Community Munchausen's by Internet (Malingerers, Munchies, Spoonies, etc) - Feigning Illnesses for Attention

SNU · Sep 22, 2023

A fun thing to do when someone is faking a seizure but is really committed to it is to IV them, say to them "just incase you can hear me, I'm going to administer something to stop your seizure", then push some saline to flush the IV line. Somehow the seizure stops. Sometimes it stops instantly. Sometimes they put on an act where the intensity slowly dies down. Only do it if you're 100% sure they are faking and never admit to doing it. You can always fall back on "i was about to give the medication but the seizure spontaneously resolved before I could draw up the actual medication". If you're in a country where patients can request and read your notes and don't want to rock the boat by calling them a faker you can leave a clue for future treatment providers by just writing what happened. Something like "blah blah blah sustained seizure lasting x amount of time. Gained IV access in (location of IV) to administer (medication). Seizure resolved after flushing IV before (medication) could be administered" or whatever.

Not that I or anyone I know has ever done this. It's just a funny rumor I heard but can't remember who told me.

I remember one time ages ago back when I had flatmates I was woken up in the middle of the night by one of them because they were "throwing up blood" and needed to go to the hospital and I was the only one there who had a car. I should have gathered more info but I was sleepy and just drove them to the hospital. They sad in ED for a while then a doctor saw them and told them to fuck off. It turns out she drank a tonne of red wine and started throwing it up and thought "fuck! My vomit is red. I must be dying! But not dying enough for an ambulance so I'll just wake up my flatmate".

username1811 · Sep 22, 2023

Kate Farms Shill said:
That's how I read it, and I think she should tell us more including her instagram handle just so we can be sure she's nothing like the munchies.

Any time someone comes to a munchie thread saying shit like "this is how it really is when you have a REAL dx" sperging and PLing about their own issues is so funny to me. Getting war flashbacks to r/illnessfakers and the adjacent reddit circles. It's always extra telling when it coincides with statements about how legit their doctors/testing were compared to the munchies.

Kate Farms Shill · Sep 22, 2023

username1811 said:
Any time someone comes to a munchie thread saying shit like "this is how it really is when you have a REAL dx" sperging and PLing about their own issues is so funny to me. Getting war flashbacks to r/illnessfakers and the adjacent reddit circles. It's always extra telling when it coincides with statements about how legit their doctors/testing were compared to the munchies.

I am sure many of the people in this thread have had that moment where they have firsthand experience with an illness, medication, or other topic we're discussing and they want to share that information. But then they pause a moment and find a way to word it that still gives out that information without making it about themselves.

Catmannjew · Sep 22, 2023

She is the sped who shat up the Polissa thread. Soon She is going to make every thread about where she lives, and her many super special rare disabilities. She is not like other girls and is very real. She has a vast knowledge base about food and food topics.

We're All Going To Hell 2 pisses on herself for fun, and I would not have sex with her.

All the Epileptics I know, despite it being common knowledge that you can void while having a seizure, never ever. EVER. would be caught dead bragging about these moments. It is embarrassing in an already stressful time and many people who are left to oversee a seizure have no idea what to do. This is unless the person makes it known they are epileptic.
The only time I have heard about anyone mentioning voiding has always been throwing up, they never remember and it is told to them, and it is always embarrassing.

Special spoonie · Sep 22, 2023

How selfish can you be, to make a service dog haul your 500lb ass around. Get a scooty puff like all the other fatties.

fishercat · Sep 22, 2023

Catmannjew said:
All the Epileptics I know, despite it being common knowledge that you can void while having a seizure, never ever. EVER. would be caught dead bragging about these moments. It is embarrassing in an already stressful time and many people who are left to oversee a seizure have no idea what to do. This is unless the person makes it known they are epileptic.
The only time I have heard about anyone mentioning voiding has always been throwing up, they never remember and it is told to them, and it is always embarrassing.

It's extra embarrassing because when you have a seizure (a full-blown flailing around seizure) you don't remember it. You're unconscious the whole time. The only way you'd ever know what you did, especially if someone cleaned up the mess, is if you were told. Like oh, thanks, I didn't need to know that I puked my guts all over the living room. Trust me I know.

