[b]PLEASE NOTE IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ATTEMPTING SUICIDE OR YOU ARE IN A CRISIS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM, 911 OR A PREVENTION HOTLINE!!!!
The critical distinction is between a person's thoughts regarding death and suicide and actually feeling suicidal. When doctors hear that someone wants to die, they refer to these thoughts as suicidal ideation and divide them into two categories.
-Suicidal ideation can be ACTIVE and involve a current desire and plan to die.
-Suicidal ideation can be PASSIVE, involving a desire to die but without a plan to bring about one's death.
POSSIBLE CAUSES
-Unexpected negative change in life.
-Sleep Deprivation
-Mental Illnesses: , Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, etc.
-Alcohol abuse
-Drug abuse: marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, phencyclidine (PCP), and LSD are known to cause suicidal thoughts.
-Anxiety Disorders: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
-Possibly inheritance
-Previous threats or attempts can cause a higher probability of it happening again
-IN RARE CASES a side effect of certain medication: asthma medication (for example, Singulair), antiseizure medications, antidepressants (including Prozac, Paxil), or certain medications that treat the human immunodeficiency virus (such as etravirine).
Symptoms
-Depression
-Being "down" "Upset" or mood swings
-In children or teens: may come off as irritable
-Weight loss or Weight gain
-Inactive and/or inattentive
-Hopelessness or Helplessness
-Sense of guilt, that may seem undeserved by another person that is not feeling the guilt.
-Alcohol or a Drug Addiction
-generate other circumstances in a person's life, which may worsen depression or produce mental agitation.
-Divorce, loss of job, legal trouble, and financial difficulties often grow from a dependence on alcohol or drugs and can bring about thoughts of suicide
-Mental Illness
Medical Treatment
-An antianxiety medication, like buspirone (Buspar), clonazepam (Klonopin), or lorazepam (Ativan), an antidepressant, like fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), citalopram (Celexa), or venlafaxine (Effexor), or a medication to address anger or mental agitation, like risperidone (Risperdal) or aripiprazole (Abilify), may be started right away in an attempt to relieve the symptoms of the sufferer of suicidal thoughts.
-If the person's suicidal thoughts or other tendencies are believed to be of a dangerous nature, follow-up is likely to be immediate with admission to the hospital.
-Intense Evaluation
-Medication
-Follow Ups Scheduled
Follow Ups
-many suicidal people do not get good follow-up treatment and often end up thinking of suicide (or even attempting it) again
-Follow-up usually consists of counseling and medication for depression.
-Family Therapy
PLEASE NOTE IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE THINKING ABOUT ATTEMPTING SUICIDE OR YOU ARE IN A CRISIS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM, 911 OR A PREVENTION HOTLINE!
The critical distinction is between a person's thoughts regarding death and suicide and actually feeling suicidal. When doctors hear that someone wants to die, they refer to these thoughts as suicidal ideation and divide them into two categories.
-Suicidal ideation can be ACTIVE and involve a current desire and plan to die.
-Suicidal ideation can be PASSIVE, involving a desire to die but without a plan to bring about one's death.
POSSIBLE CAUSES
-Unexpected negative change in life.
-Sleep Deprivation
-Mental Illnesses: , Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, etc.
-Alcohol abuse
-Drug abuse: marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, phencyclidine (PCP), and LSD are known to cause suicidal thoughts.
-Anxiety Disorders: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
-Possibly inheritance
-Previous threats or attempts can cause a higher probability of it happening again
-IN RARE CASES a side effect of certain medication: asthma medication (for example, Singulair), antiseizure medications, antidepressants (including Prozac, Paxil), or certain medications that treat the human immunodeficiency virus (such as etravirine).
Symptoms
-Depression
-Being "down" "Upset" or mood swings
-In children or teens: may come off as irritable
-Weight loss or Weight gain
-Inactive and/or inattentive
-Hopelessness or Helplessness
-Sense of guilt, that may seem undeserved by another person that is not feeling the guilt.
-Alcohol or a Drug Addiction
-generate other circumstances in a person's life, which may worsen depression or produce mental agitation.
-Divorce, loss of job, legal trouble, and financial difficulties often grow from a dependence on alcohol or drugs and can bring about thoughts of suicide
-Mental Illness
Medical Treatment
-An antianxiety medication, like buspirone (Buspar), clonazepam (Klonopin), or lorazepam (Ativan), an antidepressant, like fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), citalopram (Celexa), or venlafaxine (Effexor), or a medication to address anger or mental agitation, like risperidone (Risperdal) or aripiprazole (Abilify), may be started right away in an attempt to relieve the symptoms of the sufferer of suicidal thoughts.
-If the person's suicidal thoughts or other tendencies are believed to be of a dangerous nature, follow-up is likely to be immediate with admission to the hospital.
-Intense Evaluation
-Medication
-Follow Ups Scheduled
Follow Ups
-many suicidal people do not get good follow-up treatment and often end up thinking of suicide (or even attempting it) again
-Follow-up usually consists of counseling and medication for depression.
-Family Therapy
PLEASE NOTE IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE THINKING ABOUT ATTEMPTING SUICIDE OR YOU ARE IN A CRISIS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM, 911 OR A PREVENTION HOTLINE!