Hypochodriacs. Do you know any?

[TheJuan-n-Only]

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See, that is an example of why I said it's disturbing, and sad. To go to those lengths and for what? A need for attention? It truly is a mental illness.

It is! My mom has had:

- A few types of cancer (not once on chemo...wow, miracle?)

- Kidney failure (has been border edge dialisys (spel) since I can best rember)

- Passes kidney stones at least once a month

- Fibromyalgia

- and I think she had a heart condition once!

these are just "the big ones"...imagine growin up with that....I grew up @ the hospital! lol

Eventually her mental illness manifested in other ways and to add to it...now her kidneys are really shutting down...this I know since I talked to the doctors personally!

Is a sad situation that I do not wish on anyone!

 

[runsw/scissors]

My mother.... She only feels validated when she is sick.

My mom spent the better part of 18 mos complaining of difficulty moving her her fingers and legs and arms. It started with her right hand, and progressed to her arm and then to her feet and to her legs. Please keep in mind that this woman is just mental on a good day.

She was taken to Dr's many, many of them over this 18 mos. Part of the problem is that her symptoms waxed and waned. We thought she was just being her usual lazy whiny self.



Her cervical vertebrae were crumbling and pinching her spinal cord, causing her paralysis. She had surgery, went to a nursing home and nearly died from bed sores their incompetence caused; it's been over a year now and she MIGHT come home, for awhile anyway, for christmas. She is in hog heaven!! She was right and we were wrong. This woman tells us every chance she gets. She is sooooo happy that something is really wrong with her. It's sickening.

I have rheumatoid arthritis while she has diabetes. I have never forgotten her telling me that she has a painful fatal illness. And no she doesn't have the nerve pain that diabetes can cause. She always has to be sicker than anyone else, always.

I am confident that her surgery would have happened much sooner if she hadn't spent her life enjoying her poor health.

 

[Beekissed]

Actually, that doesn't sound like hypochondria. That sounds as if the lady had a real problem that finally got diagnosed and treated and she is happy to have been proven right about it.

 

[reereechickens]

runswscissors, I know what you are saying! I think it is like almost a contest for them to be sicker! I don't want to win that one. As far as the people who are really sick and the Health profession dropped the ball, that is terrible for you people! I'm talking about the ones that constantly whine, manipulate, jealous,lie,bully, and just love to make people feel bad because they do. Here's some of the illnesses I've had to tolerate:

1. Parasites, in her poop and blood!
2. Thyroid issues
3. Liver issues, her liver panel was elevated, did she tell the Doc she can put down a bottle of wine herself?
4. Pancreatic issues
5. Heart problems, her anxiety she won't admit she has.
I never get to go with her to the Dr. for some strange reason.

Then it spreads in other areas of her life like: somebody is in her home, her computer, and purse. She won't get a security camera to monitor or catch the person. This happens when she missplaces stuff.

Can't get along in the workplace.

Her boyfriend is always cheating on her, happens when she doesn't get the attention she demands.

She loves to critisize(sp) but do it to her, watch out. Let her be wrong she will rarely admit or even talk about it. If I'm wrong it is constantly reminded to me, especially in front of people. I started doing the same to her, she has cut back.

It has taken me a long time and practice and I still have to let some of the crap slide but I'm way better than I used to be

I REALLY feel bad for the people who are misdiagnosed and blown off! Also if you don't have people like this in your family I'm sure it is hard to understand this, stay sweet, so others can watch you and learn.

 

[jessicayarno]

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I was treated like a hypchondriac alot as a kid and young adult and come to find out I had a tumor (the size of a golf ball) behind my eardrum that wasn't found til I was 21 and later dealt with major health problems requiring many surgeries.. I also had mono for 4 months before my doctor would test me for anything, because they didn't believe I had anything wrong with me.. I have had my fair share of illnesses and can say now I feel pretty good, now that I got alot of junk out of my diet.. I try to eat homegrown, organic food as much as possible and hardly ever eat any processed food.. I feel alot of my problem was food allergies and now that we don't eat quick fix foods and our meals are homemade with all natural ingredients I feel great.. I no longer have horrible anxiety and rarely get sick like I use to...

 

[runsw/scissors]

Lol! You'd think... please read that last line in my post. "...I am confident that her surgery would have happened much sooner if she hadn't spent her life enjoying her poor health."

I don't know how it started with her, and frankly don't care, This is perhaps the ONLY instance when she was right and the Dr's were wrong. She "needs" to be sick and sicker than anyone else in order to feel she gets the attention she feels she deserves. Manchausen comes to mind to mind with her diagnosed narcissim. If you have never experienced it, you could NOT possibly understand -- be grateful.




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[Beekissed]

Believe me...I've experienced it. Over and over. Try to be a nurse who is trying to actually help that patient....

 

[dacjohns]

Bee,

I hear you. My concern is the uninformed lay person jumping on the bandwagon and saying so and so is a hypochondriac when they really don't know have a clue. You see this type of behavior all over BYC and SS.

 

[Beekissed]

Yes, I agree!

 

[runsw/scissors]

Totally agree! It's not my place to diagnose anyone, let alone over the internet... It really upsets me to see that too.

Oh Gosh Bee the problems that poor woman has caused for some really top notch nurses! I really am ashamed of her at times.

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