Hi everyone, I’m not actually a member of this sub but I learned some weird news lately and was hoping I could crowd source some anxiety opinions. This is a bit long so thank you so much for reading and commenting I really appreciate it! Also, I read the rules and I am not asking for a diagnosis I already have a laundry list of those lol, just asking if anyone has experienced similar. 

I had been diagnosed with bipolar for about a decade. I have also been on and off anxiety meds that whole time. (This was when I was very early teens, so i can only remember being “like this” I guess) I would have bad anxiety which my dr would say is a symptom of BP and we would start them and then when I was feeling better we would stop. This isn’t too uncommon, I start and stop sleeping meds, focus meds, etc. so I didn’t think it was weird to stop. 


Now, four years ago I started having chronic nausea. I’m talking popping zofran on the daily when my insurance would fill it. Endoscopy, breath tests, multiple gastros, they came up with SIBO, we treated and it would go away for a bit. Queue a year later and it’s back, cycle repeats. 

I started a new holistic dr bc I feel like nothing is working. She thinks all of these stomach issues are caused by my anxiety. I honestly thought she was crazy bc I know I have anxiety but i functional normally and I haven’t had a panic attack in months. If I’m not feeling anxious right now how are my stomach issues happening right now? Also why would no previous dr (like 8) have told me this is a side effect of anxiety? 

I’ve practiced meditation when I’m nauseous now and it does help a lot. I saw links relating SIBO to anxiety but they’re mostly blogs or .coms, not studies. I don’t know what to think. I almost don’t want tit to be anxiety bc that means I wasted 4 years and thousands of dollars for a diagnosis I’ve has since I was 13, but I know denial won’t help. 

Basically, is there any way I could be so anxious that I have made myself physically sick for four years and not have even known it? I feel like such an idiot for even asking trust me but has anyone else experienced something like this?