Sometimes I get so ticked off at the ER doctors I could just spit nickels! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

My daughter, after encouragement from me, brought her boyfriend to the ER last night for some really severe symptoms from taking Seroquel. Now, I know the drug has helped many, please don't think I am railing against the drug. That is not the case.

His symptoms were the following:
1. Inability to urinate
2. Unable to stay awake
3. Daughter found him in fetal position the previous morning and he ended up being completely stiff with horrible back pain to the point of being unable to straighten up.
4. Profuse sweating
5. Confusion/rambling/talking nonsense
6. Not understanding questions/answering inappropriately
7. Uneven breathing/rapid heartbeat
8. Unbalanced gait

After looking up the possible side effects of Seroquel, I called my daughter and told her she needed to get him to the ER pronto. I feared he had a seizure in his sleep, and that's why he was in the clenched fetal position and unable to straighten up from the muscle contractions.

Now, to get to the GRRRRRRRRR part -

The docs at the ER in their infinite wisdom claimed he was OVER medicated (he was NOT). Then claimed he was drunk (he was NOT and had no alcohol in weeks). They fought with my daughter for 5 hours over his condition. Even when his bloodwork came back that he had no drugs or alcohol in his system, they still fought with her.

She called me about every 1/2 hour or so and she was so stressed. I told her to have them call me if they didn't believe her and I would set them straight and I would go there and make such a ruckass that they would rue the day they ever thought they could be so unfeeling and uncompassionate towards Gary and his condition. Luckily, it didn't come to that. Erin was able to let loose on one of the docs and they finally came back and agreed that he was suffering from the Seroquel. They finally admitted him for the night for observation.

Today, another doctor saw him and said she felt he did indeed have a grand mal seizure as she found bite marks on his tongue and cheek along with the muscle contractions. She is setting him up with a neurologist for an EEG and to see his regular doc for physical therapy and or meds to help him relax his muscles.

Why does it have to be such a battle to get these so called educated medical personel to open their freakin eyes and SEE what is going on???? They are so quick to assume that someone is there for drugs, or because they are drunk? They pulled the same crap with my exhusband a couple of weeks ago over his severe back pain and it ended up he had a compression fracture in his back. He's been hospitalized for over a month now....this after sending him home with ibuprofen and telling him it was all muscular.

Good lord....help them smarten up please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There, rant done. Thanks for listening. Hope I didn't bore you all. *sigh*