This is funny but I wish it was titled differently. Those of us with chronic pain (I have syringomyelia) are not the same as nutjobs who say they have every disease in the book and want a doctor to coddle them. By the way, ERs are freezing and God yes I need a three warm blankets every time I'm there. Imagine having a syrinx and laying flat on a board, shivering the whole time. It really amplifies the pain a hundredfold.
Well, In Italy and Europe it is the General Practitioner who prescribeslong-time pain-killers or similar drugs to their patients needing chronic therapies,because GPs generally know their patients and who is lieing and who is not. IMHO it is a good method to accomplish both the need of pain killers and the fight against abuse of them,but I have read that in America or australia GPs are not well considered and they de facto can do nothing
My cancer was found because I KEPT ON INSISTING SOMETHING WAS WRONG. NOT because my Dr found it. I kept going back to various doctors and FINALLY someone listened to me and we found all my illnesses plus cancer. I am grateful for that one doctor that listened to me and that led me to an amazing medical staff that have helped me deal with all my chronic conditions.
STOP LOOKING AT THE CHART AND LOOK AT THE PATIENT! I went to many doctors looking for help because I was in distress and the labs found NOTHING wrong with me. I was in pain, not sleeping, depressed, anxious, etc and guess what after going to a doctor that stopped looking at my chart and started listening to me we found out I have 3 autoimmune diseases (hashimoto thyroiditis, TMJ, Interstitial Cystitis), chronic migraines, and guess what? cancer...hmm..my labs have always looked good.
I have a chronic pain condition that is invisible to the naked eye and I've been in a flare up for a few days now and in pain. No pain Meds are working. I called my dr who is a specialist and she can't see me till mid November. I would go to another Dr but over the years I've found that Drs are NOT educated on chronic pain conditions and treat you either as a hypochondriac or drug addict. Therefore I have to suffer OR go to the ER for ineffective acute treatment for a chronic condition. They sy
Ridiculous! This marginalizes the pain community. This is not the norm, and people who require palliative care are being stigmatized due to the sensationalizing of pill mills and drug seekers.
Obviously people bitching on here have never dealt with piece of shit pain med seekers who give most others a bad name...this is not making fun of anyone...this is the truth. This bullshit happens EVERYDAY all day long and wastes time of all the ER staff trying to SAVE LIVES!!
This is evil. Of course the "pretend" illnesses would list Fibro. It is incredible that people still believe that doesn't exist. And getting through a 10-day migraine? HELL. I know folks lie, but no one who is truly suffering should be punished for it. This video was clearly made by someone who just doesn't get that this harms people who do have chronic illness. I hope everyone watching and laughing will take that into account. Thanks.
I know pain is real but so is drug/narcotic addiction. And pain is whatever the patient says it is & you're right BUT that doesnt mean youll get narcotics for it. Yall give yourselves a bad name & a bad attitude & a you owe me attitude doesnt help your case!
1028ps: upon further reading, it is clear trying to have an intelligent conversation here is fruitless. I've been reading all your posts and lets just say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. The ER is for medical emergencies & we see & evaluate anyone who shows up, regardless of what it is for. An emergency in your mind to you is not necessarily a medical emergency nor does it mean just because we are doctors & nurses that we should automatically give you more narcotics! Thats not ho
@1080ps: the government does NOT pay my wages nor do taxpayers. I work at a Private hospital who pays me! And my comment wasn't directed at you as much as to the other person.
I'm not saying pain isn't real or that it should never come to the ER, BUT when you come on a regular basis, that's abuse of the system
Last week I had someone come in wanting pain meds who in the past month had filled prescriptions for 120 Hydrocodone, 120 Oxycodone & 90 Oxycontin. That's abuse & stuff like that give
@bradenwoodburnsucks U r sick and should not have a license to practice with psychological issues like u possess! U r not a healer but a harmer! U r the exact kind of person who deserves to suffer w/severe pain so u can see what it's like and just how pain patients seek relief from pain, not drugs! If u r a dr and don't know that than I'd ask for a refund on ur edu, they obviously failed to teach u.
Tinainfla & 1080ps - we DO our job!!! And our job is NOT to give drugs to drug seekers & chronic pain patients!! Neither are EMERGENCY problems & don't belong in the ER!! And Tina, get paid??? Most of the time I'm working to pay for all the Medicaid patients that come in FREE & never pay a dime just to get drugs!!!
@ukcatsfan2 Severe pain is life threatening! Trigeminal neuralgia aka 'suicide disease" is 1 of the worst pain known. I have rarely been to the er, except when an IDIOT DR halved my dose instead of doubling the dose when converting from one med to another as she should have. Not 1 dr noticed the mistake!!! U can either treat my pain in rare occasions such as that or u can be held responsible for my death. Or perhaps patients who r driven to suicide should take the docs down w/them!
Oh and are u serious???? The gov't aka tax payers pay ur wages so get real!!! The gov't also pays for the uninsured. If u don't like the system our society has set up, why don't u come up with a better system instead of complaining that u don't make enough for 5 luxury cars, 2 houses, etc? U label real pain patients as "drug seekers" when they r seeking relief. Is it their fault medicine has not yet discovered a better way to treat, cure or prevent these diseases??
When chronic pain spirals out of control or doc mess up our meds that cause and ACUTE pain problem, and their regular doc can't or won't help them, the ER is the only place to go and ins pays for it bcuz it can be life threatening. The patient has no way of knowing if there is a tumor or blood clot in the brain when their normal pain becomes abnormal. If u don't like the system our society has set up, stop ur complaining like a 2 yr old and change the system!
I'm on many online support groups and have even started an American Chronic Pain Assoc local support group chapter in my city. I have yet to meet a real pain patient who has not been treated like a "drug seeker" at some point. ER docs need to be aware of the ignorance & lack of edu among dr's. Every week, including 1 in my own family, I hear of another suicide due to failure to treat or undertreatment from docs. This is unacceptable!!!!
If u really believe the ER is not the place for an acute urgent pain problem, then u need to talk with the pain management docs who say right on their recording, to go to the ER for emergencies or after hours pain problems. There has to be a place to treat pain that severe & acute otherwise u force these patients into suicide and in that case, why should they leave u alive to harm more patients and live ur life when u just took theirs? If u don't like the system, create one that works for all.
It's truly scary that if you don't know what is going on with your body and don't have a diagnosis, you go into the ER and this is what you face. People that assume you are seeking drugs. My appendix ruptured while I was waiting on the blood work to come back from the ER, and went septic. All because ppl assume that someone with pain is a drug seeker. I have to agree unless you know for sure that someone has a medical history of drug abuse, Please do what your paid to do.
f you are a truth seeker, search "Truth Contest" in Google and click on the 1st result, then open The Present and read what it says. Everyone needs to see this. The Present will turn this world right-side up if it reaches enough people.
I think that medical professionals forget that people in pain ARE drug seekers. I have been in ERs with back spasms so bad I couldn't walk. I have begged for euthanasia. I will probably shoot myself if I ever get denied pain meds. I don't want to go through another 3 day back spasm.
ER's do fuck all. I suffer from severe chronic pain from MHE and FMS. One day I was in agony, so I walked into the ER and told them that. My bone disease is visible with the naked eye, I also had a bottle of Dilaudid right in my pocket (which didnt help my pain cause its too low of a dose), as well as my pharmacy on speed dial on my cell to PROVE I was not a drug addict, that I had a LEGAL script and was taking opioids on a chronic basis. All they did was say "take your Dilaudid"/sent me home
the problem is there are so many drug addicts that clog the er and they use most of the lines used in this video. i would say 80 percent of the people who claim chronic pain in the er are addicts.
@edickorson. I think it is important to remember that very severe pain CAN actually be a medical emergency! Cardiac, respiratory, psychiatric, and endocrine disturbances can result from (or be exacerbated) by severe pain flare up. Someone with heart disease, asthma, mood or anxiety disorders, or diabetes AND severe chronic pain can take a turn for the worse very quickly. They need immediate medical attention, and if their MD isn't available that could mean 911 and the ER.
I was in a near fatal auto accident. Left pelvic was crushed, left femur broken, bladder torn open, 4 broken ribs, punctured/collapsed lung, spinal fractures. I do suffer from chronic pain, always will. And when I needed help at 3am the E.R. would often provide it. Fuck you who laugh at sufferers, karma is a bitch. Pussy.
