Autism & Medical Care - An Autistic Perspective #shorts

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[Hypnotically_Caucasian]

When I was in the military receiving medical treatment, they would say "10 is like being mauled by a bear", and then I need to explain that I've never been mailed by a bear, but I have been stabbed before, and asked what that rates

The medical officer was NOT amused

[AutisticAthena]

I love ACCURATE medical professionals. There's a nurse at the ready care clinic I go to who INSTANTLY understood when I told her that I'm Autistic. Example:"okay, this is going to be cold" ... "You're going to feel a pinch in three, two, one!" ... 'the doctor is behind schedule, would you like a magazine?" SHOUT OUT TO MICHELLE!!

[andreagriffiths]

Just spent 24 hours in ER and then 7 days in hospital and my ASD went into overdrive. I made them let my mum stay overnights and then one night she didn’t, they said I’d need another surgery and I had a meltdown. My bp was 200/100+, I thought I was going to die. It was hell. I’m going to be 49 in a few months and it was the worst experience of my life. Horrendous doesn’t even come close.

[lumabi]

As a medical worker who is possibly autistic (but not diagnosed) I have to say that it's not just patients who can be nervous around needles and so forth. Nervous patient behaviour can rub off on us but although patient anxiety is very apparent, nervous medical workers have to suffer in silence. Not looking for sympathy, just understanding. Oh, and when we say little scratch or little sting, it's because saying little prick opens you up to sexual connotations.

[sarahjensen]

The fluorescent lights, chemical smells, sound of the central air punctuated by sharp noises reverberating off of every surface, and yes, all the ridiculous human stuff—no, I’m not normally anxious with high blood pressure, just here! I’ve mastered the chitchat portion as well as I can, but any nonsense (like medical incompetence or talking to me like an idiot) and I’m seeing red.

Thank you for validating how stupid some of this stuff is!

[ElaineWalker]

I especially love your shirt. I can’t seem to convince anyone to text me instead of calling, and that I KNOW MY VOICEMAIL ISN’T SET UP. IT’S NOT SET UP ON PURPOSE!!!

[FailcopterWes]

Doctor: "10 being the worst pain you've ever experienced"

Me: "Well this scale is pretty subjective and kind of a terrible way of measuring pain, isn't it?"

[faeriesmak]

So..when I had my second son they had me call in when I was in labor to determine if I should come in yet. Well..I could talk through my contractions even though they were really close together and pretty bad. They kept telling me not to come in. Eventually I just went in anyway and that was a good move because I was pretty much in the end part of labor. Turns out that I don’t convey pain or emotions over the phone at all. I know why now! Autism.

[byakuyatogami]

The scratch thing probably makes more sense if you're used to living with a cat. Little scratch as in "it's gonna penetrate your skin but not too deep!"

[michellekennedy]

LOVE LOVE LOVE your t-shirt and I need one ASAP!! My last experiences in emergency were horrific. Meltdown City, and they knew I was autistic. Little to no knowledge and had me escorted out of hospital by security. Really terrible.

[greentoke]

The voice inside my head has it's own channel now!?!?😁😂🤣😂👍💯

[amandamandamands]

After seeing how many people don't notice that different people in the hospital have different coloured uniforms and it is colour coded for a reason I understand the Dr introducing themselves like that.
I also hate the pain scale, basing it on the worst pain that you have experienced. Well there are so many variances for what has happened to someone to inflict pain and that doesn't even take into account people's pain threshold.
I have a great GP cause I was well the pain hasn't gotten worse (pretty low level but consistent pain) but I now have a really bad headache so that means that the pain from that area is really getting to me so I figured that it needed to get looked at.

[ellerose]

My needle phobia is out of this world, I'm sick of, "everyone hates needles". Oh really!? How come everyone else just sits in the chair for a blood test and walks right out!? I never use the chair. I've tried everything, headphones blasting, anti anxiety medication, my sister holding my hand, laying down, sipping water, but the sight, smells, lights and strap on the arm all gives me an instant metallic taste and I still go close to fainting and feel sick for rest of the day with a sore arm I can't use for a week.. Yep, everyone hates needles...🤦🏼‍♀️😅

[chummer]

Dr: How's the pain on a scale from 1-10?
Me: ...I dunno

[CuteCatsofIstanbul]

I'm chronically ill and I hate communicating in medical field. I don't get it. I don't get pain scales, or explaining the pain (dull, stabbing, sharp ? I don't know), I can't explain how I feel because I don't know what what feels like for everyone else, I also get so anxious my mind is all over the place - despite all my notes

[BearFulmer]

oh yeah I have the most difficult time getting medical treatment for pain or anything really I've mostly just suffered through most things my entire life

[KeenanDenis]

Yup. I donated blood recently and got the "just a scratch" speech. And the 1 to 10 scale was clearly invented by an iguana.

[Gummy_Pop.]

Luckily I've had people understand that I have a low pain threshold so I was never under any major pain or discomfort even with a broken ankle to me it was just a mild throbbing pain that nagged me never really went to moderate and only took half a pill they prescribed me just to stop that nagging feeling. Same applies to my general care doctors with withdrawing blood for tests the only time that I had to bear pain was when they had prescribed me humira. I think after being through excrutating psoriortic pain was when my tolerance had changed completely as a coping mechanism. Cause it was that severe and humira stopped working after 2 and a half years before switching to stelera and that really feels like a small pinch that would only make me a flinch.

[Bibbzyy]

In the US, you might not get a doctor though, so when they specify that they are one of the doctors it’s actually useful information. Otherwise it could be a nurse practitioner or a student or something.

[janebaker]

My son's birth was traumatic. I wish I was autistic informed then. I ended up in a mental hospital for PND from that birth and post hospital stay.