Yeah, the tendency for health "professionals" to ignore the other health concerns of mentally interesting people has always pissed me off. I always thought they were being amazingly bad doctors, nurses, etc. Being a nurse myself, I never understood why they would act this way. This was before I was declared mentally interesting myself!

When I went into the ER to be checked due to a sudden whole body Lamictal rash, the nurse was way cool. The doc was a jackass. He barely looked at the rash at all. He just said to stop taking the Lamictal and to call my pdoc in the morning. First of all, I don't see a pdoc, so stop telling me to call one. I decided to call the psych NP I see instead. Second of all, if someone presents with a severe rash who is on Lamictal they should be carefully examined for the deadly rashes (that are rare). He told me to take large amounts of antihistamines...not the best choice for people on Lithium as they reduce thirst. YES! I can come back into the ER with Lithium toxicity!!!!! He should probably have given IV steroids, since I take lithium, there was very little risk of mania.

I got the feeling he thought I was just another one of those crazies. I wonder if I had said I had a seizure disorder, would I have been treated differently?