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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe you dont mean to come off this way OP, but you sound very dismissive.

"She doesn't want.to be alive but she has no plans to commit suicide" 
" Old therapist said she wasn't depressed, so she's not" 
"l I'm thinking of barging in to make sure she didn't take a bunch of pills" in an "lol" way.

I just hope you are taking this more seriously than you.appear to be. [/quote]

OP here. I spent the most of the last 24 hours either talking with psychologists/crisis counselor and researching someone to treat her full-time. It is amazing how difficult it is to find resources.

I am taking it seriously but please understand that unless you have been in my shoes, it's hard to understand the surreal nature.

I know something is very wrong. The hard part is assessing whether there is an imminent threat.

And when a licensed clinician tells you your child is NOT depressed, you listen. Doesn't mean something hasn't changed, but it was the last tangible information we had until yesterday happened.[/quote]

We went through this a few years ago and thankfully did not lose our DS to suicide, but it was a close call followed by years of therapy, including DBT (highly recommend it), and support from various psychiatrists.  There were previous attempts that we learned about afterwards. I also took him initially to a psychologist, 9 months before the attempt, who said DS was completely fine.  Well, that was not at all the case, but teens can be very good at hiding it from their parents and he initially fooled the first professional we spoke with.  So, my advice is to please get her to a psychiatrist for an evaluation soonest.  She needs 24/7 supervision if she is expressing suicidal ideation.  Sadly, teens can find multiple means to harm themselves, despite a parent's best efforts to keep them safe.  I hope you can get her the help she needs soon and good luck to you both.[/quote]

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