Recent content by RobinF

Not amputation for me, given my specific need, that's not what I was talking about. I was referring to pretending, which many therapists support (given that it's often the only thing to help at all, I think this makes sense). Have tried CBT and a number of 'talk therapy' therapists (don't know...

BIID will likely be in the DSM-V when it is released. Beyond that... There is no help out there. We all try meds, we all try therapy, often with multiple different therapists over the years, multiple therapy modalities, lots of different meds. Few people have found anything that helps. If...

Not being in the medical profession, it's hard for me to answer that. Most people I've talked to in the medical field have been more curious than anything else, and have spent lots of time asking questions. I haven't had any really bad experiences with the medical community around being...

To attempt to clear up a few things (not that I think anyone will accept this any better than you already do, but I'd still like to try): What we have is called BIID, not Munchausen Syndrome. There are significant differences there. You said "The blogger also wrote about being let onto the...