If you have chronic pain, then your doctor should give you enough meds to last. If its not lasting, then take it up with him, emergency rooms are for emergencies......period....
if you go to the ER for fibromyalgia then you're an idiot. I've got the cure for you. get off your lazy ass and exercise. people that abuse ER use are just making it harder on everyone else. they are selfish if they think they can just walk right in with any kind of chronic pain, and expect that they get whatever they want for little or no money at all.
Its a joke thats why they dont refer them to a pain clinic in this spoof. Chronic pain is real but strange people who pretend not to know the names of Dilaudid and Demerol come in. Everyone I come into contact with is treated with respect and concern (regardless of how nuts I might think they are). Some people are drug seeking and bizarre and others are not. Its not for me to judge. ER should be about EMERGENCIES. A fever for a day or vomiting x1 is not an emergency. Go to Urgent Care.
OMG this is hilarious. As someone who does have chronic pain I don't find this offensive at all, but I do think this may be how dr's see me at times (never in the ER!!) - even though I have had 3 back surgeries and cancer, among other "real" issues and diagnosis...
Oh Really. Try being unable to WORK AND unable to get disability. I never, EVER thought I wouldn't be able to work. I worked hard labor, physically intensive jobs AND did full contact sports most of my life.
Then I got sick. And my body, which I'd always relied on to carry me through, turned on me, literally. That's what happens when your immune system attacks you.
In conclusion; you have NO clue what you're talking about.
@talon0sage i know what you mean. i was born with what i have, so i don't know about being completely healthy, but i understand being able to do some things and then having everything taken away because your body literally fights you, tries to kill you. i have had doctors tell me that i couldn't be in THAT much pain and even "yeah, you have multiple dislocations, but they shouldn't hurt YOU" even with the diagnosis. now i am applying again for SSI because they just suck. good luck!
idiots like this make it hard for genuine cases and cause the stigmas surrounding Fibro CRPS, and people who abuse the emergency help system need to understand the danger they are putting others in and how much they are costing the NHS xx
ROTFLMBO!!! I have worked in the ER for about 13 yrs In a hospital for about 19yrs These videos are hallarious and we experience them every day. Thanks for posting.
@Christopher8002000 you gave me an idea....a least they MAY or MAY NOT have a problem....but in retail....they NEVER have problems they are just whiny...lol i am gonna make some of these.
Problem is to many people like you enter the medical field for the money and not to actually help anyone. your propaganda is crap like your attitude as a nurse.
if it offends you your a drug addict is what your saying. sorry just not a sheep like you. Definatly not falling for that one. IF it offends me maybe its because the health care system if a failure and a waste of money. You know why the law restricts drugs like opium and marijuana because they are medicine reaily available to anyone who can grow. Yet it is illegial because then money wouldn't be made by hospitals for government. WAKE UP. I understand people like thisare annoying.
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This is why people who are in real pain can't get any help. I am in pain all the time and no one will help because of a holes like these. Some days it's so bad I want to commit suicide to make it stop. I wanna shoot this lady in the face right now and she's not even real.
@jwily31 I feel the same way as you.And I'm a Nurse who used to work in the ER.People like this drive you nuts.
I too suffer chronic pain which I control without pain meds BUT every once in a blue moon I have to attend the ER for pain control,but know the Triage,unless it's my friend's,think I'm a drug addict here for a fix.
Why are there so many xtranormal videos about people faking it in hospitals to get pain meds on youtube?! So weird... Funny, but kinda weird that that's what people are making videos of...
As a RN who has worked in the ER I love this!! One our "Chronic Pain" patient's who frequently comes to the ER was in over 2 dozen Urgent Cares and ER's in less than a month. Talk about tax dollars @ waste!!
its funny!!! but soo true!!. These people are allergic to everything under the sun except for dilaudid and demerol . Yes and they also act like they dont remember what medications they want but they really do! If you try to suggest something else they make sure they tell you.
I thank the doctors who DO take the time for people with TRUE chronic pain. It is a nightmare to live with and when you have an episode & meds aren't working, or something else happens, it wouls be nice to know that you won't be judged but overall it is hard to see people mock patients. Most of us live with a nightmare that you cannot wake up from and it can take it's toll. It should be treated multi-disciplinary but ERs can offer help when it's needed, severe pain can be debilitating.
I love how they always think mispronouncing or not knowing the name of the drug will somehow make it seem like they are not drug-seeking. Those with true chronic pain and have a medication they have found that works, they know the exact name and dosage they take. After all, after years of pain, would you forget the thing that made it disappear?
I saw this patient yesterdayyy haha 3 years of exhaustive work up is negative for etiology of pain and they ask after being in the ED for 2 hours, "did you figure out why im having this pain yet?!" oh its a blasty blast
@nal2255 Might I remind you that when you have pain you want more than anything to find a cause for that pain, which includes exhaustive work ups.
If you are trying to say that because a patient's history is negative there is nothing wrong then you should turn in your medical license because you have no idea what you are doing. Diagnostic testing does not show how much pain a patient is in and in many cases it takes years before a diagnosis is made.
Ok. I do have Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Fibromyalgia...and I think this is pretty funny. Unfortunately alot of us go through crap like this when we are seeing docs who don't understand nerve diseases . Sometimes even when the pain is there all the time?? We can hit spikes and you just can't take it anymore...especially if you haven't received proper care in the past ...I still find it hilarious :P
to suzukimxr 16: I worked in Parkland E.R. Dallas, a very gritty place, dealing with people such as these. However, I AM offended, as these videos are making light of people with real problems, whether they be chronic pain sufferers with breakthrough pain, or addicts who have an illness that is so misunderstood by the medical community, that millions die from it, and the response is a video such as this. This is shameful... our lives are in YOUR hands????? A truly frightening thought!
I have Fibromyalgia and am a long time sufferer of chronic pain (12+ years). I'm also a healthcare professional. Modern healthcare is designed to treat that which is acute, not that which is chronic.
The ER is a place for acute illness. Anyone showing up there for assistance with a chronic condition is wasting their time. Whether that's right or wrong, that's reality. ER docs are typically not equipped with diagnostic skills. They patch holes and stop leaks. That's it.
Most MDs, NPs, and PAs can easily detect the differences between real needs and those portrayed in these videos. After 30 years I have very little trouble sussing out those patients I can really help. My receptionist is amazed that my 6th sense is pretty accurate. I have told her after a brief interaction with new patients who call to schedule at my office those who are going to do valid business with us and those who are doctor shopping.
Most MDs, NPs, and PAs can easily detect the differences between real needs and those portrayed in these videos. After 30 years I have very little trouble sussing out those patients I can really help. My receptionist is amazed that my 6th sense is pretty accurate. I have told her after a brief interaction with new patients who call to schedule at my office those who are going to do valid business with us and those who are doctor shopping.
This is almost painful to watch because I understand it's accuracy. It makes me feel as though my own fibromyalgia, PTSD, and generalized anxiety disorder are a social stigma. While I know I'm not a drug seeker, I have to wonder if that is how I am viewed because of incidents like this. Not everyone can have access to insurance, a regular doctor, and ERs become a last resort or necessity.
@EmotionalMyopia To be fair, I find this video amusing because some people will claim conditions like fibromyalgia, PTSD and anxiety disorders because (to my knowledge) there are no physical signs that can be picked up by a medical practitioner. Therefore they are an attention seekers' heaven. However, there are people who genuinely suffer and I don't believe the intent of this video is to insult them but to show up the fakers. It is not as if this woman truly has any of tbese conditions.
@jdk946 I was diagnosed with Fibro back in 2004, after nine years of wondering what the hell was wrong. I am blown away by people who try to claim having this illness, in order to get drugs or disability checks. Those of us who actually have it, don't want it. We want our lives back to normal, however they were before we got sick. I even stopped taking the muscle relaxants they kept trying to prescribe me, because I was tired of feeling stoned all the time. I want my life back.
@juliabohemian I never tried to claim people that do suffer want it, however some people like to mimick medical conditions for attention. All I was saying is that things like Fibromyalgia are easier to fake because there are not clear physical signs compared to something like epilepsy for example. I am aware that for people who truly suffer from these conditions it is no laughing matter.
@jdk946 I wasn't saying you'd claimed anything. I was simply pointing out the irony. It would be REALLY easy to fake FMS. It is currently the favorite among ER drug seekers. Unfortunately that stigma means that those of us who do need help are unlikely to get it.