Thomas Eugene Paris · Sep 22, 2023

bliblblblbbllb said:
When you think about it, peeing on yourself is very much voluntary compared to various involuntary reflexes that go out the door while seizing.

I don't necessarily disagree with any of what you said, but I do want to note that loss of bladder control is extremely common during generalised seizures. I know you weren't saying otherwise, and I'm not trying to suggest that the more enterprising munchies don't know this and pee their pants for credibility, but bladder control is largely involuntary.

Grim Snark · Sep 22, 2023

Catmannjew said:
She is the sped who shat up the Polissa thread. Soon She is going to make every thread about where she lives, and her many super special rare disabilities. She is not like other girls and is very real. She has a vast knowledge base about food and food topics.

We're All Going To Hell 2 pisses on herself for fun, and I would not have sex with her.

All the Epileptics I know, despite it being common knowledge that you can void while having a seizure, never ever. EVER. would be caught dead bragging about these moments. It is embarrassing in an already stressful time and many people who are left to oversee a seizure have no idea what to do. This is unless the person makes it known they are epileptic.
The only time I have heard about anyone mentioning voiding has always been throwing up, they never remember and it is told to them, and it is always embarrassing.

TBH I blocked out her sperging in the Polissa thread. Imagine being so goddamn attention seeking for your "sooper real disabilities" you become known as a sped on a forum filled with autists. God my sides hurt from laughing.

The Gunt Whisperer · Sep 22, 2023

SNU said:
I remember one time ages ago back when I had flatmates I was woken up in the middle of the night by one of them because they were "throwing up blood" and needed to go to the hospital and I was the only one there who had a car. I should have gathered more info but I was sleepy and just drove them to the hospital. They sad in ED for a while then a doctor saw them and told them to fuck off. It turns out she drank a tonne of red wine and started throwing it up and thought "fuck! My vomit is red. I must be dying! But not dying enough for an ambulance so I'll just wake up my flatmate".

I did that once. I was already in the hospital. Had eaten 3 red popsicles, and started vomiting a few minutes later. I saw the red and started freaking out because I thought I was vomiting blood. I was hysterical - thought I was going to die.

I was six years old.

Too bad the internet wasn’t around back then so I could have gotten more attention than my poor nurse trying to console me, and my roomie laughing hysterically while eating her own orange popsicle.

Catmannjew · Sep 22, 2023

fishercat said:
It's extra embarrassing because when you have a seizure (a full-blown flailing around seizure) you don't remember it. You're unconscious the whole time. The only way you'd ever know what you did, especially if someone cleaned up the mess, is if you were told. Like oh, thanks, I didn't need to know that I puked my guts all over the living room. Trust me I know.

Tonic-clonic seizures {gran mals} put people out of commission, you do want to know if you at least throw up, or stop breathing, because that requires extra care especially if the person does not usually stop breathing. If they journal anything, if there were triggers, etc. As well as aftercare for throwing up or anything. I know a few people who stop eating what they threw up, some have one thing that has become a joke, but it is always private. It is not anything they run off to the farms and powerlevel about.

It is not the cute disabled look you think it is.

Grim Snark said:
TBH I blocked out her sperging in the Polissa thread. Imagine being so goddamn attention seeking for your "sooper real disabilities" you become known as a sped on a forum filled with autists. God my sides hurt from laughing.

Half of the things she talked about were wrong too? The thread is a laugh, but she acted like she as a woman similar to Polissa, got to speak for all things poor disabled women with fibro stuck in bed.

BunchofMunch · Sep 23, 2023

I wonder if getting asspats for your very real disability in this particular forum is like the munchie holy grail or something. I guess it would be really affirming to have the biggest skeptics on the Internet confirm your sob story.

MysteriousStranger · Sep 23, 2023

The Gunt Whisperer said:
I did that once. I was already in the hospital. Had eaten 3 red popsicles, and started vomiting a few minutes later. I saw the red and started freaking out because I thought I was vomiting blood. I was hysterical - thought I was going to die.

Me, it was college and tequila sunrises. God, grenadine coming up is terrifying. I just went back to my dorm room and waited to die. I figured I earned it.

