DD overdosed

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So glad I've found this board as I really wasn't sure where to put it.
DD is 15 and overdosed on paracetamol on Tuesday at school (took 14x500mg in one go). So glad she then told her friends who alerted the school. My heart sank when the school phoned me, had no idea she as feeling that low.
Got treated at hospital and she spent 24hrs on a drip to reverse the effects, thankfully it has worked. DD met with camhs whilst in and she said they were great. Getting another appointment with them for early next week and then hopefully regular sessions.
I feel like an utterly shit parent to have not seen this coming. I knew DD was v stressed out about her prelims which start next week and then her Nat5s (Scotland!) in April next year, but not to this extent.
DD did self harm just before lockdown last year and had online CBT with camhs. This did help slightly with her anxiety. DD is on the lengthy waiting list for autism/ADHD assessment.
She is a bright girl but just gets totally overwhelmed. I'm off annual leave this week and dh is off next week. Camhs did say for her not to go back to school until she's seen them again and they can come up with a plan re school.
DD has said she regrets doing what she did and won't be doing it again. We have a great relationship and she's always very open with me so I was so shocked when I found out she'd purposely overdosed.
Any tips on how to get through this?

Im so sorry, have no experience but bumping thread for you .

I'm sorry OP, sorry to say I did this when I was 15 and it's something I've never really told anyone, including any of my friends and even really my partner of 17 years. Reading your post really makes me sad for my mum and dad who I must have worried so much. I'm now a parent, and can only imagine the horror that your child has done this.
For me, it was a cry for help really. I didn't have a great relationship with my mum and lived apart from my dad. I was also a bright child, top of my class etc, but what caused it was friendship stress, I didn't fit in particularly and that's hard at 15. Has she got anything like that going on perhaps? Although I've suffered bouts of depression in adulthood, mainly postpartum, I wouldn't say it's had any long term effects (other than feeling a bit mortified about it). I know my dad is constantly worried about me when I hit stress and I'm in my mid thirties now.

Really big hugs and try to keep talking to her, but don't get yourself down about not knowing, it's perhaps the way she's letting you know now.

So sorry. Keep communicating with the school so they can support her to. CAMHS often seem to wash their hands of people with ASD diagnosis and say everything is linked to that. Not sure how they expect that to help

Thanks v much, really appreciate your replies.
She has a great friendship group and they do look out for each other. She keeps thinking about all the grades she needs for uni and gets so stressed out by it all. Dh and I have always been supportive and always tell her to do her best and also that school exams aren't the be all, there are always other routes to get to where you want to be.
Camhs phoned me earlier and have arranged to see her on Wednesday which is great. School have been great so far which really helps. DD is just utterly exhausted and has not much of an appetite, there's not much of her anyway!
I'm dreading going back to work on Monday and having to pretend I've had a fun week off.

Really sorry to hear about your daughter the best advice I have received in a similar situation is to be completely open with my child and ask if she is self harming or got plans to commit suicide . It is a very hard conversation to have if you haven’t done it before but was surprised my child did respond appropriately. Hope your daughter gets all the help she needs and takes the time she needs to rest.

So sorry you're going through this this, OP. I know from experience the terror and stress. If you use Facebook I recommend a private group called Parenting Mental Health, set up by a woman in a similar situation. It has been a lifeline for me, full of support and advice from other parents, all sadly in the same boat.

How are things OP?
My 17 year old has overdosed many times so I know how you feel. I'd second the Parenting Mental Health group on Facebook, it's full of parents who understand, give advice and don't judge