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Hello David, I cannot over emphasise that I have no medical training whatsoever . > Further, I have severe bowel problems, which mean I suffer from > diarrhea if I eat fried food (IE chinese) and if I eat wheat products, > such as bread or pizza, I suffer from very painful bowel movements for > 2-3 days. Beer also causes a lot of discomfort and bowel problems the > following day, but I can drink spirits quite happily (apart from being > prone to depression for a few days following a heavy session).

I react to food since I was 18(I’m now 48) and recently I’ve been eating a lot less than the average person but I probably know what I’m doing. For one thing my weight has remained unchanged so apart from a little concern I have that I may not be getting all the material I need I’m clearly surviving. Anyway we here in the West eat far more than we need to! However I do feel very unwell after food although this situation is improving all the time. When I think of it things were really much worse. I’m sorry I cannot describe exactly what I mean by feeling unwell and because I’m certain that no doctor can describe it either I have never complained to a doctor about it. I think it comes under the general heading of "food intolerance" a phrase I heard recently. What I’m absolutely 100% certain about is that not being able digest food in the normal way is due to the anxiety/tension I feel all day because I suffer from Social Phobia and all that that means and the dreadful environment I live in living with my hostile parents which only makes things worse than they should be for me. As I said things have been much worse. As you know our entire digestive system is finely balanced and easily upset. I wonder can I point out that if someone is provoked at the table to the point that they feel angry they will prefer not to finish what they are eating. That is how finely balanced our digestive systems are and once adrenalin is released when we feel angry our digestive system is shut down. Have you heard about the fight or flight mechanism? The general picture is well understood but the details are probably not understood at all or at least very little.    The tinnitus I suffer is around > 13-14khz in frequency, and I only tend to notice it when I go to bed, > as the rest of the time the TV or radio masks it.

I suffer from probably severe tinnitus in my right ear(I can hear it now clearly) and I know for a fact that it’s due to the way I clench my right jaw all day long. If I press firmly against my right jaw with my hand I can hear the tone and volume of the tinnitus change in my right ear. I have two fillings in my two back teeth on the right side due to grinding my teeth for years. This is also due entirely due to the anxiety/tension I feel because I suffer from Social Phobia and all that that means. > Some years ago I had a barium meal. Although this didn’t show any > problems, I was somewhat concerned that I passed the barium liquid > through my bowel within two hours of ingesting it. I am due to have an > endoscopy/gastroscopy in April of this year, and hopefully this will > show something that can be treated.

I take Rennie Rapeze antacid tabets everyday. I’ve been taking antacid preparations since I was 18. I’ve tried them all! Then I had a gastroscopy actually hoping that I had this newly discovered bacterium, Helico Bacter, that causes ulcers but my stomach was fine. Again the continuously higher than normal levels of HCl in my stomach is due entirely to anxiety/tension that I have because I suffer from Social Phobia. > The doctor has prescribed me Valium (Diazepam) tablets, although he > did want me to try a course of Prozac (yet again, man do they get > commission on this stuff or something?) . I > really miss the happy / unstressed feeling I used to get from smoking > weed, and feel like I’ve aged massively in the last year and a half > due to feeling so stressed / anxious all the time.

I use Valium on the weekends as a 100% effective sleeping tablet because I feel the greatest amounts of anxiety/tension on the weekends due to the painful loneliness I feel at the weekends. The loneliness I feel at the weekends has always been worse at that time for me since I was 18. The anxiety/tension starts to build around 3pm on Friday afternoon and just gets worse as the weekend progresses. I then continue to feel especially unwell till around Tuesday morning. You wrote:

……I’ve aged massively in the last year and a half due to feeling so stressed / anxious all the time. So finally for what it’s worth the anxiety you feel may be at the root of all your problems. If you can discover why you feel so anxious you may be taking the first step to getting relief but then again maybe not. All of us in this group know what the problem is viz. we are suffering from Social Phobia but apart from a lucky minority the rest of us continue to suffer. However for me getting the correct diagnosis was a real breakthrough and changed everything for me. I want to repeat I do not have any medical training and neither do I have any training in psychology. I simply identify with some of your symptoms and I just happen to know why I have these symptoms. Sorry I cannot be of anymore help to you. You are having a hard time of it. Peter Nolan.

