Hi all
Since about 2000 I have had to eat regularly or I would get a tight stomach which would make it very hard to eat; I would also start shaking and my tinitus would get bad along with feeling anxious. It was a cycle where this caused me to become depressed as I did not eat properly.
My doctor prescribed anti-depressants and put it down to that; however, the symptoms persisted.
I read up on the internet and thought it might be hypoglycemia so I cut out sugar and sweets etc. and followed a diet that a diabetic would (although not 100% strictly) but I did not touch any sweets etc. at all.
The doctor prescribed diazepam to help with easing off my stomach muscles when I was bad to help me eat; and using these occasionally along with eating regularly and not touching sweet things I was able to manage relatively well.
The problem always reoccurred though when I was really busy at work and forgot to eat because I was immersed in something; leading to me becoming really sick after a couple of weeks retching etc. This lead to depression which of course the doctor put this all down to again.
The main problem for me is the night time and I would often wake up at 2am and 5am having to eat. I would be sweating, shaking and have really weird dreams just before waking; or dreaming of food.
Now, when I was first suffering I was about 8 stone and 5'8 tall.
Over the years I have asked the doctor to look into it further and I have even been referred to a specialist. Blood tests etc. have indicated there is nothing out of the ordinary and in 2009 a specialist said there is nothing he can find wrong with me and told me to go back to eating a normal diet again.
I went back to a normal diet which included chocolates and so on and deserts in 2009 as a result and I also got married that year.
I got used to taking a packet of biscuits to bed and and apple or banana for when I woke, but I was always really tired in the day as a result.
In October 2012 I went to see the doctor when I was feeling well (i.e. not had depression etc) and said to her "I am not depressed and I have come to see you to say I am still suffering I wanted you to see me when I am feeling well rather than when I get really ill with it.". I had written down everything I wanted to say to her and gave her the information on 2 x A4 pieces of paper and also a food diary and how I felt.
The outcome - she suggested I need to see a psychologist. I am not convinced it is psychological because changing my diet had an
Since about 2000 I have had to eat regularly or I would get a tight stomach which would make it very hard to eat; I would also start shaking and my tinitus would get bad along with feeling anxious. It was a cycle where this caused me to become depressed as I did not eat properly.
My doctor prescribed anti-depressants and put it down to that; however, the symptoms persisted.
I read up on the internet and thought it might be hypoglycemia so I cut out sugar and sweets etc. and followed a diet that a diabetic would (although not 100% strictly) but I did not touch any sweets etc. at all.
The doctor prescribed diazepam to help with easing off my stomach muscles when I was bad to help me eat; and using these occasionally along with eating regularly and not touching sweet things I was able to manage relatively well.
The problem always reoccurred though when I was really busy at work and forgot to eat because I was immersed in something; leading to me becoming really sick after a couple of weeks retching etc. This lead to depression which of course the doctor put this all down to again.
The main problem for me is the night time and I would often wake up at 2am and 5am having to eat. I would be sweating, shaking and have really weird dreams just before waking; or dreaming of food.
Now, when I was first suffering I was about 8 stone and 5'8 tall.
Over the years I have asked the doctor to look into it further and I have even been referred to a specialist. Blood tests etc. have indicated there is nothing out of the ordinary and in 2009 a specialist said there is nothing he can find wrong with me and told me to go back to eating a normal diet again.
I went back to a normal diet which included chocolates and so on and deserts in 2009 as a result and I also got married that year.
I got used to taking a packet of biscuits to bed and and apple or banana for when I woke, but I was always really tired in the day as a result.
In October 2012 I went to see the doctor when I was feeling well (i.e. not had depression etc) and said to her "I am not depressed and I have come to see you to say I am still suffering I wanted you to see me when I am feeling well rather than when I get really ill with it.". I had written down everything I wanted to say to her and gave her the information on 2 x A4 pieces of paper and also a food diary and how I felt.
The outcome - she suggested I need to see a psychologist. I am not convinced it is psychological because changing my diet had an
