would they section you if you had taken an overdose?

[boobie]

not sure if this is the right place? i have taken a large overdose and feeling really unwell. i am starting to think that maybe i i should get medical help. but i am worried that they would section me? does anyone know if they would? or do people think they would?

[~Grace~]

They wont necessarily section you, but you really need to go to a and e to be seen xx

[tigerlily]

Please go straight to A and E (emergency room) immediately: this could do you long-term damage which you'll regret in the future. It's unlikely that they would section you.
If the worst came to the worst, at least that would mean you were safe.
Take care
xxx

[Ami]

I doubt it.

I poisoned myself last week and just seen the crisis team after.

They will do a psychatric evaluation when you're medically fit, which usually is just speaking to someone for abit.

please go xxx

[tamobhuuta]

do go to A&E, i've ODed a few times and never been sectioned.

[boobie]

but its not just an od, i actually want to die, i want to be dead. it would be silly for me to go. wouldnt it?

[grizzlybear]

no it would not be silly for you not to go, you need to get treatment and you might feel like you want to die now but you wont always feel like this, cause feelings change all the time, and overdoses cause serious damage so please go to the emergency room and get some help. you will feel better it just takes time. take care of yourself.

feel free to pm me if you need to talk

BIG HUGS XXX

[Gone.]

It wouldn't be silly at all for you to go, it would be silly for you not to go because you could cause yourself some serious harm.

I ODd not long ago, with bad intent. All that happened to me was staying in hospital for a week on the drip and with counsellors flitting here and there. I got out of there and here I am... so no, unless your actions are severe, they won't probably section you.

I really hope you go to A&E. Feel free to PM if you need.
Take care xx

[HopeRises]

They probably won't section you (but obviously neither me or anyone else on here can promise that)

You really should go to the hospital though. Like others have said OD's can cause some serious damage and it's a slow and painful way to die (IF it's going to kill you) You don't know what the future holds either.

Please get seen too.

[Sunshine]

To be honest they might section you, but thats only if they think you are unsafe and you dont agree to go into hospital volentarily. When i took my biggest overdose i didnt get sectioned but when i had the intention of overdosing i got sectioned. so it really just depends on your frame of mind!
*hugs* i know whats its like wanting to die, i feel exsactly the same at the moment so if you want to talk just pm me
x

[ella1]

They won't section you for od'ing. i did last weekend and nothing cxame of it part from psych evaluation. even though i wanted to die, providing you don't tell them you still think you will repeat said actions you will be ok. hope you go. keep us informed xxx

[boobie]

pain is getting really bad. my body wants me to vomit but i wont let it. my mum is home tomorrow and i know if she sees me in this state she will call an ambulance. i think i do want help but i am terrified they will lock me up. i couldnt handle that at this moment in time. i know if i was to go to hospital and they were to treat me i would probably do the same thing the next time i got the opportunity to!! i dont want to waste proffessionals time and resources. i dont deserve it!! thank you for replying everyone.

[Country Girl]

Are you ok? I hope you went to A&E......thinking about you, hope you are ok...*HUGS*

[Gofeen]

Please go to the hospital now. Don't wait for your mum to come. I think it's unlikely they will keep you in. Where I live your head would have to be falling of before they kept you in. Even then they'd probably put some sellotape round it and tell you to go home! LOL :wow:
I'm not making light of things by saying that. I just wanted to see if I could make you smile. They will probably keep you 4 hours and if your bloods are clear they will probably let you go home then. And you will feel safer with your mum around even if she drives you nuts!! Please go now. Call out of hours and they will arrange transport. Last week they sent a taxi for me and paid for it.

[Gofeen]

Oh, and a big hug too.:-)

[Droplet]

Of course you deserve it. You may be feeling really quite bad about yourself right now but I think your judgement is distorted.

Please don't worry about the sectioning possibility. You don't need to think about that, you need to get some medical treatment. The fact you have posted shows at least that you have not given up yet, and while I understand how terrible you must be feeling, please hold onto that.

