Vitamins and frustration with GP's

Since i started taking the Solgar vitamins i felt happier, coincidence? I also took 5 htp this month (and picamilon) and they definately help, so i have some hormonal support if i need it. I had a Spa and a massage the week before&during my period. I still felt 'wiped out' with tiredness but i haven't been so moody :-)

Had a run in with my GP on Tuesday though, fed up of doctors being so patronising, and i know it's not just to me - they are like this with anyone who has a health problem that isn't cancer or heart disease - dismissive, uncaring, unhelpful - the very opposite of what you are expecting. I know this from speaking to friends and family. It was partly my fault because i've had insomnia a lot this week and so I didnt explain myself properly. She started acting like she was counselling me just because i asked them to prove i had Gilbert's syndrome with the genetic test (and also asked for a test for ceoliac disease again). And she said i was obsessed with tests! Excuse me for wanting a proper diagnosis!! I was so furious when i left the surgery I wrote her a letter however therapist pointed out to me that at least she was trying to understand. And also apparently lots of people present themselves to GP's with physical problems, which are actually psychological, and so they do have to ask these kind of questions. I guess i never appreciated that. I've always hated the implication that I am a hypochondriac/have issues because A) no-one 'understands' PMDD unless they suffer hormone problems too or B) they work at the Hammersmith hospital PMS clinic. And so i've spent my whole life argueing with doctor's about my hormones. And even the caring GP's seem to know nothing about the commonest side-effects of drugs they are prescribing, perhaps because they don't bother reporting them to the drug companies which is part of their ACTUAL JOB!!! But why would the patient know anything about side-effects, i mean why would we have a brain too if we aren't a medical 'professional'?

Cyberchondria

I'm sick of developing new health conditions!!! FFS At least ones that no-one else has heard of, and therefore think i've made up.

I found out in the space of a fortnight, that i have a dust mite allergy (allergic rhinitus) and Gilberts syndrome (a benign liver disorder). My colleague joked, trust you to get such a geeky sounding disorder, which cheered me up a little. Also my iron stores are still low, and have been since i became gluten-free. Of course they aren't life-threatening, but they do all cause fatigue. Gilberts would explain a lot. I seem to have 'grain' intolerance which is a symptom, and i'm always tired, another symptom. And i cannot go 5 minutes without a meal, another sign since fasting brings it on?! Interestingly the enzyme which is deficient in Gilbert's sydrome also metabolises all the sex steroid hormones, so i wonder if there is any link between Gilberts and PMDD or whether Gilberts makes my PMDD worse since periods can trigger jaundice in this disorder.
This very comprehensive website seems to link Gilbert's with allergies and other disorders:
http://www.gilbertssyndrome.com/

So currently my list of chronic and exhausting conditions is:

PMDD

Migraine

IBS/gluten intolerance

Allergies to pollen and dustmites

Gilberts syndrome
Low iron stores

Incidently the first 4 disorders are linked to dysfunction of the serotonin axis, i've been told by a professor. And most probably stress-related.

I guess i should be grateful for my 'good health' though! Anyway this is the one place i am allowed to moan...it's my body and i'll cry if i want to!