A Close Friend of Mine Attempted Suicide Last Night

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I got woken up today by a call from a friend of mine. He was in the hospital since last night when he tried to overdose on prescription anxiety meds. This is the third or fourth time he has been in the hospital for threatening suicide and now, attempting it. Sadly though, it looks like this will be another walk through the revolving door of the mental health system that exists for the poor and uninsured. He's likely to get out tomorrow and after that I don't know what will happen.

Sadly though, I am not in any condition to help him right now as I too am suffering from worsening depression and suicidal thoughts. I have an advantage though in that I do not drink or use drugs, so it is easier for me to keep myself from doing it than my friend (who drinks and tends to get really bad only when drunk). All I can do is try to listen and keep his mind off of things as it is getting very hard for me to be positive about my own life, let alone help someone else be positive about theirs. I just don't know what to do as I want to help but have run out of emotional capital.

I know how you feel. I hate feeling depressed and suicidal. All I know how to do is keep busy. I guess, so far, it's working.

One of my good friends threatened suicide a few weeks ago. I am the only one around who knows the extent of her problems and I freaked out. I took off work and stayed with her for 24 hours. It seemed to work. She is doing better now and she told me I had saved her. The biggest thing I had done for her was just physically being there. Never underestimate what little thing you can do to change another person's life.

I'm really sorry to hear that outofplace. I hope you and your close friend feel better soon.

A little bit of an update: It seems they moved him to a longer term care facility rather than letting him go home. I am quite relieved at this as he has been having these issues for years now and pills alone were not going to solve them. Had he been allowed to just go home, he would likely have tried again.

I'm glad to hear that your friend is getting more help this time. I have come very close a couple of times to death but have no close, non-judgmental friends. All that saved me last time was that I didn't want the last face I saw on earth to be a stranger's.