Recently, my health has gone on a rollercoaster ride. I have things happening that I can't control or understand. You would think going to the doctor would make things better, with the thousands of tests, the bloodwork and constant poking and prodding.

Not in my case.

To me, it seems when you let the doctor know you have any kind of mental health issue, they make that the blame what they cannot explain. For example, I thought I was allergic to gluten. I ate some french toast sticks from a fast food restaurant, something I did every morning when I didn't have enough time to make something at home before work. This time though, they got stuck in my throat. I had trouble breathing and couldn't swallow at all.

Of course, once I got it out, I thought I was fine until I had several other incidents. I went to my first allergy doctor who said I was allergic to wheat. I changed my diet to be gluten-free. Which, was a huge hassle and extremely exhausting. I moved a few years later to find out I wasn't allergic to it; I just had an intolerance.

A few years later, I started having trouble eating meat. Not just one kind, but ALL meat. So I went to see another allergist, explaining that I could eat meat. I was sent to a GI doctor who did a scope to find out that my esophagus was closing.

Let's take a moment to take that in; MY ESOPHAGUS WAS CLOSING...

So they stretched my esophagus, I had an asthma attack while under (totally different story) and had a repeat procedure where they took a biopsy of my esophagus, and my stomach. They came up fine. No cancer and nothing else. I was sent to a pulmonary doctor to check for Auto-Immune diseases - again nothing.

I promise I have a point, hang in there with me.

So I go to a hospital and get a swallow test done. At this point, I am on an elimination diet, which takes away meat, nuts (tree and peanuts), soy, eggs, dairy, and seafood. Basically, I'm eating ice, dairy-free yogurt, and jello. BUT I'M STILL FAT!

So the doctor after all these tests and all these little descriptive issues, dysphagia, a frequently failed peristalsis, and a silent sufferer of acid reflux. Multiple medications and still no diagnosis. Oh, I was told that I should lose weight and change my diet? WHAT DIET? I am, as one doctor said, in starvation mode because I am not getting enough calories a day.

"Oh its probably your anxiety." (side eye) Now I know anxiety can cause a lot of things, but the closing of my esophagus and a failed swallow is not it. I hate that I ever told them I had anxiety because it seems when they have no answers, that's got to be the cause.

For now, onto more doctors and second opinions, but I wonder how many others have dealt with this same issue.