re: ER Doctor suspended after mocking patient suffering from anxiety

I had the SAME exact experience with an ER staff one time.

I went in because I thought I was having a heart attack. I was chilling on the couch one night watching TV and all of a sudden my heart rate jumped to about 150. My heart was murmoring, and I had bad chest pains. So, I rushed myself to ER. After testing, it turns out it was anxiety. They gave me ativan and let me go.

A few days later it happened again, so I went back. This time they weren't as nice. I heard one of the nurses say "Yeah this dude is just drug seeking." I told one of them that if I had to live with this all the time, I might just off myself. One of the nurses went out in the hall and said to another nurse (pretty loudly) "I'll go get a gun for this guy."

100% true story, no exaggeration. I thought about suing at the time, but never went through with it. I was fricking pissed and almost punched the nurse (it was a male nurse). I didn't want to go to jail, though and didn't want to be put in the psych ward (Actually I told them that if I need the psych ward to get well, please put me there, because I can't handle this shite every day all day).

IMO, if you are an uncaring POS like that, don't be a nurse. For frick's sake. There are people out there with REAL mental health issues (anxiety is one). Sadly, our medical professionals receive zero training in the mental health field. They treat everyone with mental health issues like they are just some drug addict POS.

(I've never done drugs outside of weed in college and don't even drink. So "drug seeking" has never been my problem).