News of Factitious Disorders

Hi,

I am pleased to eventually found others like me :)

I had a fall in Jan 11 leaving me with what everyone thought was a brain injury, showing symptoms but clear scans etc.

Well I have a left sided hemi-plegia (my left side is very weak) I use a wheelchair, struggle with the cognitive side of life (I cant explain how to make a meal) as ...

Hi there,

I posted on this forum in Fall 2012 about an awful series of lies I told that ended up putting one person into a crappy situation. Honestly, I unloaded all of my thoughts and guilt here and never checked back for the replies because I was terrified that it would be a lynch mob. I should've known better considering this is a forum for people with similar issues but... I don't know, I ...

Yes, yes, it's another person wondering if they might have this. I mean, I hesitate to even ask, because I've been diagnosed with enough already, so do I really want to add another thing to the list? But I find myself lying all the time, or over exaggerating to get people to pity me or pay attention to me. I've never done this before, but just in the past year I've been to the doctor ...

Hi all,

i'm another person who doesn't seem to be able to stay above FD. Every time I let it consumed me, lying to selective people who's shown true care and concern for me. It's amazing that I managed to get away with my lies this far. It started since 15 years ago, and it comes in waves, sometimes with a gap of 5 years. I thought I was back to my normal life, then ...

Hello, I'm very new to this but i need help knowing what I have.
For a while now I have believed to have a mixture of mental disorders.
At school when I was young I was bullied over a long period of time, harshly unfairly and constantly.it was never physical but always hurt me. I was the target for comments about my ethnicity,my beliefs my opinions and my personality. I never did anything or told ...

(I previously posted this under the psychotic section, and one of the answerers referred me to this forum)

So for about the past year or so, maybe like December 2012, I started getting severe panic attacks. I was put on Prozac which has been helping a lot. I tend to read up on a large variety of different diseases, and sometimes I subconsciously want to have a serious illness. I know that sounds bad, and ...

Hi,

My wife and I have been married for over 18 years and we have been together for about 19. In that time she has never really been well. Never had a job, never driven a car and always been semi-dependant on support.

Now, I have read a lot of accounts here about people with MS and most seem to be much more overt and more intense than my wife. This makes it hard to ...

HI everyone,
I'm new to this whole forum, unfortunately I see I could be posting on a lot of the forums on this website. I suffer from dysthymia with bouts of major depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, anorexia and factitious disorder. I'm embarrassed to admit that I have factitious disorder but I'm hoping that by being part of this forum now will help me to understand myself better and to get myself to right kind ...

I saw this board and what it was about and /immediately/ felt anxious and guilty. So,,, i pushed further, searching my very foggy memories as to why it made me feel this way. I saw a mod was answering questions, so i thought i would give it a try.

This is a really complex question so please read all of it.

I'm pretty sure i don't experience Munchausen anymore, because i find it extremely disrespectful ...

Hi All,

I'll try and keep this short but I could do with some thoughts and feedback..first some background:

I suspect that my wife's sister has munchausen's syndrome. She's apparently always been a jealous type since childhood; always keen to get one over on my now wife.

My wife is now in her mid 40's, her sister has just turned 40. I'll call her "Z" for anomymity. She's morbidly obese and has a low self ...