This person claims that they don't want to kill themself, but has thoughts about suicide each day....Help me understand this?? A family member revealed this to me tonight, and I don't know what to say. I told them to go to counciling, they said they did not have to because they are being prescribed Bi-polar meds... Shouldn't these meds eliminate those thoughts? I feel helpless. I want to give the right advice.
2006-08-17 19:32:23 · 13 answers · asked by barbaradjt 5 in Health ➔ Mental Health
No, some bipolar meds can actually be creating those thoughts! They need to see a doctor IMMEDIATELY!!!
The thing about bipolar is that it's different for each person affected. Medication takes a bit of trial and error and time for some meds to actually accumulate before noticable changes happen.
But if a med is making a person suicidal, which your 'friend' is, they need to see a doctor immediately!!! If they say they can't control these suicidal thoughts, its also possible they may not be able to control themselves from actually committing suicide as well...this is a very dangerous situation!!!
Get them to a doctor before they hurt themself. PLEASE GET THIS PERSON HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
2006-08-17 19:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been there. If suicidal thoughts come to your mind everyday then that person is depressed and should seek professional help. The fact that your family member confided in you is important. Tell someone else in your family that can keep an eye on him/her. Just because someone is on meds for Bipolar doesn't mean that he/she is protected from those thoughts. He/she needs to replace those suicidal thoughts with good thoughts, get counseling and perhaps get on some others meds. I am Bipolar and it took years with the proper counseling, positive thinking, and the right meds to really help me.
Feel free to contact me about more information. Also the websites that I have listed is one of the best that I've seen for helping people with Bipolar Disorder. I have the health cards mentioned on www.bipolarhappens.com and am following the program listed on www.truehope.com. I am not a professional but am a person that has had Bipolar Disorder for over 20 years.
May God bless you and your family member. Thank you for caring enough to look for answers to help. Be there for this family member, listen, listen and listen some more.
2006-08-17 20:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by Happy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because they think about it doesnt mean they want to do it. If the person is bipolar ... certain meds mihgt not work ..it takes a lot of expiermenting with different kinds of meds to find ones that work for each person, if theyr not seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist how are they getting the meds? And bi-polar disoreder is complicated the meds jus help contorl moods and help the person cope ... they dont eliminate thoughts. Theres a good book that really gives an understanding of bi-polar, if ur interested. An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
2006-08-17 19:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by Megan g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First no one but a professional can truely answer this question. For you to tell this person to seek help is the best thing you could do. Being depressed, etc. are not just ideas but are illnesses than can be treated with drugs and or therapy. BUT a person wanting to commit suicide is someone in my thought knows controlling if or when they die is one thing they truly CONTROLS, I know this for I've been suicidal now for almost 40 years, but until I beleived it was a sickness no different than diabeties and heart problems and we don't laugh or make fun of those illnesses , so too emotional illness is controlable.
2006-08-17 19:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by snowmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This person has serious problems because the meds he's taking are not right for him no matter what he says. He should be seeing his doctor every 10 days to 2 weeks just to see if those pills are doing a good job for him but it sounds like the pills are making him more suicidal then without them.
You are his friend so please tell him to seek another doctors advice before you lose a good friend because of those pills that he's taking.
I lost a very dear friend 3 years ago because his doctor wasn't keeping up to date on the pills he prescribed for him and my dear friend blow his head off right in front of his wife.
Is this what you want to happen to your friend? I don't think it's what you want at all because you care to much about him and you are asking for help yourself as to what to do for your friend.
Even if you have to drag him into the hospital take him so they can check him out and find a good doctor who cares enough to check up on him to make sure he's given the correct pills for his condition and do it right away before it's to late.
Don't risk losing a good friend.
2006-08-17 19:45:33 · answer #5 · answered by fedupmoma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the pills are just to prevent you for actually committing suicide and in order to get better the person has to fight its thoughts. But if you wanna be sure nothing bad happens, you can ask that person to go talk about this thoughts with the doctor who prescribed him/her the bipolar meds.
2006-08-17 19:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by Aranysa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suicidal is defined by any thought of suicide being seriously considered, and if this family member revealed this to you, then he/she is truly considering it.
The medications given for bipolar disease will not cure suicidal thoughts. All they do is control chemical imbalances only in those who have bipolar symptoms. It seems the person is truly depressed.
If so, get them psychiatric help immediately. Medication is not enough; it needs to be combined with therapy and family support. Let that family member know that you are not judging him/her and that you love them, and don't want to lose them. And pay close attention to his/her actions or behavior, because small details may be indicative of suicidal tendencies. (For instance: see if they want to do activities they used to like, or if they give away a lot of their possessions, or take great pity in themselves.)
2006-08-17 20:03:18 · answer #7 · answered by mysticalmochamuffin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It all starts off with a single thought...as time goes by, that 'suicidal thought' grows and accumulates more negativity, thus increasing ones thoughts to turn into actions...A person with suicidal thoughts cannot deny their desire or daydreams etc to try it out...any bump on the road will give them an incentive to try it (suicide) out or go the full nine yards...
As I said, it just starts off with a single and simple thought.
2006-08-17 22:10:58 · answer #8 · answered by Taurus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show him pictures of people who committed suicide and show him that it's not pretty. Having your family find you like that is not fun. Pictures of death and those who took their own life may wake them up and say "do you want to be like this moron?". Everybody has a hard life, everybody. You just gotta deal with it in a positive manner. Buy him a Krispy Kreme donut with strawberry filling afterwards.
2006-08-17 19:40:47 · answer #9 · answered by Matt Beezy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I kind of have the same thing. I dont know if he's just saying he wont to hope you will ignore it, or if he really wont. What I can say is that he might just like the concept of dieing. That's just my opinion on it though.
2006-08-17 20:14:26 · answer #10 · answered by zooba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