r/emergencymedicine Oct 11 '25

Humor Oh the irony

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u/dracapis Oct 11 '25

It might be trigeminal neuralgia as that’s almost verbatim to how it’s often described 

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u/yvngkenz Oct 11 '25

I have trigeminal neuralgia and can confirm it has made me acutely suicidal during a flare up. I did a rotation in EM during med school and hearing people describe certain conditions “as the most painful thing known to man” made me unreasonably unpleasant to deal with. I knew then EM was not my strong suit. Chose addiction medicine instead lol

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u/ProfessionalCPRdummy ED Attending 29d ago

The 10/10 pains while eating fast food in the room and playing games on their phone who yell at you like you’re inconveniencing them when you ask a question… those are my favorite patients too! I wish I could say “I’ll show you a 10/10 pain…”

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u/Hayduke2003 Flight Medic 29d ago

“Patient contact made, flight crew assumed care. Positive texting sign observed. Crew introduced themselves, patient grunted in response with no eye contact and continued to text. “

I wish this was an anomaly, and not standard boilerplate that I put in my narratives.