My girlfriend has been to her family doctor and he has diagnosed her with depression via a chemical imbalance in her brain (I know that's not a full diagnosis but it helps) and she's on antidepressants and has even doubled her dosage since it wasn't effective before. Since then, it's only gotten worse. She talks about suicide and has nearly no self-worth. We are both in our last year of high school and both of us are applying to college art programs that require portfolios so it's even more stressful for the both of us. I recently did an online diagnostic of her and it came up with "Bipolar II Disorder (Depressive) 296.89" which I'm not too certain what that means yet, but I'll do some researching. She doesn't come from a very supportive household, her father has clear anger management issues, and has a bloodline of depression (which might be one of the factors). Her mother is not supportive nor does she believe that she really has depression or that anything is wrong with her. Her parents have done things like believing that her mental issues were from illegal drugs even though she would never ever do anything like that, they've also blamed it on me because I was the only new thing that's come into her life, that's wrong because all I've done is helped and prevented her from committing suicide already, and it's probably been because of school since it's our last year and everything is very stressful, and her age is a big factor. Her parents also are not putting any priority into seeing their family doctor or anyone on a regular basis, they don't even have an appointment booked for her yet since sometime in October at least. I've seen myself deteriorating and my mental state has become less stable, but I still am aware of this and I can sometimes pull myself out from a bad state. Just today she's pleaded to me through texting to end the suffering, she was very close to taking all her antidepressants at once (~25x her regular dosage of 2 pills a day). I don't know what to do anymore and she isn't getting better and life is only getting more stressful...I don't know what I can do. If anyone can help me I'll be super grateful. I know to stay with her and to always be there for her and all that but that only goes so far...
UPDATE: She has talked with her parents and has taken her to ER, more info when I get more.
UPDATE: Firstly I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who has reached out to help us, it really means a lot to me. She has come back from ER with lots of info and ways to help her in times of need, she's to take anxiety meds when things go overboard but remain on antidepressants for long-term fixing. The doctors talked to her about coping strategies and mindfulness and being aware of distortion of thoughts (I'm not entirely sure what that means). They also talked about local help centers and online hotlines (no phone ones because she can't handle phones, it stresses her out too much). So we'll see how this goes for a while and I might add another update if anything changes or if it doesn't. Again thank you, everyone, who reached out to me.
UPDATE: She has talked with her parents and has taken her to ER, more info when I get more.
UPDATE: Firstly I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who has reached out to help us, it really means a lot to me. She has come back from ER with lots of info and ways to help her in times of need, she's to take anxiety meds when things go overboard but remain on antidepressants for long-term fixing. The doctors talked to her about coping strategies and mindfulness and being aware of distortion of thoughts (I'm not entirely sure what that means). They also talked about local help centers and online hotlines (no phone ones because she can't handle phones, it stresses her out too much). So we'll see how this goes for a while and I might add another update if anything changes or if it doesn't. Again thank you, everyone, who reached out to me.
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