@jdk946 On the flip side of that, doctors have no way of knowing for sure who is and isn't an addict, just by looking at them alone. So they have no choice but to assume that anyone who meets specific criteria is drug seeking, because they'd rather be safe than sorry.
@EmotionalMyopia it was disturbing for me to watch because of the very real health crisis of under-prescribed pain patients and the physical torture they are in because of medical attitudes such as this. i don't care how many drug abusers are out there, it is inhumane to punish legit pain patients for the actions of addicts. Opiophobia and under-prescribing is only getting worse, and making fun of ppl who abuse drugs OR ppl who need drugs doesn't help anyone.
@EmotionalMyopia : So true, when I was 21 I injured my spine, had a spinal compression, s1 nerve impingement , L5/S1 herniated disk and sciatica from nerve damage. Its all social stigma. As a young guy I always got the speech "your young, your resilient l..you'll be OK. Heres some Motrin". It was torture and ER's wont even care if you bring in MRI's, myelograms etc. Sick with the medical establishment I resorted to medical cannabis for my pain but legal in Cali.
@sniperhavoc: FYI: For that type of injury you would have better success to go to your family doc, and then have the family doc refer you to a specialist. An ER doc (especially at big ER's) is swamped with acutely ill/dying patients, and will not have the time nor resources to cure this type of problem. Part of the problem in the U.S is that nobody sees a family doc anymore. Everybody relies on the ER, but ER's are also full of very sick/dying pt's. Clinic visits with family doc are cheaper.
@EmotionalMyopia I wish I could hug you through the computer!!! I feel your pain(no pun intended) I had sinus polyps and like a fungal infection in my sinuses for MONTHS...the pain was mind blowingly awful...it felt like giving birth through my nose pretty much. I was accused of being a seeker...and always wonder when i go to the ER if the docs think I am...its a small town, and I had a few ER visits last year that were close together because of gall stones.
I have gone days without eating, sleeping, only to go to the ER knowing they see me as a drug seeker.
It's not that I DON'T WANT insurance... It is that I have to spend $200 a month for insurance... for 12 months... before they treat my PREEXISTING CONDITION.
OH, and in order to get treatment, I do pay $80-$120 cash to see my PCP. Yet, they are wary of treating me because of my former doctors' offices not giving ALL my records up.
@EmotionalMyopia And, sometimes... the ER is the final step before suicide. Sad but true.
It really sucks to try and try and try, jump through every hoop, and to try to do things for yourself instead of maliciously leeching off others... and you're the asshole, because you are finally asking for help?
Okay, "demerodildo" actually made me lol :) As a chronic pain patient, drug seekers make me want to show them a real 10. Every so often, I end up on the wrong side of my doc's receptionist and my 0 refill requests get ignored (2 faxes and 4 calls last time). Sometimes I can't hold out until the office opens Monday morning. When I start wishing I had a gas oven (7.5-8), my husband takes me to you. I get why I wait a long time. All I ask is that you don't assume that I'm her.
@durtygrrrl And thank you to the 95% of you who save lives amidst chaos and still manage to treat us with dignity. I remember pulling 30-hour shifts - definitely a love-hate thing. I'd bring you all cookies if I could.
@crazylinkinparkfan1 haha..yes! Though as someone with Neurofibromatosis I get SO sick of people thinking they are the same thing. And yes...sadly it happens a lot. Even on a SICU and Neuro-Surg floor
As someone who is a chronic pain patient some times I need to go to the ER because my pain meds and my rescue meds are not working. Then when I get there I get treated like sh(t because of people like this...Seriously they should be sterilized and then have nuboxone given to them (Instant withdrawel from all narcotics!!!) . If I go to the ER because of pain its because I have passed out from the pain. To me that is the only 10 out of 10 on the pain scale!
These videos make me laugh so hard and bring joy to each day!!!! What a great way of dealing with the stress we deal with each day!!!! The sad part is these are TRUE!!!!!!
its funny cause it's true. Then you walk into her room and she's giving her boyfriend a handy... jesus dood. you can't wait a few hours for discharge?
Brilliant! And remarkably accurate! Someone must pass a script out to these folks, 'cause I've heard a variation on almost every one of those lines. Great parody!
er's do not help pain. oly if you been ravaged by fire or attacked by a wolf... tylenol is what they give. They are inhumane. I am a christian and former addict. Once they can see your file you will suffer... THey make the meds give them too you, you get used to them, then suffer without them. DOnt ever take any meds docters or friends give you... unless your unconscious. or writhing in pain.
thanks 4 the mostly positive comments:) to those nay-sayers: yes,some people do have issues w/chronic pain;however the ER is 4those with ACUTE issues & saving lives,not 4chronic illness management;that being said,the ER exists 2 care 4 all patients,but DO NOT complain when you have an exteneded wait time for a chronic issues &others are trauma patients,pediatric full arrests,strokes,heart attacks &severe debilitating illnesses-this is in fun & if it offends you,perhaps it hits 2 close 2 home.
@nykolern03 Yeah, as a primary care provider, it is not a good thing to see our pain patients going to the ER for chronic pain management. That usually means a break in the pain contract (no more narcotics from us). But seriously, where do these people come from!!!!!
@nykolern03 I wish you would come to our local Cas and stand up and yelled this out as people who have cut themselves 3 weeks ago come in because they may need stictches.Or the dad who brings in his daughter who has been sick for 3 weeks with a cough.But now it's 1:30am,he thinks she needs to finally see a Doctor.
@nykolern03 Drs, nurses, etc lack edu&training in chronic pain. The ER is for ANY medical emergency! It isn't your place to judge what is an emergency to the patient! Your job is stop the complaining, ignorance, hate, disrespect and ABUSE and treat EVERY patient in a timely, appropriate manor with kindness&respect. Do the job ur being paid to do!!! A flare up IS acute pain. U need to reread the Hippocratic oath& find a new career! I hope, one day, u suffer with severe chronic pain! JACKASS!
@1028ps "an emergency to the patient" you are correct, can only be judged by the patient, but "medical emergency" is indeed judged by medical doctors...but these are two different things. Emergency care providers are not trained in chronic pain, correct, they're trained to make sure the "flare up"/acute pain is not caused by a medical emergency, beyond that, it cannot and should not be addressed by the ER, it's part of an underlying problem that needs ongoing, consistent care.
@tenderlybroken The ER can and should do whatever is customary, appropriate and considered "the professional standard" to treat whatever the ailment is. Pain, severe pain, is life threatening and a medical emergency. Pain is what the PATIENT says it is! When pain is that severe, no doctor's office is set up to handle immediate care or after hours. U can live up to the oath u took or pronounce them dead! In addition, whether addict or real pain patient, both r an opportunity to help others!!!
@oxmarlenaxo read carefully, I'm was referring to CHRONIC PAIN, not addiction. lol What we c n the er today r 99% of legitimate pain patients being treated as drug seekers. However, even addicts should b treat w/kindness &compassion & the er should get them the help they need, not make fun of them. Those drs,nurses acting w/such ignorance & hate have the same mental illness as many of the ignorant ppl on this board. I wish them pain & illness so they can become enlightened ppl too!
@1028ps And chronic pain is NOT a medical emergency. If you are having flare ups or break through pain, then your pain management protocol needs to be reassessed and adjusted if necessary by your primary care physician, preferably in conjunction with a pain management clinic. BTW I am a chronic pain patient myself, so yes I do understand what it is like to have to deal with pain and restriction of movement on a daily basis. Even so, the ER is NOT the place for treatment of chronic pain.
@ceke72 From Wikipedia "A medical emergency is an injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health." I'm not talking about a person's normal flare ups, I'm talking about an ACUTE increase in pain that threatens the life of the patient, whether from suicide, blood clots, tumors, etc. Trigeminal neuralgia, a doc halving ur dose when they should have doubled it during conversion. U have no right to tell anyone else what an emergency is for them!!
@ceke72 From Wikipedia "A medical emergency is an injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health." I'm not talking about a person's normal flare ups, I'm talking about an ACUTE increase in pain that threatens the life of the patient, whether from suicide, blood clots, tumors, etc. Trigeminal neuralgia, a doc halving ur dose when they should have doubled it during conversion. U have no right to tell anyone else what an emergency is for them!
@ceke72 Ur getting confused w/normal pain & flare ups vs an ABNORMAL acute pain. The patient is the only who can decide that! In 16yrs, I've been to the er 6 times of which 3 visits where during the same 6 wk med change when an idiot doc failed to convert meds correctly. When ur ready to commit suicide due to an acute severe pain increase, trigeminal neuralgia aka "the suicide disease", no time to find a new doc, u have no other choice. It's er or death!
