worried mum :-( *Trig SH SUI*

[sarah n]

I dont really know where to start on here but i have a 15 year old daughter who has been self harming since last october  she has a school support worker and we go to counselling . she seems to be worse around the time of her month and this month has been the worst , i thought they were going to take her into hospital as she did nt care and was talking about suicide  at the moment she is having a sleeping pill before bed . Yesterday was a good day but im so scared for her .

[brighteyes]

Hi and welcome, sorry things are so hard for you atm, do you have any support for you or anyone you can talk to xx

[sarah n]

hi x thank u for your concern about me but am trying to understand and help her any way i can its heartbreaking  have read so much on here it is really helpfull to me to not feel like we are the only ones struggling  x hope you are ok x

[brighteyes]

its ok I imagine its really hard for you (I was 15 when I started shing n must have put my mum through hell), does your daughter talk to you about how she's feeling, does she think the counselling is helping xx

[sarah n]

yeah she does talk to me but i started to get angry last couple of time as she did nt talk to me and had told her whatever just hug me and i would drop everything and we would try and get through it together but am understanding it is not that easy  the councelling is ok but think the school worker is getting on better with her x how many years have you x

[brighteyes]

glad they school worker is helping, could you maybe write her a note just saying your there if she needs to talk she might not want to upset you, has she seen her gp, sorry probs not what you want to hear but started when I was 15 n still shing now 23, I did stop for 2 years when I was 18 but have had a few mh problems, but doesn't mean your daughter will keep shing, is there any sh help in your area? When I was younger I use to see someone from the butterfly group a service for shing teenage girls one to one work to try to find sh distractions that work for you instead of shing, I don't know if that's in every area but might be worth looking into xx

[sarah n]

thanks x i will look into seeing if there is a group ! the doctor referred her to the councellors and a gp has been seeing her there too but anti depresents made her feel worse and she seems to come out feeling worse  the school support worker is getting on much better with her and he sat in at councelling yest ! sorry to hear that you feel the need 8 years on x

[brighteyes]

the ant depressants aren't recommened for under 18 as more likely to make them feel worse, you sound like your doing all the right things hopefully things will start to improve for her soon have yóu read the three cs on this topic its a really good thread, its not too bad I'm slowly getting better thanks xx

[sarah n]

bless you x yeah have read the three Cs ! she is asleep i have layed with her the past four nights till she is think that makes her feel safe bless her ! x thank u

[rainbow]

I just want to say, you are being so supportive to your daughtor!

Better than my parents were/are.

Xxx