Quahog,

I am sorry for all the frustrations that you have been going through. I can certainly relate to many of them as I have been there myself.

I wanted to comment on the anxiety/panic aspect. In my case I do have anxiety/panic disorders which I have had since age 4. At the beginning of my physical health mess, my doctors wanted to blame every physical symptom on my anxiety.

The ONLY reason they stopped blaming the anxiety and started treating me seriously is because I had my psychaitrist write a medical report which basically called the doctors idiots and said that in his expert medical opinion as my treating psychaitrist my physical symptoms were NOT caused by anxiety.

So my point is that you may disagree with the doctors who labeled you as anxious - and you are probably right as you know yourself better than they do... but one of the quickest ways to convince them that they are wrong is to have a mental health professional tell them that they are wrong.

So, if you are able to see a mental health doctor with your insurance, i would go and see them. Get the evaluation and all that... maybe you do have anxiety, maybe you don't. Even if you do have anxiety it doesn't mean that the anxiety is the cause of the physical symptoms. But unfortunately your doctors will only believe that if they hear it from a mental health professional.

I have ben dealing with physical health problems for over 5 years now... and i still have to bring a letter from my psychaitrist every time I see a new specialist -- because they ALWAYS want to blame the physical stuff on my anxiety... and then they see the letter and instantly change their tune.

Take care,
Liz