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Originally Posted by NuckingFutz
I know I have been writing on this site a lot about my sister and the troubles we have had living together.
When I moved here, I was told she had seizures. Once here I found they were non-epileptic (no electrical energy going haywire in her brain). And of course she has already had migranes before that. She also has been into the plastic surgery.
So over the past several months I have been observing her and when she would get sick and low and behold I started to see a pattern. This is when I began to suspect she had munchausen's. She's even on disability now.
When my sister gets sick, I use to be right there by her side or calling 911 or getting the whole family involved. Now I am learning to leave things be. It works and it makes sense. And you know, if I don't cater to her, she doesn't get "sick" as much...
Anyone else here on this site have a family member with munchausen's syndrome? If there is, I'd appreciate a shout out as other than ignoring her being sick, I'd like to connect with someone who has had some experience with this.
Having bipolar and dealing with her can be really trying at times.
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here munchausen's is when someone gains attention by projecting illnesses on their children, friends and family.. example a mother with this will constantly take her children to the doctors and hospitals claiming the children are sick. some even go so far as to make the child sick in all kinds of ways so that the child may need surgeries to correct the damage caused by the parent under the disguise of illnesses.
here when a person believes they are sick and does things that will make them selves sick is called being a hypochondriac.
question do you mean she is a hypochondriac (which is someone who has a need to be sick) or do you mean she has a need for others to be sick in order for her to gain attention which is munchausen's syndrome.
I must caution you that self diagnosing relatives can end up in disasters. there may be other factors that you are not privy to and cannot see during your observations because you are not her treatment providers.
Also .. there is such a thing as having non epileptic seizures. its called psychogenic seizures and its caused by all kinds of real mental and physical health problems like dehydration, poor diet, stress, high blood pressure, high sugar, low sugar levels, medications can also cause this to happen. Alcohol, drugs, smoking... theres all kinds of things both physiological and mental that can be causing your sister to have them. for some people its a hereditary factor like high blood pressure accompanied by non epileptic seizures is passed down in some families that I know.
pschogenic seizures are a very real medical problem just like epilepsy is. here is some information about non epileptic seizures -
http://www.drugs.com/cg/non-epileptic-seizures.html
