I went to the neurologist this morning and after all of his tests, he said he couldnât find anything neurological that could be wrong with me. He thought it might be behavioral, but that wouldnât explain the morning heaving. He sent all of my records back to the gastro doctor and weâll see what they say when they get back to us. So Iâm kind of feeling a bit deflated.
Meanwhile, my mother is driving me insane to the point that I had a minor breakdown in the car while she was yelling at me. I had to repeat over and over that she needed to be quiet and she kept saying things like, âyou have so many rules!â Finally, I said, 'âthese are the code words. If you hear me say the exact sentence, âyou are making me anxiousâ she had to be quiet and count to 30 in her head.â She agreed. Angrily. She doesnât find that reasonable.
Sheâs also quite hard of hearing despite having hearing aids, so Iâm having my wife sit in during these evaluations via Facetime so I can tell my mother âthe doctor didnât say thatâ and have someone else agree. It still hasnât worked 100% of the time, but it has worked.
Also, every single time there is a possible diagnosis or she reads something that she thinks sounds like my symptoms (and sheâs always wrong about that), she decides thatâs definitely what I have and she definitely knows what should be done about it.
This time itâs worse, because she was a psychotherapist and she actually knows a little about behavioral therapy. But I feel really bad for her clients, because they had a totally crazy lady for a therapist. And she kept some of them on for like a decade after she officially retired. They came to her house. So they actually liked whatever she did for them. All I can think is that she has a completely different personality as a therapist.
Oh, she also thinks that the dry heaving every morning is inconsequential and I should just accept that Iâm going to have to live with it the rest of my life. What. The. Fuck?
I guess itâs been so long since Iâve spent more than a few hours with her that I forgot how truly nuts she is. And a bit on the narcissistic side.
Edit: Ugh. This fucking guy again.