And in answer to your question:
if the meds work then the chances of trying again go way down. But that depends on getting the right combination of meds and that's trail and error. Also, can only speak for myself - when I've been suicidal I wasn't telling anyone about it. That doesn't mean she's just attention seeking though. There's obviously something wrong. Why is there no doubt in your mind that she didn't actually want to die?

Also, Burger King is much better than McDonalds or KFC.

Also, don't get psychiatric advice from the Internet.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 26 Jan 2010, 13:20, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I think you'll find that peer based psychotherapy
is a perfectly valid technique and should be utilised as much as possible along with mad plumbing sKillZ.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 26 Jan 2010, 13:29, Reply)

sshhh, have a little drink and calm down.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 26 Jan 2010, 13:47, Reply)

CHCB speaks the truth
Burger King is the best.



As for mad friends - I have one in particular - we've been friends since we were 11, so that's a long, long time. Every couple of years she falls out with me and everyone else she knows. She's tried killing herself the quick way with pills - fortunately she got some help and now remembers almost nothing of those few dark years. Now she's trying to kill herself slowly with drink. We're going through a sort of falling out period at the moment - I've done nothing to cause this - she manages to have fights with people all on her own.

I'll continue to do as I've always done - be here for her when she comes out of it again. Sadly though it is a draining friendship particularly as she refuses to see any course of treatment through - as soon as she feels better for a day or two she thinks she's over it. Many health problems - mental or physical - are often chronic - you're left with them for life and you need to work out the most effective way to deal with it and still live your life.

She hasn't but then she could just be a twat.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 26 Jan 2010, 15:08, Reply)