What will happen to my brother?

Question

My brother is 21 and still living with his parents... his criminal record is clean except for a DUI charge about a year ago... anyways the other night randomly my brother tried to kill himself. He slit his wrists and his throat and popped 20+ pills of xanax, 10 pills of phenobarbituates (bare with my spelling here I am only 17) and god knows what else. He seriously just went through every bottle (about 6 different prescription medications) and popped them. He then went to bed. We woke up and we see his wrists and my parents kicked him out. We didn't know anything about the pills although he was acting kind of drunk so we knew something was in his system... when he left we saw the missing pills and called 911 and had him bachoracted. He's in the ER right now sick as hell, he had a heart attack earlier this morning. He can't remember all the pills he took and the doctors were calling us trying to get as much info as possible... he's still sick but not dead so that's a plus...

But when he gets out of the hospital where will he go? Jail? A Residential facility? What? He was clinicaly diagnosed with paranoid skitso. when he was younger and anxiety (among other things) but it never seemed bad until he randomly pulled this. He lived in a residential facility for his whole high school years... where will he go now? He's been to some mental hospitals before but nothing major. I live in Florida by the way and I'm worried because I don't trust him on the streets, he's a hazard to himself as well as others. What will happen?

Answer 1

That is sad... my sister pulled this same stuff when she was living with my parents.

First off, it was not right of your parents to kick him out. They apparently knew he was in danger (of himsellf!) and they turned their back, they shouldnt have done that to him... regardless of how "bad" your child is, you dont ever turn your back on them.

As far as the prescription meds... it could still very well kill him. I know with aceitophenim (tylenol) overdoses, it shuts down your liver, its not an immediate, OD and your dead the next day... its antoginizing and brutual and your liver shuts down slowly and you die and there is nothing they can do to stop it. It depends if they pumped his stomach soon enough. If that medication had started to soak in, he is poisoned... and I couldnt tell you if the amount in his blood would be enough to kill him. If it was caught fairly early before it had time to disipate, then he may just be fine.

As far as going to jail, no. The crazy thing is, committing suicide is a crime, ATTEMPTING suicide is not. Since he is over 18, my guess is the hospital will release him into adult protective services custody and they will hospitalize him in a physicatric facility for treatment.

With schizophrenia, it is crutual that the person takes their medication EVERY day. They will start to feel better and think "I dont need this medicine, I am fine!" so they get off of it and they go back to another schizophrenic episode... I hope your brother pulls through this and gets the right treatment to help him.

Answer 2

I'm so sorry I know what your brothers going through I've though of killing my self before the feelings are bad but I don't know I hope your brother pulls through from what you've said it sounds bad the pills some of them I don't know what all he took but I know some pills when taken in high doses well wont stop after there in your system if your strong enough to hang in till they run there corse and get out of your system well them mabe but most people don't hold out because the pills are so hard on so many parts of your body and they take so long to work through your system well I hope the best for him and if he makes it that he can get help and get over his depression best of luck

Answer 3

Your brother would more than likely go to a psychiatric facility; for how long, no one can be sure. But while he's in there and after that he'll need some serious therapy/ counseling. Don't take this as professional advice. I'm sorry, but luckily things can only get better from here.

Answer 4

After his physical condition is stabilized, he will probably go to a psych ward of a hospital. Since he cannot be trusted with pills right now, he may be given shots of the medication that he needs on a weekly basis, and continue with that after he is mentally/emotionally stable enough to leave the psych ward of the hospital. BTW, since he was suicidal I don't think that was a good time for your parents to kick him out of the house as if he were unloved by them.

Answer 5

I believe he will go to a mental Hospital. the suicide attempt is enough to get him there. With all of the other problems he has, he needs to be taken care of until he is well enough to live on the outside.
When he is discharged the hospital will look at a halfway house, or anther residential living facility.
theses places are very good, they allow people to live as independently as possible with supervision.

Answer 6

First and most importantly destroy any evidence that your mother or brother can pin on you. Burn any photos that are printed, delete all images that relate to your current issue. Deny everything, if there is no proof you shouldn't act worried. And if she persists, look at her straight in the eye and say I don't know what you are talking about. Keep a straight face if you are confronted because people can read body language to tell if someone is lying.

Answer 7

I dont know what will happen to your brother but my concern if more for YOU...what can you do to take care of yourself??? This can be really scarey to walk through. I would suggest that you talk with someone about what you are going through. If your parents can be there for you, then talk with them...(they may NOT be able to hear your pain and confusion right now, I dont know...) so talk to a trusted adult in your life. It is really easy for kids who are healthy to get LOST in a family when there is an illness like you describe. Your needs for love and support do not change because your brother is schizo...and your needs are very important...so.....HUGS. Try to stay focused on your own life and take care of yourself.

Answer 8

Not real sure what exactly will happen to your brother - but it seems to me that he ought to be committed to a mental hospital. I believe he can be committed as he is a danger to himself.
Talk to the doctors and see if they will have one of the on call psychologists or psychiatrists commit him. Hopefully they can commit him and help him to get his head on straight and figure out exactly what set him off and prescribe any medications he might need to get stabilized.
Good luck with this extremely stressful situation!!!!!

Answer 9

u kno wat? i dont really kno. it sucks about ur bro. i am not writing this to give advice, but to thank u. u just scared sense in2 me and believe me i needed it. i sometimes hav... thoughts, and, though i hav never gone that far, hav thought about it. i hav 2 little sisters and u really made me realize that i need 2 b there 4 them... no matter how annoying they r. =) so thank u. and i hope ur bro gets better, and if he does, show him this answer.