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PRESCRIPTION FOR MADNESS: Y&R's Melody Thomas Scott's Harrowing Account Of Her Health Crisis!

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I knew we hadn’t seen the last of Ian Ward!
OMG, that sounds so scary. I am so happy she is feeling more like herself. As a nurse who worked for years in a doctor’s office, any thing is possible when it comes to side effects of medication. As a women who has had to take medicine in the past, I’m usually one of the 1% side effects happen too. So I try my best to not take anything. Some people are what I call very sensitive to medication.
Dear Melody I am so sorry this happened to you. I also had steroid psychosis nine years ago when I nearly died anyway with a flesh-eating bacteria. The stupid dermatologists never tapered the steroids. It was hell, you know you are crazy but you don’t know why and you’re sick and so you take the meds the doctors give you. I begged them to stop the morphine they also gave me – I felt like my leg was on fire – and with the steroids and the disease I had, I lost 35 pounds down to 80 pounds in three… Read more »
I’m sorry Marcia, that you have to go though all of that. Fortunately I’ve never had to deal with that or hard a bad reaction to medication, but you never know! Glad you are feeling better. And yes, thank goodness for our babies, our pets!! Godspeed.
I had no idea she was going through such a horrible nightmare. This is a very scary cautionary take which everyone needs to take note of (that is, not just Y&R fans).
She tells her story very well–thank you for posting it–it’s important.
May she be on the road to wellville.
Glad she is on the mend, but it makes no sense that MTS didn’t have a “personal physician” she sees regularly. I’m sure she has great healthcare insurance.
I am a psychiatric nurse. I have seen steroids cause psychosis in a few patients, skimming through this article I wonder if that is what happened?
Poor Melody I really feel for her.
I went through a series of medical misdiagnoses for years after a ruptured appendix and subsequent complications, as well as terrible reactions to the nasty antibiotic Levaquin.
I still have issues now 10 years later and it is very difficult especially when so many doctors do not seem to listen to their patients.For the most part, the most help that I have received has been from nurses, nurse practitioners, and mostly my guardian angels.
Love and hugs to Melody and hope things continue to improve.
Wow! I am aghast. I have a myriad of thoughts running through my head right now. First, I have to say it, I really dislike how $$$ and fame can get you to the head of the class. Even when my type 1 diabetic husband is brought in on the ambulance, he has to wait for a room. I don’t know what Melody expects with the medical community these days. It is not all their fault, but they do not have enough time to consult with their patients. At least that has been mine and my husband’s experience. Another thing… Read more »
where in what she wrote did it say that she was taken right away in the ER because of “”$$$ and fame”””? That is a mighty big assumption on your part.
Really?! Come on! “Though I learned later that it was an hour’s wait for patients that morning, they took me right away” Then there was the part about how she got let in the back of “Dr. Smith’s” so she would not be bothered or something along the lines.: “They snuck me in the back of the medical building so that I would have privacy.” Please, I love Melody as much as the next person, I really do, but you have to admit that she has INFLUENCE. If it were not for her celebrity, than it was her husband’s. I… Read more »
Well, I would argue with you about her using her $$ and fame to get to the head of the class. Seems she waited way too long to finally go to a doctor. She had a fever, severe non-stop coughing, was pale & had no energy. The state she was in, I wouldn’t want her to go into the front looking like that. Somebody in the waiting could just snap a photo of her & send it the National Enquirer so they can announce she’s dying! Also, maybe she was more ill than the others in the waiting room? In… Read more »
And to answer the other question, no, I cannot see anyone else in the role of Nikki Newman. I just saw Jessica Tuck in the 90s movie, SECRETARY. I have not seen or heard from her in a long time.
Bless you for sharing such a personal story. My goodness, such an ordeal and very little help (or compassion) from medical staff. I hope and pray that your in depth account of this horrible ordeal will catch the attention of people prepared to carry this forward, and initiate changes. Lastly, so glad you have now recovered and we will have our Nikki back!!!
I hope Melody can find a doctor she trusts. It’s important, if for no other reasons than you need them for referrals. It’s almost criminal the indifference “Dr. Smith” showed during the ordeal, especially at the hospital. Personally, I use my pharmacists as a reference on over the counter and prescription drugs. They seem to know more than my GP. This is mainly because of the cavalier attitude doctors had about continuing to let me renew prescriptions to oxycodine (sp?) after a surgery. When I found out the addictive quality to this drug I stopped cold turkey. Again, didn’t know… Read more »
ALL drugs have side effects some are minor other life threatening..
As soon as anyone starts to experience an effect, they are to go to the hospital immediately, not wait 3 days or more- immediately]tly..
Her electrolytes had measured in at a straight ZERO and that was a good part of her symptoms/effects of the drugs..
If she would have gone to the hospital, as one is supposed to do, she would have been given a doctor and had tests and avoided most of what she went through..
Lesson learned..
Gosh I totally agree with suOOOO and that must be a Christmas miracle!!! First of all who takes drugs out of a medicine cabinet that have probably expired and second were they even prescribed for her. Not to have a primary physician at her age is stupid do not blame others for your carelessness and please do not tell me she can’t afford health insurance. Sorry had to get that off my chest I am so sick of everybody blaming others for their poor judgement. Happy New Year to all!
So true…agree 100%
I come from Canada so I don’t know much about the U.S.A. doctor/patient care but Melody really needs to get a good family doctor. Not just for when the family maybe sick but also for the history.An example of that is I went into my doctor with a cold & before she gave me anything she checked my file to see what I was allergic too. An ordinary doctor has no idea what your body can or cannot take. God bless her I am so glad she’s well. Melody came to the mall in Ottawa Canada not long ago and… Read more »
I am so sorry to hear Melody has been through such an ordeal. I know her sharing this very personal story will help others. I will be mindful of this story when I am prescribed medications. I will say this, My Husband has had some medical issues that has left me very disappointed in the medical community. I guess naively believing, you have a medical condition, go to the doctor and they figure out how to treat. That is just not always the case. Honestly, I still believe my Husband has underlying issues MANY doctors have not been able to… Read more »
So scary! Medications can really mess you up! Melody’s story is so telling of what is swept under the rug!
Melody
I am so sorry that you had to go through that. It was so terrifying. I thank God you are getting better. I pray that a solution can found.
I think Jessica Tuck would make a great Nikki Newman.
Yes, if you are sick enough you can be taken back to see a doctor immediately. It’s done all the time. Do you think they make people with heart attacks, strokes, or other major problems wait. Hence, EMERGENCY room.
If I were sick as that during first 3 days, my hubby would have in the car on the way to ER before I shut the door lol..
And ALL side effects are included (sheet of paper) with your prescription, you to have read them..
She waited way too long before going for help..
She needs to take responsibility for a good part what she went through..
she could have avoided much of her side effect sickness if she would have went to ER or emergency care from the git-go ..
Well I could see no one taking Nikki place or Victors but im gald to see Nikki Newman back sorry to hear that she had to go through that I love her stay well.
MS. SCOTT SO VERY SORRY YOU EXPERIENCED SUCH A HORRIBLE AS WELL AS UNNECESSARY ORDEAL. GLAD YOU’RE FEELING BETTER & PRAYING FOR YOU.!
Let’s all remember that Melody shared her story with us because she wanted to raise awareness that things like this do in fact happen every day…. She did not have to open up about it with anyone, but she did because she wanted to do something positive in hopes it would help someone else. I personally was not aware of the horrific reactions to steroids with the elderly. I have since read many articles and since I have an elderly mom, I will certainly have that in the forefront of my mind in the future. Finally thank you Michael Fairman… Read more »
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