Littleton, NH ER Vertigo Visit

Just a warning to anyone. I was in an area away from home for work and I had an attack and strangely enough I was already at the hospital when it happened.

I went in and once I told the Dr what they usually give me to stop the attack she immediately changed her tone and attitude and I could see the look on here face change. She refused to believe that a benzodiazepine would work in my situation. It was by far the worst experience i've ever had in a hospital in my life. She made sure at the end she was raising her voice so other people in the er could hear her and acted as if I was an addict. I went in not walking straight and left the same way. I've never been so disgusted over something in my life. They only gave me two 12.5mg meclizine orally and something for nausea that was sublingual.

I honestly thought they would be able to pull up all my medical history and that it was all linked. Prior to this i've gone to one hospital two times and they immediately put me on i/v and administered drugs and completely stopped the attack. The most amazing thing the second time I went was when they give you the ativan? and your vision comes back like someone flipped a switch. Usually I go to sleep when I get an attack as they happen at the end of the day or early in the morning. I'm usually so tired from lack of sleep because of my job that I can just go to sleep.

I don't know why the ENT dr I see hasn't prescribed me anymore ativan. He gave me one script of 5 in the two years i've been going there and I have no history of addiction. The er Dr gave me a script of 12 ativan and meclizine the last time I went without even asking. I had no idea they could even do that.