Posted by smokeymadison on November 22, 2004, at 5:33:01
My 16 year old brother has been going down hill for the past few years and my dad refuses to see it. He is severely depressed, cutting, not eating or sleeping (at least at night, he dozes all day). I have had it with my dad. I live 2 hours away and don't know what to do. he wound up in the emergency room tonight (i found out from my grandma) because he took two caffiene pills to make it through his shift at work and his heart strted racing and his body went numb. The docs are looking at his adrenal glands but i am pretty sure that it is partly lack of food and anxiety that did it.
my dad watched me go through the same thing in high school and did nothing until i overdosed and just about killed myself at age 17. i don't know what to do but to talk with my dad and beg him to take him to the psychiatrist my sister and i go to. right know i want to scream and cuss him out royally. he knows that anxiety and depression run in the family and i can't understand why he won't get help for my brother. i can't sleep and my boyfriend is sick of hearing it so i thought i would post here...
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