Only 39 doctors have no clue

Sadly for me this started at the age of 38 (almost 40 now).

I started having intermittent shortness of breath at first, I thought it was COVID -- but no. Also having heartburn from hell, just overall feeling really unwell. (I have lost over 40 lbs)

I know that these can be underlying symptom of many things... sooo since this has began I have been to many specialists, lots of blood tests, had 2 ER trips because I thought I was dying, several EKGs, abdominal ultrasound, 3 chest x-rays, CATSCAN and upper endoscopy. ALL NORMAL! Some doctors have even used the word EXCELLENT.

While all this is very good news that they could not find anything wrong with me, the bad news.... still feel sick but now I just don't know why.

In my younger years my period was always 5-6 days long, very regular... Now I am still very regular but my period is only 2 days now. For some reason none of these doctors (all men) could really weigh in on any advice about early perimenopause, I also felt like their minds just snapped shut to the idea because of my age.

I have not been to an OBGYN in 5 years and have an appointment next week, but after a year of this crap I am feeling really hopeless that even they wont be able to help.

I have already been sifting through posts about this topic and am seeing I am not alone. I guess I'm really hoping to get some sort of peace of mind, emotional support, etc. I mean I am convinced I am not dying anymore but my life feels like a living hell, I obesess about it everyday because most days I just cannot breathe.

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