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Being told I had let myself go, for years, by a doctor

Started 7 February 2026 · 12 replies · 92 hearts · read 825 times

OrsolyaBudapest, HU · 7 February 2026
5 months ago

Being told I had let myself go, for years, by a doctor — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in.

Not asking anyone to fix this. Mostly saying it out loud somewhere it will be read kindly.

What I would find most useful is not advice. It is somebody describing what their version of this was, and how long it went on for.

My prescriber has been fine, genuinely. The problem is that I get nine minutes twice a year and there is no version of nine minutes that covers this.

I will report back either way, because I have been helped by other people's follow-ups more than by their questions.

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TiborBratislava, SK
#1

It got worse before it got better for me, which I wish someone had said. About ten days of worse.

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OsricSalisbury, UK
#2

Reading the opening post, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

For what it is worth, the trial data on this is thinner than the confidence of the internet would suggest. Worth knowing when you read the posts.

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JonahFacilitatorCork, Ireland
#3

Gently: you have apologised three times in a post where you have done nothing that requires an apology.

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EsmeAix-en-Provence, FR
#4

Yes to the burping. It is real, it is unbeautiful, and it does settle.

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LulaBournemouth, UK
#5

Can I gently push back on one thing? Not the substance, just the framing — you have written twice that you should be coping better. Who told you that?

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GwythFishguard, UK
#6

My pharmacist was more use than anyone. Ten minutes at the counter, no appointment, no charge.

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ZenBristol, UK
#7

Gently disagreeing with the reply above, or rather adding the other half of it.

No advice, just recognition. That sounds exhausting and I am sorry you are in it.

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ObieNashville, TN
#8

I keep a two-line diary and it is the only reason I could answer this question about myself. Worth starting even now.

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DotFalmouth, UK
#9

My experience was very boring, which I offer as data. Some of us just get a dull time of it.

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MimiHong Kong
#10

What helped was lowering my own expectations of the week rather than trying to hold the week together.

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JonahFacilitatorCork, Ireland
#11

Before anyone offers a remedy: what has been described here is on the list of things that need a clinician today rather than a thread. I am going to be firm about that, kindly.

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ClémenceNantes, FR
#12

the reply above — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

I did exactly the same and felt terrible about it. You have not done anything wrong.

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