What is crisis point and when do you know if you've reached it?

[lovelychops]

As the title says really. I'm struggling at the moment, my DD is ill and I'm not coping. Seeing a counsellor who is great but in a short period of time I feel significantly worse. It's scaring me. I feel I'm about to 'boil over' and do something stupid. I really feel like I can't cope.
I've been to the gp and he's given me anti depressants but given the time they take to work and the weeks wait till next counselling session I don't know how I can manage.
Everything feels really hard at the moment. I just want to run away.

What help do you need? The tablets take time to work, but there are some shorter acting tablets that dr's may describe a few of to help, like diazepam if symptoms are worse or clinically meet their requirements. However some people find they cannot work/drive/care for children alone when taken them - it varies. If you think you need more medication support then going to your gp's or an out of hours dr can help.

Can you get some support to help you - friend or family to be with? Do practical inks that need doing to reduce stress?

Samaritans are great to phone to offload to - free, 24/7 by text, email and phone.

Distractions can help - simple tv, even if not focus on it can help some people. Or doing things with hands like crafts and hobbies.