I have terrible acid reflux (to the point where I cant eat anything spicy,with spice,garlic,green/red peppers..) and when I do eat tomatoes,I have to add sugar all the time.I take omeprazol 40mg daily + Gaviscon if I feel like shit.Never got any heartburn though.I also have constipation issue,doctors just cant point out why..

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Sorry I didn't respond sooner! I didn't get the alert for the new post. I'm also sorry to hear about your acid reflux. I have it sometimes but never that bad. Have you tried organic unfiltered apple cider vinegar, lemon water, baking soda (without the aluminum) or even aloe vera juice? Sometimes natural remedies work A LOT better than medications. I also take pepcid when I have bad acid.

You should check with a GI (maybe a colonscopy?) about that. I had bad bad constipation when I was a kid and then it turned out to be colitis. That or you can always try laxatives to help the process along?

Eh eh thanks eue

I should try them,I saw a specialist already and he told me that they weren`t that bad. /side note,I do have laxative.But I prefer to...try some soft remedies.

Oh that's good. I hope you find something that works for you! Oh and I love your avvie, very cute! :neko:

I have depression and anxiety...and something else that I don't know what it is and I probably won't find out because I don't have insurance or the money to see a doctor. The 'something else' is kind of difficult to explain. It might be several 'something elses'. The biggest thing is that I can't stand certain movements and sounds, such as people wiggling their feet/legs, or the sound of people picking their nails. It just gets into my brain until I get so angry I have to either say something or get away from it. I don't know if this part is related to any of the other things, but I also have to have my clothes just right, as in not laying so that they rub a certain way or anything. I also really get antsy and uncomfortable in public, especially in places I haven't been before, to the point where I feel like people are judging me. I don't know, I know it's got to be something, but I have no idea what. Someone suggested Asperger's and someone else a form of OCD, but I honestly haven't done any research on that, so I don't know. I would just really like to know what it is so I can find a way to get rid of it or make it better. The only people I really tell about the movement/sounds things are my parents and they refuse to understand, and accuse me of just doing it to be controlling or mean, even though I've calmly explained what it is and how I feel. Maybe if I had a correct diagnosis, I could explain it to them better and they wouldn't be so mad at me about it.

I have Grave's disease. Its not surprising your first pediatrician didn't pick it up, for two reasons. One is that she may not have developed the disease when she was seeing him, and second its not a disease that is "casually" diagnosed, at least not usually. When I was first diagnosed I read up quite a bit and a very common complaint was people going for several years knowing something was wrong, but unable to get a diagnosis. Also considering that the majority of people who get GD are women in their 40s or 50s I wouldn't expect any pediatrician to look for it. Hopefully she will go into remission and not have to worry about it again.

I actually have 3, possibly 4 auto-immune diseases. Fortunately, nothing too life changing, just taking constant meds and paying attention for certain symptoms to get worse. Sometimes my conditions go into remission, which is always a relief. My biggest problem is just generally never feeling well combined with a sense that things can go from okay to unbearable at the drop of a hat if several things flare up all at the same time.

Type One Diabetes. Diagnosed at 13, turning 27 in a few months. I first suspected diabetes because of a Cat Fancy issue on the topic (seriously...) and because my mom had it, but I didn't really know that because she had a kidney/pancreas transplant when I was wee. I'm on Lantus and Humalog injections. Also supposed to be on Synthroid, but I haven't remembered to take it in ... years.

- I don't want to sound like I'm diagnosing you, but the reaction to sounds seems a lot like misophonia to me. I have it, and it freaks me out SO BAD when people chew loudly around me. Perhaps you could look into it a bit more!

As for me, I have hypothyroidism as well as schizoaffective disorder (bipolar disorder plus symptoms of schizophrenia). It's a pretty fun mix, if by fun you mean awful. Basically, I have really low energy to start with and then when a depressive episode hits, it all but ruins me. When I'm manic, I have the will to do so many things, but still don't have enough energy so I get really frustrated and angry. Not to mention the other effects of my thyroid, which include the inability to lose weight and sensitivity to cold. I'm on medication for both and they do help a bit, I have almost no hallucinations now, but it's not enough. X_X

I've never heard of that. I'll definitely look into it, thanks.

I don't, luckily. I know people who do, though. Both my grandparents, my mum and my brother have got IBS (brother's also got milk and wheat (not gluten) alergy). My boyfriend's step-dad has celiac disease. A cousin of my mums has got crohn's disease. A friend of my boyfriend's family has got MS. I feel quite lucky that I don't have anything wrong with me. But to be honest they all cope quite well, and it doesn't get them down.

I finally tried Remicade for my ulcerative colitis. Hoping for the best.

Sorry to hear about everyone's ailments. I can only imagine what some of you go through. :(