I don't know what to do, I'm here in tears. My brother has just called to say that my Dad called him to tell him that my Mum has just taken an overdose. She rang me half an hour before she did it and told me to hug my daughter for her. I spent the whole day with her yesterday and she was fine. This is the second time in the last 8 years she's done this and I can't do it again. I just can't. My H is in London, my daughter is upstairs asleep and I don't know what to do. I'm in bits but more than anything am royally fucked off with this crap. I've spent the last few years an anxious mess that she'd do it again, and only recently have I started to relax and accept that she was in a bad place at the time (Dad had an affair).
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Thanks for all the messages everyone. I was on my own when my brother called me so having an outlet was really good for me. She's been discharged after speaking to the resident psychiatric doctor, who is happy that she has no long standing mental health issues. He believes she meant to do it and knew of the consequences of her actions but after talking to her doesn't believe she'll do it again. She's been referred for counselling and her and my dad have been referred to Relate. She's also been given a doctors note that will enable her to change surgeries, part of what came out was that it emerged some while ago that my aunt has a hereditary heart condition and the doctors wouldn't listen to my mum when she asked them to investigate her. Apparently, the anxiety caused by this, coupled with financial problems with Dad's business, their marriage issues (most of which are made worse by the financial strain) and things to do with my aunt just meant that everything got on top of her. I didn't go to see her in hospital, I was too angry and my brothers told her so. I've spoken to her twice on the phone though and feel happier that she's not planning anything further (at the moment anyway).
