What happens if I walk into

[wendydong1]

An ER in the US at night, and tell the receptionist that I have suicidal thoughts and want to kill myself everyday.

I know I will ctb, but right now I can't ctb yet, but the pain in my heart is just too much everyday. It's a torture to be alive everyday.

Would the ER do anything alleviate my pain inside? I am even thinking about letting them drug me up

 

[Return2Dust]

If you are actively suicidal, they are required to admit you. A dr told me he gets frustrated b/c patients in his office tell him they're suicidal, so he sends them to the hospital only to find out the patient changed his/her mind. The hospital can't keep someone who isn't actively suicidal.
In my experience with a family member, a suicidal person is kept a minimum of 3 days and medicated. My family member has insurance, so she usually stays a week.

 

[Mizzmini45]

I guess maybe they will take you to the psych ward. I'm not sure. Everytime I attempted it was on impluse without much thinking and I didn't want help, i wanted out. I'm preparing and planning hard because When i do my next attempt it has to be for sure. I wont be able to pay for the hospital bills if found. hopefully someone on here can help you more

 

[sleepy dog]

An ER in the US at night, and tell the receptionist that I have suicidal thoughts and want to kill myself everyday.

I know I will ctb, but right now I can't ctb yet, but the pain in my heart is just too much everyday. It's a torture to be alive everyday.

Would the ER do anything alleviate my pain inside? I am even thinking about letting them drug me up

These are probabilities, not guarantees. Psych facility, forced drugging, court order, forced counseling. All of that for the rest of your life. The good effect from the drugs will only be temporary, if they don't make you feel tortured. Stopping them will mean withdrawals, which cause many to commit suicide.

 

[NeCkDeEp]

This is my experience in the UK so it might be different in the US: I went to the ER almost two weeks ago to talk with someone from the mental health department, we talked one fucking hour about how suicidal I am.
I told her that I couldn't guarantee that I will be alive for many more weeks, I couldn't promise her to do an overdose with the pills she wanted to prescribe (she asked me to promise her that I won't.)
I ended up home with numbers from the suicide hotline, please save yourself the time and pain because this has made things even more worse for me the fact that I didn't get any proper help.
Please speak to your GP to hopefully see an professional, save yourself from being sent home with suicidal hotlines.

 

[jgm63]

Could you not visit your doctor instead, and try to get medication for depression ?
Not that I believe that to be a good idea, but if you are determined that you want medication, then could you go about it that way ?

 

[BlueWidow]

I guess maybe they will take you to the psych ward. I'm not sure. Everytime I attempted it was on impluse without much thinking and I didn't want help, i wanted out. I'm preparing and planning hard because When i do my next attempt it has to be for sure. I wont be able to pay for the hospital bills if found. hopefully someone on here can help you more

I'm in the same situation you are. My next ctb attempt MUST succeed for many reasons, but a big one is that being forced into a hospital for a failed attempt would bankrupt me.

 

[R_N]

Is there anything else to help you distract yourself? Video games maybe, tv shows?

I would advise against being drugged up with meds. Meds are really bad and have side effects. Withdrawals are worst especially if they give you antipsychotics.
Take care please.