Stimming whilst in a hospital bed?

Bit of an update. Had a similar experience last night, with out warning I was woken in the small hours by a lady in all black including some head dress, wanting to too do another arterial blood test (a very painful procedure. This time I got super agitated and refused the procedure. So early in the morning and all in black it felt like the Grim Reaper had appeared. Unfortunately I had a bit of a meltdown and the nurses tried to calm me and keep me still. Obviously stopping me stimming had the complete opposite reaction to what they desired. I ended up rocking on the bed until morning when my wife arrived. We had combined chat with the day sister, explaining about stimming. She wanted to get my blood oxygen up and was amazed that I achieved this by tapping my whole leg whist doing an evil sudoku. My wife phoned the Learning Disability and Autism lead to explain what had happened. He the emailed the Matron who then paid us a visit. She was super nice, very understanding and much more aware of stimming. The outcome was the staff were all briefed and a review/ update of the training staff received. My wife has also order me some more fidget toys to see if they might help. Thanks for all your input and support

Pleased to hear your update - a good effort by all involved. 

Hope the remainder of your hospital visit proves to be a more manageable experience.

Pleased to hear your update - a good effort by all involved. 

Hope the remainder of your hospital visit proves to be a more manageable experience.

Thanks, me too. It does raise an interesting issue, surely the NHS needs to be better integrated. Creating an artificial barrier between physical and mental health isn't helpful. It's no good treating physical symptoms if in the process you break the mental ones.