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"I felt totally dismissed"

About: Antrim Area Hospital / Accidents & Emergency

(as the patient),

I came in under the advice of my GP due to having episodes that looked and felt like a seizure, this was very troubling to me as I am very anxious to go to the hospital even as a visitor.

When I got seen by the triage nurse, she was very helpful and listened to my concerns. However, when I got to see the doctor, they told me that I was just a woman and having man troubles and totally dismissed me.

I had a video of the episode and the doctor would not look at it due to it being a waste of time, they told me they would not do any further testing as if I had epilepsy or any kind of seizure disorder I would not be allowed to drive and suggested that I would not like that. I left feeling scared as I still don't have an idea what is wrong.

The doctor prescribed antihistamines to me and I have no idea what they are for. They then noticed I had a chest infection and changed their diagnosis to me hyperventilating due to a chest infection. 

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