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Why am I not over this yet?
I had a bad experience at a hospital for the 4 days I was recovering from surgery. They would ignore my calls when I press for them. They apologized and I was told that the call button on my bed was broken and they never heard me. I almost peed on myself multiple times and almost fell on the floor. When I filed complaints to the hospital and state board they say they can't do anything about it. Because of what happened I developed panic attacks now, which I have never had before. It's due to the fear of being left alone in a closed room and having no one answer my calls for help. I feel like I need to see a professional counselor about this. I called a counseling hotline about it but they were no help. He just wanted my name and information.
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That's really unprofessional of that hospital, and I think you should keep filing complaints until some action is some what taken. As for the counselor, you may want to talk to your parent(s) about getting one, or if you're on your own, look for a good one in your town. If not, I'm always here to talk if you need it.
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You asked only why you aren't over this, you did not specifically say you wanted any advice on what to do about it. I know you may not feel like taking the steps laid out by Adviceman fearing it won't help or it is just too much trouble.
But I also believe that taking these steps will help you to overcome what you've gone through, especially since panic attacks wasn't something you've always had, but its driven by a traumatic situation. Give it time with a counselor, and if you have difficulty connecting with and feeling you can trust one counselor, then keep searching until you have some one you respond well to. If in the end, you have no improvement, I believe some people can be helped by therapists who employ use of hypnosis if nothing else works. The suggestions go straight to your subconscious mind which is the part of you that has been traumatized.
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You have suffered a form of trauma in the way you were treated. I agree you need professional help to put this behind you. I do not understand why the hotline you called was not more help. The ones I generally recommend work with you until they find you someone in your town to work with you. Unfortunately I do not have a resource for your problem to recommend to you.
I do though have two recommendations for you.
1. Go see your family doctor and explain to him or her about the panic attacks. There is medication the doctor can give you that will help while you contact the therapist you should ask your doctor to recommend for you.
2. I would suggest you contact a lawyer about how you were treated and the pain and suffering you are now suffering with. I believe you have action in court under a malpractice civil suit against the hospital.
If you do not know a lawyer contact your local Bar Association for a recommendation of a lawyer who practices in the area of malpractice.
It is my belief between the medication, therapy and any legal action a lawyer may recommend you will be able to put this behind you and the anxiety attacks will go away.
As for paying the lawyer; if you have a good case the lawyer will offer to take it on what is called contingency. This is where for a percentage of what they recover for you they agree to represent you. If they fail to recover anything you owe them nothing. If an attorney will not take this type of case on contingency it means they do not believe you have a good case. In which case you probably should not sue the hospital as you will be paying for the lawyers time out of pocket for an action the lawyer feels is not winnable.
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