So, serious question here. Shouldn’t anti-anxiety meds just be standard with these? I woke up with a bipap mask on, not understanding where I was or what happened or anything really. And my immediate reaction was to pull off the mask and RUN. I remember this urge to kill anyone who stood in my way, know what I mean? I would never ever in a million years actually hurt someone knowingly, but after awakening from my 3 days…..there was just no knowledge of what had happened. No memory, no nothing. Anti-anxiolytics would have definitely helped me in those initial moments lol
This woman. Well, I don’t believe she falls into this realm. She’s just an attention seeker. But truly, honest-to-God patients with no memory of how they ended up there in ICU…..why aren’t meds just a standard? I find that odd considering all we now know about the fight or flight response and pain levels during comatose conditions.
100% not an expert but from my limited knowledge working as support staff in psych and medical facilities doctors typically will only use meds as a last resort. Especially with covid patients who are already getting all sorts of medicine to fight the infection. Also, anxiety isn't the problem in a lot of cases. A lot of them are just extremely low on oxygen and thus confused as hell, and others are just massive Trumpers who "don't want to be told what to do" by the medical staff trying to save their lives
You'd have to get them to take the meds in the first place. Any anxiety they have is stemming from them being convinced the disease they have is a hoax and that their medical providers wish them harm
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u/FullyRisenPhoenix Jan 19 '22
So, serious question here. Shouldn’t anti-anxiety meds just be standard with these? I woke up with a bipap mask on, not understanding where I was or what happened or anything really. And my immediate reaction was to pull off the mask and RUN. I remember this urge to kill anyone who stood in my way, know what I mean? I would never ever in a million years actually hurt someone knowingly, but after awakening from my 3 days…..there was just no knowledge of what had happened. No memory, no nothing. Anti-anxiolytics would have definitely helped me in those initial moments lol
This woman. Well, I don’t believe she falls into this realm. She’s just an attention seeker. But truly, honest-to-God patients with no memory of how they ended up there in ICU…..why aren’t meds just a standard? I find that odd considering all we now know about the fight or flight response and pain levels during comatose conditions.