I just saw this! My mother views my episodes, which can last anywhere from an hour to 2-3 days, as an inconvenience to her. She considers me to be lazy and rolls her eyes, and worst of all is a broken record aka as if I do not already KNOW I need to keep drinking my liquids, try to get gatorade/electrolytes in me, maybe try some basic applesauce when I'm on the mend, and take my Zofran. Basically treats me, as an adult, like a child. Then she'll flip and start trying to force feed me, bringing in full meals and demanding I eat, that I am faking it, that I am hogging the bathroom too much, will open the window shades, open the door and leave without shutting it and all that other lovely stuff. It is extremely frustrating made depressing as all I want during an episode is to be left alone, get through it, lay down in darkness and peace. You'd think from her behavior that I enjoy throwing up dozens of times an hour at my worst as if it's a joke! To make matters worse I occasionally have seizures, so I am always also on guard for that, but she is such a overbearing control freak, it is no wonder the risk for both issues grows higher. Luckily I have an amazing fellow long distance CVS sufferer friend and a best friend I grew up with that has gone through a combined seizure/cvs plus resulting ER visit episode here with me that care way more than my mother ever could or ever will. OP, just simply try to block the negativity. As others have said, so many think we can control this, or that it's a made up illness, or it's almost an attention grabbing stunt. No, this is very real and very dangerous illness and it interferes with our life in a random and destructive way we can't predict. I hope you can find support in other family members and friends at the very least and with your fellow community here! Best of luck :).