Someone asked “Doctors, what do you do when you see a patient is obviously faking it?” I worked in a public hospital where sodium solution was IM was prescribed to patients that were suspected of faking catatonism. Care for your patient's life as much as can, holistically, because they trust you blindly as someone that will make them feel better. ADVERTISEMENT#7 I'm an EMS pilot and the nurses/medics have shown me a couple of awesome tricks they use on fakers. They'll usually come up happy as clam talking to people in line, but as soon as theyre up to the window they put on their bad feels face.