**SCREAM** I AM NOT <CENSORED>ING CRAZY!!!
#103588 - 09/03/04 01:23 AM
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Stephie
Reged: 03/10/04
Posts: 2696
Loc: Vancouver, Canada
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Hi all,
Okay, first of all I should say that I am in a right rotten mood this morning which might make this all sound worse but I am so mad I could scream. After getting up at 5 every morning to go work after getting no sleep, today was my one day to sleep-in and try and catch up before I work a late shift tonight and then it's back to work again at 7 AM tomorrow (on a Saturday!!).. so my bf's mom says there is a guy coming at 8 AM that I have to let in to fix the door.. So my bf says he will do it, so that's great... But the door guy is late, bf gets up and makes SO MUCH NOISE all morning than I end up getting not five minutes of a sleep-in and THEN he takes off, so I have to just wait for this man to come... AND my bf tells me I am just grumpy in the morning so to just relax... NO! I _needed_ some extra sleep and he said he'd stay to let the guy in... *grumble* Anyway, that is why I am grumpy this morning..
I went to see a doctor yesterday to get a re-fill on my prescription, and I asked her about what's going on with my throat. It used to bother me every few days, then every day, now pretty much all the time... every time I eat, and sometimes just for no reason at all... it feels like there is something stuck in my throat (but only on one side) and it makes it hard for me to breath.
So she pretty much told me I was imagining it.
She is a doctor I have never seen before, and she didn't even look at my throat... She just said, "Oh, you have IBS.. they tried you on medication for reflux (which, by the way, I had to stop not because it wasn't working but because it gave me such bad D that I couldn't function).. it still bothers you... Yeah, it's nothing."
It is so frustrating because I have just tried to ignore it for so long but it seriously makes me miserable, it bothers me almost the whole day at work and makes me start to feel panicked when it gets harder to breath (which she said was just a panic attack and advised me to, and I quote, "chill out").
Now I CAN accept that it isn't a physical problem and it is brought on by anxiety if that's what's causing it, but since it has been bothering me every day for MONTHS and I hate going to the doctor and I really had to force myself, I would have AT LEAST liked her to look.. or to ask me questions.. or something.
I just ate some cereal, and of course it's doing it again. Why, when I feel less stressed than I have in the past so many months, would I be getting anxiety attacks every day in the form of a bad throat? I told her I felt less stressed than ever, and she basically said that wasn't true.. even though, like I said, she'd never met me before.
I am just feeling frustrated... and tired... _Now_ I feel anxiety, whereas before I was okay.
Just needed to vent, when I told my boyfriend she said I was imagining it, he just said, "Well, there you go.. that must be it" and that was the end of it. Grrr.
--Steph
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
IBS-D,pain.
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Grrrrr!  Idiots!
Go to another GP at the practice and complain!!!! And insist they check you out properly!
Men! How annoying are they?! The DH's being a TAD annoying recently! He keeps on getting annoyed and all sarky about me always being ill. I've been in a Fibro flare since HIS friends came over at the w/e. And does he help with the washing-up/clothes-washing/cleaning/DIY?????? NO! Grrrrrrr!
How about asking to try a different reflux med? My reflux did that to me so it could be that. And not all meds will have the same side effects. You are NOT imagining this, okay!
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Linz
#103592 - 09/03/04 01:45 AM
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Stephie
Reged: 03/10/04
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Loc: Vancouver, Canada
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Hiya Linz,
Thanks for the reply, I do feel like I am being grumpy this morning BUT I feel like it is justified! 
The people from the door company just rang to ask me if we wanted one door or two fixed, which I have NO idea and when I asked why they hadn't showed up yet she said they were running late and wouldn't be here 'til after noon.. when I'll be at work so I told them to forget it - how annoying!!
Anyway, I'm sorry your hubby isn't being as supportive as he should be. That's pretty brutal, him having all his friends over and then leaving you with the mess.. especially when you aren't feeling well. I dunno if he's the same as Adrian, but I think sometimes he just gets so wrapped up in 'Adrian World' that he forgets about.. 'Stephanie World'.. Or something.. I don't think he does it intentionally, but it is so annoying! Like, I was off work last year for a pretty good stretch when I was too sick to function and he used to just depend on me to do things.. Well, now I work just as many (if not more some weeks) hours as he does, and he STILL thinks I have all the time in the world and that I cannot possibly be tired/stressed/etc. Like, yesterday I worked 8.5 hours to his 7.5 but because I had to be in at 7 AM, and got home earlier, I had to go pick up his dry cleaning and stuff. And I ALWAYS make dinner, but if he has to it's like the biggest bloody task in the world and he d!cks around so much that it's 9:30 before we even end up eating!!
Okay, I realise I just went onto a little tangent there... my only other friend left England, I have no girls to complain to!! 
I go back to see my GI doc next week, so I will ask him.. and if I get nowhere, I will see a different GP. Thanks, I think I just needed someone to agree that just because I have IBS doesn't mean I just imagine any symptoms.
