He's sure you could, but all in all isn't it best to leave this sort of thing to the professionals when they're available and genuinely interested in helping you?

"Just...please remain calm, alright?" Doctor McCoy isn't on duty right now, so hopefully he won't be in Sickbay. That would be a spectacular mess, to understate things dramatically. "Please. Just remember, no one here is out to harm you."

Well. Doctor McCoy wasn't going to be happy, but...