This is really serious - you need to just take that first step.

Take care, there is hope, and let us know how you are.
Love Miranda. xx

[Cryptic.]

They sectioned me, but think about it
Is it worth regretting the OD and dying or getting help and maybe being somewhere safe?

[Ami]

Did you go?

Are you ok?x

[Jelly]

I hope you went and I hope you're ok

[ella1]

Please let us know your ok. Really hoping you went to a and e xxx

[Hollz]

Hope your okay xxx

[Gofeen]

Please talk to us. Let us know how things are. If you're in hospital and have no computer access that's O.K. We know you will be safe there but if you are at home please try and write.

[Sunshine]

i hope your ok *hugs*

[boobie]

hello, things arent ok. i didnt go to a&e and the symptoms i was experiencing are still there but dont seem to be so intense. i dont know how i am really. i dont think there is much point asking for help anymore, sorry for not replying until now. thank you so much to everyone who replied to me!! you didnt have to but you did!! for that i am greatfull xxx

[Hollz]

Seriousy, you need to go to the hospital and get checked out, any overdose is dangerous anyou said yurself you weren't feeling well, you can't take a chance with your life like this, please phone an ambulance now or get to a hospital, are your parents home yet.

We don't want anything to happen to you, please, you need to go to the hospital.

[boobie]

nope, parents not home yet. i am in a really bad place and i think that they would section me and i dont want that. i would rather die. if anything i want to od again, but i do think i have done damage because of how i was all last night and today. i dont know what to do with myself. i knew something bad was going to happen i told my cpn and psych so but they wouldnt listen to me. i asked for help but they didnt hear me. no one does, and now i dont think i want help. or maybe i do. i really dont know what i want.

[Hollz]

Can you pone NHS 24?

Sometimes they don't listen but I don't think you would be posting here right now if you did really wanna die, I know you want help and you deserve help petal, please pleae please jst phone nhs 24 or 999, it is imperative that you go and get help now, you need it and you better believe that you do deserve it

[boobie]

i cant, they will trace my call and they will come and get me, i know they will!! and i am scared and they dont want to help me they really dont they would just want me out of the way. and i dont want to waste anyones time and i dont think there is anything they can do anyway after this long with a paracetamol OD. i am so scared. i iknow they will come get me if i call, i know they will.

[Hollz]

they can, tey can still get you on a drip, the longer you leave it though, the more they may want to section you. If you go to the hospital willingly to get treated, they will give you the drip, they will treat you, you will get assesed but you wont neccesarily be sectioned. can you phone a taxi and just go to the hospital, phone a friend, someone?

You have got to go to the hospital,whether thats an ambulance coming for you or whether you go voluntarily, but you need to do something.

You will not be wasting anybodys time hunni, I can assure you of tha.

I know you are scared but you got to be strong for yourself xxx

[Hollz]

I hope the lack of reply in the las 30 minutes, means you have gone to hospital?

(((hugs)))

[Sunshine]

it is a very painful way to die of a paracetmol overdose! it isnt quick its very slow and painful! i was told by doctors that you turn yellow because your liver stops working and you bleed from every oraphis (sp)! you need to get help! even though being on a drip is horrible and seems bad it is better then that! they are more likely to section you if someone finds you in a state and you refuse to get medical help then if you go and get help yourself! please please get help! you must be scared and i can understand that but you need help *hugs*

[Gofeen]

Yes, a paracetamol overdose is not pretty. It is really serious. You MUST get yourself to hospital. Call 999. God, if I knew where you are I would do it myself for you. I know you don't really want to die. I can tell it from your posts. Now go call that ambulance, please! Believe me they won't think you're waisting their time. They will be proud of you for having the guts to call and so will I. Now, go, make that call. Do it for us if you can't do it for yourself, please.

