Munchausens syndrome by proxy?

I am concerned about a mother who comes to my chatroom for autism and related conditions.

She says her eight year old son is taking 10 different medications every day, strong drugs like risperdal, clonidine, diazepam, ritalin, zoloft and others. Also that he has 7 different medical diagnoses, such as ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, pseudo parkinsons, and others.

She works as a medication aid, and has trained to be a nurse, when she was young she spent a lot of time ill in hospital herself.

She doesn't seem concerned at the amount of medications, he has been taking them since he was 6.

Does it sound worrying? Could she have MSBP?

[b] :( I also am very concerned of a young mother who seems to have munchausen by proxy. She used to talk about how she is always afraid she was catching a new disease, and was going to the doctor for all sorts of things. This girl also had a baby that died of cancer. The girl got pregnant when she was about 15 years of age. She bragged of eating and craving of gasolene and eating washing detergent while she was pregnant. The child died when she was suppose to have been in remission but then had to have bone marrow transplant, the child soon died. The mother stayed with her but yet when she was with her she seemed indifferent regarding tests. She never cried or seemed concerned unless someone asked about the child then she would talk as though the child was still living. After a couple of years the woman married and had another little girl. She is constantingly taking her to the doctor but the reasons are usually because she does not feed her properly or clothe her properly so then she gets sick. She exposes her in situations where she is exposed to different germs and viruses. The child has been sick so many times with lung infections and sometimes the doctors do not understand why the child is not getting better. Most people who sees the child outside the home thinks she has the best of care. The mother stays with her in the hospital never leaving her as though she wants the staff to recognize she is a wonderful mother. Outside the home she is different unless other people are around where she can get attention. The mother also took classes on nurse training and also took classes on being a better mom. When the doctor prescribes medications she does not give the medication to the child or the dosage is small that she does give. The child ends up in the hospital again and never really gets better. The little girl appears scared many times but very devoted to the mother yet acts as though she would stay with you forever and not even mention the mothers name unless someone else does. The mother does not want anyone to get close to the child and tells the child not to eat outside the home even though the child may be staying away for a couple of nights. She is calling to talk to the child and once the she talks to the child, the little girl stops eating altogether after you have finally convinced the child to eat. The child has had some unidentifiable marks on her torso and sometimes acts as though she is in pain. The child will lie for her mother on the smallest of things even though she knows not to lie. This has been reported to social services but they advise unless the child tells them something there is little they can do. What do you think?
The father works all the time and really does not want to believe that his little girl is being mistreated by her mother,however, they are now going through a divorce due to the mother having an affair. The court has given him tempary joint costody and the lawyers drag their feet. I am so concerned but I do not know what to do as I do not think this mental illness is something people in our area gives thought to...[/b]

monk you know an awful lot about everthing this lady and her child are doing who are you to her it almost sounds as though you are talking in third person if iam wrong please correct me

MSbP is easily diagnosed onec it is accepted that the caregiver/parent may have problems
this sixteen point checklist diagnoses MSbP.

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