Sounds like you need some sort of intervention before it is too late. Have you talked to her about seeing a psychiatrist to help with the depression? Is she dealing with chronic pain? It sounds like she is really having problems dealing with her situation.

I hope you can find some help before she really hurts herself.

Good luck.
Gwennie

Amanda,

Gwennie is right on target. I think your love and support for her is great, but you probably need to go to an outside source (intervention) to help her. It seems to me that she might be giving up, or medicating to the point she doesn't care, and can "sort" of deal with her pain and such. You seem like a loving and caring person. Please let us know what you do.

Brenda

Unfortunately, since your cousin is living with you, you are in the middle. What she is doing is not fair to you. It will be awful if she overdoses. My feeling is that she is addicted to the soma and not just using it for her pain. Taking more than the recommended dose is a sure sign of that. I would speak to her and ask her to get some help. Can you live with her being this way? Maybe some personal boundaries are being crossed and you need to set limits with her? Alanon can help support you and help you to take care of you. Just my humble opinion as I have lived in this same type of situation.

Best wishes to you,

Marianne

I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. She needs to talk to her Doctor about what's happening now and maybe it will help if you go with her since Mom isn't participating. It's great you're there for her and watching out for her. Maybe she'll get it one day the pain you're having to be without your pills. I hope she comes out of it okay with your support and some Counselling. Take care. Charry

The obvious thing is being missed here. 7 Soma? Is that anywhere near a fatal dose? I would suggest that you could tell her if she does anything of this sort again she will be waking up in the ER! Call an Ambulance! If she is severely depressed they should recognize the signs, symptoms, especially if the ambulance crew is told that she is in chronic pain and seemed depressed.
If she is overmedicating, and the pain is not undercontrol there may be a lot of issues here

My dad used to pass out all the time, mom would wait for him to wake up! She said he would be mad if she called an ambulance! Dad eventually had a full blown stroke, thankfully it was at work, they called an ambulance and the er immediatly recognized the problem and he got proper treatment. That was 22 years ago and dad is fine.

Sometimes we have to do what is best for people even if they don't want us to. I would prefer an angry cousin to the possible consequences. What if your not there next time?

In your situation, I would simply place a call to 911 and tell them that she has od'd on too much medication.
Not calling may cost her her life. Soma is not a medication to mess around with. The fact that she may be depressed is one problem that needs to be addressed, but even before that, she needs to be medically stable and it sounds as though she is anything but.
This is from Drugs.com- Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have used too much of this medicine.
Overdose symptoms may include shallow breathing, vision problems, fast heartbeat, confusion, hallucinations (seeing things), muscle stiffness, feeling light-headed, fainting, or seizure (convulsions).
end of overdose info.....
She may very well stop breathing if you do not get her some kind of medical care and since you are there, you can be held responsible for not calling if you are there with her and don't take any action.
I don't want to scare you, but with her mother not seeming to take this situation seriously, you are the only one who can at this point. Talking with her tomorrow is not going to ensure that she lives through tonight.
You really need to call an ambulance......now.
Sandi

she may be mad at you at first but she may actually be forced in to getting some help this way. It sounds like her pain is not being treated and either is her depression. She is an adult but she is out of control and needs some help. Adults can and do need some help sometimes and it really seems as if she is screaming out for some. I know that you do not want to be in the middle but here you are. Possibly the only person in her life that is taking this serious. How bad will you feel if you do nothing and something serious happens? If it were me I would at least have to know that I did all that I could for her. Please keep us informed.

She has NO MEMORY of last night. Said she remembers taking two, and sitting at the table with me. She woke up this morning mad at me for spilling coffee on the carpet! I guess then her mother came over and told her everything that happened. She had no idea, she had no idea!

My family has been through this kind of thing with other members. There's still tension from that, and that was gosh 4 years ago?

I don't care. I wont watch her die. Next time something like that happens, I'm just calling 911.

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I'm just not willing to put up with the alternative. And I told her that today. First off, I will not allow that behavior around my child. Second, if she goes to the ER, she wont be to happy when they cut off all of her meds, because she cannot use them responsibly. Other than that, I don't know what else I can do.

Sorry to see there is still problems. 911 is the way to go, and yes she will be upset. Upset beats dead any day! *HUG* Glad to see you will make to call. I know that is hard. Good luck with it!!!

Brenda

You did waht you could. Maybe this will be enough of a wake up call for her to pull herself together. Good luck.

I totally agree with this decision of what you told her and what you will do if this happens again

Did you tell her what you will do if this happens again?