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Originally Posted by Skippy12
I wrote in the past about my great-niece that is 23 y/o and is suffering from Schizoaffective Disorder, ptsd and is bipolar. She is receiving treatment by a psychiatrist that she only sees once a month. In the last 2-3 months, she says she is suffering from cramps.. I don't ever hear her complain when she is with me and we are having fun, it is at night when her father and step-mother get home from work or on the weekends. She has had every ultrasound, x-ray, scan and last Monday even had a laproscopy to see if she had endometriosis, she has had an endoscopy, the list goes on and on...no doctor can find anything wrong with her. Yesterday, the day after the laproscopy, I stayed with her during the day and we watched cartoons, talked, went outside and she was fine...no complaints. Then her Dad walked in the door and the first thing out of her mouth was "daddy, I am nauseous"...could this be connected to any of her mental illnesses or hypochondria? We are all at our wits end and I have to take her to have her stitches out next monday to the ob/gyn and I am so afraid when he starts asking her, have you had pain, have you had nausea, have you had.....that she will answer "yes" to all of them...could Factitious Disorder or Hypochondriasis be a part of her problem?
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Hi Skippy. I'm Brokenfriend. This is very complicated. These are very hard to live with. I'm sorry that she is going through this.
I get pains in my stomach that use to make me feel like I was having a heart attack. At times my stomach area would spasm. It's a build up of anxiety. I also have gotten nauseous recently. Please be patient with her because she probably feels like she is going through a maze. This is also very confusing for the care giver,and the person who has these conditions. It's very complicated,and doctors could not find out any of my problems with EEG's,and tests like those. If I had a PET scan,that may detect the OCD.
All of these conditions together are very burdensome. There's false guilt,fear,self confidence problems,fealings of rejection,not wanting to be around people,fear of the future,and present,and the list goes on,and on. No one understands these mental health issues that are in a combination. Sometimes if you help one problem,another problem pops up,leaving everyone around them perplexed.
My parents didn't know what to do because it also manifested as a learning disability when I was in elementary school on up. It's like dyslexia,and attention deficit disorder. When I was a teenager I went to a military school to deal with these reading problems. I did better,but by Spring I had a major panic attack. So one thing gets dealt with,and then another problem comes up.
If you could be a good listener that would be great. Be patient. No one will know what's going on if it is anything like what I've been through. What she's probably feeling is happening inside of her emotions,cannot be seen,and is probably not hypochondria,or hypoglycemia.
I know that this is misunderstood,but she may not be able to help any of her problems. I've been through more then a dozen psychiatrists,and agonized over my condition.
I hope that this has helped. I feel stigmatized,and humbled by all of these challenges.
The one medication that they added to my other three is Seroquel. That has helped me allot,but it causes weight gain in most people. Brokenfriend
