i'm trying to help..... can you, your family, and friends help to?

Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2008 - 21:35
i'm trying to help..... can you, your family, and friends help to?
HI my name is Janice hall I have a 13 yr old son who suffers post traumatic stress disorder, depression, panic and anxiety. he has self harmed twice and just recently I was faced to find a suicide note from my son. children's mental health is a very close subject to my heart, it is disgusting that out of hours there's no emergency service for these children/young people. On the 1st of March my friends son who was just 20 yrs old hung himself, he to suffered with depression but as far as I'm concerned was just left to get on with it. I've had to fight anyone and everyone for my son to get help, but there's not enough help available at all. if I had a cpn I could phone them 24 hrs a day and they would be there. where as if my son or other peoples children needed help there's no available. Surely children/young people are just as important as adults? I've tried most TV shows to get childhood mental heath talked about yet nobody seems willing to do it. I will do whatever it takes to get childhood mental health talked about, understood and help available at all times. I only hope the bill is changed in favour of these children/ young people to many have taken there own lives already. I've started a petition online my link is ....... http://www.PetitionOnline.com/janice74/petition.html I need everyone's help to get my petition signed by as many people has I can. I want help available 24 hrs a day 7 days a week for every child/young person who has any mental health issue illness etc in the whole of England and Wales. Also for mental health to be spoke about in school's like sex education is, its just as important and it needs to be understood. PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME TO HELP MY SON AND EVERY OTHER CHILD/YOUNG PERSON THAT NEEDS AND DESERVES ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET FOR THEM.

Posted on: Tue, 06/10/2008 - 22:30 #1
Response to Post Traumatic Stress.
Hi Janice, I am very concerned having read of your son's problems. Surely your first port of call should be your Doctor or Social Services who can have your son referred to a Mental Health Unit. Your son has got a problem which he may not want to talk to you about but I'm sure he will talk to someone else. Please seek help urgently. Good Luck !
Posted on: Wed, 06/18/2008 - 13:34 #2
Self harm
A website has been set up for people who self harm. This is called Harmless. You can contact them by email at info@harmless.org.uk alternatively go to www.harmless.org.uk
Posted on: Tue, 06/24/2008 - 16:44 #3
I know
Janice i feel so awful for you and your son. Doctors, social services, the lot are a complete waste of time. Fear not, he will grow out of it, i was the very same at fourteen and tried to kill myself countless times, self-harmed and couldn't bear living.. my little brother at 14 was the same, i begged my doctor to help him and was palmed off with 'he'll grow out of it' or 'it's hormones'. after months of pestering the doctors they finally referred him to see a psychaitrist to assess his mental state, at this point my poor brother was hallucinating it was so bad. they said he was fine even though i told them he'd tried to kill himself, nobody wanted to know or help. i was only 20 and insane with worry. eventually months later, i sent him home to live with my mother, in the hope that he could get the help he needed in London. he attempted to throw himself in front of a train, luckily a passer-by saw his tear stained face and managed to talk sense into him. he was immediately sent to a local mental hospital where he stayed for a period of 3 months monitored very closely. he suffered from paranoia, bi-polar among other things. he was released after three months and put on medication, he has since thrived and is 18, looking for work and optomistic about the future, sure he has his bad days but he is far more stable and happier. the thing that concerns me is that there is no help for children and teens with mental problems, and that many childrn take their own lives whilst they are waiting for adequate help. good luck with your son, if he needs to talk i can pass my brothers details onto you so he can see things will work out ok. i shall sign your petition now.
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