Re: Belly Issues that are all in my head

[Anonymous]

Sugargremlin, I can see that happening!!! The doc at the urgent care said that he was going to give me the name of a G.I. doc and didn’t even do that, just another Rx. He didn’t even look me in the face. He was more interested in telling me about a couple that came back from the Dominican Republic with stomach issues. I guess if I had lied and said I just got back from Darfur then they would run a battery of tests on me. He mentioned a ‘stool sample’ and then said it was expensive. I have insurance, I’ll do any test you want! If through PROCESS OF ELIMINATION I find out it’s nothing then okay, let’s look at the emotional factors, but I’ve seen and heard of too many people who’s lives were turned inside out because no one listened to them and basically threw meds at them to allieviate the symptoms. I want the symptoms to go away, but I want to get help for the issue permanently. It’s getting to be a quality of life issue because when it hits, I can’t be more than 10 feet from a bathroom. This weekend I woke up at 4 am with this excrutiating pain and stayed up for most of the morning, so of course I slept a lot that day, wasting a chunk of my weekend. If it weren’t for my dogs needing CONSTANT attention, I would have stayed inside.

Memzak I can’t even imagine your frustration. I mean what I feel right now is more righteous indignation, but when you’re dealing with depression and all that comes with it, there is a desperation that cannot be explained. I first sought out help because I thought I was just depressed from losing my mom. It’s great that you kept pushing though and found the correct diagnosis for you. I read so many people’s struggles with getting help.

I’ve done counseling with my seeing my psychiatrist for my bipolar disorder and the ADHD. To be honest, the ADHD was ‘harder’ for me to accept in a way. At that point, I was like “one more thing”, “one more pill”, “are we gonna ‘up’ my visits now”, but I know what you’re saying about acceptance. The only stress I get is when others don’t accept it in me. When the belly issues first started, I discussed with the counselor and also my psychiatrist, and I tried to track what I was eating, what was going on in my life to see if there were any connections to diet or stressors and these ‘attacks’. I found no direct correlations. There has been no rhyme or reason to it at all. I’m sure that worrying about whether worrying is making me sick doesn’t help. Ah the spiral!!!

I’ve said it so many times but I am so grateful for this site. I feel like whatever problem I encounter, there is real support and success stories that are attainable. This morning after talking to my sister, I felt so utterly dejected. I feel a lot better now.

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