My son is 30 and mentaly ill. His mom desplays all the criteria for munchhausen by proxy. I need some advice on how to help him deal with this issue. She seens to do all she can to keep him ill. He does very well when he is taking his mends.
2006-08-13 09:58:47 · 6 answers · asked by cbmw95 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I was made his consecrator last year, but he is no longer conserved so he can go and do what he wants. No he does not live with her. But she interferes with his meds. She tells him he does not need them. It does get complicated.
2006-08-14 08:17:45 · update #1
Munchhausen by Proxy is a very mis/over-diagnosed illness these days. What is the entire story here? If your son lives with her full-time and he's 30 years old, who knows what her experience is with everything...that situation would take it's toll on anyone. If your experience is that she is or always has been unstable and she might be hurting him (keeping him ill), you can and should intervene for everyone's sake here. Since you don't mention your entire situation, it's not clear whether he can live with you for a while, or if part or full time care can be established for him, to help make sure he stays on his meds, etc. If your X does have major emotional issues, she needs help as much as your son does. Even if you're not comfortable making sure this happens, is there someone in your life who can mediate this and make sure everyone gets the help they need? Good luck!
2006-08-13 10:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by AMac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.med-help.net/Munchhausen.html
"Munchhausen Syndrome: Repeated fabrication of physical illness - usually acute,
dramatic and convincing - by a person who wanders from hospital to hospital to hospital and doctor to doctor for treatment. Patient actually may have ingested or injected substances (poison) so they can seek medical attention. ...."
"Munchhausen Syndrome By Proxy: or MSBP is a bizarre variant in which a child is used as a surrogate patient . The parent falsifies history and may injure the child to simulate a disease. The parent seeks medical care for the child and always appears to be deeply concerned and overly protective. The child is often seriously ill, and requires frequent hospitalization and may even die. MSBP is very hard to detect. MSBP victims may undergo numerous lab tests, multi medication trials, and surgical procedures that aren't really needed.
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What other medical procedures were prescribed for your son. Why was he prescribed medication.
Judging from what is said at the website/page linked above, it sounds as if a person with such an illness needs anti-psychotic drugs for schizoid euphoria, an abnormally highly driven ego need to self righteousness through proof of anothers evilness or gross incompetency. Apparently such people have their theories proven on regular basis, thereby propelling the illness along. Self doubt is non-existent, the suppression for its anxiety continuously successful with intermitent loss of orientation (anxiety attack) and euphoria (possibly endorphine production from adrenaline performance). An experimental treatment suggestion: the patient needs perpetual or continuous physical excersize to rechannel the endorphine production to other memory process's. This procedure would fail if other naturopathic neuro-chemicalls are envolved that operate independently of muscular-chemo activity.
2006-08-13 14:07:02 · answer #2 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your x companion needs help at recent till now it escalates into some thing worse than in simple terms preserving him ill. try to set up a hidden digicam someplace and checklist her habit on action picture. Then once you will get her aside, instruct her the tape of regardless of she's doing and confront her with it. If she nonetheless denies her habit, pass to a distinctive kinfolk member and enlist their help. For the sake of your son, please act directly. good luck.
2016-10-02 00:58:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to stay away from mommy in every way possible! If you see he's doing well with the meds maybe you can take him in or just keep her the hell away from him!
2006-08-17 06:54:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't help this person yourself they need professional help beyond your control. You need to turn it over to the right facility and let them handle her before she does more harm. This is a very serious mental condition. Please seek help from the right people that can help you.
2006-08-14 06:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by j_lynn_1973 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She needs Mental Help..seek it fast before she kills him!
2006-08-13 10:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