Today, a patient was late for a psychiatry appointment, after having missed his previous two. I am the medical student on the team that was supposed to do his assessment. I said, "You snooze, you lose." Everyone stopped and looked at me. Apparently, he missed them because he has narcolepsy. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after countless nights of no sleep and only some spontaneous naps, I was finally seeing a sleeping doctor to analyze the problem. I missed the appointment because I ended up sleeping through my alarm after not being able to sleep at all last night. FML
Today, after I'd finally decided to see a doctor about my anxiety and insomnia, I was so nervous about what the doctor would think of me that I had anxiety attacks that kept me from sleeping a wink all night. I ended up oversleeping and missing the appointment I was so nervous about. FML
Today, I got my ass kicked by my boss at work. Why? Because I missed my shift on Saturday, because I slept through my alarms and the phone calls from my co-workers, and I woke up three hours later in a state of panic. This is all because of a medicine I'm on for migraines. FML
Today, I went to a job interview. The person giving me my interview was late, and while waiting for them I fell asleep. When they arrived, they didn't even bother interviewing me because they thought I was irresponsible since I fell asleep because they were late. FML
Today, I was told I have narcolepsy, and I've it for a year and a half. When asked why I didn't go to a doctor before, I answered that I'd always assumed it was a normal adult thing to fall asleep randomly because of how everyone says they're always exhausted. Apparently not. FML
Today, my boyfriend had an appointment he had to wait months for, after he finally agreed to try to figure out what's making him so tired all the time. He slept through it. FML
Today, I had the class clown of my preschoolers oversleep our daily 15-minute nap. Not wanting to spare any more class time on his disrupting jokes, I let the headache sleep. After another 10 minutes we called an ambulance. He had a stroke. FML
Today, I discovered I have narcolepsy. During a driving test. FML
Today, I'm doing the school run. I went to bed early and took a sleeping pill for my insomnia so I could be productive. Even if I could sleep past my partner snoring like a cave bear with sinus infection, it turns out that my sleeping pills make me hyper. The next person who says ADHD is fun is getting slapped. FML
Today, I set practically ten alarms because I absolutely could not oversleep for an important appointment. I woke up two hours early, panicked that I'd missed it, and couldn't fall back asleep. I spent the entire appointment looking like I hadn't slept at all. FML
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Lia_Mackenzie 4
Yeeeeeeeeaaaaahh, you're the kind of person I fear achieving a medical degree. ...You DO know you're allowed to read (and pay attention to) the case files...right?
juche 3
Wow, next time, read the patient's chart before going to meet with him. If we nursing students can do it, surely you medical students can do it too.
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Comments (148)
Neferria 0
I don't get why they stopped to look at you. It was a pun. They should have laughed. They must be really uptight.
Yatta_fml 0
What's the big deal? Just bad timing and you didn't know. On top if that I HIGHLY doubt he missed and was late for that reason... It's not like they fall asleep all the time.
InfiniteSunshine 32
Except that's literally what narcolepsy is, uncontrollable sleep attacks at any time in the day that cause you to pass out, sometimes for hours at a time, because you physically can't make your body get up or stay awake. To give perspective, the attacks are equivalent to an epileptic having a seizure. It's completely plausible they missed for that reason, actually many narcoleptics miss important appointments due to their disorder because they're exhausted all the time. A narcoleptic's exhaustion is the same as a regular person trying to function normally after going without sleep for 2-3 days.
tblack147 0
Why must we be so politically correct people grow up if people make fun of a defect of yours suck it up. Plus it makes for a boring life if you can't take a joke and have to run to ur mommy all the time.
U_idiot 1
Shouldn't you know that?
yahyahgirl18 0
Dont really see how this a fml life moment. More like haha moment. You take your self to seriously.
athos1237 4
HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! YDI for being an ass! Students are supposed to study, like . . . oh I don't know . . . maybe the patient's file so you don't say something stupid.
oopsyipooped 0
EIGHTYSECOND!
toughluck08 0
If you were to be doing his assessment, wouldn't you have known before hand that he had narcolepsy? So YDI for being dumb. Also, I highly doubt anyone got upset/mad about it. I'm sure plenty of people laughed. I know I would have.
hahah567 0
hahahahaha thats funny i actually laughed at this one
zolziski 11
Surely if he was taking a "crack" at his patient he would have had to know that he suffered from narcolepsy? It was just an unfortunate choice in expression.