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Living with an undiagnosed chronic illness with intermittent symptoms is so fucking awful. I definitely have symptoms that debilitate me, I really do, but… they haven’t found anything yet, maybe I was just imagining it? Maybe I am just being dramatic?
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Anonymous 15w

It’s just this constant back and forth between “oof ouch I can do fuck all right now because I’m so tired and my joints hurt really badly” and “I feel fine right now. Was that fatigue and pain really as bad as I thought it was? Surely if it was that bad, doctors would’ve diagnosed SOMETHING by now. Maybe I need to do some self reflection to figure out if I can trust my perception of my senses, maybe it really is not that bad. Maybe I’m just making a mountain out of a molehill, making a huge-

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Anonymous 15w

I feel this. I’ve been seeking a diagnosis for 7 months now, still no answer. One doctor said it could take years to get a diagnosis which is so frustrating because I’m in a lot of pain.

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Anonymous 15w

I so feel that. I’ve been sick and undiagnosed for about 8 years and sometimes I think it all has to be in my head. But then my symptoms come back and are so real. It’s hard but you have to trust yourself and try to remind yourself that it is real

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Anonymous 15w

Have you been tested for celiac? You don’t need to have GI symptoms

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

-deal out of something everyone deals with, disabled or not.” and then back too “holy shit my hip just subluxed randomly and I can’t use my hands properly and I’m bedridden”

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