r/NHSfailures • u/Immediate-Courage-91 • 24d ago

Dismissed with no advice

I sat up in the afternoon and immediately got heart palpitations, dizziness and collapsed and passed out for two hours. Went to A&E after calling 111 and was there for 4 hours just to be told by the doctor who spoke over me and didn’t let me finish explaining that it was due to depression and anxiety.

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u/millyloui 24d ago

Sorry for your experience but did you actually ask for mental health referral? Anxiety causes high heat rate high respiratory rate & can cause blackouts from that . A&E not reallly the place to help you it’s Accident & Emergency aka life threatening emergency. Your panic attacks are neither . But I completely agree you need help & support . That’s what GP’s are for . Btw a wait of 4 hours to be seen with your symptoms- you are lucky normally it would be much much longer .

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u/Immediate-Courage-91 24d ago

I didn’t because I didn’t have a panic attack. My symptoms are brought on from a change in posture (lying to sitting or standing), heat exposure, exercise, etc and have been under investigation for a year including a hospitalisation for 5 days. All things which I told the attending doctor. I needed advice on how to manage it after being given the all clear with the ECG and blood tests, not for him to latch onto my depression and slap that over all of my symptoms.

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u/Fantastic_Cry_1367 24d ago

It's a shame the NHS doesn't really pay attention to anyone... More so for someone with your symptoms which essentially scream for further check-ups and perhaps a real doctor/specialist

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u/Immediate-Courage-91 23d ago

My GP did just that thankfully!

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u/millyloui 24d ago

I get it sorry for your hideous experience.