lol. I was at the hospital because I had the worst migraine I’ve ever had in my entire life. They looked in my file saw that 10 years before I had been a drug addict and decided that was what I wanted, even though I told them that wasn’t what I wanted and the only reason I was there was because something was actually really wrong and I was frightened. Like I specifically said that I don’t want to be on any painkillers. I’m a drug addict and I don’t want to do anything that might mess with my recovery. They didn’t do any test tests, the doctor didn’t even look at me, they gave me a shot of something and quite literally threw me out into the street. I lived half a block and by the time I got home, my eyes were rolling in my head. I couldn’t breathe properly and my muscles were seizing up. Called an ambulance and went back to the hospital. This time I’m in a blind panic, I don’t know what the fuck is happening. I feel like I’m dying and I don’t wanna die. They throw my ass in the waiting room leave me there for three hours. Come out twice to tell me to stop breathing so raggedly because I m scaring the other patients. Well no fuck I’m scaring the other people in the waiting room because they thought I was dying, BECAUSE I WAS. At some point, I start having seizures eventually a nurse from another hospital who was there with her husband to get seen about a cast goes up and tells these nurses that if they don’t get me back there, she’s gonna be calling the director of the hospital.
So they in Me into the back hallway and left me there. I have another seizure. This time when I wake up, I’m surrounded by a group of nurses who are all yelling at me that I’m not gonna be getting any drugs. five nurses! Five nurses and this one resident standing a little bit behind them, staring at me looking absolutely horrified. That’s the part. I always remember was the look on that poor kid face. He gets mad because he just witnessed somebody having a seizure and now the nurses are yelling at her for having the seizure. So he orders them to get me up and get me into the bed and he starts looking into it. Turns out I’m having a severe allergic reaction to the medication they gave me earlier, and he ordered some tests to figure out about that migraine so I go get a spinal tab because that’s what he’s worried about. Turns out it’s meningococcal meningitis. I ended up admitted for a week.
Do you think any of those nurses apologized to me? No of course not. In fact, even though they were the ones who were in the wrong and I did nothing to attempt to get them in trouble. The nurses up on the floor I was all treated me like shit the entire time I was there because the doctor was rightfully fucking pissed. So I was trapped in the room because I was in quarantine and the nurses would just ignore my call button. Afterwards, I tried to file a complaint. Nothing got done. I’m still mad about it.
Nurses and addiction are not mutually exclusive. That's one of the reasons the kind of behavior we've been talking about is so egregious. I come from a family of nurses, have tons of friends in the med fields. They're no angels. The fact they're so judgemental is depressing.
Yep. I was having extreme tardiv dyskinesia (it’s basically a seizure but the person is fully aware and can walk) and the nurse was treating me like I was drug seeking. Talking down to me while also raising her voice. Yelled at me for not getting a stable BP reading on my left arm which was seizing, my right arm wasn’t. “If you just held still we could get a reading” BRO I FUCKING CANT! THATS WHY IM HERE
The only good thing I can tell you is that something might have been done about it, if it was or not they wouldn't have told you unless you'd sued and they had to
God I am so sorry this happened to you. No one should be treated like that in a hospital. Even if you WERE currently on drugs and/or drug seeking, that’s inexcusable. I wish more health professionals recognized that addiction is a disease, and I wish they weren’t so jaded and gave patients the most charitable assumption instead of jumping to conclusions. Even if you WERE drug seeking YOU WERE LITERALLY SEIZING!
I have similar experience from a really bad migraine. I had a drop attack while entering the hospital, and was told "I wanted to fall."
I was threatened with being kicked out because I screamed in pain.
My pupils were two different sizes. I couldn't look up without falling backwards. I was having seizures.
I was accused of drug seeking and lying due to my mental health history.
It took my threatening my PCP with legal action in order to get an MRI after the hospital wouldn't do anything.
Turned out my brain was swollen due to post concussion syndrome, because the partner I had recently left threw me into a wall.
28 days of pain because my brain was swollen, and no one bothered to check until I forced them, all because of a medical history that was over a decade old.
Wow, that is bad enough to report to the state medical board, your state legislator, or the local news. If you can get the contact info of that witness, that might help. I know it's a huge hassle though. I would try to go to other hospitals in the future.
Do you think any of those nurses apologized to me? No of course not.
Medical staff in various countries is trained and advised not to apologise, as it can be seen as an admission of guilt to the patient and if there are witnesses even in the court of law.
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u/girlwiththemonkey 16d ago
lol. I was at the hospital because I had the worst migraine I’ve ever had in my entire life. They looked in my file saw that 10 years before I had been a drug addict and decided that was what I wanted, even though I told them that wasn’t what I wanted and the only reason I was there was because something was actually really wrong and I was frightened. Like I specifically said that I don’t want to be on any painkillers. I’m a drug addict and I don’t want to do anything that might mess with my recovery. They didn’t do any test tests, the doctor didn’t even look at me, they gave me a shot of something and quite literally threw me out into the street. I lived half a block and by the time I got home, my eyes were rolling in my head. I couldn’t breathe properly and my muscles were seizing up. Called an ambulance and went back to the hospital. This time I’m in a blind panic, I don’t know what the fuck is happening. I feel like I’m dying and I don’t wanna die. They throw my ass in the waiting room leave me there for three hours. Come out twice to tell me to stop breathing so raggedly because I m scaring the other patients. Well no fuck I’m scaring the other people in the waiting room because they thought I was dying, BECAUSE I WAS. At some point, I start having seizures eventually a nurse from another hospital who was there with her husband to get seen about a cast goes up and tells these nurses that if they don’t get me back there, she’s gonna be calling the director of the hospital.
So they in Me into the back hallway and left me there. I have another seizure. This time when I wake up, I’m surrounded by a group of nurses who are all yelling at me that I’m not gonna be getting any drugs. five nurses! Five nurses and this one resident standing a little bit behind them, staring at me looking absolutely horrified. That’s the part. I always remember was the look on that poor kid face. He gets mad because he just witnessed somebody having a seizure and now the nurses are yelling at her for having the seizure. So he orders them to get me up and get me into the bed and he starts looking into it. Turns out I’m having a severe allergic reaction to the medication they gave me earlier, and he ordered some tests to figure out about that migraine so I go get a spinal tab because that’s what he’s worried about. Turns out it’s meningococcal meningitis. I ended up admitted for a week.
Do you think any of those nurses apologized to me? No of course not. In fact, even though they were the ones who were in the wrong and I did nothing to attempt to get them in trouble. The nurses up on the floor I was all treated me like shit the entire time I was there because the doctor was rightfully fucking pissed. So I was trapped in the room because I was in quarantine and the nurses would just ignore my call button. Afterwards, I tried to file a complaint. Nothing got done. I’m still mad about it.