothering you; observing your behavior will help with this. Try taking showers, listening to music, going outside, using the computer, etc, if you are feeling very anxious. Those are all calming activities.

AS for your plan, I looked it up, and dramamine is used for treating symptoms due to MOTION SICKNESS, not general nausea. If you try to get high, who knows what will happen to you. Instead of asking your parents to take you to the hospital, stay over at a good friends house for a day or so, and ask if his/her parents can take you to a therapy place or doctor's office. But why a hospital? Hospitals are used to treat physical issues, not mental ones.




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