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re: ER Doctor suspended after mocking patient suffering from anxiety
Posted on 6/18/18 at 4:09 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 6/18/18 at 4:09 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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).
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).
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Posted on 6/18/18 at 4:52 pm to AUstar
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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.
It's better than it was, but definitely still a long ways to go. Burnout and fatigue are real. In the ER especially. There's not enough help go around and that part is getting worse it seems. But you have to be careful and not say that stuff around patients. It would be ideal to not say it at all, but that's not going to happen. People get frustrated, especially when you do have difficult patients. Sucks you had to experience that.
Posted on 6/18/18 at 5:00 pm to AUstar
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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."
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:25 am to AUstar
I used to get panic attacks and can empathize with you. When people hear panic attack, they think "oh he was just freaking out about a bunch of things on his mind, he's just a pussy". But it's not that at all. It's much more than that. It's like you described, you really do think you're going to die and your heart feels like it's about to jump out your chest. And they will hit you wherever. I've had them hit me in the middle of dinner with friends, taking finals in school, a middle of an LSU football game sitting in Tiger Stadium, etc. And the thing is, once you start getting them you will freak out even more when you get them which feeds the intensity and starts a vicious circle. A self-fulfilling prophecy, if you will.
Mine have gone away over the years, with the help of therapy, medication, meditation, etc. Thank God!
frick anybody who doesn't understand what a panic attack is and how it feels to be going through one, and makes ignorant derogatory remarks to you about it - ESPECIALLY a supposed "medical professional".
Mine have gone away over the years, with the help of therapy, medication, meditation, etc. Thank God!
frick anybody who doesn't understand what a panic attack is and how it feels to be going through one, and makes ignorant derogatory remarks to you about it - ESPECIALLY a supposed "medical professional".
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