This is why I have not been to the doctors again til today...

[LadySaabra]

Well I went to the doctor's about my annoying bowels and saw the most annoyingly terse and matter-of-fact doctor there is...essentially my bowels are down to my diet and nothing else (not emotions), at least I got a self referral form for the anxiety/phobia thing...but that doc has miffed me right off I was so thrown by his self-righteousness I didn't mention my weight-loss or acid or other dietry problems...it gets worse though this doctor answered a call from reception for the unavailability of emergency appointments and he refused an extra appointement for a ten year girl with a swollen throat - unbelieveable, the temptation to report is strong, he is always like this....grrrrrrr....anyway I'm still happy - could not imagine what it would be like to see that doctor with depression... > "your an adult, you don't want to kill yourself, now go behave like an adult"....I keep making a joke of it all but doctors like him are too frequent its not funny

[bonnie1959]

hello lady Saabra my doc was like that with me, he came out to me once I felt very ill and was in bed ,i said to him that others in my family had had a virus. he said we will do some blood tests and if not well its mental!!!. he cant have been out of my door 5mins and I was very sick.

Bonnie

xxx

[Regalbirdy]

Hi LadySaaba

My advice would be to:

1) change your doctor to a more understanding person; and/or

2) Go get blood tested for coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity (if you haven't been already). Acid, weight loss and diarrhoea can all be symptoms of a gluten intolerance so make sure you are checked for this.

Anxiety does cause dodgy bowels but it's not the only cause. All physical reasons for these symptoms should be investigated by any decent GP.

I keep banging on about here in the anxiety uk forum, because as I said in another recent post; I wish somebody had told me to go to the GP about it years ago. It could have saved me from having depression (plus anxiety) and years of overall general ill-health. It was the tiredness that was the final straw that led to a diagnosis.

All the best.