[jpb4815]

So I had a weird pseudo stroke, dr's think it was a TIA. my whole left side was numb and unresponsive when I woke up on sunday AM. I spent sun and mon in the hospital. I will tell you one thing, aside from the intense fear that I had that I was not going to regain any feeling. What a difference than being in there for BP symptoms. The regular ward is great compared to the psych ward. I have not experienced anything but psych in a long time. I had a TV, good food, regular meds, and tons of doctors and nuero's looking after me. I did not once get looked down on or spoken to like a child. It was weird not having group to go to, but going to PT made up for it.
I have almost made a full recovery, just a little numbness in my left face and foot. It was a scary but surprisingly pleasant experience. It is odd feeling like the DR's know what they are doing, so many time while IP I have felt that the DR's are just throwing darts when choosing meds.

I too am usually impressed by how different I am treated when it's a physical emergency versus a psychiatric one. I thought perhaps it was my paranoia or uncleanliness to blame but me thinks there could be something more to it after reading this.

I'm terribly sorry for what you went through....it must have been utterly terrifying to say the least. I'm glad things are improving and that you are capable of having such a positive attitude on the whole experience.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Yea I know exactly what you mean. When I'm in the hospital for MI they treat me like garbage. I'll never forget the a hole dr I got last time I was on my way to IP. He just came in my room and didn't say hi or ask me how I was doing or anything. He just said "you've been petitioned. You're going to psych" and walked out lol. Then I started crying. I almost had to go for my mixed/manic episode the other day and the only reason I didn't was the way I'd get treated. And I'm a medical assistant. I was a cardiologists assistant for awhile too and one patient had BP and he needed a heart cath. When the patient left the room, the dr turned to me and whispered "he's crazy, you don't want to work on those types!" And he refused to do the procedure!! The patient was completely stable and all. I was sickened. So yea I've been on both sides of the table and I know how doctors see us.

Originally Posted by RxQueen875

Yea I know exactly what you mean. When I'm in the hospital for MI they treat me like garbage. I'll never forget the a hole dr I got last time I was on my way to IP. He just came in my room and didn't say hi or ask me how I was doing or anything. He just said "you've been petitioned. You're going to psych" and walked out lol. Then I started crying. I almost had to go for my mixed/manic episode the other day and the only reason I didn't was the way I'd get treated. And I'm a medical assistant. I was a cardiologists assistant for awhile too and one patient had BP and he needed a heart cath. When the patient left the room, the dr turned to me and whispered "he's crazy, you don't want to work on those types!" And he refused to do the procedure!! The patient was completely stable and all. I was sickened. So yea I've been on both sides of the table and I know how doctors see us.

Hearing what that doctor said breaks my freakin heart! I'm sorry you had any of those experiences. It sure is an eye opener however.

Glad to hear your TIA was mild and you are doing well. My mother had one a bit over a year ago and came out of it quite well.

As far as treatment for medical vs. psychiatric goes, I've always been treated well either way, but I have always used the same hospital and E.R. for psychiatric that houses the inpatient unit where I am admitted, and they are really trained well to work with psychiatric patients very respectfully.

[hopeless2015]

Very scary! I'm glad your back home and on the way to recovery!

[bizi]

will you continue with therapy, out patient? or is that finished. Sad how we get treated.
bizi

[Victoria'smom]

Glad you're doing better.

[jpb4815]

Originally Posted by bizi

will you continue with therapy, out patient? or is that finished. Sad how we get treated.
bizi

I am doing PT outpatient.

[Unrigged64072835]

What a scare! Glad you are doing better, though. I've been hospitalized for chest pain before, and the treatment is definitely different.

[raspberrytorte]

Happy you're doing better, jp!

This was for MI reasons, but for my time before last ER visit I had to spend one night in the medical unit. I don't think anyone knew what had initially led me there because they were all so nice! I got my own phone. I had my own shower. I got to order my own food. I could have visitors whenever I wanted (not that anyone wanted to visit me since they were all mad at me). I remember asking one of the nurses if it was okay if I had visitors whenever and they looked at me like it was a ridiculous question and said yeah.

Not that I've ever been treated bad in the psych ward... it was just weird being on a non psych ward. I felt like I had a lot more freedom. I didn't feel like I was in prison.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

I'm glad you had a good experience and shared it. The worst experiences I've ever had have been when I was on a regular floor and they didn't know how to deal with my meds. Once I was post-op from gyn surgery and they basically ignored everything I said or asked for and didn't give my meds right. That was nothing compared to the time I had lithium toxicity and the general med floors were full so I was admitted to GI. They cut my meds in half, refused to listen to me about why I NEEDED those meds (including the pdoc on call); the pdoc on call walked on while I was still talking rather than address my questions and I wound up yelling at the floor doctor on the phone at 2 AM because I had gotten manic from lack of Seroquel (and lithium but cutting that one was necessary) and I was ready to sign out AMA but couldn't because I couldn't drive with the drugs they did give me in my system. The nurses and floor doctor freely admitted they had no idea how to care for me and a lot of errors were made because they were afraid. It was horrible. I've since had 2 good post-op experiences but am afraid of regular hospital stays. IP for psych has never been trauamtic.