WTF? Job has lost his mind

[Lamp]

The brain is a very complicated piece of kit

Aye.

Some ppl are lucky; they are born with their furniture already made, delivered, and in perfect condition
Others obviously shopped at Ikea and continue to try to assemble their flat-packs with no tools and half the screws missing

 

[Zenith.UK]

Sounds to me like you had a TIA when you had your lapse.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Transient-ischaemic-attack/Pages/Introduction.aspx

I've known a couple of people suffer in similar ways to yourself. Feel odd or can't remember something, then you're fine later on.

 

[opticle]

A TIA's usually motor / sensory / speech, though it could have been. Sounds a bit more like an absence seizure, which could have happened +/- TIA I guess - though I think you're a bit young for a TIA, if it was, you're unlucky :/

 

[Job]

They partly guessognised as a local partial seizure followed by a total seizure, couldn't find anything wrong so I'm not under and meds or even need to go back at all.
Going through sueing Police for damages to my arms and face.

 

[Mabs]

Going through sueing Police for damages to my arms and face.

get a tshirt that says "if im having a seizure and have lost control of my body and am acting strangely please leave me alone on a main road or ill sue you"

 

[Job]

Point taken, though there's a big difference between restraining someone who's having a fit and five coppers slamming my face on the floor then carrying me hogtied style and dumping me on the floor of the ambulance and watching me regain consciousness as I ripped my arms to bits on the handcuffs.

 

[opticle]

Aye, that's generally considered to be not particularly helpful.. :/

 

[TdC]

ouch

 

[Mabs]

Point taken, though there's a big difference between restraining someone who's having a fit and five coppers slamming my face on the floor then carrying me hogtied style and dumping me on the floor of the ambulance and watching me regain consciousness as I ripped my arms to bits on the handcuffs.

oh granted, but like people on odd drugs, if your body is on "autopilot" then you dont know how much of a struggle you could put up

 

[Tilda]

Point taken, though there's a big difference between restraining someone who's having a fit and five coppers slamming my face on the floor then carrying me hogtied style and dumping me on the floor of the ambulance and watching me regain consciousness as I ripped my arms to bits on the handcuffs.

What should they have done then?
From their perspective, you'd just driven through a road-barrier, were a bit mental and for all they knew you were on drunks etc? What is a more reasonable response? Drugies, or those with brain injuries sometimes need to be restrained or sedated - police officers are very good at doing this to druggies but perhaps less so on the latter group. What should they have done?

 

[Raven]

Police are very good at being utter dicks too.

 

[Job]

TBH I wasn't going to bother , but the consultant and my Doctor were horrified by the injuries and urged me to sue.

 

[opticle]

TBH I wasn't going to bother , but the consultant and my Doctor were horrified by the injuries and urged me to sue.

Fair play

 

[pikeh]

and what % are the doctors taking?

Sorry, but you have no idea what state you were in because...you can't remember. For all you know, you could have tried running back onto a motorway or something shitty, risking the lives of more people.

 

[Job]

I did actually get out of the car, but witnesses said I just stood there with my head down, foaming at the mouth, though I don't remember a thing, the Police jumped me and forced my hands up my back, at that point I resisted so they face slammed me and carried me to the ambulance by the handcuffs.

 

[pikeh]

In hindsight its easy to look back and say 'Yeh they were fucking harsh' or whatever, but really, they just didn't know how you were going to react if you were that out of it.

 

[Job]

Yeah, I'm not going after the individuals in anyway, just I think there should be a better procedure for restraining someone who isn't in control of their senses, handcuffs rip you to bits.

 

[Scouse]

At what point does a "face slam" by five cops equal "restraint"?

 

[cHodAX]

Agreed, it was overkill as is often the case when police are restraining people.

 

[opticle]

and what % are the doctors taking?

I'm not sure what kind of country you are coming from, but I'm pretty sure Doctor's don't take any kind of percentage on this kind of thing..?

 

[pikeh]

Its tin hat time!

I work in insurance. There was a doctor recently who got collared for making £800k from fake whiplash claims by providing false med reports. Different situation here but it shouldn't be a doctors job to tell someone to sue.

 

[opticle]

Its tin hat time!

I work in insurance. There was a doctor recently who got collared for making £800k from fake whiplash claims by providing false med reports. Different situation here but it shouldn't be a doctors job to tell someone to sue.

It's a Doctor's duty to give evidence, same as any witness - I don't think you're paid for this. I'm guessing here he took bribes from patients for signing their forms rather than took any kind of fee for giving evidence ?

I'm fairly sure Job isn't successfully bribing his admitting doctors..

 

[pikeh]

Well yeh, it was a snide joke.

Yes they can give evidence but they shouldn't give legal advice.

 

[opticle]

True, but they do have to report children they're concerned about when there's the possibility of abuse or wrongdoing, or vulnerable adults if they're worried they're being taken advantage of - and they give (legal) advice to family members in those kinds of situations too. Likewise they give advice to drivers (esp. HGVs) suffering from epilepsy. That's a little more involvement than just giving evidence.

I don't think people would like seeing a doctor who says "Sorry, I can't give you advice".