u/horriddaydream

I was diagnosed with gallbladder adenomyomatosis two yesrs ago after repeated attacks and wall thickening. No stones, no sludge, so no ability to have gallbladder-preserving surgery.

Anyway, my gallbladder is very sluggish but I decided to keep it because I have medical PTSD and surgery is out of the question right now. I don't get real attacks anymore because I eat a pretty low-fat diet for management. I do sometimes get low-level squeezing and twitching in my gallbladder even after low-fat meals.

I decided to add in TUDCA and digestive enzymes (I had pancreatitis twice 2 years ago, it's how I got my diagnosis, so I figure they can't hurt.)

Anyone have success with TUDCA and enzymes? My doctoe has pretty much been useless with management and wanted to send me to a GI surgeon and wouldn't talk to me about my gallbladder anymore so I'm on my own for management. And that's fine, because I don't really trust them anyway after everything they did to my health over the years. 😅😅

It literally sucks when your intrusive thoughts aren't just toward you. Like when it's not just "Do people like me or are they pretending? Am I really doing good at my job or do they just say that?" and you get stuck in the loop. When it comes after a loved one - that's the shit I can't stand.

Why does it have me replaying the worst day of my husband's life over and over again in my head? How difficult the situation was and how I could barely do anything to help it. We overcame it together, but my OCD has me hanging on like "What if he's really not okay? What if something like that happens again? Will you be strong enough to handle another setback?"

It sucks so much. I honestly can't stand when it does that. 🙄

Just trying to connect with others who have adenomyomatosis with no stones, as it's always difficult to find others who have the condition!

I was diagnosed at the beginning of 2025 and still have my gallbladder. At that point, I was having attacks with a high-fat diet (I was very overweight) and also had fatty liver. I was diagnosed when I had my first pancreatic attack and they sent me for an ultrasound.

Since then, I've lost a lot of weight for my well-being and eat 10g-15g of fat per meal. I haven't had an attack in over a year due to my diet changes and it keeps my gallbladder happy and pain-free, lol.

As of now, I'm just managing with adenomyomatosis since I don't have stones and there's no risk of anything getting stuck in the bile duct.

Just looking to hear from others who had or have the condition! 😊

Just trying to connect with others who have adenomyomatosis with no stones, as it's always difficult to find others who have the condition!

I was diagnosed at the beginning of 2025 and still have my gallbladder. At that point, I was having attacks with a high-fat diet (I was very overweight) and also had fatty liver. I was diagnosed when I had my first pancreatic attack and they sent me for an ultrasound.

Since then, I've lost a lot of weight for my well-being and eat 10g-15g of fat per meal. I haven't had an attack in over a year due to my diet changes and it keeps my gallbladder happy and pain-free, lol.

As of now, I'm just managing with adenomyomatosis since I don't have stones and there's no risk of anything getting stuck in the bile duct.

Just looking to hear from others who had or have the condition! 😊

I frequently see people who have digestive issues after having their gallbladder removed say "I can't have fats/dairy/fast food/ etc." anymore. But what does that mean? Does it mean that if you eat those foods, you'll experience diahrrea? Does it mean you have pain? That it'll knock you flat on your ass for days like before when you still had the messed up gallbladder?

Just wondering what other people experience when they say that!!

I just bought a used 2019 Compass Limited with 70k miles a month ago. The dealer put new batteries in, as well as brake changes and other small things. Today I put it in reverse to pull out at the library and it wouldn't reverse even though it said it was in reverse, and the check engine light came in. Shut the car down, restarted it, and everything was fine again. Possible glitch or something to be concerned about?? Thanks for any help! I've only ever owned Mini Coopers so this is new to me. 😅😅

I have severe medical PTSD from some things that happened involving unwanted touching and then misdiagnosis for several years. I am also averse doctors, specialists, and psychiatrists due to mind-altering medication I took that ruined five years of my life.

I realized recently that I don't fit in with most people I know and have relationships with, and it's very painful. I've spoken with my husband about my issues and trauma but it's terribly painful knowing that I wouldn't be able to face any health-related things that happen to him in life without it being very, very hard. I also have OCD and intrusive thoughts and that makes it ten times worse because I'm always worried about something happening to him and how hard it will be.

