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**Trigger warning** Stuck in world of sadness and Suicidal Ideation

**Trigger warning** Stuck in world of sadness and Suicidal Ideation

Apologies for this long, ranting post, but I have to get it out of my head. I don't care if you read it or not.

For weeks now, I felt so incredibly overwhelmed with sadness; on the edge of tears constantly that never get released. I'm back on medication for depression which doesn't seem to be working after 3 weeks.

Nothing brings much satisfaction anymore, not even my job, which was one thing I had to hold onto to keep me going. And after yet another impulsive attempt and a trip to hospital last weekend, where I also take shifts, my professional conduct & capacity is being questioned by other staff and departmental managers. I don't blame them; I would probably feel the same way.

My SI is actually an acceptable 'coping mechanism' for my BPD when life gets to much, and I need to shut down. But now it's become a burden and problematic because of how often I've presented to hospital in the last 6months. Often if I feel 'safe' enough, I stay home and sleep it off. So now, after feeling like I've burdened health services to the point of annoyance, I feel like I have go ahead and made a proper effort because I deserve to be punished for that. I can't 'urge surf' these SI/SA thoughts anymore. I feel compelled to put them into proper action. Now that I have made that decision, I am scared, that if I really intend to go through with it, there's no coming back, no tommorows.

Why do I now suddenly care so much about dying, when I never did before with any other major attempts? I don't really know, but it's got me really rattled how stuck my mind is on making it work. I guess maybe I want to stick around for a bit longer. But this feeling of hopelessness is all consuming and strong.

I don't know what to do. I don't know who to turn to anymore, as the support services have heard it all before, so nothing they suggest helps. Not even my loved DBT skills help. How do you keep going when nothing helps, loved ones can't reach you, and it's just takes so long to feel any bit of right?

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Re: **Trigger warning** Stuck in world of sadness and Suicidal Ideation

Its not your fault @Former-Member life circumstances got in the way. Please keep reaching out. Your gp has responded well to you and supporting you too

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Re: **Trigger warning** Stuck in world of sadness and Suicidal Ideation

I had to reach out @outlander,scared today for myself looked in the mirror at lunchtime and felt I was saying goodbye to myself.

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And i am glad you reached out @Former-Member you deserve help and support too.

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Thanks @outlander😶

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@Former-MemberI am sorry you are going through so much but glad you reached out for help. Shows that there is still fight in you left. HUgs

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@Former-Member Sweetheart don't ever take that route there is always hope. I know it sounds cliche but it is true. My great grandmother and great aunt lived through Aushwitz they never gave up hope. Don't you either there is always light at the end of the tunnel. xx

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Thanks @Snowie ,@greenpea, dr was concerned,I am SC,feel like there's no way out.

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@Former-Member it sounds like you are doing everything right, everything possible to get help and to help yourself. I hope that you feel proud of how you are handling this hard time. No doubt its difficult to feel it imagine it now, but things wont always feel this bad. Please call in or jump on chat if you'd like to talk things through.

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@Former-Member,thanks,my life went down in 2012,and haven't had one thing go right for me,experienced many faces of anxiety and depression,find it hard to believe that when this has impacted my life financially, social,etc.Been a long road .When everything goes wrong for so long,hard to believe there's hope.

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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope, @Bunniekins @outlander @Former-Member,I might take it back @Bunniekins, my teddy bear doctor was good today,through his concern gave me a sample of mood stabilisers,only thing is they are for bipolar which I haven't got,but mainly because I refuse antidepressants.


Hi @Former-Member I'm sorry to hear you are struggling so much at the moment. Try not to fret about the medication technically being for bipolar. Medications are routinely used to treat things that they weren't originally designed for. I am on a medication that is technically an antipsychotic, but which at very low doses is used as both a mood stabilizer and a sedative.

Amusingly, when the drug is used off-label (i.e. for anything other than psychosis) you can't get it under the PBS. I discovered this because my GP initially ticked the wrong box and the pharmacist was going to charge me $40 for it instead of $6. I went back and told my GP and hey presto, now according to my medical record I have psychosis...and I can get the medication for $6. It's all just a political/economic game which has very little to do with actual health.

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