You did the right thing to reach out to your support network. Keep in contact with them. Are you considering suicide? Do you have a plan? If so you need to go back to the ER and get help for those thougths and plans.
It would be nice if they would teach doctors to have a better bed side manner eh? Some are aweful, cold, dry and condescending. They are human and make mistakes. If that pain keeps up, so back to the ER. You can always ask to see another doctor rather than the first one.
Hope you are feeling better

Well said, Crazy Canuk.

We are here for you, ladydi. Deep breaths. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. Small steps.

I am so sorry that you had this bad experience. Where I live, it can be common to not get adequate care in the Emergency Room. Sometimes, I leave there; almost feeling like a criminal; when I have done nothing but asked for medical help.
You are lucky to have support. Keep your support in place. When panicking, try blowing out with your lips---like you are blowing the bad feelings away. Good luck.

Can you separate in your mind 1. your tummy trouble, 2. your inadequate ER treatment, 3. your emotional distress?

My regular doc put me back on my current anxiety med because of an ER induced panic attack that didn't let up when I got home. So feeling abused by an ER is something that unfortunately happens to other people too. It is not your fault or your weakness.

Luckily you were able to leave there so you can now pursue another more effective treatment. How is your tummy now? We want to make sure it and you are OK. Do you need to find a different source of medical care? If you get real bad you can call paramedics and hopefully just go to a different ER, and get treated for your panic as well as your abdomen.

To me your frustration and fear are understandable. Try and be a good loving care giver to yourself. I try and separate off the panicking emotional part of me in my head, and attempt to be my own protector/ good mommy with the more rational part of my brain. Don't know if that makes sense, but you are the one who needs to protect you.

Anything involving hospitals and medical stuff can trigger me. It is that out of control feeling that usually starts it. I hope you start to feel better soon.

i worked for years as a hospital chaplain at a major big city trauma center. The fact that I myself am I PTSD recovery really helped me in ER work when folks came in and were in the shape you were in. But I found my co-workers, the doctors, came in all kinds just like all humans do. One of the highest up doctors in the place, a brain surgeon, was awesomely compassionate and helped me help people all the time. And then there were some doctors who I suspect had worked with trauma in the ER so long they were burnt out and may have gotten PTSD themselves, untreated. They were people I had to come after to pick up the pieces with people because of their poor bedside manner.

The good thing is that you can come here and confirm you're not paranoid and it's not your imagination. We can fix the fact that people come in all kinds out there, but all kinds does mean the kind you have here, the kind that understand. Keep coming back!

I got a post card from my abuser 3 days ago where I now work and had a panic attack over that myself. Coming here has helped me come down from it these last 3 days. Hope it works for you, too. I hope the pain in you stomach subsides. If you need to go back to the hospital, hopefully there's another ER you can choose. Take care and let us know how things go here. We care.

Forgive me for trying to diagnose you, but I used to get severe stomach pain all the time when I was young, and panic attacks too. I've learned since that emotional stress can cause the inner plumbing to constrict and trap gas. That can be extremely painful.

This might all be part of the same reaction to stress. I'm not saying that's what it is...just that it might be that. Try doing something to calm yourself down, if you have anything like that. I know that's not always possible.

I've learned how to do that with meditation but it's not something I can explain. It's an ability you learn with practice, like learning to ride a bike.

I had so many problems with my digestive tract when I was living at home. I got away from my dysfunctional home life and most of it cleared up.

Yes, like Richie I don't want to diagnose, but my own stomach problems decreased when I got away from PTSD-triggering-people and on my own. It's never perfect, though, I suppose. The trigger from my abuser's postcard rippled through the week. Today I'm still headachy and tired, even though I've slept a lot. Lots of dreams, so I wake up tired.

I give myself space when I have been triggered, let life slow down. I don't isolate and I don't want to fall into depression. But I picture my mind and body working hard to repair a tear in the fabric of my present life by an intrusion from the past. Be good to yourself.