Re: Belly Issues that are all in my head

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much! All that I wanted was a path, you know, some tools as to what to do. I got my own referral to a G.I and decided after this last bout that if they tell me that I can only eat “twigs and berries” for the rest of my life then I’m down. I’ll meditate, do yoga, sit in an ashram…I just don’t want to be ‘dismissed’. I know that being bipolar brings it’s own unique set of issues, but everyone else seems more hung up on it than me, and it seems to be the ‘go to answer’ for any and all additional problems that develop in my life. I don’t want a serious issue, and God knows I take ENOUGH meds, I just don’t want a serious issue to be overlooked because people are so focused on ’emotional factors’. My mom NEVER had the traditional symptoms of colon cancer, so by the time it was discovered, she was already at stage 4. I don’t think that what’s going on with me is anywhere near that, but I want to be proactive.

I’m with you on the relief factor. Once I wrapped my head around it and did more research on what was going on with me, my whole world got more clear, but you still battle the stigma that comes with bipolar disorder and ADHD. I can’t get upset without someone wondering if I took my meds, this belly issue, everything tries to put it in a neat little package and say it’s emotional. Again, if I go to the GI and they say they can’t find a thing, then I’ll move on, but for this long, to have this problem…all I know is that at best, it’s frustrating, at worst, devastating.

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