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Originally Posted by Cstultz
I'm not sure we are following each other. I've been in touch with 2 of the most well-known experts in the area of facticious disorder. Facticious disorders can vary. Facticious disorders do not stand alone. According to what you're saying.. anyone with facticious disorder is completely making any other diagnosis up. I personally have never falsified a mental disorder. I have falsified or embellished physical disorders. My question about them co-existing is based on me feeling as if I'm on autopilot and have become someone I'm typically not when I am presenting an illness. To me, that is a form of dissociation.
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again - you can find information on Factitious Disorder in the DSM 5 TR on page 367.
if you further read the dissociative section in the DSM 5 TR pages 329-348 you will see for yourself that they do not co-exist one rules out the other. (Having factitious disorders whether its medical or mental, rules out having real dissociation problems, symptoms, behaviors and having real dissociation problems, symptoms behaviors rule out having factitious disorders they stand alone now. one rules out the other.
we cannot tell you whether specific symptoms, problems and behaviors is dissociation or not because the public no longer has access to that information. it is only in the hands of treatment providers.
like already stated above there is a new mental health standard worldwide (the DSM 5 TR) where discussing dissociation specific symptoms, problems and behaviors in media aka the internet forums, groups now disqualify them as a dissociation problem, symptom or behavior.
as a result, good forums, groups and so forth on the internet are moving .....away ......from such discussions.
for discussions about specific dissociation symptoms, problems, behaviors and disorders in you or pertaining to dissociative disorders, symptoms, problems, behaviors you will need to contact yours or a treatment provider and discuss those things with them.