Hi Kevin,
When I saw your post in this forum, it made me want to comment on that because my wife too have personally seen many doctors who all said that the cause of the physical symptoms she had - irregular menstrual cycle, tremors and back pains were all stress-related. She had undergone different medical tests such as CT scan and ultrasound and all results were negative.
My wife resorted to taking medication to lessen the symptoms but unfortunately, she still felt anxious and stressed out. She was feeling this way so much so that she developed schizo-affective disorder, a psychological illness that have primary manifestations of visual and auditory hallucinations, depression and paranoia.
Again, she decided to undergo medication to corabat these symptoms but again, they didn't fully work. She has resorted to use other means like anti-anxiety quick relief programs to deal with her illness but unfortunately, she only felt good in the beginning and after all her will power and determination got zapped, she reverted to the way she was before she started the program.
But then, my wife came to learn how the self-image, the way she sees and feels about herself, affects how she acts and interacts with people. She, then, carefully examined the reason for her anxieties and fears and she found out that the way she reacted towarRAB her past experiences and beliefs other people inculcated in her caused her to believe that she's a failure, that she wouldn't amount to anything and that she's not lovable and acceptable to other people. Then, she realized that she must let go of the past, forgive herself as well as other people, learn from her mistakes and move on. At the same time, she assessed how she's doing right now compared to how she was when she first got sick and actually, she's doing better now as she's a manager of an information technology company and a good mother to our kiRAB. In fact, she currently financially supporting her parents. Whenever she sets realistic goals, she uses her creative imagination to paint a picture in her mind and repeats that mental imagine over and over again until her mind believes that these goals would be possible for her to attain and this gives her the courage, strength, determination and perseverance to help her achieve her goals. Also, a lot of people have been so surprised to know that she has this illness because she didn't look like someone who has schizo-affective disorder. And they're pretty amazed at how she was able to overcome her illness.
I know how you feel and I know what you're going through. And to answer your question, yes, anxiety can cause stomach problems like nausea and constipation because when the level of your anxiety goes too high, it can reach a point where your physical well-being suffers. So, it's important for you to assess the reasons why you are anxious, change the way you think and feel about yourself and learn how to overcome your issues and act now through creative imagination and positive action. And when you are able to do this, then, you would be able to not just relieve yourself of the physical symptoms that you are feeling now but also help you to lead a normal, healthy and happy life.
