Quote Originally Posted by SoVerySorry View Post
Sorry I get testy when people say it's in my head. I read "anxiety" and I automatically assume people think my nausea doesn't exist. It may as well be psychosomatic but... they needed a biopsy a while ago because my ileum looked weird. I know decisively what anxiety nausea feels like, but I'm telling you, my nausea, not all of it, is anxiety. I've been to a counselor but nothing happened. I don't know what talking to her would do, but nothing came off of it (in 4 visits)


My doctor thought I may have had Celiac disease but there wasn't decisive proof. I digest food slower than average, but not slow enough for it to be considered Gastroparesis. I may have IBS or a form of Colitis but there is still no conclusive data.

I don't want anymore anxiety pills, they really messed up my way of thinking and I want to get off of pills... Getting tired and having the ability to sleep is awesome. Getting tired and forgetting you didn't take your anti-depressants, having to take them, then waiting an hour or 2 because sleeping with water or gatorade in your stomach upsets it sucks. I seen all different types of tests they can do but they won't. I'm not a stupid kid. Just want to be treated with some sort of respect from my doctors.

It feels like the only way I'll be able to get full tests, like things they refuse to do, is if my weight continues to drop. I'll end up sectioned in the hospital. (I'm not losing weight on purpose at all)
Okay, so you don't want to take anti-anxiety meds, but you're happy to pump yourself full of pills to stop yourself from vomiting? I don't get it.

Of course I wasn't implying it's "all in your head", I know what anxiety nausea is and that it can be bad, it's just as valid as any other. If you don't feel like you're being treated right by your doctors, then why not find new ones? I HATED one of the doctors I first saw about my anxiety... so I stopped seeing him and switched. I don't know how it works where you are, but it's really not difficult here where I am to just see another doctor

As for the counsellor, it takes a lot longer than 4 sessions to see results. I saw my counsellor for 6 months before I ever began to see results. I know it sucks, I really do, but you have to persevere. There's no overnight quick fix for anxiety issues, just like there's no quick fix for chronic stomach complaints. There are also other kinds of therapy that are available. I'm not a doctor, as some other poster so kindly pointed out, but I feel like you might benefit from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). This isn't administered by a counsellor but a psychologist.