I've always been very very thin (over half of my family is tall and thin too) but I always ate very healthily and proper amounts of food, but unfortunately just didn't gain any weight when I was younger.

One year, I started developing feelings of anxiety, but I was unaware that it was anxiety at the time. All I knew was that my stomach was beginning to reject food and I was getting really dizzy and feel like I was going to pass out. I went to my doctor and told her that I'm trying to eat food, but my stomach just rejects it shortly after. She responds by telling me the reason I'm getting dizzy spells is because I'm underweight, so I need to eat more food. That's great, but I went to her to tell her that I physically can't eat food, and I was wondering if she could help with THAT. She responds by telling me I'm throwing up intentionally and that I need to be sent to an eating disorder clinic.

I left that doctor infuriated, and didn't go back there for two years. I managed to get my stomach issues under control (I still know something is wrong but it's more manageable than it was), but after two years I started having severe anxiety again that was causing extended periods of insomnia that I'm still suffering today. I ended up going back to the doctor, explained my anxiety (which several of my friends with diagnosed anxiety also agreed sounded legitimate) and she told me that the anxiety I was suffering was just because I'm a female and we're naturally more anxious than men. I asked her why I'm unable to sleep then, and she tells me to check this website that lists several tips to help fall asleep.

I forget all of the tips, but I do remember that most were: don't drink, smoke, do drugs, drink caffeine, nap before bed, etc. Which were all things I didn't do anyway. I told her that during the appointment and that I seriously thought that all of my stomach and sleeping problems were related to anxiety, but she still refused to listen to me and just sent me off.

I haven't had a chance to go see another doctor since then, but the second I get a chance at a second opinion, I'm taking it.