Hi
thank you so much for your supportive response. We have been in touch with the High Commision who were of no help whatsoever. We have also been in touch with the British Embassy who also were of very little help. The problem is not helped by the fact that although our friend was born in England and has a British passport, she is considered Bangladeshi as her parents are and we are here. She also does not have travel insurance so we cant even get assistance that way. Lots of friends back home offer advice but despite our efforts, they have no concept of what things are like here. Most people, understandably assume it is like India (so did we) but apart from the fact that it once was part of India, all similarities end there and somewhere like Sylhet has almost no experience of westerners and tourists. All we want to do is get her well enough to travel home. What would really help is a doctor who is fluent enough in English to total understand her mental problems and communicate with us. It would appear there are none in Syhlet. There may be someone in Dhaka but we are worried about travelling there and then getting stuck and having no support.
My personal email is stephanie.herman@sky.com if you think thats helpful.
Thank you for listening. Stephanie

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I am not american and never said I was. If you look at my profile you will see I am British. I was in Bangladesh and every thing I said was true. I am fairly well travelled and consider myself sensible and reasonably intelligent but was really struggling. I am sorry to hear that you thought I was scamming, but in what way I cannot see.
However, I am pleased to say we are all now safely home. So thank you for your unhelpful comments and lack of support. Fortunately not every one reacted in such a way. Have more faith in human nature.

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Hi,
I would just like to say to everyone who replied to me and offered support, or even just kind words, THANK YOU SO MUCH>
We are now all safely home thank goodness. I was unable to reply sooner due to the frequent power cuts that cut out the internet, or not being somewhere with wifi. We finally got medical suggestions from England which our friends here managed to buy - it would seem you can just go out and buy almost any drug for pennies anywhere! We had to trust they were what they said they were.
We did I am afraid to say, Just give her meds and cross our fingers. We had another absolutely terrible journey back to Dhaka, cos we couldnt get a flight that connected. We took a taxi but it wasnt much better than the original bus! However we got there and then our two follow on flights to London where friends met us. We got back home something like 36hours after leaving. We got the crisis team out and they admitted her to the local psychiatric hospital where she is at present.
I would just like to add, for the benefit of doubters, that at no time did we need or ask for money. All we wanted was guidance, and preferably fluent English speaking assistance if possible in Sylhet, which the majority of people understood.
What a wonderful world this is when you can put a call out for help and people respond. It truly does confirm my faith in my fellow beings. So once again. THANK YOU.
With all good wishes, Stephanie.