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

[suck my pickle]

They’re all blending into one Omni-munchie. Soon they will combine to their final form, the Übermunch.

What’s with these girls convincing hospitals in UK/Aus/NZ to let them live there for months or years? I never hear of that happening here.

there is a girl I follow who has been in hospital here in Canada for almost a year - she claims all the classic munchie dx a la EDS, POTS, can't fucking eat a single morsel, etc, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why she has been in hospital so long. it seems pain med related? (she has mentioned before that once out of the hospital, coverage for pain meds that she is dependant on, is questionable. (ie. ketamine and IV benny).) has also hosted go fund mes to doctor shop in the US.

instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sydneyiskindasick/?hl=en
blog that hasn't been active in a bit - https://sydneyiskindasick.wordpress.com/

correct me if I am way off base with her.

it's always made sense to me that USA munchies may find it easier to persuade doctors because I guess, they are paying to be there? in Canada you would expect more of a push to keep unnecessary patients out of hospital long term? idk really. but it's always been a top point of fascination for me on these cows.

 

[Ellesse_warrior]

there is a girl I follow who has been in hospital here in Canada for almost a year - she claims all the classic munchie dx a la EDS, POTS, can't fucking eat a single morsel, etc, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why she has been in hospital so long. it seems pain med related? (she has mentioned before that once out of the hospital, coverage for pain meds that she is dependant on, is questionable. (ie. ketamine and IV benny).) has also hosted go fund mes to doctor shop in the US.

instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sydneyiskindasick/?hl=en
blog that hasn't been active in a bit - https://sydneyiskindasick.wordpress.com/

correct me if I am way off base with her.

it's always made sense to me that USA munchies may find it easier to persuade doctors because I guess, they are paying to be there? in Canada you would expect more of a push to keep unnecessary patients out of hospital long term? idk really. but it's always been a top point of fascination for me on these cows.

This post should raise a few red flags
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpz-_FgnSak/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
I'm guessing she's the usual ana-chan turned munchie.

 

[Kate Farms Shill]

[redacted]

 

[medicaidmunch]

So Antonia went to this one guy in Barcelona who does this on EDS patients despite the huge lack of evidence that such procedures help people with EDS? And here I was doubting that I should bring her up because "how can someone fuse her fucking spine if she isn't sick". I guess they can.

I've seen her (and other EDSers) say that they "risk internal decapitation" due to the brain stem compression. Is that just a load of shit? It sounds super OTT, but I don't know much about it.

And all of these people pay out of pocket or have to beg their insurance company to cover the surgery because the doctors (the US ones) don’t accept insurance. If you look at some of the Maryland doctor’s patients, many of them have had to have repeat surgeries.

Found this one via #edswarrior
All those likes and no one tells her it's to prevent dogs from getting at surgical sites or injuries. We need to develop a kiwi branded one for all the munchies who tamper with their lines and tubes.

She’s not a munchie.

I’m gonna go ahead and say this... the more I see these people the more I wonder is EDS other than vascular really that terrible? Everyone I have read about including my friend is freaking ott. My mates always has excuses for why they can’t do anything even if it’s to help themselves

I think the OTTs really overshadow the more severe cases of EDS. I would say most of the time, it is something that you can still have a full time job with. Sure you’d be tired & in pain but it would be do-able. There are definitely people who have such bad instability that they can’t work though. But it’s rare.

 

[Kate Farms Shill]

Don't forget Barcelona doc tells them they will die within months if they don't have the surgery. What a munchies dream! It seems like everyone of them end up needing more and more spinal surgeries, which is typical once you start. Likely why NHS says no to it.

Found this one via #edswarrior
All those likes and no one tells her it's to prevent dogs from getting at surgical sites or injuries. We need to develop a kiwi branded one for all the munchies who tamper with their lines and tubes.

She’s not a munchie.

I was following her too and couldn't figure her out because I don't understand much about what she's claiming tbh. Mind elaborating?

 

[medicaidmunch]

I was following her too and couldn't figure her out because I don't understand much about what she's claiming tbh. Mind elaborating?

She has hEDS. She has severe spinal instability (also has scapula/shoulder issues) like legit. She doesn’t go to the munchie doctors who usually treat CCI in EDS patients. I think her doctor is at Mayo. Almost her entire spine/neck is fused. In her upcoming surgery, she will be getting fused to her SI joints. I think she’s been very open & honest about her issues. She posts her imaging all the time. The one thing that sets her apart from munchies is, despite her issues, she still tries to live her life. She may be a bit OTT but anyone who has a dedicated medical account is going to come off that way.

 

[c6h1206]

Shane Burcaw has spinal muscular atrophy. Other than S-J probably being fascinated with someone who has a real illness, I'm not sure why we might discuss his sex life here. People have all sorts of reasons for dating others (whether fetish or otherwise), but it sure as hell ain't munchausens in this case.

