51/50 for FND??

Vent

This past weekend was a literal nightmare. To start, I was doing okay on Sunday. I had a bit of a headache, but not the pressure in my head I get before a fainting episode. Everything was going alright, I was at the beach with fiancée spying on our friends date. We took the bus there and so he was going to give us a ride home. We get into his car, only for the cops to stop us before he even put it in drive. Subsequently, we all had to get out of the car. While we were standing, talking to the cops and waiting. I went down. Like standing to ground. Luckily my fiancée saw and she was able to prevent me from hitting the pavement too hard. I was out for five minutes and of course the cops called the ambulance. I wake up for about 10 minutes drink some water but still had a major headache. I talked to the EMTs and I was going to get my vitals checked. I stood up and only took 3 steps before blacking out again. This time for 7 hours. I’m ambulanced to the hospital. They gave me narcan (which obviously didn’t work because I didn’t take any opioids), and 3 things of Ativan which didn’t wake me up really either. I barely remember waking up at 8 in the morning, cloudy and not all there. Apparently I was up and talking to the neurologist and psychiatrist who after noticing nothing major in my blood work or CT (per usual). They decided to admit me, but not to the main hospital. They were wanting to transfer me to the psych hospital, so the 51-50d me (basically they were holding me and I couldn’t leave the hospital even if I wanted to). Now I have a history of depression, anxiety, ptsd, as well as an eating disorder, but I don’t think this is the source of my FND as I was stable when the switch went off in my head. That said, I was fine that Sunday and have been in ongoing treatment for everything so to hear I was going to be transferred to a psych ward even though my fainting was not psychological. I wouldn’t have had a problem being admitted because I was very out of it and constantly passing out. They end up transitioning out of the er and into the hallway were they held transfer patients. This amps up my stress leading me from not just fainting but into having full body seizures as well. To make matters worse. The psychiatrist was withholding my medication prescribed my neurologist. I don’t remember exactly what I said but in this days lingo I “crashed out” at the night doctor. I was hurting and couldn’t sleep because I was in sweats, my head and back were hurting, plus I was right by the door they took patients through to ct, ultrasound, etc. I was cursing the doctor out saying “I’m not asking for f****** morphine, or other drugs, I just want me medicine prescribed to me by my neurologist.” He ends up bringing me my medicine afterwards I was able to calm down and rest. My memory really begins when I woke up that morning after sleeping. I was able to talk to a different psychiatrist and they took my hold off. The admitting doctor did find something weird in my labs though. My vitamin B12 was low and almost deficient. This was news to me since none of my doctors have checked that before. I was finally released from care Tuesday afternoon with next to no recollection from Sunday to Tuesday morning. Next step is to follow up with doctors and start taking vitamin B12. TLDR: was put on a psych hold for my FND fainting/seizures for two days.

Posted May 7, 2025, 2:42 PM UTC

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