Sectioning and overdoses?

[boobie]

Are u likely to be sectioned going to a&e after an overdose? Any experiences or coments are welcome x

[Quarterback]

depends on how bad your risk is and how much insight you have in your problem as well as your willingness to get better. if you're able to willingly go to A+E after overdosing, i doubt they will section you unless they label you as at risk.

Regards,

[Pomegranate]

I have never been sectioned after taking an overdose although I have heard of people being and I have been admitted/recalled to a psychiatric ward before after being declared medically fit. It depends on so many things, why you took it, assessed risk etc. They generally try and keep people out of hospital though so it is more likely you would see the HTT again and get more intensive community support. Even if they decided you needed IP treatment then they would want you to go in voluntarily rather than just sectioning you.

Why do you ask?

[boobie]

Because I took the od because I can't keep living this way, I am starting to feel quite sick because of it. I want to go to a&e to get my bloods done mainly to see if I have taken enough. I don't want to be I'll for a couple of days then that's it. My problem is that, if I go and my bloods are ok I could be flippant and say it was an impulsive thing in regards to the OD, but if my bloods aren't ok I do not want to be admitted to a general ward let alone a psychiatric ward. I would worry they would section me. Me and ihtt do not get on! me and psychiatric services do not get on! These 'doctors' are the only people left who have the power to detain/ punish people before they have even acted on their thoughts! U wouldn't lock u an 'sane' individual before they carried out there crime but label someone as I'll and the goal post changes

[sherbet lemon]

please can u try and make your way to a and e. they are more than likely to do a mental health assesment first before letting you go home they wont just want section you cos of the overdose

[xlaurenx]

I agree with other people, i doubt they would section you. I wasn't section but i didn't tell the crisis team the true, all lies ( seriously wouldn't recomend that though i needed up in a right mess due to it). I turned up at A&E took some bloods, I got admitted to a ward overnight, obs ever 4 hours etc. Then saw the crisis team the following day got bloods done again and i left that afternoon. Had an appointment booked with a CPN a week later.

[boobie]

I don't think I could cope having to stay in the hospital overnight.

[xlaurenx]

You might not have too though, they might just keep you in for a few hours.

[lozza]

I know its really scary but no one can really say what will happen when and if you go to a&e but I think it will be good to go... even if its just to get checked out and 'touch base' with someone

thinking of you

[FadeawayCassie]

Hey there,
I think it's quite unlikely that you'll be sectioned, but like others said it really depends on a lot of other things, such as if you have any mental illnesses, if you've taken overdoses or tried to kill yourself before, and other things like that.

After I took an overdose I did have to stay overnight at the general hospital, and I was told I might have to stay a few more days but I did get to go home the following afternoon after all. People were surprisingly nice though there was a doctor who clearly thought I was quite stupid. The morning afterwards I had to see somebody from camhs as I'm under 18, and that person basically assesed me and after a lot of talking and negotiating with my parents I was allowed home. But it does depend on other things and also whether you've done it before, as I was told that I'd have to stay for quite a bit longer in hospital if something like this happened again, though I'm not sure if it's true.

I see that you posted yesterday so I do hope that you did go to a&e and that you are reading this :[ Please take care xxx

[boobie]

Thank for ur replies, nice not to feel alone. I didn't go to a&e. Stupid I know. Thanks for taking time to reply tho x