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Dave, Your post makes you sound like a human medicine cabinet and a complete automaton. Your story is intriguing yet unbelievable unless you have jumped from physician to physician for every problem you’ve had without relaying to the attending doc any prior history. IMO- I think that your post is complete BS unless you can prove otherwise! If it is truthful then you’ve got one helluva lawsuit yet I still think you’re bullshitting. My first guess/assumption:  Anonymous David "Jones" is a MS Psychology student working on some absurd thesis to impress his/her professors and is using the newsgroups as his/her study group! Entirely too opaque! Let me guess: "The effect of cannabis on psycho-social disorders and fibromyalgia"? It appears to be the bait. Give it up sport! Unemployed for 8 years for lactose intolerance and psychosomatic disorders related to severe Anxiety? Taken dozens of meds for a gazillion reasons? If you really wanted research then you should have been more subtle but this shit is hilarious! David Jones <a…@invalid.com> wrote in message

news:onuq3uokbqssl9v500vr7m8n3eapnv1oi8@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, I apologise for cross-posting this to so many groups, but I’m > desperate for some help/advise and wouldn’t wish to miss any potential > source. If respondees wish to create a new thread in the relevant > group(s) when replying, then I’m sure everyone will be grateful. > Background: I am a 30yr old male. I have suffered from anxiety / > shyness / social phobia / depression since adolescence, but it has > been bad enough to keep me off work for the last 8 years. During this > time I have tried various anti-depressants, most of which seemed to > make me so tired it was distressing, and so they were discontinued. > The most useful thing I tried was flupenthixol in a low dose, which > made me more outgoing and talkative which in a way was nice, but > almost made me feel a bit out of control / manic. I understand this > medicine which is an anti-psychotic, is contra-indicated in people > prone to excitability which I can be. It’s also an anti-seizure drug, > so I wonder if my brain is prone to mild seizure for whatever reason. > I have also suffered lower back pain, which extends to the sides of my > abdomen, for about the same length of time, which does affect me when > sitting and lying in bed, but hurts the worst when I have to stand for > 10 minutes or so, following which, sitting down is extremely painful > and my back seems to spasm for a few minutes. Recently my GP sent me > to a physio-therapist, who has given me various stretching excercises, > but the main point she made regarding the back pain was that I should > do sit-ups to strengthen my stomach muscles so that they can support > my back. > Fatigue and feeling cold are problems as well, and I also suffer from > aches in my arms and legs (for example brushing my teeth or hair > causes my arms to ache). My legs ache a lot, even when lying in bed > (mainly centered around my lower leg/calves). I suppose this could be > due to my lack of exercise, which I am trying to address (I have > recently acquired a step machine, although I can only manage 2-3 > minutes before my legs turn to jelly). > Further, I have severe bowel problems, which mean I suffer from > diarrhea if I eat fried food (IE chinese) and if I eat wheat products, > such as bread or pizza, I suffer from very painful bowel movements for > 2-3 days. Beer also causes a lot of discomfort and bowel problems the > following day, but I can drink spirits quite happily (apart from being > prone to depression for a few days following a heavy session). > Further, certain foods seem to pass through somewhat undigested, for > instance spinach or marrowfat peas will result in me producing greeny > stools. I am now avoiding the mentioned troublesome items, and am > waiting to have a gastroscopy in April / May (there was an eight month > waiting list). My stomach / bowel also tends to be very noisy, and > there is often an excess of stomach acid gurgling away, which causes a > lot of nausea. I have recently found out that my Aunt has Celiac > disease. > In July 2000 I began a course of Seroxat (Paxil) anti-depressants on > the advice of my psychiatrist. Around the same time I also had an > amalgam filling drilled out and replaced with a white filling (It > needed replacing). I have been concerned about my amalgam fillings for > some time, and suffer from a strong metallic taste on the right hand > side of my mouth. I had a checkup and tests done at a London teaching > hospital, including urine and blood tests to check my mercury levels, > which were both below the European limit. I also have some fluorosis, > I guess from childhood, as I vaguely remember swallowing toothpaste > sometimes to freshen my breath, and the water in my area is not > fluoridated and I have used fluoride-free toothpaste for 2-3 years. At > the moment, I am suffering strong pain on the lower right