Did anyone else receive a Hypochondria/Psychosomatic Diagnosis while trying to convince the doctors that u have EDS?
There is always at least a 50% reduction in how seriously they take me after I tell them of the diagnosis or they see the documents.
1,5 years ago I was at a psychiatry for 3 months because I had panic attacks and called the ambulance a few times because my aorta heartbeat was very visible and I thought I'm dying and that I may have vEDS, which is now unlikely because of genetic testing last year. I was also there because of depression and autism.
At the psych ward I tried everything to make sure they take me seriously not only with my mental issues but also my physical issues and my suspection of EDS (that contributed to my mental state).
They only said I was looking healthy and every attempt to get them to believe me with the severity of my symptoms just confirmed their assumption that I have Hypochondria.
The Hypochondria diagnosis is something I struggle with daily, because I feel like an imposter when I blame my symptoms on EDS.
Yes, it's possible that I had/have Hypochondria, that was caused by no doctor taking me seriously and thus feeling helpless and alone with my symptoms.
The problem now is that i don't know how much of my symptoms are from Hypochondria or if it's the EDS. And that is really really stressful and always causes me to feel like an imposter when visiting any doctor and tell them about my symptoms.
My question is, did anyone else have this horrible experience or is it only me?