My son tried to kill himself again, third time this month. He ended up in the ICU. An assessment team came to eval him for treatment, but they said he wasn't a danger to himself or others because he was not suicidal when they came to see him. He was going to go voluntarily to treatment, but then he bolted on foot from the hospital against medical advice. They couldn't call the police because he was not a risk to himself or others. I called police. They found him an I took him to the county assessment place, but he left after they interviewed him because he was told the county does not provide anxiety medications such as klonopin which he has been taking three times a day for a month nor would they give him his sleeping medication trazodone. He told them the next time he tries to kill himself, he wont take pills, but will hang himself. Can you believe he cant be involuntarily committed? Now he is at home no medications and going thru withdrawal, diarrhea, chest pain, and shaking. He has a privates psychiatrist but I havent talked to him yet. I left message with nurse practitioner. My insurance for intreatment care has been exhausted, it only provides for 10 day inpatient days a year. I don't know what to do.
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