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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry, OP. My DD25 has often been in that situation, though she's doing better now with an antidepressant that's been effective for her.

Has she ever made any attempts, or has she only threatened? Has she always contacted you? Does she live alone? What's her support system like?[/quote]
[b]She's never made an attempt[/b], [b]only idealization/planning. [/b]She contacts us sometimes but says, not all the time. She lives alone. She's shy and doesn't have much of a support system. She is doing great professionally! But has always struggled socially. [/quote]

I think you're focusing on the wrong thing, OP.  While it's good she's never made an attempt, it's *really* concerning that she has mentioned specific plans.  Having a specific plan is always mentioned as a marker for serious concern or hospitalization.

She needs to be seeing a psychiatrist, not a PCP, and she may need help finding one and getting to the appointment.  You might even go to the first one with her and share what she has told you for a few minutes at the beginning.

The fact that she is managing well in several areas but not socially, would really make me wonder about getting a complete neuropsych w/ some assessment of social pragmatic functioning. [/quote]
Thanks. I'll talk to her about seeing a psychiatrist. She's really wanting to be happy and work on these things, so I think if she knows this would be something that will help her get there, she'll do it no question.

She has brought up a few times that she's read articles about late-diagnosed, high functioning females with autism and sort of feels like she's "reading [her] autobiography", but has also said...what would a diagnosis do for me? She's a speech therapist by trade, and has a bachelor's degree in psychology, so she knows a lot about autism and diagnosis type stuff. [/quote]

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