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I was going to switch doctors after this mess was over. Trying to do so now might be difficult, as it’s hard to find doctors accepting new patients, and then to get an appointment and referral immediately. If after this round of talking to him and he’s still uncooperative, then I’ll have no choice but to try to find someone else to take me and have an appointment quickly.

I found the side effects of the meds to be my other issue, as all of them had nausea/ vomiting as possible side effects, so it was quite possible they were helping, but still causing me nausea (facepalm). I had brought this up with my doctor, but he didn’t seem to concerned over it, so I’m not sure. But I will look into that, thanks!

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@Kimberly: We’ve ruled out quite a few things, and now we’re kind of running out of ideas. And I’m kind of discouraged by my family doctor to ask any questions or ask for referrals. When this started, he did little testing (only a couple generic blood tests), and started just writing me prescriptions (2 types of anxiety meds, the PPIs and antacids) and continually refused to give me any referrals even though I asked repeatedly (at this point, we were asking for a GI referral) while trying to force me to see a shrink. He’s very flippant and disregards some of my symptoms and suggestions. I’m worried about returning to him, and him refusing to refer me to an endo or to order the blood tests. The first couple times, even though my TSH was low (as you saw) he did nothing about it. He didn’t even really mention it or ask me any related questions.

@Sue: The thing about the anxiety is it just kind of started up out of nowhere. I never was a worrier or cared about anything. Nothing bothered me. Never had any sort of problems associated with any sort of anxiety, so to have this for a symptom is really out of character. It’s been a challenge coming to terms with acknowledging that I do now have anxiety and to see it completely taking over my life is downright scary. I was hoping to get something to deal with it, even just temporarily until the cause is found, because all of this is just really ridiculous to be honest. But reading through your past threads and your post are very helpful, and I certainly appreciate it!

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I will look up those threads, thanks. I’m hoping to get something to deal with the symptoms in the meantime, so I can at least leave the house or not feel like complete garbage everyday.

And trust me, the diet isn’t entirely voluntary. I would love to be eating just about anything else, but I find if I try eating other things, it usually aggravates the nausea and my digestive issues return, although I suspect this is a result of my anxiety (I worry constantly about my nausea, and if what I’m eating may make it worse). And again, this has only been the past few months (I ate just fine beforehand, if not a little unhealthily). As I said, I imagine this will resolve itself once the anxiety and nausea is dealt with, although I appreciate the concern.

As for the TSH, is it normal to fluctuate like that? I imagine some fluctuation to be normal, but it just seems like a lot if I’m not being treated for it. Or do some things cause it to fluctuate?

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Thanks for the replies.

I should clarify that I’ve had these symptoms long before my diet change (I’ve only had these eating habits for about 3-4 months, with the weight loss occuring mostly late last year) and my docs have ruled out any food related or dietary allergies or problems as the causes. And that despite this, they found no real nutritional deficiencies or issues in recent tests (which surprised even me). The only thing I found relating to my diet was my digestive issues cleared up completely or for the most part after eliminating gluten from my diet (so I might have a gluten intolerance in addition to things, which also runs in the family).

I’m mostly concerned with dealing with the anxiety and nausea, which has severely affected my life as I mentioned. Once I get those dealt with, I’m sure the dietary issue will clear up.

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