@ceke72 U obviously don't know this type of pain or this condition. Not talking back pain,fibro, arthritis, nor rx's or ongoing pain mgmnt. Death seems more appealing than the abuse, uneducated, ignorant docs & nurses n er. I hope they suffer w/server pain so they can c just how cruel, unethical, & inhumane they really r. There r more patients undertreated, denied treatment & treated like "drug seekers" than there r actual addicts. Look up ACPA, APF, For Grace, etc. & the hippocratic oath!
@ceke72 If a doc forces a patient to commit suicide, y should they get to go on living? We have the meds to treat pain. If a patient is left w/no other option but to commit suicide, y not take those who shouldn't even be licensed down with u? If they don't want patients going to er in these urgent situations, then create a damn system/clinic to handle these issues. No one wants to find solutions, they just want to bitch about having to DO THEIR JOB. DO UR JOB OR FIND ANOTHER CAREER!!!
@1028ps you seem to be one of those chronic narcotic seekers on dilaudid and norco and percocet and lortab. good going buddy. This video is so spot on, and vents the frustration of so many doctors in this country, who feel like they are just drug dealers.
@santoshiom U need more edu in pain management. If u think u r frustrated, try being a pain patient who lives in a world of insecure unedu dr/rn's who feed their ego by labeling honest patients while having our lives destroyed by a pain disease who want nothing more than RELIEF from this god awful pain. We r sick of u docs shoving drugs down our throats & then calling us "drug seekers"! We want better treatments, cures, prevention & our lives back, not an escape from life!
I take great pleasure in reporting each and every one of u ignorant dr/rn's who fail to treat, act in physically & psychologically abusive ways to ur employer and the Board of Healing Art's! We r working with ACPA, APF, & like orgs to demand better & fair treatment. There r an estimated 70mil living in chronic pain. There's a lot more of us than there r of u and we will not tolerate ur ignorance and abuse! Perhaps I should right a letter to the board re ur inappropriate behavior online!
@nykolern03 Drs, nurses, etc lack edu&training in chronic pain. The ER is for ANY medical emergency! It isn't your place to judge what is an emergency to the patient! Your job is stop the complaining, ignorance, hate, disrespect and ABUSE and treat EVERY patient in a timely, appropriate manor with kindness&respect. Do the job ur being paid to do!!! A flare up IS acute pain. U need to reread the Hippocratic oath& find a new career! I hope, one day, u suffer with severe chronic pain!
@nykolern03 I think this is a good spoof video on what not to do in the emergency rooms. If someone acts like this, then they don't belong in an ER. You are forgetting though that many pain sufferers have problems that occur when their pain goes close to or a 10. The blood pressure can go up. Heart problems can occur and sometimes a simple pain shot can bring their pain back down to the norm and help break their cycle thus bringing their pain down to their normal.
ionicbond25, I'm in chronic pain too, the only thing that helps me is dilauded and commenting on youtube videos, but it's so hard finding an ER that has wifi in the rooms.
Fuck Dilaudid....That shit made my heart felt like it was gonna jump out my chest! Would that be an allergy or just intolerence?
SuperWarking 4 months ago
This is funny but I wish it was titled differently. Those of us with chronic pain (I have syringomyelia) are not the same as nutjobs who say they have every disease in the book and want a doctor to coddle them. By the way, ERs are freezing and God yes I need a three warm blankets every time I'm there. Imagine having a syrinx and laying flat on a board, shivering the whole time. It really amplifies the pain a hundredfold.
CyborgNinja7 4 months ago 3
Well, In Italy and Europe it is the General Practitioner who prescribeslong-time pain-killers or similar drugs to their patients needing chronic therapies,because GPs generally know their patients and who is lieing and who is not. IMHO it is a good method to accomplish both the need of pain killers and the fight against abuse of them,but I have read that in America or australia GPs are not well considered and they de facto can do nothing
anisocoro 5 months ago
My cancer was found because I KEPT ON INSISTING SOMETHING WAS WRONG. NOT because my Dr found it. I kept going back to various doctors and FINALLY someone listened to me and we found all my illnesses plus cancer. I am grateful for that one doctor that listened to me and that led me to an amazing medical staff that have helped me deal with all my chronic conditions.
Moonjade1907 6 months ago 2
STOP LOOKING AT THE CHART AND LOOK AT THE PATIENT! I went to many doctors looking for help because I was in distress and the labs found NOTHING wrong with me. I was in pain, not sleeping, depressed, anxious, etc and guess what after going to a doctor that stopped looking at my chart and started listening to me we found out I have 3 autoimmune diseases (hashimoto thyroiditis, TMJ, Interstitial Cystitis), chronic migraines, and guess what? cancer...hmm..my labs have always looked good.
Moonjade1907 6 months ago 3
I have a chronic pain condition that is invisible to the naked eye and I've been in a flare up for a few days now and in pain. No pain Meds are working. I called my dr who is a specialist and she can't see me till mid November. I would go to another Dr but over the years I've found that Drs are NOT educated on chronic pain conditions and treat you either as a hypochondriac or drug addict. Therefore I have to suffer OR go to the ER for ineffective acute treatment for a chronic condition. They sy
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Moonjade1907 6 months ago
Ridiculous! This marginalizes the pain community. This is not the norm, and people who require palliative care are being stigmatized due to the sensationalizing of pill mills and drug seekers.
rjuliannag 6 months ago 4
This is ridiculous
rjuliannag 6 months ago 2
Obviously people bitching on here have never dealt with piece of shit pain med seekers who give most others a bad name...this is not making fun of anyone...this is the truth. This bullshit happens EVERYDAY all day long and wastes time of all the ER staff trying to SAVE LIVES!!
hunterjones6969 6 months ago in playlist FUNNY - ER Patients 4
This is evil. Of course the "pretend" illnesses would list Fibro. It is incredible that people still believe that doesn't exist. And getting through a 10-day migraine? HELL. I know folks lie, but no one who is truly suffering should be punished for it. This video was clearly made by someone who just doesn't get that this harms people who do have chronic illness. I hope everyone watching and laughing will take that into account. Thanks.
amylh322 7 months ago 2
This is evil.
amylh322 7 months ago 2
I know pain is real but so is drug/narcotic addiction. And pain is whatever the patient says it is & you're right BUT that doesnt mean youll get narcotics for it. Yall give yourselves a bad name & a bad attitude & a you owe me attitude doesnt help your case!
ukcatsfan2 8 months ago
1028ps: upon further reading, it is clear trying to have an intelligent conversation here is fruitless. I've been reading all your posts and lets just say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. The ER is for medical emergencies & we see & evaluate anyone who shows up, regardless of what it is for. An emergency in your mind to you is not necessarily a medical emergency nor does it mean just because we are doctors & nurses that we should automatically give you more narcotics! Thats not ho
ukcatsfan2 8 months ago 3
@1080ps: the government does NOT pay my wages nor do taxpayers. I work at a Private hospital who pays me! And my comment wasn't directed at you as much as to the other person.
I'm not saying pain isn't real or that it should never come to the ER, BUT when you come on a regular basis, that's abuse of the system
Last week I had someone come in wanting pain meds who in the past month had filled prescriptions for 120 Hydrocodone, 120 Oxycodone & 90 Oxycontin. That's abuse & stuff like that give
ukcatsfan2 8 months ago
@bradenwoodburnsucks U r sick and should not have a license to practice with psychological issues like u possess! U r not a healer but a harmer! U r the exact kind of person who deserves to suffer w/severe pain so u can see what it's like and just how pain patients seek relief from pain, not drugs! If u r a dr and don't know that than I'd ask for a refund on ur edu, they obviously failed to teach u.
1028ps 8 months ago
Tinainfla & 1080ps - we DO our job!!! And our job is NOT to give drugs to drug seekers & chronic pain patients!! Neither are EMERGENCY problems & don't belong in the ER!! And Tina, get paid??? Most of the time I'm working to pay for all the Medicaid patients that come in FREE & never pay a dime just to get drugs!!!
ukcatsfan2 8 months ago
@ukcatsfan2 Severe pain is life threatening! Trigeminal neuralgia aka 'suicide disease" is 1 of the worst pain known. I have rarely been to the er, except when an IDIOT DR halved my dose instead of doubling the dose when converting from one med to another as she should have. Not 1 dr noticed the mistake!!! U can either treat my pain in rare occasions such as that or u can be held responsible for my death. Or perhaps patients who r driven to suicide should take the docs down w/them!
