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things couldnt get any worst, dd was admitted to hospital today after self harming

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SpaceCadet · 01/02/2007 23:12

any one who has read my thread regarding my daughter will know that the last few months have been very tough.
lately her outbursts have become more violent, she has assaulted me on 2 ocassions and my 2 younger children are so distressed they scream the house down when dd kicks off, ds(5), stands with his face to the wall, covering his eyes and sobbing uncontrollably
today, when i told her that she couldnt have her boyfriend round, she went beserk, vandalised her room again and slashed her arms open with arazor, her arms are already a mess from the fconstant self harming..i couldnt take anymore and rang the gp who arranged for her to be seen in hospital.
the situation now is, she has been referred to the mental health team and she sees the pschyciatric link nurse tomorrow..however they are notifying social services..im not abad parent, ive done everything in my power to stop all this, im so exhausted with it all, its going to destroy my family
a lot of the reason for my own extremely low feelings are down to all this.

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mummytosteven · 01/03/2007 21:41

hopefully things are a calmer today. I must confess that when I was 18 and having a bad time with depression and OCD I took some of my grandmother's thyroxine tablets. I think with me it was more a combination of a cry for help and risk-taking (like if you are depressed and aren't careful crossing the road) rather than a serious attempt.

AttilaTheMeerkat · 06/03/2007 07:36

www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/emotion_selfharm.shtml

Spacecadet,

The above gives information re self harming and details of support services re same. You all need help as a family.

winnie · 14/03/2007 19:50

spacey, how are things? x

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