*huggs*
Steph
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
IBS-D,pain.
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Re: Linz
#103594 - 09/03/04 01:51 AM
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Linz
Reged: 09/01/03
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Loc: England
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{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}
Bloody delivery type people! I'm having something delivered today so I can't go out all morning! And I'll bet they'll be late anyway.
Yeah, working earlies is a killer! When I did nightshifts, I always ended up doing loads of stuf during the day when the man was at work! They really do jjst live in their own little worlds, don't they?
Anyway, I shouldn't slag the man off cos he's just told me to go and ring a beagle rescue place to see if they have any puppies!
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you aren't imagining it- see another doc and get treated- sorry, I hate docs who don't look- its why a friend of mine wound up having a much harder time having cancer treated thens he should have- they blew her off because she had so many other problems, admittedly some in her head- her mother and brother are both schizophrenic, and she's manic depressive, but that didn't mean she didn't know her own body... also- this could be an inflamed tonsil if you still have them or other things, they need to at least check!
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Hi Steph,
What's wrong with these doctors???? 
When you complain about a problem in your throat and they don't even bother to look or feel around your neck area????
ARGHHHHHHH!!! I am so mad!!!! What if you have an inflamed tonsil or swollen gland or a growth?????
When I tell my doc that I have a sore throat, she always looks in my throat. When I tell her something hurts she always looks at it, feels it, or takes an X-ray to determine what it is. I guess I should feel fortunate that I have a good doc.
Sorry you couldn't sleep late this morning. I always hate on a day when I can sleep late I just can't sleep and end up getting up early anyway.
You just go ahead and vent all you want. AND, you have my permission to be grumpy! 
Barbie
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What is worng with some of these doctors? I can not belive she didn't even look at your throat. Why do they become doctor's if they don't want to help people? It makes me so mad. I am so glad I have a great doc. You need to find a new doctor. That is just not right what she did.
You are NOT crazy.
As for men sometimes I realy think their brains just totaly fail them (sorry to all you guys out there but you know it's true) when it comes to women. I love to sleep in and I hate it when I think I am going ot be able to and then can't. It makes me very grumpy to. So go ahead and be grumpy and then make your man do something nice for you.
Hope your day gets better.
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Argh!!
#103625 - 09/03/04 06:53 AM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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Ok, your doctor is a tool. That's just wrong. I can't believe she didn't even look in your throat! Argh. I'll second what everyone else has said - try to see another doctor. It could be something really minor, but still - you deserve better than to have your concerns brushed aside like that.
As for the boyfriend... I'm convinced that men live in their own separate little parallel universe... one that doesn't at all coincide with reality. I will just say that I adore my boyfriend, but he can be incredibly frustrating at times, and I just look at him and think, "What the HELL are you THINKING?!" Ah well. I sympathize.
*hugs*
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Sorry, Steph. You're having a tough time of it, aren'tcha?
Sleep deprivation does bad things to us. I know, because I haven't been able to sleep ever since I stopped taking my Tylenol PM every night. (I'm trying to wean myself off the stuff.) I agree with you -- YOU NEED YOUR SLEEP!
I'm also sorry the BF isn't more understanding. That doesn't help your situation AT ALL! (If it were me, I'd have to tell him so.)
Now, about the doctor's "diagnosis." Unfortunately, she may be right. I have always had a problem dealing with stress. At one point, I was grinding my teeth in my sleep (my dentist discovered it), and told me it was stress. About that time, when I finally stopped grinding, instead I began feeling a lump in my throat. I couldn't swallow. It scared me because I was afraid I soon wouldn't be able to breathe. My doc sent me to an ENT specialist who put a "telescope" down my throat (that was a lot of fun), and came up with absolutely nothing. He told me stress was causing it. I was in total denial, and told him he was wrong, that I had a lump, I COULD FEEL THE DAMN THING!
Well, it turned out he was right. When I began to relax a little, the so-called lump went away.
I agree with you, Steph, you're NOT "<CENSORED>ING CRAZY" -- you're just under a lot of stress (and/or anxiety). Not getting enough sleep is certainly not helping either. You truly have to find a way to get rid of the stress. What happened with Michael's tapes? I know you started them. If you didn't finish, then maybe you need to consider starting over again. Sometimes they don't help the first time around.
And I'd also have a little chat with the BF.....
Good luck,
Bev
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I get this throat thingy too. I had it looked at a long while back (barium swallow test)and they said it was a hiatal hernia but very, very mild and I was given an acid reducer. It gets worse here and there so I take Zantac and it works.
One thing I want to mention is that when this throat thing happens to me I sometimes feel myself getting tense and afraid. But if I ignore it, usually within 30 mins of eating it goes away. I have to remember I won't choke or anything.
But if it's worrying you, ask for a test to make sure it's not something serious. Two of my friends at work have this and have both been given endoscopy scopes without really even wanting them.
Try and get some much needed rest! 
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