1028ps 8 months ago
Oh and are u serious???? The gov't aka tax payers pay ur wages so get real!!! The gov't also pays for the uninsured. If u don't like the system our society has set up, why don't u come up with a better system instead of complaining that u don't make enough for 5 luxury cars, 2 houses, etc? U label real pain patients as "drug seekers" when they r seeking relief. Is it their fault medicine has not yet discovered a better way to treat, cure or prevent these diseases??
1028ps 8 months ago
When chronic pain spirals out of control or doc mess up our meds that cause and ACUTE pain problem, and their regular doc can't or won't help them, the ER is the only place to go and ins pays for it bcuz it can be life threatening. The patient has no way of knowing if there is a tumor or blood clot in the brain when their normal pain becomes abnormal. If u don't like the system our society has set up, stop ur complaining like a 2 yr old and change the system!
1028ps 8 months ago
I'm on many online support groups and have even started an American Chronic Pain Assoc local support group chapter in my city. I have yet to meet a real pain patient who has not been treated like a "drug seeker" at some point. ER docs need to be aware of the ignorance & lack of edu among dr's. Every week, including 1 in my own family, I hear of another suicide due to failure to treat or undertreatment from docs. This is unacceptable!!!!
1028ps 8 months ago 3
If u really believe the ER is not the place for an acute urgent pain problem, then u need to talk with the pain management docs who say right on their recording, to go to the ER for emergencies or after hours pain problems. There has to be a place to treat pain that severe & acute otherwise u force these patients into suicide and in that case, why should they leave u alive to harm more patients and live ur life when u just took theirs? If u don't like the system, create one that works for all.
1028ps 8 months ago
It's truly scary that if you don't know what is going on with your body and don't have a diagnosis, you go into the ER and this is what you face. People that assume you are seeking drugs. My appendix ruptured while I was waiting on the blood work to come back from the ER, and went septic. All because ppl assume that someone with pain is a drug seeker. I have to agree unless you know for sure that someone has a medical history of drug abuse, Please do what your paid to do.
tinainfla 8 months ago 2
ptsd from a tv show lol
Anglynn74 8 months ago
Unfortunetly I don't think it's possible to understand how therapeutic this video is unless you have worked in an emergency room.
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DemianHermann 9 months ago
This is NOT funny. I have a chronic disease that causes severe pain. My pain medication is as important to me as insulin is for a diabetic.
NotsoNutso 9 months ago
I think that medical professionals forget that people in pain ARE drug seekers. I have been in ERs with back spasms so bad I couldn't walk. I have begged for euthanasia. I will probably shoot myself if I ever get denied pain meds. I don't want to go through another 3 day back spasm.
BlueStateChronicle 9 months ago
ER's do fuck all. I suffer from severe chronic pain from MHE and FMS. One day I was in agony, so I walked into the ER and told them that. My bone disease is visible with the naked eye, I also had a bottle of Dilaudid right in my pocket (which didnt help my pain cause its too low of a dose), as well as my pharmacy on speed dial on my cell to PROVE I was not a drug addict, that I had a LEGAL script and was taking opioids on a chronic basis. All they did was say "take your Dilaudid"/sent me home
Globodyne 9 months ago
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Maybe ALL the real CHRONIC Pain sufferers should not have allergy lists a mile long and only be able to take Dilaudid or Demerol, and ONLY Phenergan.
OH and make sure your Urine Drug Screen is clean,
Pain clinics should be on every corner with the contracts necessary to ensure proper treatment.
This behavior is ALL TOO common by those with chronic pain and drug seekers.
twahini 9 months ago
Maybe ALL the real CHRONIC Pain sufferers should not have allergy lists a mile long and only be able to take Dilaudid or Demerol, and ONLY Phenergan.
OH and make sure your Urine Drug Screen is clean,
Pain clinics should be on every corner with the contracts necessary to ensure proper treatment.
This behavior is ALL TOO common by those with chronic pain and drug seekers.
twahini 9 months ago
bwaahahahhahahaha
terapeo001 9 months ago
the problem is there are so many drug addicts that clog the er and they use most of the lines used in this video. i would say 80 percent of the people who claim chronic pain in the er are addicts.
beaubeaufinnfinn 9 months ago
Actually, the Psychiatrist can prescribe her the drugs she mentioned if she tells them the right kinds of lies.
Haseeb2 10 months ago
OHH ITS THE GOOD OLE SONG AND DANCE LOL.
TherealNoblevision 10 months ago
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jad3948 10 months ago
@edickorson. I think it is important to remember that very severe pain CAN actually be a medical emergency! Cardiac, respiratory, psychiatric, and endocrine disturbances can result from (or be exacerbated) by severe pain flare up. Someone with heart disease, asthma, mood or anxiety disorders, or diabetes AND severe chronic pain can take a turn for the worse very quickly. They need immediate medical attention, and if their MD isn't available that could mean 911 and the ER.
euthymicman 10 months ago
I have Interstitial Cystitis and find this video offensive.
tnaknockout85 10 months ago
I was in a near fatal auto accident. Left pelvic was crushed, left femur broken, bladder torn open, 4 broken ribs, punctured/collapsed lung, spinal fractures. I do suffer from chronic pain, always will. And when I needed help at 3am the E.R. would often provide it. Fuck you who laugh at sufferers, karma is a bitch. Pussy.
IceXMan87 11 months ago
@IceXMan87
If you have chronic pain, then your doctor should give you enough meds to last. If its not lasting, then take it up with him, emergency rooms are for emergencies......period....
edickersonrn 10 months ago
if you go to the ER for fibromyalgia then you're an idiot. I've got the cure for you. get off your lazy ass and exercise. people that abuse ER use are just making it harder on everyone else. they are selfish if they think they can just walk right in with any kind of chronic pain, and expect that they get whatever they want for little or no money at all.
filetransferSAW 11 months ago
@filetransferSAW ````So if I have enough money can I then go and get help? lol I hope you don't work in any capacity to do with emergancy rooms.
BizaroMustard100 11 months ago
hahahahaha BANG on
katerade88 11 months ago
What about her tramadol, trazodone, lorazepam, clonazepam, fluoxetine, chlordiazepoxide...
thebingaman 11 months ago
lol, "I feel a pseudoseizure coming on"
Ibrahim110 11 months ago
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This looks like Munchausen or somatization disorder to me. Maybe both!
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Ibrahim110 11 months ago
i want u to fix my chronic pain today!
been there,heard that :D
Giotoula 11 months ago
Its a joke thats why they dont refer them to a pain clinic in this spoof. Chronic pain is real but strange people who pretend not to know the names of Dilaudid and Demerol come in. Everyone I come into contact with is treated with respect and concern (regardless of how nuts I might think they are). Some people are drug seeking and bizarre and others are not. Its not for me to judge. ER should be about EMERGENCIES. A fever for a day or vomiting x1 is not an emergency. Go to Urgent Care.
loved424 11 months ago
Whats interesting is why they don't tell the patient to see a pain specialist with a referral from their doctor.
Encephalitisify 1 year ago
OMG this is hilarious. As someone who does have chronic pain I don't find this offensive at all, but I do think this may be how dr's see me at times (never in the ER!!) - even though I have had 3 back surgeries and cancer, among other "real" issues and diagnosis...
thanks for giving me a laugh!!
karinsuebart 1 year ago
@sbsalmon Same here I never understood chronic pain till it happend to me.
Dgaf82 1 year ago
@gwbian08 I have a suggestion, go to a "Pain Clinic" not the ER.
skybolter96 1 year ago
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Dgaf82 1 year ago
@Dgaf82 learn about essential oils and why they represent the holy spirit in the bible
realcampusman 1 year ago
Access to insurance, a regular doctor can all be obtained through a job.
cbarrows1121 1 year ago
@cbarrows1121
Oh Really. Try being unable to WORK AND unable to get disability. I never, EVER thought I wouldn't be able to work. I worked hard labor, physically intensive jobs AND did full contact sports most of my life.
Then I got sick. And my body, which I'd always relied on to carry me through, turned on me, literally. That's what happens when your immune system attacks you.
In conclusion; you have NO clue what you're talking about.
talon0sage 1 year ago
@talon0sage i know what you mean. i was born with what i have, so i don't know about being completely healthy, but i understand being able to do some things and then having everything taken away because your body literally fights you, tries to kill you. i have had doctors tell me that i couldn't be in THAT much pain and even "yeah, you have multiple dislocations, but they shouldn't hurt YOU" even with the diagnosis. now i am applying again for SSI because they just suck. good luck!
