Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Is my mom Munchausen's By Proxy?

So, I'm 25 years old. Since, I was 12 years old my mother has considered me to be disabled. When I was in middle school, my grades begin to slip (I was a A Honor Roll student for the longest time). I had been going to a therapist for a couple of years due to childhood depression. One of the counselor's recommended that I go to a neurologist due to unintentional movements and tics. From my visit to the neurologist I was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome (which based on neck jerking, heavy eye blinking, etc. I can see that this one is true), as well as possible brain dysfunction. I underwent a neurological examination when I was 14 years old, which did state that I did have Tourette's Syndrome. Also, in the results it stated that there was a possibility of dysfunction in the right hemisphere of my brain, resulting in bad short term memory, low spatial judgment, etc. From there, my mother took me to get various tests (EEGs, CAT Scans, MRIs, etc.) I recently went to a psychologist for an exam, who looking in my records, said that the brain scan from my MRI showed no signs of negative stature. Since this, my mother has done various things to perpetuate this scenario. In high-school I was put on an IEP plan, and in college I was worked into the Vocational Rehabilitation program. She has tried numerous times to get me to sign up for SSI, and tries to coax me into telling people that I am disabled to get a job. I lived on my own for a couple of years with my wife and had no problems with keeping appointments and maintaining my daily life. I had to move back in with my mom (along with my wife) because of a financial situation with my father ping away.Now, that I'm here she has to do things like leave notes to remind me to do things, constantly repeating things over and over again. It should also be noted that my mother spent fifteen years being a teacher's aide for handicap children and also reads alot on various mental disorders, like Bi-Polar disorder and whatnot. She also states that she has Multiple Sclerosis, despite the fact that she has never been officially diagnosed with it..... So what does everyone think?

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