Hello.
I'm writing on behlf of my brother who is having suicidal thoughts. It's an ongoing process but is getting worse.
He has divorced his wife, has lost his job, and currently going through the process of selling their joint home so the wife can start a new life. It's all too much for him.
He is drinking alcohol excessively to try and numb his anxiety and has been on anxiety medications for years.
He has been in Detox for alcohol at least 10 times but comes out and can't deal with his problems and anxiety so resorts back to alcohol again.
The last time he did Detox he came out with excessive shaking which has been ongoing for a month now and he can't stand it. He doesn't want to live like that.
We have suggested Rehab as a way of helping to manage his life and anxiety but he can't see how that will help and does not want to go to Rehab.
Yesterday was the latest attempt [removed by moderator] and was taken by ambulance with the police to hospital and was sectioned under the mental health act but they let him go home after he was assessed!!! If he was sectioned why did they let him go home?? We don't understand it.
He needs to stay somewhere where they can treat his mental health issues without sending him home until he is sorted out.
The hospital just sends him home after he sobers up but he needs mental health treatment and extra medication or different medication.
He rings Life Line at night when he can't sleep.
His GP can't help anymore because he says it's now a mental health issue.
How do we get him admitted somewhere where they will treat his mental health and anxiety once and for all?
What else can we do?
Thank you for any suggestions.
