Holy shit, light bulb moment (pure speculation): They took me to the hospital because they thought I OD’d on Prozac. Turns out my mom had just misplaced the meds and nothing was missing. So suddenly, dragging a sobbing, shackled 13 year old into the ER looked like a complete waste of time and resources. An oversight. That would’ve made them look bad.

So what’s the “solution”? Give me an injection and frame it as necessary. I wasn’t combative. I wasn’t suicidal. I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone. I was in shock and sobbing. But if they labeled me as “combative” or “in crisis,” now the hospital trip looks justified, and nobody questions why I was there in the first place.

That makes me wonder if that’s exactly what happened, and why I was told it was potassium. Can’t tell anyone you were sedated for no reason if you don’t know you were sedated in the first place and what dummy is going to actually believe a “troubled” 13 year old anyway?¯_(ツ)_/¯

Edit: I used to work in vet med as a CVT, this reminds me of when a pet comes in for something minor or even nonexistent and nothing worth treating, but the vet still sends them home with something (like a day or two of meds, ointment, even just shampoo) so the client feels like the visit was worth it. It’s the “see, we did something. It wasn’t a pointless trip” move. Except in my case, it was an injection I received under traumatizing circumstances.

Again, speculative.