Sharon123
22-08-22, 02:02
God I am so overwhelmed.....
It started out with a few simple searches to figure out why I could be having stomach pains and fatigue and now a year and a half of obsessive googling later, my brain is filled to the brim with heavily in depth info about everything and anything that can cause any sort of symptom.
I used to think stomach pain was caused by a couple of things such as GERD or Ulcers, but now it can be anything: Histamine intolerance, SIBO, Tic bites, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome..... how the heck are you supposed to get tested for all of those things??? I have been to so many doctors this year I can't stop because each time I go on the internet there is yet another stupid thing someone is talking about that could be causing it.....
Do I get tested for tic bone diseases? Do I take antihistamines?
And then there are all those functional and naturopathic people with all these excessively complicated lists of causes like mold poisoning and heavy metal exposure. Do I need to get tested for that stuff?
There are so very many possibilities of stuff that I can have that are causing my issues that I feel like I will go crazy!!! I feel way sicker than when I started googling.
When I went to the doctor they said I have GERD and mild Gastritis. But all these people on the internet say that that's what their doctor told them too but it turned out to something else like histamine intolerance or something difficult to diagnose like that and I feel so overwhelmed....... Then there are so many people on the internet who say that you shouldn't trust doctors because they are dismissive and don't check anything.....
I am so stuck and I just can't get out of this headspace! My whole world has become so dark and scary.....
It started out with a few simple searches to figure out why I could be having stomach pains and fatigue and now a year and a half of obsessive googling later, my brain is filled to the brim with heavily in depth info about everything and anything that can cause any sort of symptom.
I used to think stomach pain was caused by a couple of things such as GERD or Ulcers, but now it can be anything: Histamine intolerance, SIBO, Tic bites, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome..... how the heck are you supposed to get tested for all of those things??? I have been to so many doctors this year I can't stop because each time I go on the internet there is yet another stupid thing someone is talking about that could be causing it.....
Do I get tested for tic bone diseases? Do I take antihistamines?
And then there are all those functional and naturopathic people with all these excessively complicated lists of causes like mold poisoning and heavy metal exposure. Do I need to get tested for that stuff?
There are so very many possibilities of stuff that I can have that are causing my issues that I feel like I will go crazy!!! I feel way sicker than when I started googling.
When I went to the doctor they said I have GERD and mild Gastritis. But all these people on the internet say that that's what their doctor told them too but it turned out to something else like histamine intolerance or something difficult to diagnose like that and I feel so overwhelmed....... Then there are so many people on the internet who say that you shouldn't trust doctors because they are dismissive and don't check anything.....
I am so stuck and I just can't get out of this headspace! My whole world has become so dark and scary.....