My elderly mom did not know she suffering from a urinary tract infection. It causes sudden change in mental status. She started to panic over a pain in her arm. The Dr. in the ER who does not know my mom from a whole in the wall, did not test for a UTI, he just thought she was having a panic attack and prescribed Xanax. Within 24 hours my mother started having a psychotic break with extreme paranoia and also fixated on death. Her own doctor could do nothing but send her to the hospital and had no privileges there, so my mom's own doctor had zero to say about her care.
Back in the ER they put her in the psych unit and the devil doctors loaded her with meds and diagnosed bi-polar disorder (which she never had in her life) and loaded her poor elderly body up with benzos, halidol and lithium, turning her into a drooling zombi. Realizing she had a UTI they also gave her anti-biotics, finally. After her insurance maxed out, she was judged "okay" and sent on her way home by the devil docs. She was in bed 20 hours a day, totally weakened and dazed and drinking 2 quarts of water as an effect of the lithium nightmare drug. I eventually got her to a really good Psychiatrist unaffiliated with Demon Hosp Del Webb and he took her off all the meds. Said she never was bi-polar. His diagnosis was sudden mental problem due to UTI, and then exacerbated by benzos (xanax and adavan) ordered in the hospital to keep her calm and meek ala the snake pit. Once she was out of the demon docs' hands and off the meds she came back to her old self.
What a nightmare, I would not wish this on anyone. Elderly people are being given drugs that their old bodies cannot handle and treated like a meal ticket for this ghoulish institution.
Beware.
Pros: none - pretty?
Cons: bad docs, bad staff, bad admin, personal doc cannot visit
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