[Gofeen]

Also meant to say - being on a drip is not so bad really. I've been on one many times for diffrerent reasons. There's just a scratch when they put the needle in but once they take the needle out and leave the canula (little plastic tube) you hardly know it's there and you don't feel the drip going it at all. Not at all, but it can help flush the drugs out of your body.
On the plus side it can actually be quite facinating watching the bag empty and drip through the little tube, knowing it is helping you.

[HopeRises]

Yeah you really should go to the hospital.
They won't section you, I think it is really rare that it happened.
Lets just put it this way, last time I OD'ed to be put in the hospital the dr guy asked if I'd do it again and so I said yes (because I was feeling really unsafe/knew they would send me home and my mother would have killed me herself had I let them send me home lol) They still had to decide wether to give me a bed overnight. I then told the on duty psych how bad I felt and nope no section.
I know people who have taken some pretty serious od's And they've still only been in the hospital until they were physically well enough.
Please go.

[Hollz]

I can see you are still online.

You NEED to go to the hospital now - it is imperative that you do, coz if you don't you will regret it, and by then it could be too late. Please do not gamble with your life. Go and phone an ambulance NOW!!!

[boobie]

i am sorry. but i am terrified. i dont think i could handle an ambulance but i have called my friend who is going to drive me up. waiting for him to come get me. do you think it would be ok to go up in my pjs? i am in too much pain to get dressed.

[Hollz]

I can undestand that you are terrified, I'vebeen in that situation, so I can totally relate to how you are feeling. Well done for phoning your friend, ifthey are going to take you to hospital, then thats okay, and yes you cankeep on your pjs, don't worry about any of that.

The most important thing is that you are being strong, and you re going to go to hospital, I know its hard but I am glad that your friend is coming to take you there.

Good luck with it and let us know how you get on, and we'll be thinking about you xXx

[Gofeen]

Well done for calling your friend and you have probably already left but it is absolutely all right to go in your pj's. I did last week and no one batted an eyelid. Well done again. I am proud of you!

[lost in dreams]

ummm, don'[t know if you have all ready left but just wanted to say i am thinking of you but you really really need to go to A&E. being scared is fine. but honestly they will be nice to you and they will make you feel better. The worst case is the will give you a drip, this causes a barrier type affect betwean you and your liver. So the tablets can't destroy it which is what will eventualy happen. It is a very horrabel way to die. I almost got there once with this and it was just hourenus.

I am glad you called your friend but you really must get up to the A&E as fast as you can as time is very important at this stage, They will help you and you do not deserve to die this way, people do love yo though you may not think that right now and you will be missed if you went

as for the PJs by staying in them you will actualy be helping the Doctors and nurces so yes stay in them and please please get the help you need and deserve.

*hugs* Hang in there

[lost in dreams]

Oh Also the paramedic crews on ambulance are really lovely, they have always been super kind to me and i have done this kind of thing before. SO if you need them do call them, they will look after you, I know that can sound scary but honestly they are really lovely.

[tamobhuuta]

well done for calling your friend xxx

[Hollz]

how did you get on?

[boobie]

well i wasnt sectioned, was put on a drip, they took bloods then suggested i go to my gp the next week for more blood tests. i was suppost to see my psych but didnt attend the appointment, i am hurting everyone around me and i have come to realise that! inside i have given up on life compleatly, i no longer have any hope of getting better so i feel mhy bother with medication and doctors. i dont want to waste there time when there are more deserving people out there with a chance of recovery!

[chickenpie]

You deserve a chance of recovery just as much as everyone else does. I am so, so pleased you went to the hospital, at least now you know what damage is done.

Please keep fighting, it WILL be worth it.

Gemx x

[tamobhuuta]

you do have a chance at recovery and you do deserve support. can you get another appointment wiht the psych?

[Gone.]

You deserve all the support you can get hun.
I have very few words right now, sorry. I just want you to know that you more than deserve to get better. You are an amazing person just experiencing a very difficult time right now.

Look after yourself xx