tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post8713288819194849096..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: And the award for best actress in a hospital gown goes to...Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-19033307634326022392010-02-27T13:58:18.677-05:002010-02-27T13:58:18.677-05:00We used to refer to that as Status Dramaticus. AD...We used to refer to that as Status Dramaticus. AD has an entry about a full day of it.<br /><br /><br />ambulancedriverfiles.com/?feb_network_search_context=blog&s=status+dramaticusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-25186804682063589852010-02-17T01:07:02.004-05:002010-02-17T01:07:02.004-05:00An ambulance brought me a guy having a reasonably ...An ambulance brought me a guy having a reasonably good-looking seizure in the ER. I ordered 2 mg of Ativan right as his very concerned-looking fiancee showed up, so I ask her "so, he has seizures?" and she very ernestly tells me "oh yes. He has pseudoseizures!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-35484896093568344182010-02-04T03:06:31.440-05:002010-02-04T03:06:31.440-05:00Obviously she's never seen a seizure happening...Obviously she's never seen a seizure happening, or she'd be better informed.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-29012592903252046392010-02-03T07:58:04.988-05:002010-02-03T07:58:04.988-05:00From this description I think she was having an or...From this description I think she was having an orgasm (if her body muscles actually spasmed). You should have told her. Unconscious-subconscious fear made real through a feedback loop of fear of having an orgasm-seizure.<br />It could be natural or from SSRI's or whatever drugs she was taking.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm#Spontaneous_orgasms" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>Mark p.s.2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10529811159862096782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55238280259949721322010-02-03T06:20:11.619-05:002010-02-03T06:20:11.619-05:00Just Curious- migraneur is a medical term for a pa...Just Curious- migraneur is a medical term for a patient with migraines. It doesn't connote anything beyond that.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51239556167117838312010-02-02T23:48:58.130-05:002010-02-02T23:48:58.130-05:00So, what do seizure fakers in general (not just th...So, what do seizure fakers in general (not just this particular psych patient) hope to gain by pulling the wool over an MD's eyes?<br /><br />Benzos, barbiturates, tranks, narcotics, sympathy, something more, something less, all of the above, none of the above?<br /><br />Changing subjects, sort of, when y'all refer to "migraineurs" is that another way of saying malingerer using migraine as a pretext?Just Curiousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-87179267662206927112010-02-02T21:17:40.982-05:002010-02-02T21:17:40.982-05:00So was the diagnosis "Attention Whore"?
...So was the diagnosis "Attention Whore"?<br /><br />Monkeys have more sense.<br /><br />LD50 RatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73345641002320248382010-02-02T19:48:51.434-05:002010-02-02T19:48:51.434-05:00oh wow ... i think you should have told her, too. ...oh wow ... i think you should have told her, too. hahastewberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940744366129679442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48330855855818989802010-02-02T16:58:28.360-05:002010-02-02T16:58:28.360-05:00Danielle- I told her it didn't look like epile...Danielle- I told her it didn't look like epilepsy, and I'd discuss it with her other doctors (translation- I'm calling your psychiatrist).Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69043358700655610112010-02-02T16:56:53.934-05:002010-02-02T16:56:53.934-05:00Oh brother....
I love the comments. They make me ...Oh brother....<br /><br />I love the comments. They make me laugh as much as your posts do. These guys and gals are the best.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65057480685861717152010-02-02T16:16:29.133-05:002010-02-02T16:16:29.133-05:00I'm laughing so hard, I almost sprayed diet co...I'm laughing so hard, I almost sprayed diet coke all over my MacBook. The guy mopping the cafe is looking at me like I'm the psycho patient. If he asks, I'll tell him Dr. Grumpy made me do it. ;-)student dr. blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307156914515136574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91496853981523330562010-02-02T12:38:47.171-05:002010-02-02T12:38:47.171-05:00I want to know if you yawned your answer at her? O...I want to know if you yawned your answer at her? Or jsut stood leaning against the wall, with your arms crossed, and a very pathetic round of hand clapping when she was done??? At least in your mind that is....daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460011312097894940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83605845266643795802010-02-02T11:06:59.754-05:002010-02-02T11:06:59.754-05:00Well when you said she was a psych patient, I just...Well when you said she was a psych patient, I just figured it was going to be a good story.C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5640995997253248922010-02-02T10:42:11.342-05:002010-02-02T10:42:11.342-05:00Now how do you maintain that descretion!Now how do you maintain that descretion!mommanatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381987662466052952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-67126113266191664742010-02-02T10:41:51.376-05:002010-02-02T10:41:51.376-05:00I wonder if rectal manipulation would cure her sei...I wonder if rectal manipulation would cure her seizure. You'd have to refer her for that of course...terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38221448562102318682010-02-02T09:55:35.363-05:002010-02-02T09:55:35.363-05:00@ Celeste: Maybe she confused both shows...@ Celeste: Maybe she confused both shows...instant studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684270639990817671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75139304257207162982010-02-02T09:21:29.105-05:002010-02-02T09:21:29.105-05:00I wonder if she fakes her orgasms as badly as she ...I wonder if she fakes her orgasms as badly as she fakes her seizures.Celestenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-59129147667108679132010-02-02T08:54:56.323-05:002010-02-02T08:54:56.323-05:00You have to watch this. It's a patient faking ...You have to watch this. It's a patient faking a seizure, too funny.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m64cy1MMPgSarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387865444065988905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11234631608458017642010-02-02T08:42:04.436-05:002010-02-02T08:42:04.436-05:00people are so weird. at least my patients do not g...people are so weird. at least my patients do not generally fake seizures ;). I did have a dog patient whose seizure disorder was hard to diagnose at first - his seizures involved very ataxic walking backwards across the room!webhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938934194973454729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69519604001386202062010-02-02T08:06:13.744-05:002010-02-02T08:06:13.744-05:00Jacqueline- generally not, though there are except...Jacqueline- generally not, though there are exceptions.<br /><br />This one, however was definitely NOT real.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-3493355120236418472010-02-02T08:02:49.160-05:002010-02-02T08:02:49.160-05:00One usually does not shout "I'm having a ...One usually does not shout "I'm having a seizure!" when one is actually having a seizure, correct?J-Quell'nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878522077562588401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20376631452911756072010-02-02T07:45:59.716-05:002010-02-02T07:45:59.716-05:00Haha, maybe you should have told her.
Might have b...Haha, maybe you should have told her.<br />Might have been the cure. :)instant studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684270639990817671noreply@blogger.com