Comments | neurotic_jen: Feeling rotten.

neurotic_jen

Feeling rotten.

Feb 09, 2008 22:39

Today was bad. I got a phone call this morning from the nurse taking care of one of the patients I had yesterday, asking me if we were really allowed to give a certain drug that was ordered for the patient on our floor. Well, I gave it to her once yesterday, assuming it was okay because we use the same drug in PCA form (the patient-controlled ( Read more... )

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kimihope February 10 2008, 18:17:26 UTC

I read this and it was like reading something I would write. Guess what I did last night? I pushed some D50 before getting a blood sugar because the guy was diaphoretic as hell, barely responsive, and his tongue was just hanging out of his mouth. After the whole thing, I talked to a couple nurses who told me I should have waited and all. Luckily they were very nice about it. I still felt like an ass and probably walked around with a HR of 200 for the rest of the shift. BTW, I worked from 3P-7:30A. So yeah, the job is consuming my life. I feel like it's all I do and I lost my life. I feel like I'm living in fear, always worrying about something I might have done wrong and all. I lay in bed and can't sleep. I cry. I flip out. It just sucks. Are the side effects temporary with your medication? I took zoloft for awhile and I felt like shit all the time. I didn't sleep and I felt nauseated all the time. And the side effects never went away. It's just funny how we take meds to feel better and in the end feel like hell. Do ( ... )

neurotic_jen February 10 2008, 18:37:15 UTC

Yeah, it does suck. I definitely relate to you with the living in fear .

I actually don't take any antianxiety or antidepressant medication anymore. I went to the ER twice since September with extreme pain in the middle of the night, and they treated me for bladder infections, but after seeing cultures found I had no infection at all.. I just have OAB, and I'm taking Detrol. I don't know whether to blame it on the stress of work or other things.

I did take Celexa 5 years ago when I was depressed, and it really helped me. :)

I hope you're relaxing a bit and enjoying your time off from work! :)