hand side of > my mouth when I eat sweet stuff such as chocolate or cakes. I > mentioned this to my dentist when I saw him just before Christmas, but > he thought it was probably just sensitive teeth, although I thought > this only occurred when taking hot or cold food or drink. > The Seroxat did not agree with me and made me very irritable, and I > felt I was going mad. For instance I found myself obsessing about my > family dying in the future, and thinking that if I killed them now I > wouldn’t have to worry about them dying. I obviously found these > thoughts very distressing and so I stopped the Seroxat at the > beginning of August 2000. The leaflet accompanying it only mentioned > mild problems that might occur if it was stopped suddenly, and I felt > these would be preferable to becoming psychotic. > When I came off Seroxat I came down with heavy flu-like symptoms. I > experienced dizziness (I felt constantly dizzy, as if the floor and > the seats were wobbling), nausea, shortness of breath, heavy sweating, > prickly heat / tingling / pins & needles in my limbs, aching muscles, > sore throat, sinus infection (pressure in sinus’ & head). I suffered > visual problems which made it impossible to use a computer and hard to > watch TV. This reminded me of times when I had flu, and my eyes felt > bleary and the brightness of the TV hurt my eyes. Each night I had > cold sweats, and as I was about to fall asleep, I would sit up in a > panic, feeling as if I was drowning and that if I fell asleep I > wouldn’t wake up. These symptoms persisted till about the 11th August, > then returned on the 16th, cleared up between the 18-21, and returned > from 21-22nd. I now believe this was Seretonin Withdrawal Syndrome. > I was then alright until the 17th November when the same symptoms > returned. If anything, the symptoms were worse in November. I was > going to bed exhausted, to the extent that my face muscles were > twitching, but I would lie there unable to sleep for 5 hours. Even > when I could sleep, I would wake every hour needing to urinate, and > after a sleepless night followed by a visit to the Hospital, I would > come home and only manage to sleep for an hour, even though I felt > exhausted. > Although I went to Hospital several times due to feeling like I was > about to collapse, and also because I was unable to sleep for days on > end which was causing nervous exhaustion, the only suggestions I was > given was that I had an upper respiratory tract infection, inner ear > infection and inflamed lymph nodes. > I was put on Zileze (Zopiclone) in March 2001 for a while, which was a > godsend as I got some much needed sleep. > Additionally, I suffered recurrent fungal infections, for which I used > Daktacort and then Lotriderm. This did clear it up, but the infection > would keep returning. I last suffered from this about 6 years ago. > This has now been clear for some time, but I am currently suffering > from a flaky scalp and dry flaky skin on my eyebrows. I also suffer > from rhinitis (runny nose & watery eyes when outdoors) for which I am > using Beconase. (which I believe can cause glaucoma). > Since August 2000, I have been unable to swallow normal size pills > such as Co-Codamol, as they tend to get stuck in my throat and sit > there dissolving for some time which feels very unpleasant. The only > way I can dislodge them is to drink something hot, which brings the > tablet up. As a result, my Doctor provided me with a prescription for > effervescent Co-Codamol. I still often suffer from what feels like a > tightening/lump in my throat which is normally accompanied by > tightness/pressure in my sinuses. > I saw an ENT consultant in February 2001 to ask about my tight throat, > tinnitus & vertigo. I had a hearing test and he examined my throat by > putting some sort of camera up my nose. I returned for a follow up in > June when I saw a different consultant, who told me that my previous > hearing test had shown a dip, but the current test was fine. I asked > him about inner ear problems in relation to my vertigo / dizziness, > but he had nothing helpful to say. The tinnitus I suffer is around > 13-14khz in frequency, and I only tend to notice it when I go to bed, > as the rest of the time the TV or radio masks it. I tried betahistine > from 2nd March 2001 to no effect (in fact it made me more dizzy, which > considering I should be taking antihistamines for my rhinitis isn’t > suprising). I was also put on a course of Stemetil for vertigo, which > didn’t help and neither did a course of Cyclizine. I found that Gingko > Biloba helped stop the tinnitus, so I wonder if the blood supply to my > ears is restricted for whatever reason, as the Gingko acts as a mild > blood thinner which may have allowed the blood to travel through the > constricted arteries. My ears often feel blocked and in need of > unblocking, but pinching my nose and breathing out only seems to make > them worse. Sometimes they just clear by

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