But it goes much further than that. I feel triggered by friends and family talking about their health problems, from cancer to the most common "I just went for a checkup today." I was triggered by someone close to me wanting to possibly look into taking medications for a mental health issue. I don't want to talk about it with anyone. I wish they'd understand the first time I tell them "Can we just not talk about health stuff?"

This is so, so hard on me and I feel like I'm trapped in a life of trauma affecting me to the point where I feel like I can't breathe. Because let's face it, America is obsessed with health. They tell you to go to the doctors all the time. They force specialists on you. They want you to bring in some money to them through using their services. And I can't be a part of it. I'm living my life in a way so I can hopefully avoid medical professionals for a long, long time.

It just hurts to feel lonely sometimes because you're "the weird one who doesn't like going to the doctors" 😒

I follow the most popular ADHD sub on here (I'm unfortunately banned from it since sharing my husband's successes unmedicated was seen as "toxic positivity" - their words 😂)

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Over the past few weeks, I've seen a shift from people admitting they've had several bouts of "tolerance" to their ADHD stimulants over the years..to people now saying tolerance doesn't exist and that it's their body "building a new baseline" as they get older and things change.

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I was curious about this so I did a little of my own research. Nope, major research articles still stand by tolerance being a real thing and eventually a large portion of people will need to increase their stimulant usage to function (whether or not you believe this is because they're actually treating a real mental disorder or because a lot of people like to get high is neither here nor there).

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But then I noticed a new article was published in 2026 by "The ADHD Evidence Project" stating that tolerance is actually a myth! Three people conducted the study and it doesn't appear that they did any real testing to come to their conclusion - just ripped information from other research articles and twisted it to fit their narrative.

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I find it quite interesting that this is what the people who post on ADHD now refer to as a gold standard for determining if tolerance is real or not. Just thought it was interesting enough to share since every other post I see on this sub has someone now saying "Tolerance doesn't exist, so you can safely get blasted out of your mind with higher and higher stimulant doses if you need them." Seems harmful.

I have gallbladder adenomyomatosis. I'd like to preface this by saying any suggestions of "talk to someone" or "just get the surgery over with" will be ignored because we've been there, done yet.

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I have severe medical PTSD from something awful that happened to me when I was pregnant at age 16 involving a doctor. I also have OCD with intrusive thoughts that turned out to be completely treatment-resistant after 5 years of trying everything.

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So here we are, I have gallbladder adenomyomatosis, no stones, no sludge. I can eat safely about 10g of fat per meal a few times a day but my adeno is, unfortunately, symptomatic even though it rarely presents that way in people as I'm told.

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I was just wondering if there's anyone out there who decided against the surgery because of mental health reasons (or other reasons). At this point, it would only come out for me if it were an emergency and I had no choice. I'm not afraid to admit that. I've had people on posts tell me I'm stupid or that I'm making a bad decision but they don't need to guilt trip me over how my mind works. I've come to accept I'm happy with this decision.

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I've been living with this for several years and manage on a lower-fat diet but I still of course eat fat. It works well for me.

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Anybody else have gallbladder adenomyomatosis or mental health disorders that keep them from moving forward with the surgery? I know this is probably a complex weird case. But I really only have my husband to talk about it and it would be interesting to hear if anyone else is going through it. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Something interesting I've taken notice to on many of these Reddit mental health forums, people make the claim, "I can't hold a job." They'll go on to say a number of different scenarios but most of them lead to the same end point: I've gone through a number of different jobs and they always end up failing because of something I did.

Then, you dig a little deeper, and you find out that OP stood up for themselves, confronted their boss about a problem, tried to make their job day a little easier, and their boss didn't like it.

But that same person goes to their little psychiatrist, who tells gets out their little psychiatrist speak that they've completely pulled out of their ass by the way, "Well, you have autism and you have problems regulating your emotions. Maybe next time take a step back and evaluate that before you go ahead and say something." "Well, you have ADHD and perhaps the RSD took over a little when your boss said you're not doing as well as you should be. So you catastrophized and blew up everything in the process."

It's this little blame game they play. I see these posts a lot and the one thing that tends to happen is this: The person was abused by the mental health system and now they're shutting down. They're posting about their shame spiral and "what I did wrong" when it absolutely wasn't a fault of their personality. It just goes to show how much psychiatry makes you feel like you're the problem.

