"Folie à deux" Or?"

[tcmgpt13]

"Definition of FOLIE À DEUX

: the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in two persons closely associated with one another,"


Not that there is anything much new here in these links. In fact it’s the same old, same old of the favorite Morgellons DOP diagnosis spread even wider and deeper. Here’s how Stanford University seems to be presenting Morgellons and Morgellons patients (looks like this may be the prevailing slant in the classrooms there as well):

ParaSite (Background of Morgellons)

ParaSite (Real or Imagined?)

ParaSite (General Information)

ParaSite (References)

From the Jan. 2011 Stanford alumni magazine (you will just love this, not):

STANFORD Magazine: January/February 2011 > Features > Digital Immersion > Caught in the Web

One professional in the background link (last paragraph) says she hopes Morgellons is not a “folie a deux” phenomenon due to the extensive use of the internet which could have produced all the mass shared delusions of having Morgellons and parasites. All I can say is that she’d better hope she does not catch a case of what she is suggesting could be “folie a deux.” Whatever you want to call Morgellons it’s real and it’s painful. It’s also quite debilitating, both mentally and physically.

Unfortunately, in this case and IMHO, it’s those who are medical professionals who seem to have some kind of authentic internet case of “folie a deux.” Their shared delusion seems to lead them to follow along like sheep, baaing the only accepted medical view of a Morgellons patient which is DOP. Most doctors do not even look at Morgellons patients (from what is related by members about most doctor visits), much less try to find out what could really be going on in those lesions when Morgellons patients enter their offices. No, most medical professionals deny the illness suffered by those with Morgellons. In fact most doctors seem to go beyond denying Morgellons exists to denying there is any illness at all beyond ”self-inflicted” skin lesions. Those doctors thus may label any patient who mentions Morgellons DOP.

Yes, there certainly is a a “folie a deux” which is in the air these days, but the “folie a deux” seems to have attached itself to the medical profession in this case. The medical mantra when Morgellons is discussed seems to be “Don’t look, don’t look. See absolutely nothing and say less. Don't look, don't look.” So sad. It seems there may be many medical professional internet associated cases of Delusional Deniers of Morgellons (DDOM).

What will those suffering from DDOM (Delusional Deniers of Morgellons) do when Morgellons is found to be a real syndrome? Maybe continue with denial? Deny they ever said anything like DOP?

Will the real DDOM please stand up? Oh, sorry, too many to count.

[Robin]

Hi TCM,
Thanks for the link! i know i was labeled as such even as they were lifting themselves up off my chin the dr looked at it saw it move and still didn't believe me.i think two different drs labeled me with DP! Aholes anyways this is what i found from another link off of yours and this one will make you feel better!
Robin

[tcmgpt13]

I was thinking, as I read your post here, how distinguished it would look, how hilarious it would be to add this to the title of any doctor who think Morgellons is a fake disease only worthy of a DOP diagnosis:

Hickory D i c k ory Dock, M.D., D.D.O.M.

Originally Posted by Robin

Hi TCM,
Thanks for the link! i know i was labeled as such even as they were lifting themselves up off my chin the dr looked at it saw it move and still didn't believe me.i think two different drs labeled me with DP! Aholes anyways this is what i found from another link off of yours and this one will make you feel better!
Robin

[Robin]

That would be appropriate! lol
i forgot to put the link need to find it again it actually was a hopeful type of article where they are saying things like dp and morgellons ARE two different things.i'll be rght back when i find it. its not copying now i must have lost it!
Case Definition of Morgellons - Morgellons Research Foundation
found it i hate my brain farts!!!!

[tcmgpt13]

Robin, did you notice what it said about the vision thing on your link?:

Shifting visual acuity. Unexplained frequent need to change glasses prescription, perceived changes in visual field, and scattered and changing level of perceived light intensity.

Gosh, this all gets old. Thank goodness for Dr. Harvey whose guidance and insight gave us a lot of what we have today, as far as understanding and defining what Morgellons is. Wish he were still a part of it all today as I feel we would be a lot further along in understanding what Morgellons is and how to treat it more effectively.

Unfortunately mainstream medicine mostly ignores whatever is on MRF. If the CDC report says this is not a problem or an illness though, you can bet they will all buy in to that. Lemmings, the lot of them.