Teen whose mother is making them sick

[Anonymous]

As someone who lived through this please cps right now op. Please. I'd also call the school so a councler can talk to them.

[Anonymous]

Oh my God, this is horrifying. The one in the news who killed her mother immediately comes to mind. Please help this child immediately. It doesn’t matter what length you have to go to. You’ll never forgive yourself if you don’t intervene.

[Anonymous]

You can find resources at Muchausen Support (and direct a mandated reporter to):
https://www.munchausensupport.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good luck. My step-kids' mom has munchausens by proxy. CPS is about all you can do. We finally got it a bit under control by leaning in. The 137 pound 5'2" 17 year old had already been taken out of school for two months to go to daily anorexia clinic. We pushed hard to get her into residential. it made no sense at all but finally all the medications were controlled by one source and the kid wasn't being brainwashed constantly. It was incredibly helpful.

This was very smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the best course of action for a teen-ager whose mother is contributing to their chronic illness, taking them to unnecessary dr's appointments, keeping them out of school, and using the child's illness to win attention? The teen is afraid to rock the boat for fear of repercussions. Are there helplines to call?

Call CPS and they wil check it out.

You could save this teenagers life.

[Anonymous]

The teen needs to report it to school guidance or school nurse and as mandated reporters they then are required to call CPS and get a case opened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good luck. My step-kids' mom has munchausens by proxy. CPS is about all you can do. We finally got it a bit under control by leaning in. The 137 pound 5'2" 17 year old had already been taken out of school for two months to go to daily anorexia clinic. We pushed hard to get her into residential. it made no sense at all but finally all the medications were controlled by one source and the kid wasn't being brainwashed constantly. It was incredibly helpful.

This was very smart.

I don’t understand this. How do you get a slightly overweight teen into a residential program for anorexia? I see the desire was to get the kid out from under mom but this seems an odd way to go about it.

[Anonymous]

I am horrified for this teen. Some people do not deserve to be parents. Good luck, OP. I would definitely report suspicions to as many places as I could, starting with the medical providers treating the child and CPS.

[Anonymous]

OP can you clarify what you think is going on?

1) Kid has a chronic illness. Parent is handling it in a less than ideal way, perhaps because of their own anxiety, which is making the child's situation worse. So, this might be overmedicating a child, causing a lot of side effects, or over-accommodating anxiety making it worse, or seeking so many specialists that absences from school create a new issue.

2) The kid has a chronic illness, and parent is intentionally doing things to exacerbate it, such as secretly feeding their allergic kid things they know the kid is allergic to, and then seeking sympathy and medical help for allergies with unknown triggers.

Those are two very different things, and those parent-child dyads need two very different kinds of support.

[Anonymous]

Tell her to reach out to Gypsy Rose.

[Anonymous]

There was recently a case at John’s Hopkins where the medical team suspected this and they were wrong. The mother committed suicide eventually and the surviving family received a huge settlement.

[Anonymous]

Are you the MIL, SIL, or step mom?

[Anonymous]

It is interesting only RW news sources are touting this win by the family.

It's hard to believe the doctors at JH made this mistake. And the judge then said no appeal? Hum...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is interesting only RW news sources are touting this win by the family.

It's hard to believe the doctors at JH made this mistake. And the judge then said no appeal? Hum...

According to the Helping Maya documentary, there were other families who sent their kids to JH and received a wrong diagnosis of Munchausen. There was a pattern. I have seen both LW and RW news sources talk about it. I believe the family and I believe Maya.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is interesting only RW news sources are touting this win by the family.

It's hard to believe the doctors at JH made this mistake. And the judge then said no appeal? Hum...

According to the Helping Maya documentary, there were other families who sent their kids to JH and received a wrong diagnosis of Munchausen. There was a pattern. I have seen both LW and RW news sources talk about it. I believe the family and I believe Maya.

That was not an unbiased documentary. Hospital did the correct thing by reporting, but it's a complex issue with many players. Hospitals report suspicions, they do not investigate.

Very much recommend the podcast Nobody Should Believe Me if you want to learn more about this issue. Medical child abuse is more common than you'd think, serious, and very, very difficult for all involved.