Otterly · Sep 23, 2023

Catmannjew said:
Tonic-clonic seizures {gran mals} put people out of commission

Out for a while as well. These munchies think it’s just seize about for a bit then up and about for the sympathy, but grand mal seizures lay people low for a while after. You need some recovery time.
Epilepsy of all types is an awful condition to have and genuinely disabling

MysteriousStranger said:
Me, it was college and tequila sunrises. God, grenadine coming up is terrifying. I just went back to my dorm room and waited to die. I figured I earned it.

Beetroot. Grow it every year. Lovely fresh beet salad. Catch a glimpse of the toilet bowl the next day. Panic. Remember beetroot. Phew.
It’s quite amazing how some coloured compounds go straight through

fishercat · Sep 23, 2023

Otterly said:
Out for a while as well. These munchies think it’s just seize about for a bit then up and about for the sympathy, but grand mal seizures lay people low for a while after. You need some recovery time.
Epilepsy of all types is an awful condition to have and genuinely disabling

In my experience it takes about 30 minutes post-seizure to regain consciousness, then a couple days to physically recover. Munchies, from what I've seen, are starting to catch on to this and are mimicking absence seizures which usually only need, at most, a few minutes of rest. It's harder to debunk a fake absence seizure.

Catmannjew · Sep 23, 2023

Otterly said:
Out for a while as well. These munchies think it’s just seize about for a bit then up and about for the sympathy, but grand mal seizures lay people low for a while after. You need some recovery time.
Epilepsy of all types is an awful condition to have and genuinely disabling

For Tonic clonics, the best way I have hear it described was being in a car accident. There is so much going on at once, ignoring the rapid misfire within the brain. Take into account of possible injury. I heard stories of injury where everything happened so fast, no one knew what the person was injured by.

fishercat said:
post-seizure to regain consciousness, then a couple days to physically recover. Munchies, from what I've seen, are starting to catch on to this and are mimicking absence seizures which usually only need, at most, a few minutes of rest. It's harder to debunk a fake absence seizure

This is about the general consensus. Even if consciousness is forgotten or hazy. The thing that I would like to point out is if you can catch and remember a absence seizure, chances are it is not an absence seizure (unless it is back to back and you are missing info, but you are not going to record yourself.)

Most of the time if you can record a seizure beforehand yourself and ignore your aura to lay down, then chances are you are faking.

std::string · Sep 23, 2023

bliblblblbbllb said:
Swallowing dye would be incredibly obvious. Bright red blood streaks/spots in vomit generally means you tore your throat up a little bit which can happen if you're forcing yourself to vomit repeatedly.

Yeah, dye would just make everyone roll their eyes.

The only thing that causes you to vomit a massive amount of red blood is a variceal rupture and those are pretty obvious. Most people exsanguinate before they even make it to the hospital, so...

fishercat · Sep 23, 2023

Catmannjew said:
Most of the time if you can record a seizure beforehand yourself and ignore your aura to lay down, then chances are you are faking.

I cannot imagine any legitimate reason to do something like this except for attention. It's the most obvious red flag imaginable.

"Oh man, my brain is about to short circuit. Better set up my camera!" - people with epilepsy according to munchies.

Sparkling Yuzu · Sep 23, 2023

What if a 600 pound munchie didn't want to use dye so she used red jelly donut filling instead?

GenociderSyo · Sep 23, 2023

Found a death fat munchie because she drew No Limbs.

This may have all started in response to her mother having Multiple Scerlosis and using a wheelchair. She was a fat kid and her mom sent her to weigh tloss camp. She states that her mother woudlnt let her have her own wheelchair because of "internalized ablism."

She loves to show off all her paraphernalia.

Did i mention she can walk and stand fine when it suits her?

They state they have Spina Bifida occulta, Myathenia Gravis, autism, adhd, ptsd, mitochondrial myopathy, neurogenic bladder, muscular dystrophy, hydrocephalus, chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgicencephalomyeltis. spastic bladder, fibromalagia, osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism, hashimotos, gastroparesis, psuedotumor cerebri, dysautonomia, legally blind, and quadriparesis. She lists ME/CFS as seperate stating the world is wrong to say they are the same.