Welcome to the club Jinx, this is why I avoid doctors like the plague. NO matter what I have suffered from, because it's outside of their textbooks and testing abilities, they will put it down to stress/nerves, you name it and even suggest a psychiatrist.

This infection I got that just about annihilated me, and I had every sign, fever, chills, sore throat, the lot. My doctor sat on his chair and said "it's stress". This infection never left me, and ever test they did showed nothing. Not even change in blood cells.

The same with mercury, not a thing, even though I was going insane with symptoms trying to detox the stuff. Stinking of metal, tasting metal, every symptom, but nothing showed on any test. Therefore, that meant to them I had nothing wrong.

Because they already think they know enough and if it's not in the textbook and their testing has reached the limit of what it can do, or they cannot interpret it any other way other than what they've been "taught", then they cannot consider it's outside of their abilities, rather it will ALWAYS be put down to psychological.

Going to a doctor has taught me something. It costs money and they have never helped me.....only ONE doctor did once because he did actually believe in candida and got me on a candida diet which did help me. Apart from that? They have only been good at taking money and doing absolutely nothing.

I have realised that they are only good at textbook stuff, the obvious stuff. Anything else is way beyond them and most will never make that admission. The very rare humble doctor might!

So Jinx, this is nothing new and it is unfortunate that your family might believe that, rather than you? If that is the case, then you know on here you have support and friends on here and keep that always in your mind!

There was a doctor friend of my father (ex doctor), who didn't believe in my sicknesses and oneday over the phone when he rang, he said to me "Get yourself a boyfriend and go to theatre", as though that would cure me of my "ills", I almost slammed that phone down.

I was close to saying "wow, all this time and you had the answers to my problems, thanks Dr, I don't know what to say". But I refrained myself.