Any suggestions on how to get family to understand adrenal problems...

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I know this is a little off the subject from what you generally talk

about on here but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on

how to get family to understand your condition. I've been going down

hill lately with adrenal fatigue and have been struggling doing

household things and errands that need to be ran. I suddenly HATE

going into stores because walking around makes me feel horribal, and

a big fear is being in public alone and having a spell happen, and

being surrounded by a bunch of strangers. Anyway, my bf knows whats

wrong with me through me talking with him and such, but doesnt really

understand whats happening to my body. I try and tell him to read

more on his own to help him understand and he says thats not

necessary...when he hears it all from me. TO me, if there was

something wrong with him, I would be reading constantly to learn more

and try to help. Anyway, I've become....well....lazy and he's got the

mindset to basically suck it up and deal with it. He gets mean at

times by calling me pathetic and such. We all know that when y ou

have AF, especially in the later stages, we are well....SLOW. Money

is tight because of my lack of work, and I want to believe some of it

is because of stress, but dang! How the heck do you make someone

understand how serious this adrenal fatigue stuff really is? Now, if

I had cancer, or a well known disease, I would get pity all the

way...but it seems that something he's never heard of, is effecting

the way he handles it.

Generally he does a good job of taking care of me, but when I try and

tell him how it makes me feel when he's ''mean'', he blows me off and

says hes only being honest and blunt. I was taught to spare someone

you loves feelings a little bit when you're mad, say things nicer.

Im just wondering if anyone out there has struggled with a family

member just not understanding and being down right mean at times, and

how you handled it when you knew that you're doing the best you can

and thats all you can do until certain tests are done and treatments

are tried. What am I suppose to do to get him more involved in my AF,

and to be a little nicer and more understanding about this syndrome.?

I want to think that if he learns more, than he'll be nicer, but

maybe I've just come across a dud. Its been 3 years now with this,

and AGH, I can't do it on my own, so I'd like to try other options

before leaving, ya know.

Thanks

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