In my 40-plus years as a nurse I have seen people pretend all sorts of things. The most frequent bit of pointless fakery would be pretending to have a seizure .The ruse cannot be sustained, as medical technology can now determine a pseudo seizure from the real thing. One hallmark sign for the nursing staff is that the event is always observed by someone. Oddly enough, some people will still refuse to stop displaying "seizure activity" after they have been found out. And just about as strange, relatives may insist that there just MUST be some mysterious condition that would account for the episodic "fits" ...other than a psychological one, that is.
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In my 40-plus years as a nurse I have seen people pretend all sorts of things. The most frequent bit of pointless fakery would be pretending to have a seizure .The ruse cannot be sustained, as medical technology can now determine a pseudo seizure from the real thing. One hallmark sign for the nursing staff is that the event is always observed by someone. Oddly enough, some people will still refuse to stop displaying "seizure activity" after they have been found out. And just about as strange, relatives may insist that there just MUST be some mysterious condition that would account for the episodic "fits" ...other than a psychological one, that is.
August 18, 2015 - 1:19pmThis Comment
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