Bevin313 11 months ago
idiots like this make it hard for genuine cases and cause the stigmas surrounding Fibro CRPS, and people who abuse the emergency help system need to understand the danger they are putting others in and how much they are costing the NHS xx
sarahwithstars 1 year ago 3
ROTFLMBO!!! I have worked in the ER for about 13 yrs In a hospital for about 19yrs These videos are hallarious and we experience them every day. Thanks for posting.
Christopher8002000 1 year ago
@Christopher8002000 you gave me an idea....a least they MAY or MAY NOT have a problem....but in retail....they NEVER have problems they are just whiny...lol i am gonna make some of these.
queenievicky121 1 year ago
Problem is to many people like you enter the medical field for the money and not to actually help anyone. your propaganda is crap like your attitude as a nurse.
67DieHardPatriot454 1 year ago
if it offends you your a drug addict is what your saying. sorry just not a sheep like you. Definatly not falling for that one. IF it offends me maybe its because the health care system if a failure and a waste of money. You know why the law restricts drugs like opium and marijuana because they are medicine reaily available to anyone who can grow. Yet it is illegial because then money wouldn't be made by hospitals for government. WAKE UP. I understand people like thisare annoying.
67DieHardPatriot454 1 year ago
Hilarious!
Deb1650 1 year ago
A NURSE 4 OVER 22 YRS WITH A DIVERSE WORK EXPERIENCE IN ALL UNITS IN THE HOSPITAL TO CHARGE RN ON AN ADMITTING UNIT AT A STATE PSYCH HOSP. & MORE. THOUGH KIND TO MY PTS- I WAS THE IST ONE TO COME UP WITH COMEDY CENTRAL PT RECREATIONS
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MY ADVISE TO YOU--BE CAREFUL WHO YOU MOCK-YOU MAY END UP IN THE SAME POSITION ONE DAY.
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BEFORE HIV TEST- PEOPLE STILL HAD HIV ECT
CHRONIC PAIN & ILLNESS WILL CHANGE UR PERSPECTIVE-
BETTER REPENT
okydokey4126 1 year ago 3
She's trying to say "dildo." Now THAT will cure her pain!
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freehypnosisaudios 1 year ago
This is why people who are in real pain can't get any help. I am in pain all the time and no one will help because of a holes like these. Some days it's so bad I want to commit suicide to make it stop. I wanna shoot this lady in the face right now and she's not even real.
jwily31 1 year ago
@jwily31 I feel the same way as you.And I'm a Nurse who used to work in the ER.People like this drive you nuts.
I too suffer chronic pain which I control without pain meds BUT every once in a blue moon I have to attend the ER for pain control,but know the Triage,unless it's my friend's,think I'm a drug addict here for a fix.
balckbettystack 1 year ago
demer dildo?
sulemanSAMI 1 year ago
Why are there so many xtranormal videos about people faking it in hospitals to get pain meds on youtube?! So weird... Funny, but kinda weird that that's what people are making videos of...
ullerichj 1 year ago
As a RN who has worked in the ER I love this!! One our "Chronic Pain" patient's who frequently comes to the ER was in over 2 dozen Urgent Cares and ER's in less than a month. Talk about tax dollars @ waste!!
ANDREW19871015 1 year ago
its funny!!! but soo true!!. These people are allergic to everything under the sun except for dilaudid and demerol . Yes and they also act like they dont remember what medications they want but they really do! If you try to suggest something else they make sure they tell you.
23chrisskate23 1 year ago
its funny!!! but soo true!!. These people are allergic to everything under the sun except for dilaudid and demerol .
23chrisskate23 1 year ago
I have fibro and took this video as a joke and nothing more
starwarsnaomi 1 year ago
I thank the doctors who DO take the time for people with TRUE chronic pain. It is a nightmare to live with and when you have an episode & meds aren't working, or something else happens, it wouls be nice to know that you won't be judged but overall it is hard to see people mock patients. Most of us live with a nightmare that you cannot wake up from and it can take it's toll. It should be treated multi-disciplinary but ERs can offer help when it's needed, severe pain can be debilitating.
LiveInLight10 1 year ago 8
I love how they always think mispronouncing or not knowing the name of the drug will somehow make it seem like they are not drug-seeking. Those with true chronic pain and have a medication they have found that works, they know the exact name and dosage they take. After all, after years of pain, would you forget the thing that made it disappear?
ninjaswordtothehead 1 year ago
This is hilarious! This is what I hear EVRY SINGLE DAY!
1008danio 1 year ago 3
I saw this patient yesterdayyy haha 3 years of exhaustive work up is negative for etiology of pain and they ask after being in the ED for 2 hours, "did you figure out why im having this pain yet?!" oh its a blasty blast
nal2255 1 year ago
@nal2255 Might I remind you that when you have pain you want more than anything to find a cause for that pain, which includes exhaustive work ups.
If you are trying to say that because a patient's history is negative there is nothing wrong then you should turn in your medical license because you have no idea what you are doing. Diagnostic testing does not show how much pain a patient is in and in many cases it takes years before a diagnosis is made.
mainmedic 1 year ago
Ok. I do have Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Fibromyalgia...and I think this is pretty funny. Unfortunately alot of us go through crap like this when we are seeing docs who don't understand nerve diseases . Sometimes even when the pain is there all the time?? We can hit spikes and you just can't take it anymore...especially if you haven't received proper care in the past ...I still find it hilarious :P
Kvarian3 1 year ago
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choop33189 1 year ago
@choop33189 let's guess. bupe pusher? *checks*, ...yup!
youvexme 1 year ago
my blood pressure is 145, 105 and a pulse of 100. i'm 14
SonidaMarks 1 year ago
I'm a pain patient and I think this is a riot! Love the full body seizure- haha. Luckily I have good docs and things are under control.
BionicKris 1 year ago
to suzukimxr 16: I worked in Parkland E.R. Dallas, a very gritty place, dealing with people such as these. However, I AM offended, as these videos are making light of people with real problems, whether they be chronic pain sufferers with breakthrough pain, or addicts who have an illness that is so misunderstood by the medical community, that millions die from it, and the response is a video such as this. This is shameful... our lives are in YOUR hands????? A truly frightening thought!
thistlesw 1 year ago
@thistlesw
I have Fibromyalgia and am a long time sufferer of chronic pain (12+ years). I'm also a healthcare professional. Modern healthcare is designed to treat that which is acute, not that which is chronic.
The ER is a place for acute illness. Anyone showing up there for assistance with a chronic condition is wasting their time. Whether that's right or wrong, that's reality. ER docs are typically not equipped with diagnostic skills. They patch holes and stop leaks. That's it.
juliabohemian 1 year ago
this is so true my "mentally ill" clients use the er like its a walk in clinic
jaslon999 1 year ago
Haha! It has been awhile since I've had someone call 911 from the hospital. Thanx for the chuckles.
MrTaxpayer 1 year ago
anyone who insulted by this video never worked in an ER
suzukimxer16 1 year ago 5
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to Emotional Myopia:
Most MDs, NPs, and PAs can easily detect the differences between real needs and those portrayed in these videos. After 30 years I have very little trouble sussing out those patients I can really help. My receptionist is amazed that my 6th sense is pretty accurate. I have told her after a brief interaction with new patients who call to schedule at my office those who are going to do valid business with us and those who are doctor shopping.
KaraClapp 1 year ago
to Emotional Myopia:
Most MDs, NPs, and PAs can easily detect the differences between real needs and those portrayed in these videos. After 30 years I have very little trouble sussing out those patients I can really help. My receptionist is amazed that my 6th sense is pretty accurate. I have told her after a brief interaction with new patients who call to schedule at my office those who are going to do valid business with us and those who are doctor shopping.
KaraClapp 1 year ago
lulz
november551 1 year ago
I need dilaudid, a food tray, and a pillow for my boyfriend.
smalone6 1 year ago
This is almost painful to watch because I understand it's accuracy. It makes me feel as though my own fibromyalgia, PTSD, and generalized anxiety disorder are a social stigma. While I know I'm not a drug seeker, I have to wonder if that is how I am viewed because of incidents like this. Not everyone can have access to insurance, a regular doctor, and ERs become a last resort or necessity.
