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My wife says she wants to die
Hello everyone. My wife is bipolar and she says she wants to die and has a plan to do so. She goes to a weekly meeting with her therapist of three years now and is also on medications which have just been adjusted within the last week by her med doctor.
My wife told me last night....she was an open book.....that she has a plan to kill herslef. She is not saying she will do it but she does have a plan. Now my wife tried to kill herself about 15 months ago via a large pill overdose which did not work. She has been in the local psych hospital several times over the past few years as well. Those places can keep her safe for the moment but never seem to work.....as they put her on med, kick her out, then her doctor changes the meds.....and the cycle begins again.
Now here is some info on us:
ME:
age 36
legally blind
unemployed
live on SSI
live with parents
Wife:
age 35
unemployed
lives with me at parents house
is a nursing student on college
has bipolar
Now my mother has said this point blank....that if my wife goes back to the psych hospital....she will fight for custody of our almost 3 year old daughter. She seems to think that my wife can just "snap out of it"....or "try harder"....or "not give in to it", etc. I do not think she understands my wife's sickness.
What do I do for her? We are in a bit of a pickle here. I mean I can pray or course. My wife claims to have seen Heaven several years ago and her story of what Heaven is like seems to line up with the book "Heaven Is For Real".....which was written long after my wife had claimed this. My wife says she knows what Jesus looks like and what Heaven is like and just wants to go home.....so she figures if she kills herself she will just go home with Jesus.....which is what she wants anyway.
What do I do? If I tell my mother about all of this.....she might freak out. If I do nothing and just things things run their course.....my wife might act on her plan......or she may not act on her plan. Today is out 5th year wedding anniversary as well. I am at a loss and am not sure what to do.
Update:
My wife says she has a plan and does not want to go to the hospital at all....period. I know the plan....it is a lethal injection that stops the heart. She is a nursing student so she must have the supplies to do so.
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My wife says she wants to die
Hello everyone. My wife is bipolar and she says she wants to die and has a plan to do so. She goes to a weekly meeting with her therapist of three years now and is also on medications which have just been adjusted within the last week by her med doctor.
My wife told me last night....she was an open book.....that she has a plan to kill herslef. She is not saying she will do it but she does have a plan. Now my wife tried to kill herself about 15 months ago via a large pill overdose which did not work. She has been in the local psych hospital several times over the past few years as well. Those places can keep her safe for the moment but never seem to work.....as they put her on med, kick her out, then her doctor changes the meds.....and the cycle begins again.
Now here is some info on us:
ME:
age 36
legally blind
unemployed
live on SSI
live with parents
Wife:
age 35
unemployed
lives with me at parents house
is a nursing student on college
has bipolar
Now my mother has said this point blank....that if my wife goes back to the psych hospital....she will fight for custody of our almost 3 year old daughter. She seems to think that my wife can just "snap out of it"....or "try harder"....or "not give in to it", etc. I do not think she understands my wife's sickness.
What do I do for her? We are in a bit of a pickle here. I mean I can pray or course. My wife claims to have seen Heaven several years ago and her story of what Heaven is like seems to line up with the book "Heaven Is For Real".....which was written long after my wife had claimed this. My wife says she knows what Jesus looks like and what Heaven is like and just wants to go home.....so she figures if she kills herself she will just go home with Jesus.....which is what she wants anyway.
What do I do? If I tell my mother about all of this.....she might freak out. If I do nothing and just things things run their course.....my wife might act on her plan......or she may not act on her plan. Today is out 5th year wedding anniversary as well. I am at a loss and am not sure what to do.
Update:
My wife says she has a plan and does not want to go to the hospital at all....period. I know the plan....it is a lethal injection that stops the heart. She is a nursing student so she must have the supplies to do so.