In other news, S-J got called out on the blood pressure post she made, seen earlier in this thread here:


One of her precious followers called out the fact that 108/73 is not low; it's actually a good BP. She takes it as an opportunity to talk about her diarrhea. It's always about that diarrhea. We can only aspire to have the same connection with a loved one that S-J has with her diarrhea, y'all. Also, she says that maybe the nurse read it out wrong, and she didn't look to check. A lot of the time, nurses read it aloud solely to make sure that they're recording it correctly, so it's another check for them. It's a habit to maintain accuracy, so it's unlikely that the nurse said it wrong, but maybe S-J is setting up a case for her condishuns affecting her hearing. That would be fun.
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There is plenty of speculation the couple and the veracity of their claims - namely the question is if Hannah has agreed to be part of this arrangement for financial gain as they are doing quite well on youtube and through other ventures. There is a body of evidence that suggests that there is deception being used. I am not going to summarize all the points here. Also, I meant I was surprised "squirmy and grubs" have not been discussed on this website in general no this specific thread. And as for your comment about speculation about their sex life - they literally capitalize on this and have click bate titles. He is 100 percent dependent on her, he weighs 65 pounds and she carries him around. He can't even feed himself. If she left him alone for 24 hours he would be dead. Within 3 days of meeting him, she moved in and became his full-time carer. Draw your own conclusions.

***EXPOSED*** Squirmy & Grubs as Fake Couple

You've been exposed Squirmy & Grubbs

www.youtube.com

 

[medicaidmunch]

***EXPOSED*** Squirmy & Grubs as Fake Couple

You've been exposed Squirmy & Grubbs

www.youtube.com

This video didn’t provide any evidence. And this thread is for munchies. Even if they are a fake couple, Shane isn’t faking his illness.

 

[c6h1206]

This video didn’t provide any evidence. And this thread is for munchies. Even if they are a fake couple, Shane isn’t faking his illness.

I agree he is not faking his illness. The only reason I brought it up in passing is bc that lady with the dog Freckles is shown meeting them on her Instagram. It was a good point that mom of freckles is likely drawn to someone with a severe progressive illness. Beyond that it makes perfect sense that this is not the correct venue to discuss whether she developed a fetish for him after seeing that half-dead Voldemort creature at the end of the HP movies.

 

[Cold Waffle]

I agree he is not faking his illness. The only reason I brought it up in passing is bc that lady with the dog Freckles is shown meeting them on her Instagram. It was a good point that mom of freckles is likely drawn to someone with a severe progressive illness. Beyond that it makes perfect sense that this is not the correct venue to discuss whether she developed a fetish for him after seeing that half-dead Voldemort creature at the end of the HP movies.

It is probably best to acknowledge that the couple (aside from S-J meeting them, which has been previously pointed out) is off topic and move on. We're not here to make fun of actual disabled people and their lifestyle choices. We're here to observe, document, and appreciate the absurdity of cows who fake IV's with random toobs bandaided to their arms, etc.

 

[Kate Farms Shill]

I agree he is not faking his illness. The only reason I brought it up in passing is bc that lady with the dog Freckles is shown meeting them on her Instagram. It was a good point that mom of freckles is likely drawn to someone with a severe progressive illness. Beyond that it makes perfect sense that this is not the correct venue to discuss whether she developed a fetish for him after seeing that half-dead Voldemort creature at the end of the HP movies.

Honestly m8 you need to try to assimilate here. You always sound like a space alien trying to mimic our human ways and you rarely add to the conversations. Twice this weekend alone you’ve asked me to tell you someone’s URL when their handle is at the top of all the screenshots. And this really isn’t the place to be talking about these two. There’s no mīlk and he’s neither faking nor over the top.

 

[homewayhalf]

Why do so many of you know multiple people who “legitimately” have these alleged super rare diseases? Lol

 

[Cheeseman]

Why do so many of you know multiple people who “legitimately” have these alleged super rare diseases? Lol

refugees from illnessfakers.

 

[Kate Farms Shill]

Why do so many of you know multiple people who “legitimately” have these alleged super rare diseases? Lol

I know a lot of people who claim to have EDS because they come to me asking me to expose their friends/accounts they're suspicious of. A few of them offer their own insta handles as "collateral" if you will, to prove they're not just munchies outing other munchies they don't like to be vindictive. I can't verify their diagnoses absolutely because I'm not their doctor, so I can only say that they don't make it the center of their lives and they don't constantly complain about health problems. They have meaningful fulfilling lives outside of their diagnosis and their social media is like, their kids, their job, hobbies – the same shit my personal social media is. Therefore I have no reason to suspect they're putting me on about it.

