Posted by Elizabeth on February 13, 2002, at 17:16:15
In reply to Hospital Emergency Rooms » Elizabeth, posted by IsoM on February 10, 2002, at 13:40:36
> I've no problem saying why. Emergency rooms are generally the worse spot to be in anyway - with a migraine, the noise & lights make it much worse.
I don't get migraines, but I'm generally sensitive to noise, light, and cold. ERs can be pretty unpleasant places. Plus they're full of people who are mostly in a bad mood for one reason or another.
> Plus the whining patients get treated first around here, regardless of how serious it is.
I'm not sure if that's true here. It is true that (here at least) if you're a psychiatric patient and you whine too much (or otherwise piss off the doctor/nurse/psychologist/whatever), you risk being pathologized for your whining ("hysterical," "hypochondriac," etc.).
> They were so afraid of even giving me anything.
Why?
> I got a Gravol shot for the nausea by insisting they treat that too.
Gravol? Isn't that just diphenhydramine (or something similar)? Promethazine or prochlorperazine would be my drug of choice for nausea.
> The final thing they gave me was Demerol which I didn't particularily want.
What did you want -- one of the *tripans? (It's cool that there's actually a specific tx for migraine, even if no one knows why it works. < g > Most people with chronic or recurring pain syndromes have to beg for medication.)
> As you can understand I'd rather treat pain (unless broken limbs) at home. I can do better myself.
In general, if I have pain that I can treat myself with OTC meds, then it's not bad enough that I would bother taking any medication for it. I only get headaches *very* rarely, I use a prescription NSAID for menstrual cramps, and the buprenorphine has virtually eliminated the chronic (musculoskeletal) back-neck-shoulder pain that I've been suffering for the last 6+ years. (Not the reason I wanted to try it in the first place, but certainly a nice benefit.)
-elizabeth
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