Today, while sleeping as soundly as I could on a plastic mattress, the night shift nurse in the psych ward woke me up in the middle of the night so that I could take my sleeping pill, which was prescribed as "if needed". 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, I woke up after taking the new sleeping pills I was prescribed for my insomnia. I slept for 12 hours and had 5 missed calls from my boss. FML
Today, my water pills are almost identical to my sleeping pills, so not only did I not get any sleep, I had to get up every 15-30 minutes to go to the bathroom. FML
Today, after getting my wisdom teeth pulled, I woke up from a much needed nap realizing I should take my pain medication. My mother then told me she had thrown them out so I wouldn't get addicted and become a drug dealer. FML
Today, I woke up in the hallway. I took a sleeping pill the night before to get a good sleep in for work, but it turns out it was too strong. I got dizzy and passed out on my way to my bed, fell in the hall and chipped my two front teeth, and slept there - straight through work the next day. FML
Today, I’m a nurse on night shift and I went to a daytime family brunch without adjusting my sleep schedule. Halfway through a serious conversation about finances, I nodded off and started dreaming I was charting vitals. I woke up mid-sentence saying, “Blood pressure stable,” to my aunt. FML
Today, after getting home from a twelve-hour shift at work, I got into bed and passed out. My mother soon woke me up, screaming that she could tell I was "fake sleeping" and ignoring her lecture on how I need to stop being so "lazy". FML
Today, after discussing the side-effects of an insomnia aid, my doctor said that making a choice was naturally a difficult one, and that he would only prescribe it to me once I'd had "a good, long sleep on it". He then laughed out loud and called in the next patient. FML
Today, I was prescribed medication to treat the headaches, caused by the medication to treat the lethargy, caused by the medication to treat my crippling nerve pain, without which I'd be stuck in a wheelchair. FML
Today, my daughter has an ear infection and hasn’t slept more than 15 minutes a night for the last three days. Well tonight she was finally asleep, but I needed to take my own tablets. I had a violent coughing fit while choking on them, and woke her up. FML
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
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interesting33 37
oh the irony
routerere 10
Lots of new nurses are so nervous when they start that they do their best to follow protocol. Unfortunately, they forget to do the same with common sense. Typically, they get better with time but not always.
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Comments (9)
Jarl_the_Elite 27
Always a robot. No common sense.
interesting33 37
oh the irony
routerere 10
Lots of new nurses are so nervous when they start that they do their best to follow protocol. Unfortunately, they forget to do the same with common sense. Typically, they get better with time but not always.
Inkoseh 33
Well technically...you were awake when she administered it to you..
Charlie Given 28
Yup that's hospitals for ya just cause they fix you doesn't mean your getting any rest, Everytime I've been in one I had to get out of there because I couldn't ever rest with all the noise , bright rooms and nurses walking in and out of room constantly how do they expect you to rest at all🙄😤
tmj25789 23
well usually if your in a hospital you are there for treatment not rest.
my_way_1213 12
resting heals the body.
tounces7 28
Part of the body healing itself involves getting rest, which is generally very necessary if you've had an operation or anything else that you'd be staying overnight in a hospital for.
Dustin Allen-Duwayne Lakey 16
You got to keep your phone? Those bastards took everything from me when I was in...even playing cards.
Cali 57
All FMLs have to follow the "Today, " format, but a lot of them are posted days/weeks/months/years after they actually occurred.
Septic-Heart-Eyes 5
I have so many questions
tounces7 28
....she woke you up....to give you a sleeping pill. I mean....I fear for other patients if she lacks common sense to that degree.
Madrias 36
"But if we don't give you this, you might not sleep. Not sleeping leads to crazy, and we don't want that, right?"
123_omg 19
What kind of psych ward allowed you to keep your phone so you could post this? They take EVERYTHING personal upon admission.