Patient has checked their bank balance 11 times today. The number has not changed. The rent leaves on the 28th. It is the 26th. Patient continues to check. At some point in the next 48 hours, the number will, through sheer optimism, change.
Chronic. Payday provides 72 hours of relief.
None. Refreshing does not deposit money.
Patients with Severe Account-Balance Refresh Syndrome typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Severe Account-Balance Refresh Syndrome β a severe condition cataloged for archival purposes and shared for patient use. No prescription exists. No intervention has been shown effective. Recognition is the primary benefit of diagnosis.
Formal name: Rationis nummariae consultatio compulsiva. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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