Other people have the disorders themselves and therefore through support groups, visiting the same doctors, etc, you start to meet other people with your dx and learn how to determine when people are bullshitting you and when they are being honest. Again, you can't 100% verify what someone else's doctor tells them in private, but if someone is going about their normal lives with this illness and nothing they say sets off your alarm bells, you're not going to suspect they're lying about it.

 

[AnotherLolAnon]

This post should raise a few red flags
https://ig.tinf.io/p/Bpz-_FgnSak/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
I'm guessing she's the usual ana-chan turned munchie.

This is the one I saw that immediately raised flags for me

 

[Freezerburn420691]

Why do so many of you know multiple people who “legitimately” have these alleged super rare diseases? Lol

I was introduced to Morgan’s insanity through a rfriend who first met Morgan in a support group for sick teens with a specific illness. She ended up meeting Morgan in real life and found out Morgan did not even have the disease that the support group was for. This was when Morgan had her facebook journal for her followers as she called them.It is a diagnosable disease so it is another instance of Morgan wanting to add another diagnosis to be special(come to think of it, does Morgan have proof of being diagnosed with any of her diseases?).

 

[mooserangerofthenorth]

I was introduced to Morgan’s insanity through a rfriend who first met Morgan in a support group for sick teens with a specific illness. She ended up meeting Morgan in real life and found out Morgan did not even have the disease that the support group was for. This was when Morgan had her facebook journal for her followers as she called them.It is a diagnosable disease so it is another instance of Morgan wanting to add another diagnosis to be special(come to think of it, does Morgan have proof of being diagnosed with any of her diseases?).

This is Morgan's MO. Her and her mother join various support groups and gather information in order to be DXed. They than fly into her PCP and insist Morgan has said disease. Morgan may have one of the 30 plus diseases she claims but it's hard to know because she claims so many and has had so many procedures, medications and treatments that there is no real way to know. I don't think she has EDS she does not super hyperextend on pictures and will occasionally talk about subluxations. Her current push is "nausea and vomiting" that she had a surgery at Cleveland Clinic for. She than proceeded to post pictures of bad for you food somehow forgetting she has claimed LADA.

 

[lameandgay2]

I've been banned from /r/illnessfakers for the second time in a week this morning. First for commenting on how I'm surprised Amanda/Ren didn't try to get shiny, stronger, newer Gabapentin also known as Lyrica, and how it's even more surprising considering most healthcare providers prefer switching everyone to Lyrica these days.

My second ban was for suggesting that if Amanda/Ren was really as sick as she says she is (including her 'asthma'), her rapid weight gain would not be helping her at all, and the unnecessary medication is probably what made it get so out of hand, as Gabapentin and Lyrica are some of the worst offenders for exercise/diet resistant weight gain.

Edit: I'm also sure my post about how her using her obviously mild/childhood asthma, or exercise induced asthma for attention due to the fact she looks like she can't make it up the stairs without wheezing due to her weight rustled a few jimmies too.

Sorry, IF, but at a time in my life when my asthma has almost killed me (again), and I do everything in my power to stop it killing me, I'm going to be just the tiniest bit touchy when it comes to asthma munchies.

I'm home

 

[BT 965]

I've been banned from /r/illnessfakers for the second time in a week this morning. First for commenting on how I'm surprised Amanda/Ren didn't try to get shiny, stronger, newer Gabapentin also known as Lyrica, and how it's even more surprising considering most healthcare providers prefer switching everyone to Lyrica these days.

My second ban was for suggesting that if Amanda/Ren was really as sick as she says she is (including her 'asthma'), her rapid weight gain would not be helping her at all, and the unnecessary medication is probably what made it get so out of hand, as Gabapentin and Lyrica are some of the worst offenders for exercise/diet resistant weight gain.

Edit: I'm also sure my post about how her using her obviously mild/childhood asthma, or exercise induced asthma for attention due to the fact she looks like she can't make it up the stairs without wheezing due to her weight rustled a few jimmies too.
Sorry, IF, but while I sit here with my super special pretty coloured high powered roids and relievers by my side, as someone who does everything possible to make sure her condition doesn't almost kill her again, wondering if I will have to head to the hospital for yet another time this month for a nebuliser treatment because my new roids haven't kicked in yet, I'm gonna be just the tiniest bit touchy at Asthma munchies.

I'm home

Just querying what’s wrong with Lyrica?

 

[lameandgay2]

Just querying what’s wrong with Lyrica?

Where the fuck do I start. I genuinely don't know.
If you really want to know in depth, join 'Lyrica Survivors' on Facebook.
But for me personally? It made my hair fall out, sent my thyroid haywire, made me gain like 40lbs of un-loseable weight (ex anorexic, I can lose weight faster than I don't know what, and even those tactics wouldn't let me lose 5lbs on Lyrica).

The withdrawals were worse than opioids and heroin. I'd rather have gone through Valium withdrawal again than Lyrica withdrawal. It's one seriously fucked up drug, and has to be taken to be believed.