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Has anyone on here ever rushed or been taken to A&E because of your symptoms and if so what was done for you?
Thanks.
Before I answer, may I ask why you're asking? I just don't want to post anything triggering.
Before I answer, may I ask why you're asking? I just don't want to post anything triggering.
Just wondering. I may have asked this question before but I cannot remember?
ive called loads of ambulances on myself nothing to do with neurotic, I actually believe im going to die with overwhelming symptoms, to be told im healthier than all the staff in the hospital
ive called loads of ambulances on myself nothing to do with neurotic, I actually believe im going to die with overwhelming symptoms, to be told im healthier than all the staff in the hospital
What symptoms were they? What tests did they do at the hospital for them to find out that you are healthy?
MyNameIsTerry
21-11-16, 22:59
A&E is for exactly that. They do what they feel is needed. They treat every patient as urgent but that doesn't mean they necessarily resolve the problem as it may be treatable on a general ward or by a GP.
If you are contemplating calling them about your long term retching issue, have you thought about your GP? A&E isn't there for fast tracking and you won't get anything more than a general appointment in terms of diagnosis.
If you are really struggling with your mood, there are other crisis lines that will be more appropriate to you if things have got so bad.
nomorepanic
21-11-16, 23:09
Why are you thinking about A&E rather than seeing your GP?
Why are you thinking about A&E rather than seeing your GP?
Because A&E would have to do something for me then and there whereas a GP will only refer me to a specialist and this has a waiting list of many weeks possibly months.
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A&E is for exactly that. They do what they feel is needed. They treat every patient as urgent but that doesn't mean they necessarily resolve the problem as it may be treatable on a general ward or by a GP.
If you are contemplating calling them about your long term retching issue, have you thought about your GP? A&E isn't there for fast tracking and you won't get anything more than a general appointment in terms of diagnosis.
If you are really struggling with your mood, there are other crisis lines that will be more appropriate to you if things have got so bad.
Wouldn't A&E do an emergency endoscopy or offer me any kind of xray or ct scan as a matter of urgency?
No. They'd make you sit and wait for 2 hours, maybe do a blood test, and then send you home.
Go to your GP be completely honest, and say its causing you severe mental distress.
No. You'd just be told (eventually) to make an appointment to see your GP because A&E is for emergency treatment and you have an anxiety disorder. You obviously need help but you won't find it at A&E
MyNameIsTerry
22-11-16, 09:06
Because A&E would have to do something for me then and there whereas a GP will only refer me to a specialist and this has a waiting list of many weeks possibly months.
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Wouldn't A&E do an emergency endoscopy or offer me any kind of xray or ct scan as a matter of urgency?
They would do the tests they needed to determine whether you needed emergency care. If they found you didn't, you would get booted out to see your GP to get a referral. I couldn't say what tests they would do, I don't believe anyone on here could either as we are not qualified to understand it and it would depend on what a doctor sees when you present with the symptoms.
The reason you are waiting is because you are not a priority, if that's what your GP decides. What you have to remember is that there are people who truly need fast tracking and they need their treatment before you do for a reason. If a GP sees someone who needs an urgent referral, they can arrange one quite easily.
A&E should ONLY ever be for people who need emergency care. Even if you are waiting there for hours, as SLA says, you are still taking up their time when they shouldn't be seeing you.
Waiting months is just how it is in the NHS. If you want to be seen quickly in the UK, you pay to go private. It's annoying but it's just how things are.
You've been like this for a quite a long time now, you can wait a bit longer for a referral, urgent or not urgent per your GP's decision.
They would do the tests they needed to determine whether you needed emergency care. If they found you didn't, you would get booted out to see your GP to get a referral. I couldn't say what tests they would do, I don't believe anyone on here could either as we are not qualified to understand it and it would depend on what a doctor sees when you present with the symptoms.
The reason you are waiting is because you are not a priority, if that's what your GP decides. What you have to remember is that there are people who truly need fast tracking and they need their treatment before you do for a reason. If a GP sees someone who needs an urgent referral, they can arrange one quite easily.
A&E should ONLY ever be for people who need emergency care. Even if you are waiting there for hours, as SLA says, you are still taking up their time when they shouldn't be seeing you.
Waiting months is just how it is in the NHS. If you want to be seen quickly in the UK, you pay to go private. It's annoying but it's just how things are.
You've been like this for a quite a long time now, you can wait a bit longer for a referral, urgent or not urgent per your GP's decision.
Could they perform an emergency endoscopy? Or would they make you come back?
MyNameIsTerry
22-11-16, 09:18
Could they perform an emergency endoscopy? Or would they make you come back?
They can do what they need to if you need it because you are an emergency. But that's a different question to "should they do it?" and the answer is no they shouldn't because the correct process is to go via your GP, they will treat you as an emergency and equally like everybody else who walks through the door.
Are you an emergency? If the answer is no, A&E is never the place to go.
A&E wouldn't tell you to come back. They would tell you to go to your GP because they would realise you never should have walked through the door in the first place. But what about someone who needed emergency treatment who was made to wait because you did?
no they wont do what your thinking at all , youll be blood tested, oxygen tested ecg'd and probably xrayed to be told nothings wrong with you...
then what theyll do is take your blood pressure which will probably be high given the surroundings
then youll go back home and google 160/100 blood pressure then youll by a blood pressure machine but the mere sight of the machine send it up to 160/100 then these words come up on GOOGLE
STROKE
INSTANT DEATH
HEART FAILURE ROUND THE CORNER
then 10 years later nothing will have ever happened to you just youve waisted the last 10 years of your life with worry and fear that feeds itself
then youll start getting weird pains that mimic serious Symptoms to be told NOTHINGS WRONG WITH YOU
oh its a corker i know
Sorry guys, I know I am being a right pain but I am in a state of severe anxiety at the moment. I am feeling better today, sorry if I rant a bit sometimes but it gets my worry off of my chest.
MyNameIsTerry
22-11-16, 10:48
That's ok, Callum. Many of us know your history on here so we know why you are asking and that's why we would encourage you to approach your GP about this and your anxiety.
When my anxiety was severe, I was a shaking mess on the settee unable to do pretty much anything. So, you're not being judged, we just want to help you to rationalise this.
I am glad you are feeling better today Kalam:hugs:
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