I have successfully treated my add with adderall for most of my life. now my Dr wants me to do a yearly drug test. I don’t smoke cigarettes let alone take any drugs and I’m not comfortable subjecting myself to a drug test. it’s the principle! So, here is someone who has successfully treated their disorder with a medication and now because I’m stubborn I’m going to fuck it all up. I must be crazy! Toxicology. Not tix!!

I know my story isn't as astronomically life-altering and devastating as a lot of stories I read on here and I wanted to preface this by saying that I am so incredibly sorry for those working to get their lives back after dealing with psychiatry, bad doctors, and more in the healthcare realm. I just wanted you to know I scroll here all the time and listen to the stories to know I'm not alone.

With that being said, I'm a female who was scoffed at by male doctors when I was having a real chronic health issue almost a decade ago. It was after my second pregnancy and I started feeling sick all the time. My doctor sent me to several specialists and tried to shut me up with SSRIs. I had a history of treatment-resistant OCD and still, they continued to put me on upwards of 15 SSRIs until one finally stuck: Cymbalta.

The clear reason why Cymbalta gave me results was because it numbed me, so it was easier to get me to give in and agree to anything they were saying. I was on Cymbalta for five years and during that time, I lost my ability to create (I was nearing full-time hours as an artist before the drug trials they put me through). I drew 15 portraits in the 5 years I was on Cymbalta, which was pathetic. I felt like a zombie. I couldn't cry. I lost feeling in my nipples and it took me 2 hours to achieve an orgasm. My life with my husband was sad, and he watched me suffer and struggle and tried his best to be the most supportive husband he could possibly be through all of that.

After 5 years, I said enough was enough. I was properly diagnosed with my chronic health condition and found out the best ways to manage it. Meanwhile, Cymbalta caused me to put on almost 70 extra pounds and destroyed my gallbladder and liver. I asked my doctor to come off of it. She said, "Okay, just stop taking it." So I stopped.

For about 6 months, I was lying in bed, crying, and almost "cancelled" if you know what I mean.

During this time, my husband was struggling with his own mental health due to a couple environmental factors. I lost my job and we were in severe debt. His functioning was at an all-time low. He said that he thought he would like to go speak with a doctor and guess what? There's only one in our crappy rural area with zero transportation options, which means he would be in the exact same situation as me: Dealing with those same doctors that overprescribed me.

I suggested maybe we work on our mental health together. We started picking each other up. He encouraged me to apply to some writing jobs and I scored one. We started hiking more and getting out of the house more often. We adjusted our sleep schedules. We started cooking more often together and have been meal prepping some pretty awesome food we can enjoy together during our busy weeks.

Still, I feel sometimes like Cymbalta took a piece of my life away with it. I've been off of it since July 2025 and I'm still struggling. I still have days where I feel intense panic about what I went through and I suspect I suffered some medical PTSD because I literally can't even think about/consider going to the doctors for anything now.

Does it get better? Are there people who specifically had their lives/brains altered by SSRIs and they're feeling themselves after tapering or complete withdrawal has ended? It can be quite scary and I like feeling not so alone. 🩷

I realize I might get a lot of hate for this lol, but is anyone just kind of anti-doctor in general? I don't mean "I would let myself die if something was wrong with me" anti-doctor necessarily, although your opinions are valid, too. People make me seem crazy in my family and social life when I tell them I don't really "do" doctors.

And it's all because a family PCP is what fucked me up in the first place and led to me being on Cymbalta for several years, which ultimately ruined my ability to create art (which is now my full-time job btw). When I went off Cymbalta, my doctor didn't warn me about withdrawal effects and said, "You can just stop the medication" and had me go cold turkey. I almost ended up hurting myself really badly because of this. Then, I came to find out the weight gain caused by the Cymbalta killed my liver and gallbladder so now I live with that as well. I now have medical trauma and won't even let a doctor put a hand on me or anyone I love.

Just wondering if anyone else has similar stories. Please no making anybody feel bad for their choices as long as they're just sharing their personal story, we all have different backgrounds and things that led to us being here. ❤️