Question:
I was just wondering if the person that caused FMS due to severe emotional
stress can be sued???
In my opinion, they should be allowed to sue the person that created this DD!
Answer:
I can understand why you didn't want to pursue this. The person that gave me
FMS from emotional stress is my ex-husband. I would love to take him to court
and sue him!!! I wasn't the only one who endored this emotional stress, my
daughter did too. She shows signs of FMS and she's only 15 yrs old.
I don't know your situation. Every case is different. My FMS
started when I was @ my high-stressed job for sure. My husband knows it too. He
forced me to quit. It was the best thing I could do. By that time, FMS, CFS had
already done it's damage. To prove this is difficult. I know lots of attys &
have discussed this subject. I wish I had the energy. My friend said that I
would need to keep a documented list of events, sick days, just so much work to
even have a case. It's a real paper trail. I'm too exhausted to sue anyone. If
someone does sue an employer, it could change standerd of working
enviornments--which needs to happen anyway. There is also a strong argument on
the opposing side. I don't really want to go into this & can't give legal
advise. You can call workmans comp atty for consult or personal injury. Please
just do a consult. It's no money. I would only do this on a contingency basis if
I were to sue--but I'm not. Attys fees are too high.
The situation that I think caused my FM did end up in court. That was
just as traumatizing as what happened. I got no money, but he did get
jail time, and has sense died. No help for the FM though.
I spoke to a doctor once who thought that the extremely abusive childhood and
constant infliction of pain on my body conditioned by muscles and body for pain
and now, in my 40's my body manifests pain in the form of fms. What I figured,
at that revelation, and with the things I know about social and medical awareness
of this disorder, is that with the general "it's all in your head theory" and
"mental illness" connection, it would be some kind of a joke to try to succeed in
suing in a court of law the person responsible for fms.
Isn't saying FMS is caused by emotional stress the same as saying it's
all in your head. We've been fighting to get FMS recognized as a real
disease and now here is a thread about people getting it from emotional
stress. Is this not the opposite of our cause here. I can see if
someone said that FMS devleloped and then got worse because of emotional
stress but I would like the see the research that says FMS is caused by
emotional stress. Physical stress maybe but emotional STress?
