Hi
Just wondering if anyone knows anything about this? I've looked on the net and there seems to be opinions about whether it is a condition or not. My mother in law claims to have it.
She hasn't worked for about 40 years, often cancels attending family dos saying she's too ill. She never leaves the house and spends her time sitting in, staying in her dressing gown all day, smoking and drinking.
I have suggested she might feel better after going for a walk, but she just says it won't help. She doesn't do the grocery shop, and I feel sorry for my father in law who still can't retire, does all the shopping etc.
last time I saw her she seemed very forgetful and asked me the same questions over and over again. I didn't trust her to hold my lo.
I wasn't sure if she was drunk, or if it was to do with her illness.
I'm not sure if she's using this illness as an excuse to be lazy? I have always found her to be very conscious of keeping up appearances of being a close family but my poor dh has been upset by her lack of contact, and of the fact that she doesn't seem to take care of herself. She recently hurt her ankle and didn't bother seeing the doc. She couldn't be bothered.
I find it all very strange.
Surely if she has ME it can be managed through medical care?
I'm just curious as I've always found her very strange...