EmotionalMyopia 1 year ago 28
@EmotionalMyopia To be fair, I find this video amusing because some people will claim conditions like fibromyalgia, PTSD and anxiety disorders because (to my knowledge) there are no physical signs that can be picked up by a medical practitioner. Therefore they are an attention seekers' heaven. However, there are people who genuinely suffer and I don't believe the intent of this video is to insult them but to show up the fakers. It is not as if this woman truly has any of tbese conditions.
jdk946 1 year ago 3
@jdk946 I was diagnosed with Fibro back in 2004, after nine years of wondering what the hell was wrong. I am blown away by people who try to claim having this illness, in order to get drugs or disability checks. Those of us who actually have it, don't want it. We want our lives back to normal, however they were before we got sick. I even stopped taking the muscle relaxants they kept trying to prescribe me, because I was tired of feeling stoned all the time. I want my life back.
juliabohemian 1 year ago
@juliabohemian I never tried to claim people that do suffer want it, however some people like to mimick medical conditions for attention. All I was saying is that things like Fibromyalgia are easier to fake because there are not clear physical signs compared to something like epilepsy for example. I am aware that for people who truly suffer from these conditions it is no laughing matter.
jdk946 1 year ago
@jdk946 I wasn't saying you'd claimed anything. I was simply pointing out the irony. It would be REALLY easy to fake FMS. It is currently the favorite among ER drug seekers. Unfortunately that stigma means that those of us who do need help are unlikely to get it.
juliabohemian 1 year ago
@jdk946 On the flip side of that, doctors have no way of knowing for sure who is and isn't an addict, just by looking at them alone. So they have no choice but to assume that anyone who meets specific criteria is drug seeking, because they'd rather be safe than sorry.
juliabohemian 1 year ago
@EmotionalMyopia it was disturbing for me to watch because of the very real health crisis of under-prescribed pain patients and the physical torture they are in because of medical attitudes such as this. i don't care how many drug abusers are out there, it is inhumane to punish legit pain patients for the actions of addicts. Opiophobia and under-prescribing is only getting worse, and making fun of ppl who abuse drugs OR ppl who need drugs doesn't help anyone.
superotter77 1 year ago 2
@superotter77 Here! Here!
balckbettystack 1 year ago
@EmotionalMyopia : So true, when I was 21 I injured my spine, had a spinal compression, s1 nerve impingement , L5/S1 herniated disk and sciatica from nerve damage. Its all social stigma. As a young guy I always got the speech "your young, your resilient l..you'll be OK. Heres some Motrin". It was torture and ER's wont even care if you bring in MRI's, myelograms etc. Sick with the medical establishment I resorted to medical cannabis for my pain but legal in Cali.
sniperhavoc 1 year ago
@sniperhavoc: FYI: For that type of injury you would have better success to go to your family doc, and then have the family doc refer you to a specialist. An ER doc (especially at big ER's) is swamped with acutely ill/dying patients, and will not have the time nor resources to cure this type of problem. Part of the problem in the U.S is that nobody sees a family doc anymore. Everybody relies on the ER, but ER's are also full of very sick/dying pt's. Clinic visits with family doc are cheaper.
TheMicpat 1 year ago
@EmotionalMyopia I wish I could hug you through the computer!!! I feel your pain(no pun intended) I had sinus polyps and like a fungal infection in my sinuses for MONTHS...the pain was mind blowingly awful...it felt like giving birth through my nose pretty much. I was accused of being a seeker...and always wonder when i go to the ER if the docs think I am...its a small town, and I had a few ER visits last year that were close together because of gall stones.
pika23 1 year ago
@EmotionalMyopia Sadly, it's how you are viewed...
I have gone days without eating, sleeping, only to go to the ER knowing they see me as a drug seeker.
It's not that I DON'T WANT insurance... It is that I have to spend $200 a month for insurance... for 12 months... before they treat my PREEXISTING CONDITION.
OH, and in order to get treatment, I do pay $80-$120 cash to see my PCP. Yet, they are wary of treating me because of my former doctors' offices not giving ALL my records up.
AstroPygmy 10 months ago
@EmotionalMyopia And, sometimes... the ER is the final step before suicide. Sad but true.
It really sucks to try and try and try, jump through every hoop, and to try to do things for yourself instead of maliciously leeching off others... and you're the asshole, because you are finally asking for help?
AstroPygmy 10 months ago
Okay, "demerodildo" actually made me lol :) As a chronic pain patient, drug seekers make me want to show them a real 10. Every so often, I end up on the wrong side of my doc's receptionist and my 0 refill requests get ignored (2 faxes and 4 calls last time). Sometimes I can't hold out until the office opens Monday morning. When I start wishing I had a gas oven (7.5-8), my husband takes me to you. I get why I wait a long time. All I ask is that you don't assume that I'm her.
durtygrrrl 1 year ago 4
@durtygrrrl And thank you to the 95% of you who save lives amidst chaos and still manage to treat us with dignity. I remember pulling 30-hour shifts - definitely a love-hate thing. I'd bring you all cookies if I could.
durtygrrrl 1 year ago
this would be funny if it was not true. Why I left bedside care.
winter53150 1 year ago
your gonna be very sad when i go home and die
50centuniversalmusic 1 year ago
Oh Lawd I don't miss working @ the hospital!!!
bloodettbabii5 1 year ago
so funny!
sunkistkid22 1 year ago
ionicbond25: Are yoy sure your no the patient in this video, sounds suspiciously like your replies to this vid......................................
wvhillbilly100 1 year ago
Haha. This sadly is very realistic. An accurate parody of just about every fibro patient I've ever seen.
crazylinkinparkfan1 1 year ago
@crazylinkinparkfan1 haha..yes! Though as someone with Neurofibromatosis I get SO sick of people thinking they are the same thing. And yes...sadly it happens a lot. Even on a SICU and Neuro-Surg floor
JennRB77 1 year ago
@JennRB77 How embarrassing!
durtygrrrl 1 year ago
@crazylinkinparkfan1 Then you should see me :) I ride dirt bikes.
durtygrrrl 1 year ago
As someone who is a chronic pain patient some times I need to go to the ER because my pain meds and my rescue meds are not working. Then when I get there I get treated like sh(t because of people like this...Seriously they should be sterilized and then have nuboxone given to them (Instant withdrawel from all narcotics!!!) . If I go to the ER because of pain its because I have passed out from the pain. To me that is the only 10 out of 10 on the pain scale!
ekkorose 1 year ago 3
These videos make me laugh so hard and bring joy to each day!!!! What a great way of dealing with the stress we deal with each day!!!! The sad part is these are TRUE!!!!!!
musicluvr111493 1 year ago
its funny cause it's true. Then you walk into her room and she's giving her boyfriend a handy... jesus dood. you can't wait a few hours for discharge?
buggerbear2 1 year ago
Demerdildo. HAHAHAHA!!
faganfamily1 1 year ago
That was weird
ashleighk09 1 year ago
"I think you need a psychiatrist." Well that's an understatement!! LMAO
NemesisNyx 1 year ago
LOL. Phantom Limb Pain... LOL
dona4jc 1 year ago
Demerdildo!!!! LMMFAO!!!!!!!
dceyce 1 year ago
xtranormal rocks
ibm198708 1 year ago
Pseudoseizures!!! LOL.
joeb1021 1 year ago
@joeb1021
first and only time I have heard an actual patient call it that
celtic113 1 year ago
Brilliant! And remarkably accurate! Someone must pass a script out to these folks, 'cause I've heard a variation on almost every one of those lines. Great parody!
mzee75 1 year ago
thats EFFN HILARIOUS!!! classic case of the DRUG SEEKER!!
acpdj 1 year ago
PTSD that i got from a TV show! HAHAHAH
SmoodLee 1 year ago 2
er's do not help pain. oly if you been ravaged by fire or attacked by a wolf... tylenol is what they give. They are inhumane. I am a christian and former addict. Once they can see your file you will suffer... THey make the meds give them too you, you get used to them, then suffer without them. DOnt ever take any meds docters or friends give you... unless your unconscious. or writhing in pain.
