I hate to assume, I know what that feels like from the other side and it's not nice, but I am genuinely worried that my DS (nearly 12) is pretending to faint.
I've posted this across a few areas to get various responses - as each could come at it from different angles.
For relevance, I have a tendency to faint, history of migraines since I was about 11, and I am autistic. We do not know for sure if he is, as he is homeschooled atm, but he is under the young carers for our area. He has a lot of traits like mine, so I feel i should mention it just in case.
Recently he has started to have issues emotionally - anxiety, anger and depression. His young carers support worker is aware and making various mh referrals.
He has also had headaches and dizziness on and off constantly for about four months. His vision has been checked and is fine. Drs have referred him over for bloods and he has had an ecg (normal).
In the last few weeks he has claimed he has fainted while at his dads, then once here. The issue is that a) he has not once fainted in front of anyone b) he has not injured or even bumped anything and c) no one has heard him hit the floor as he goes down. As I said, I faint frequently, and I'm always in the wars from it.
When he fainted here (if he did) we took him to A&E, all is fine as far as they can see.
So, I am obviously very wary of accusing him of faking, as that is no less concerning than if he is fainting!
Does anyone have any experience of a child faking medical issues, especially in the context of them copying their disabled parent?