harasgenster
21-02-11, 13:38
Hi
I suffer from a lot of psychosomatic illnesses and am currently suffering from overactive bladder, which in my case I believe may be psychosomatic. Firstly, I don't mean psychosomatic as in "imagined" as that's not what psychosomatic means - it's a physical malfunction that is initially caused by emotional distress. For example, many cases of alopecia are psychosomatic.
I'm a bit annoyed that if a physical doctor decides something is psychosomatic they just send me home without referring me to anyone. I have then in the past asked for therapy but the therapist always says that the physical symptoms are physical and sends me back to a physician!
The nature of the psychosomatic illnesses changes every couple of years but they are very real and do cause a lot of bother in my life. The last time I went to a therapist about a psychosomatic illness it was that I would suddenly fall and forget how to speak or move - as in I would feel paralysed and I would find it difficult to physically form words as well as get very confused when trying to construct sentences, which made it very difficult to communicate. This did not coincide with panic or stressful situations, it would just suddenly happen for no reason. I had to be checked for epilepsy because the therapist was adament that this was not psychological but when the neurologist said I was fine I received no help.
I'm now expecting the same to happen with my bladder. If it turns out to have a psychological cause I'm worried I'll just be sent home with no help. The problem affects me every day all day long (but tellingly, not at night) and I have no way of controlling it. I've tried, for instance, trying to convince myself the feeling is not there or I've tried distracting myself but nothing seems to work.
Does anybody have any advice in case I end up being discharged for it being psychological? I don't want to be just left alone with this AGAIN! This sort of thing has happened for years and neither the physical nor psychological doctors seem to want anything to do with it!
Thanks
I suffer from a lot of psychosomatic illnesses and am currently suffering from overactive bladder, which in my case I believe may be psychosomatic. Firstly, I don't mean psychosomatic as in "imagined" as that's not what psychosomatic means - it's a physical malfunction that is initially caused by emotional distress. For example, many cases of alopecia are psychosomatic.
I'm a bit annoyed that if a physical doctor decides something is psychosomatic they just send me home without referring me to anyone. I have then in the past asked for therapy but the therapist always says that the physical symptoms are physical and sends me back to a physician!
The nature of the psychosomatic illnesses changes every couple of years but they are very real and do cause a lot of bother in my life. The last time I went to a therapist about a psychosomatic illness it was that I would suddenly fall and forget how to speak or move - as in I would feel paralysed and I would find it difficult to physically form words as well as get very confused when trying to construct sentences, which made it very difficult to communicate. This did not coincide with panic or stressful situations, it would just suddenly happen for no reason. I had to be checked for epilepsy because the therapist was adament that this was not psychological but when the neurologist said I was fine I received no help.
I'm now expecting the same to happen with my bladder. If it turns out to have a psychological cause I'm worried I'll just be sent home with no help. The problem affects me every day all day long (but tellingly, not at night) and I have no way of controlling it. I've tried, for instance, trying to convince myself the feeling is not there or I've tried distracting myself but nothing seems to work.
Does anybody have any advice in case I end up being discharged for it being psychological? I don't want to be just left alone with this AGAIN! This sort of thing has happened for years and neither the physical nor psychological doctors seem to want anything to do with it!
Thanks