TrueColors311 2 years ago
thanks 4 the mostly positive comments:) to those nay-sayers: yes,some people do have issues w/chronic pain;however the ER is 4those with ACUTE issues & saving lives,not 4chronic illness management;that being said,the ER exists 2 care 4 all patients,but DO NOT complain when you have an exteneded wait time for a chronic issues &others are trauma patients,pediatric full arrests,strokes,heart attacks &severe debilitating illnesses-this is in fun & if it offends you,perhaps it hits 2 close 2 home.
nykolern03 2 years ago 15
@nykolern03 Agreed and if these people ever had to work 24 hours in any hospital they would know exactly what you are talking about...
ammccarter 2 years ago
@nykolern03 Yeah, as a primary care provider, it is not a good thing to see our pain patients going to the ER for chronic pain management. That usually means a break in the pain contract (no more narcotics from us). But seriously, where do these people come from!!!!!
elcee8 1 year ago
@nykolern03 I wish you would come to our local Cas and stand up and yelled this out as people who have cut themselves 3 weeks ago come in because they may need stictches.Or the dad who brings in his daughter who has been sick for 3 weeks with a cough.But now it's 1:30am,he thinks she needs to finally see a Doctor.
Yeepers they drive you nuts!
balckbettystack 1 year ago
@nykolern03 i agree completely
cbarrows1121 1 year ago
@nykolern03 Drs, nurses, etc lack edu&training in chronic pain. The ER is for ANY medical emergency! It isn't your place to judge what is an emergency to the patient! Your job is stop the complaining, ignorance, hate, disrespect and ABUSE and treat EVERY patient in a timely, appropriate manor with kindness&respect. Do the job ur being paid to do!!! A flare up IS acute pain. U need to reread the Hippocratic oath& find a new career! I hope, one day, u suffer with severe chronic pain! JACKASS!
1028ps 1 year ago 17
@1028ps "an emergency to the patient" you are correct, can only be judged by the patient, but "medical emergency" is indeed judged by medical doctors...but these are two different things. Emergency care providers are not trained in chronic pain, correct, they're trained to make sure the "flare up"/acute pain is not caused by a medical emergency, beyond that, it cannot and should not be addressed by the ER, it's part of an underlying problem that needs ongoing, consistent care.
tenderlybroken 11 months ago 3
@tenderlybroken The ER can and should do whatever is customary, appropriate and considered "the professional standard" to treat whatever the ailment is. Pain, severe pain, is life threatening and a medical emergency. Pain is what the PATIENT says it is! When pain is that severe, no doctor's office is set up to handle immediate care or after hours. U can live up to the oath u took or pronounce them dead! In addition, whether addict or real pain patient, both r an opportunity to help others!!!
1028ps 11 months ago
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1028ps 11 months ago
@1028ps lol so u actually agree with the patient in this video??
oxmarlenaxo 10 months ago
@oxmarlenaxo read carefully, I'm was referring to CHRONIC PAIN, not addiction. lol What we c n the er today r 99% of legitimate pain patients being treated as drug seekers. However, even addicts should b treat w/kindness &compassion & the er should get them the help they need, not make fun of them. Those drs,nurses acting w/such ignorance & hate have the same mental illness as many of the ignorant ppl on this board. I wish them pain & illness so they can become enlightened ppl too!
1028ps 10 months ago
@1028ps And chronic pain is NOT a medical emergency. If you are having flare ups or break through pain, then your pain management protocol needs to be reassessed and adjusted if necessary by your primary care physician, preferably in conjunction with a pain management clinic. BTW I am a chronic pain patient myself, so yes I do understand what it is like to have to deal with pain and restriction of movement on a daily basis. Even so, the ER is NOT the place for treatment of chronic pain.
ceke72 9 months ago
@ceke72 From Wikipedia "A medical emergency is an injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health." I'm not talking about a person's normal flare ups, I'm talking about an ACUTE increase in pain that threatens the life of the patient, whether from suicide, blood clots, tumors, etc. Trigeminal neuralgia, a doc halving ur dose when they should have doubled it during conversion. U have no right to tell anyone else what an emergency is for them!!
1028ps 9 months ago
@ceke72 From Wikipedia "A medical emergency is an injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health." I'm not talking about a person's normal flare ups, I'm talking about an ACUTE increase in pain that threatens the life of the patient, whether from suicide, blood clots, tumors, etc. Trigeminal neuralgia, a doc halving ur dose when they should have doubled it during conversion. U have no right to tell anyone else what an emergency is for them!
1028ps 9 months ago
@ceke72 Ur getting confused w/normal pain & flare ups vs an ABNORMAL acute pain. The patient is the only who can decide that! In 16yrs, I've been to the er 6 times of which 3 visits where during the same 6 wk med change when an idiot doc failed to convert meds correctly. When ur ready to commit suicide due to an acute severe pain increase, trigeminal neuralgia aka "the suicide disease", no time to find a new doc, u have no other choice. It's er or death!
1028ps 9 months ago
@ceke72 U obviously don't know this type of pain or this condition. Not talking back pain,fibro, arthritis, nor rx's or ongoing pain mgmnt. Death seems more appealing than the abuse, uneducated, ignorant docs & nurses n er. I hope they suffer w/server pain so they can c just how cruel, unethical, & inhumane they really r. There r more patients undertreated, denied treatment & treated like "drug seekers" than there r actual addicts. Look up ACPA, APF, For Grace, etc. & the hippocratic oath!
1028ps 9 months ago
@ceke72 If a doc forces a patient to commit suicide, y should they get to go on living? We have the meds to treat pain. If a patient is left w/no other option but to commit suicide, y not take those who shouldn't even be licensed down with u? If they don't want patients going to er in these urgent situations, then create a damn system/clinic to handle these issues. No one wants to find solutions, they just want to bitch about having to DO THEIR JOB. DO UR JOB OR FIND ANOTHER CAREER!!!
1028ps 9 months ago
@1028ps you seem to be one of those chronic narcotic seekers on dilaudid and norco and percocet and lortab. good going buddy. This video is so spot on, and vents the frustration of so many doctors in this country, who feel like they are just drug dealers.
santoshiom 8 months ago
@santoshiom U need more edu in pain management. If u think u r frustrated, try being a pain patient who lives in a world of insecure unedu dr/rn's who feed their ego by labeling honest patients while having our lives destroyed by a pain disease who want nothing more than RELIEF from this god awful pain. We r sick of u docs shoving drugs down our throats & then calling us "drug seekers"! We want better treatments, cures, prevention & our lives back, not an escape from life!
1028ps 8 months ago
I take great pleasure in reporting each and every one of u ignorant dr/rn's who fail to treat, act in physically & psychologically abusive ways to ur employer and the Board of Healing Art's! We r working with ACPA, APF, & like orgs to demand better & fair treatment. There r an estimated 70mil living in chronic pain. There's a lot more of us than there r of u and we will not tolerate ur ignorance and abuse! Perhaps I should right a letter to the board re ur inappropriate behavior online!
1028ps 8 months ago 2
@1028ps why dont you write one. good luck.
santoshiom 8 months ago
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@nykolern03 Drs, nurses, etc lack edu&training in chronic pain. The ER is for ANY medical emergency! It isn't your place to judge what is an emergency to the patient! Your job is stop the complaining, ignorance, hate, disrespect and ABUSE and treat EVERY patient in a timely, appropriate manor with kindness&respect. Do the job ur being paid to do!!! A flare up IS acute pain. U need to reread the Hippocratic oath& find a new career! I hope, one day, u suffer with severe chronic pain!
1028ps 1 year ago
@nykolern03 I think this is a good spoof video on what not to do in the emergency rooms. If someone acts like this, then they don't belong in an ER. You are forgetting though that many pain sufferers have problems that occur when their pain goes close to or a 10. The blood pressure can go up. Heart problems can occur and sometimes a simple pain shot can bring their pain back down to the norm and help break their cycle thus bringing their pain down to their normal.
Drpattyv 1 year ago
PTSD from a TV SHOW!! THATS FN AWESOME!!
I normally run 92 deg!! hahaahahah omg i love it
delco714 2 years ago
Pseudoseizures. LOL!!!! Yes, ER doctors get a few minutes with a patient- BECAUSE IT IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM!!!! HELLO!!!
Lorzarn 2 years ago
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@ionicbond25 what is it that you would even be watching these videos? seeker.
JarebearJ28 2 years ago
ionicbond25, I'm in chronic pain too, the only thing that helps me is dilauded and commenting on youtube videos, but it's so hard finding an ER that has wifi in the rooms.
pdisme 2 years ago
This is hilarious!!!! See this all the time!!!!
fleetzz 2 years ago
hahhaahaha another loser
joeymed2009 2 years ago
hahaah who the fuck r u telling to go hit the books........LOSER
joeymed2009 2 years ago