Christina Ledford BSN, RN

DRESS Syndrome can change people's lives, often unexpectedly. DRESS survivor Christina Ledford shares personal insights into what she wishes she had known about DRESS Syndrome

My reaction to the medication modafinil started as a rash. Not an itching one, but a burning one — like a sunburn hiding under my skin. I felt pain, acute pain, and I was medically dismissed. Even when the fever followed and nothing brought it down, the medical response was the same: minimal testing, patronizing words, and a conviction that I was just being hysterical.