"A & E Care"

I woke up with a migraine and after taking my tablets I woke up 1 hour later with total blindness and weakness down my left side. After a call to my GP I was sent to A&E for a CT scan. I arrived there at 1pm. After an hour wait I was triaged and waited in a corridor. 

Despite asking for a painkiller I wasn't given anything as they said they needed the scan before. I waited till 7pm for scan. I finally saw a couple of senior staff.  After 3 requests a nurse came in and handed me a syringe with Oromorph. They did not stay while I took it.

After about 1 hour everything righted itself and I felt so much better. But due to mental health conditions I took a panic attack. I had sensory overload due to my sight etc coming back and the noise and how busy the department was. We asked if I could go home and they said yes as I was better. They would call if anything was wrong with CT.

Next day a senior staff member called and shouted at me for leaving the department.  They called me a stupid for leaving due to medication I take. They said I was an addict looking for pain meds. I am not an addict. My medicine is prescribed by a psychiatrist.  They told me I wasn't allowed to drive as I had discharged myself from hospital. I didn't.

I have lost confidence in going to a&e and health care in hospitals. I've had to pay privately to see a Neurologist to be allowed to drive again and be treated with dignity. I'm very unhappy being spoken to like that.