Thankyou for this video….it has really helped me. I was in hospital with pneumonia a d sepsis, I had delirium the memories stay ,but you dear folks helped me understand xx
It was the most terrifying experience I have ever lived through, following major stomach surgery it was 2 days after the surgery and i was well on the way to recovery, my family were home in bed,.I made a promise to those beings that I would never tell all that happened that night.The nursing staff changed shift and they sewed replacement stitches to renew the tubes I had tried to rip out in order to free myself from drips and other hospital equipment that had been attached to me, so that I would be able to run down to the street and get help to escape even though i was bleeding profusely. I am due to have knee surgery within the next year and I am very afraid of the post op possibilities.
So sorry you experienced this. Many have. Thankfully in 2024 some hospitals and doctors are trying to find out cause because many with suffer delirium go on to get dementia! Or PTSD. Some say the patient is being sent too deeply in the anaesthesia. Being terrified of drowning or being killed experience often causes patients to have longer hospital stays. Patients need sleep, they need to be taken off so much benzos, they need to have people they know to get them back into reality, and get them out of bed as soon as possible after surgery. They need to see sunlight and get patient back to normal circadian rhythms. The public really doesn't know about PICUS/delirium.
I was in StBartholomews in London, UK, to have major open-heart surgery. I had serious delirium and it was terrifying. I caused a lot of damage in the hospital and scared a lot of nurses. It was a living knightmare.
Thank you! What happened to you WAS real, just not in regards to scientific inquiry. Mind is body body is mind. I'm crying. There are people fighting for this, believe it. ICU delirium is the new frontier of risk prevention
i spent many days in a coma due to encephalitis all this time i was in Egypt being mummified because before i became ill i had been watching a series on Egypt. But it became total panic when i was buried alive .and no one could tell i was still alive. I was being kept in a coma to stop me fitting I'm fine now but those monsters will always be in my head.
thank you for sharing this emotional statement, my father is "recovering" from a brain infarct and bleeding atm and a lot of what you said was important for me/us to hear. I hope you have a long and happy life !
Hey everyone I have decided I am finally ready to talk about what happend to me during my septic shock and coma. I started writing a blog and wanted to invite you all to view it and share and FOLLOW with your stories as well. Deliriumdayz.blogspot.com
I was in a coma in the icu for weeks and I too had really horrific deliriums. Glad you are alive to share your story and here’s to us never having to go through that again 😊
My girlfriend is having this problem. It's very strange and it actually began in ICU. She hasn't been in ICU for over a month. Still in the hospital for various issues. But began having delusions and paranoia so bad that is was scary
The only therapy is time and human kindness and touch. Reassurance of loved ones. Some elements of the experience may last a lifetime but the person will never admit it.
