Sore throat and pain in neck and throat and ear. I’m not sick. What

[Dancer4487]

I’m 30 year old slim female. So I’ve been in Oregon traveling. I have Anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder(been off meds 10-11 months now), IBS.  having stuffy nose or one nostril is always blocked up. Mainly the left side. I’m blocked up from IBS and constipstion issues too. Constant hard pain in my lower left side of stomach. Nothing comes out unless forced by meds(laxatives) I eat And nothing comes out. I ate a nine grain sandwich for lunch with ham, cheese, lettuce, mustard. Slowly started to get sore throat. I am Possibly dehydrated, anemia, eating disorder and jaundice and lack of vitamin d. Left ear tense or hurting too. I take Meds for ibS and insomnia. Feels like my throat is closing up and I’m not sick st this point with a cold or anything. In January last year, a feeling if a spider went on my head from my ceiling and went to my left ear and crawled in. Possibly been in my ear since. Pain in left side of neck. Bumps like spider bites all over me, itching and scratching with no actual spiders to visibly see. What is it? Thinking possible environment factor issues or autoimmune disease? Please help.

[Paxiled]

When you say you have bipolar disorder, do you mean you suffer from true bipolar or a form of depression sometimes called bipolar 2 or other odd numbers.  If it's the first, only medication can treat you, so being off meds would explain a lot.  If the latter, that's treated like any other form of depression, and also having an anxiety disorder, I'm wondering if you're so affected by it you believe spiders are crawling on you why you're not on medication.  If you have IBS, why are you eating ham?  This is a dietary disease, and is only fixed by changing your diet and lifestyle, not with suppressive drugs.  Taking laxatives on a regular basis weakens the muscles that allow you to go, so you're only making it worse over time.  Some medications cause digestive problems and also can cause constipation.  If you have an eating disorder, you will lack the nutrients necessary to function.  One might well be magnesium, which we get by eating green leafy vegetables mostly, and which is necessary for proper bowel function.  So what I'm saying here is, you need medical treatment, not advice.  You need a complete redo of the way you're eating and living.  You probably need to be on medication.  Do you have a doctor and a psychiatrist?  You also say you're traveling in Oregon -- no finer place to be to find people who can help you fix this.  

[Dancer4487]

Hi. I got Diagnosed Bipolar Manic Psychosis in 2014. Went into psych hospitals 2014, 2015 and 2016. Didn’t last year or this year.. yet. I hacw No support or help or encouragement from family, church(I’m a Christian and most churches believe mental illness is a sin, or the ones I’ve gone too, do believe that), some friends. Most say things are just all in my head when it’s not. So I dont Know.

[Paxiled]

Just saying again, if you were correctly diagnosed true bipolar, as far as I know, the only treatment is medication -- this won't respond to therapy, though it might help you cope, and won't respond to doing nothing if it's acting up on you -- some people can go a long time between manic episodes and others are plagued by them.  I have no idea if this diagnosis is correct or not or if a qualified person made the diagnosis, you know that better than I do, but if you've had to be hospitalized 3 times, again, that's because you're not on medication that is working for you.  It takes time to find the right balance.  Support is great, but I have to emphasize, there's a big difference between being an anxiety sufferer or a depression sufferer and being diagnosed with a psychosis.  While the former are bears to fix and often just don't get fixed, they are diseases of thought with no known cause.  Bipolar, or what used to be called manic/depressive illness, only responds to medication, as far as I know.  So again, churches even if they were supportive wouldn't fix it, though they might make you feel a bit less isolated.  And though I'm not personally a Christian, there are an awful lot of Christians out there and a lot of different churches and denominations, and I know they are not all or even most anymore believers that there is no such thing as illness.  You have an illness, just the same as if you had diabetes or heart disease, and it has to be treated that way.  You really need a regular psychiatrist.  All the best.