My son tried to kill himself yesterday at 4am. He took an overdose of malaron that he found from when my husband went out of the country. He woke up in the morning around 11am and told me he had diarrhea but then he went back to bed got up again and went to take a shower and then called me in the bathroom and told me he basically tried to kill himself. I took him to the ER. He also cut his wrist, not deep, but there was a cut. He was involuntarily committed, he is 18. He really flipped out at the end bc he did not want to go at the end. He ended up getting medicated with Geodon. He had to be taken in an unmarked car with deputies and I followed. He was calm when we got there. How long do people stay when they are involuntarily committed? He is depressed. He told the admitting nurse, and the nurse caring for him, and the doctor that he was hoping this would be it. He wrote letters to everyone he is close to. I don't think he did this for attention. He is in pain. I feel numb. I hated to leave him, but what else could I have done.
