People claiming diseases are "made up" diseases

Marleysha, thank goodness you found a good doctor who took you seriously! I am glad you are feeling better. I have also found that regular meditation and light exercise helps me a lot! That, and proper nutrition. Feel free to put me on your friends list if you'd ever like to chat with someone else who can relate!

Yes, thanks. I just got it! :-)

Thanks for all of your replies. It's good to know that there are others out there that this bothers as much as it does me.

I wasn't aware of that. That's not right.

Mental disorders, yes, a lot will pay now. But ADHD and dyslexia are considered "learning disabilities", so insurance typically doesn't pay for testing.

That's not what I'm talking about here. I'm talking about people claiming that legitamate illnesses and diseases aren't real. That there is no such thing as them.

I hope you get over the anxiety attacks and get to where you can work again soon. These things are no fun to deal with and especially when people don't even believe they exist.

I understand. These people have no idea how much it hurts to be truly suffering from these illnesses and have people claim there is no such thing. It really infuriates me when they do.

I suffer fibro and depression and ebstein barr. It took years to figure out the fibro and to realize to take blood for ebstein barr. It debilitating and it painful and they are quite real. I really cant stand when people say these or any disease do not exist and that all people need to do is pull it together. The people who say it isn't real usually never suffered it. So they have no idea. I would like them to take a walk one day in my shoes and see how "fake" it really is then come back and tell me how you feel.

I don't assume fake it. I just assume it's a disease that I'm not educated about and seek to learn more about it.

You are so right. I really admired Brooke Shields for coming out and talking about it.

You are right. It's not like you wanted to feel that way either was it?

when i gave birth to my three kids, for a whole month afterwards, i was swept wih feelings of anxiety and hopelessness and fear. i was so emotional that even when the baby cried coz he/she was wet, i cried with her/him. i didn't want my husband to leave me at home, at the same time, i didn't want him around. i imagined all sorts of worse things to happen to my kids from infancy till they've grown. all unfounded, i know now but i couldn't help it. that was how i felt. now, if that isn't postpartum depression, what was it? i sure did not imagine that phase .

I think that's true.

True. The "mentally ill" have always had to deal with the stigma and the disbelief in addition to the struggles they have to go through every day.

That is so true.

Hi Emerald. I can really identify for you. It sounds like your mom didn't understand the difference between sadness and depression. I think that's the problem with a lot of these people claiming these illnesses are made-up, they just can't comprehend how awful they really are. I hope you improve and can get back to the point where you can work again.

You have experienced and as you said, it's very real. What these people don't realize I think, is how much it really hurts when people have these illnesses and people don't even believe they exist! That only hurts us even more! I'm sure if they realized this they wouldn't do it, or I'd like to think they wouldn't anyway.

I'm so glad your mother has been helpful for you. My sister and I both suffer from manic/depression. My mother is just the opposite of yours. For years my mom's solution was to tell us "Well I was depressed once. I took a hot bath and it went away." She is only just now starting to realize that depression and just having a bad day are very different. I feel for you with having to quit your job. Due to mine along with agoraphobia I am unable to find a job I can manage to do. Of course not being able to work often makes the depression worse. Depression feeds upon itself making it grow. It can be a very viscious cycle I know. I've had those feelings of wanting to die more then I'd like to admit. The only thing I can offer for not doing it is that we all effect others, even if we don't realize it at the time. Our lives touch many more lives in the world. What we do will effect them. Hope things get better

That's not what we are talking about here. Yes, I understand there are people that claim they have diseases that they don't, just to get attention. What we are discussing here, are people that claim that valid disorders do not exist, that they are just made-up for various reasons. That the medical community, perhaps, has made them up.

Thank goodness you found someone that finally believed you and diagnosed you correctly.

This is for Inyspmvit. Your profile says you are 19 and from India. Stop copying other people's responses. You have been reported.

Thanks for pointing that out. That's not what this is about however. This is about people that claim these disorders do not exist in anyone anywhere to start with.

I just wonder WHY they do it?

Thank you phonetrack!

I think and hope you are right. I also am glad to hear that this person is your ex. No one should have to live with someone like that!

I think and hope you are right. I also am glad to hear that this person is your ex. No one should have to live with someone like that!

I think and hope you are right. I also am glad to hear that this person is your ex. No one should have to live with someone like that!

Very good point Ambur

Wildcherry, no you don't have to have a medical degree to give an opinion. However to give an educatucated opionion or an opinion based on fact you need either a medical degree or references to studies done by those who do have them.

you also dont need to have a medical degree to watch case studies being conducted on the news! Ha

There are always exceptions. I myself have been in the schools in my area and I can say that at least here, I have yet to see a child in a zombie state. I do know that, that it's not easy here to have a child diagnosed ADD or ADHD. Their are complicated tests that have to be taken and they have to be diagnosed by a psychiatrist, not just an MD. Also not all ADD and ADHD kids are medicated, only the ones that the doctors feel it's absolutely necessary for. I do have training in these area and do know what I'm talking about. I have suffered from some of these disorders (although not ADD or ADHD). I do know 100% for a fact that all of the disorders I named in this duscussion are true disorders and are not "made-up". Perhaps you are the one that needs to open your eyes and see the world as it truly is. Not everyone can cope without help of one kind or another. It would be wonderful if we lived in a perfect world, but sadly we don't.

I guess I don't understand why anyone would want labeled with these things when they don't have it either. Having it is bad enough.

You said it well.

Thanks for your input. These people should just be thanking God that they haven't had to deal with it rather than going around spouting off that it's made up!

This is very true.