So I had been sick for 2 months, doctors told me it was all mental but I didn't trust them, a new doctor sent me for multiple testing.
All tests came back normal but I did one stool test that had detected a parasite called dientamoeba fragilis or something like that. But the other doctor thought nothing of it and almost suggested that it wasn't actually in me. But my new doctor who ordered the test said she had it once and it's not very comfortable and so she prescribed flagyl to treat it.
Now I haven't started the treatment yet and I'm actually scared too. I have a huge fear of vomiting and it has bothered me the past 2 months and now I'm scared this medication will make me vomit, it's a pill and I have to take it 3 times a day.
The doctor said it could make me feel nauseous but all I thought of that was vomiting. I also looked up side effects of the active ingredient of the drug and well of course I read vomiting as a common side effect on 90% of the websites I visited. So that scares me. Now I'm also starting to doubt my diagnosis. I've been thinking that maybe the parasite actually isn't there and it was a false detection, maybe all my sickness is just mental and I'm being treated for nothing and if I'm being treated for nothing then surely my body will eject the medication via vomiting? I mean my symptoms are not constant, they come and go and some days are good and others are bad and so maybe the test is wrong, maybe I don't have this parasite because if I did then surely my symptoms will be constant?
Im just too scared to take this medication. I'm not mentally ready to vomit. Especially if it causes me to vomit everytime I take it (including at school which is worse!) I don't wanna take it at all now.
Btw I have never had allergic reactions or side effects to any drugs or anything that I've taken in my lifetime. That being said I haven't had many medications in my life time. The only time I have vomited from medication was when I was 3 years old (or maybe 4 or 5 years) and I overdosed on some sort of medicine (not sure if it was proper medication or just a health supplement thingy) because I loved the taste of it and the next morning I spewed on my dad. So I guess I'm some what good at tolerating things but like because I have had upset stomachs and some nausea at times then maybe this medication simply won't stay down? And that scares me so bloody much. What do I do?