I am a carer but I am also feeling suicidal, what will happen to the person I care for if I reach out for help?

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N/C obviously but just that really.
I am a full time carer to two adults, one who lives with me and an elderly parent.
I have given my entire life to the person who I care for who lives with me and I am exhausted. I have disabilities myself and am also autistic and have chronic pain.
I do not remember the last time I was happy, before being a carer I was in a DV relationships and had childhood trauma before that.

Honestly I am tired and most of the first 40 years of my life have been awful. I have tried counselling/CBT/autism support.
I have for the last year been building up a security net around me to ensure that if I was not here the person I live with and care for would have support.

I am done now. I do not have any plans to die but I do not want to be alive either.
So what will happen if I tell this to the GP? Will I be sectioned? Will the person I care for be removed from the home (vulnerable adult)

They'll get you the help YOU need so you can still be the carer - if that's what you want?

Im sorry you are feeling like this, it sounds like things are really difficult. No you won't be sectioned. Its EXTREMELY hard to get someone sectioned or a place in a psychiatric hospital. Spaces are so limited. It's more likely they'll give you meds and refer you to the community mental health team.

Do the people you care for especially the one you live with, have a social worker?

Speak to your gp, if you are feeling overwhelmed and need a break. Emergency care Dan be put on lace for people you care for. Long term you may need to think if you can carry on like this or if they need formal care assessments.

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Caring for relatives is incredibly hard and mental health issues are very common in carers. Support is often not very forthcoming until you reachcl crisis point. Are the two people you care for entitled to any additional support or outside care thst could give you a break? Your gp will totally understand the strain you are under and want to support you, you won't be sectioned, you will be offered support for yourself such as medication or therapy but it would also be useful for you to discuss what support might available to help you with the care as well.

Thank you

I do not want to be sectioned so that is reassuring. I have been on both sertraline and fluoxetine and they seem to work for a while and then diminish.
I just want help to feel better. The person who lives with me will not cope at all from being removed from the home or having others come in, hence the worry.

The elderly parent is just a case at the moment of accompanying to appointments/shopping/mowing lawn/household jobs/keeping company. My other parent died not too long ago and before that did everything for them.
We have spoken about outside help but they will not have strangers in their home.

The person who lives with me has more complex needs. We do not have a social worker because for many years again they flat out refused to let me get any outside help and made it clear they would not engage so up until now I have been carrying their care entirely.
I am registered with the carers group locally but because the person who lives with me can not cope at home alone and will not come with me I have been unable to access any sessions.

I’m really sorry you are feeling like this. Can I ask if the person you are a carer for at home is someone you have to be a carer (say a child) or someone you have become a carer for?

My child who is now over the age of 18

Ok. I wish I had some specific advice to give. Can you talk to SS yourself and ask for advice on how everyone can work together to try to come up with a long term plan? I do get what you’re saying that they refuse to engage, but you can’t pour from an empty cup, and there comes a point where you need to priorities yourself too and try to find some workable accommodations.