what do you do when a close relative of yours doesn't want to live anymore? My
aunt( my moms sister) has attempted suicide 3 times in the last 30 days. the
psychiatric places wont keep her any longer than about 5 days at a time. The
last time they released her( a week ago today), she had only started a new
medication the friday before( 3 days) and they release her. what the hell?!!!
She is 64, and Immanueal admitts her to the geriatric facility. There are only 2
psychatirist( both awlful) that work with the geriatirc patients. No other
psychiatrist will come in, becasue it is " alegents territory", Even if she did
have a psychiatrist through another heath care plan( say, methodist, or unmc,
etc. ) they all refer to immanuels herritage building( the geriatiatc
psychiatric inpatient facility)Therefore, she is stuck with these two aweful drs
no matter what( they have absulutely no idea how to treat those with
neruological disabilities of any kind) My aunt has muscular dystrophy and other
neurological conditions)( she would probablyl fit aspergers too.,).
Anyway, I just got home from the ER at unmc and she will be sleeping for a bit,
thanks to the overdose she took. I have been through all of this with my mom 6
years ago(she died 5 years ago from cancer). She had the same Dr. at the
geriatric psychiatric unit at Immanuel and he put her on the wrong meds and
realeased her. this dr wont return calls. I took my aunt to the ER yesterday(
spent 7 hours there, two of it talking to the oncall resident psycyhiatrist) and
she was allowed to go home with making a promise that she would call me to bring
her back in if she felt she would hurt herself. She didn't. She took the few
pills I left with her AND, managed to get the rest of them out of a high up
cupboard I put them in. She was supposed to notify her nurse this morning where
they were so they can get it down and put it with her other meds. Well...
instead she took them all( according to her). 10 sedativve pills and about 27
seriquils. I know that I am not responsible for making her decisions, and what
ever decision she makes, she is responcible for the outcome, but I feel guilty
that I let her convince me to leave the meds in her apartment( I'm beginning to
thing she would bbe a good conartist), very convincing. I thought that they were
higher than she could reach( as she is in a wheel chair) but I didn't think she
could use a stick and scoop it out of the cupboard. I trusted her and she
betrayed me!!!She lied to me. I know she is sick, but it really hurts to know
that she would rather die than to be with her family( which is me, my family,
and her brother). Jaden was in tears when we had to have the assisted living
facilty call 911 and have her taken away in an ambulance. He already lost my mom
5 years ago. My kids absoulutey adore her. she is my mom sister, and looks alot
like my mom. I guess I need to stop trusting everyone. even relatives. I have
been told that those with Aspergers tend to trust everyone. I must be so gulable
to trust her when something else inside me was saying, not to trust her.
Anyway... I am so drained of energy right now. Where do I draw the line. What am
I to do when she actually succeeds at killing herself? I don't know what to do
anymore for her.