fhdez7288 � I am so sorry for all the pain and the frustration you have been through. Worry and stress can indeed seriously affect your health. The connection between the body and the mind can actually produce physical symptoms. Some responses which were previously thought to be controlled by the autonomic nervous system (automatically or not physically controlled) like heart rate, blood pressure � have been shown to be controlled with biofeedback exercises.

You have already done a very extensive research of your physical symptoms with doctors well qualified in their field, and maybe it is time (as you note) to find out whether there is a nonmedical explanation for your pain and physical symptoms. If you decide to seek the help of a therapist, I hope you do the same kind of thorough research you have done in finding an ENT and apply it to finding an experienced and qualified therapist, one with a degree that will allow him/her to prescribe medications if necessary. I do not have a medical background but it would seem to me that some experience in hypnotherapy and biofeedback would also be helpful. You have every reason to hope for and expect a good life � plus a beautiful girlfriend! Check back here and let us know how you are doing.