It's also a cop-out. Psychological labels are a favourite for quite a number of doctors - who don't tend to wish to take it any further with the patient or address what might actually be happening.

The only reason I found two doctors that didn't do this to me, was because of somebody I knew who was suffering candida and found them through going to MANY doctors. Thanks to her, she finally saved me going through the same misery.

I had bowel problems as a child, which I believe was already a tell-tale sign of what was possibly already amiss and the family doctor labelled it as psychosomatic without bothering to find out what was going on or whether there was any wheat/gluten intolerance. Great eh? I also suffered with itching too. All indicating even then, candida issues.

Later of course, as an adult, I was put on antidepressants and told to see a psychologist because of the sickness and symptoms I was suffering.