Healthy U Turn

I don’t even know where to begin.
I came to see Maha a couple years ago complaining of severe bloating, abdominal pain and diarrhea. We met to go over my symptoms more carefully and potential reasons for this constant discomfort. Maha recommended food allergy testing to see if my symptoms were related to something I was eating, which made sense in my mind since it was stomach-​related. So I did the test, left her office, and waited for the IgG food allergy results. Including the consultation and allergy test, I owed about $ 500 after our first meeting. I was so desperate I didn’t even care. I am a student, clearly don’t have a lot of money, but I felt it was my only option so I was willing to pay anything.
A couple weeks later I received an e-​mail of my results. I opened the document and was shocked. According to this report, I was basically allergic to everything: gluten, dairy, eggs and even random food like bananas! If anyone is interested I can send you my report. It is shocking.
After reviewing the results on my own I returned to meet Maha. She confirmed the test results and said i should ELIMINATE all of these food that I was «highly allergic» too. I followed her recommendation (being so desperate for help from my discomfort) hoping that drastically altering my diet would provide me with some relief.
Initially meeting Maha at 105 pounds (5’8) I was very slim from the constant bloating which suppressed by appetite. I followed Maha’s recommendations for nearly a year hoping it would help over time. It didn’t. Needless to say, I deprived myself from several food groups hoping to eliminate my symptoms but they still persisted. I never saw Maha during this year because I couldn’t afford it.
Months later, at 95lbs, I needed help. My family was concerned for my health because I continued to lose weight. I ended up seeing a new GP in Toronto, who told me that food allergy testing is «invalid». When I heard this, I was in shock. There I was with my 3pg report showing him all the foods that I am allergic too and he told me that this form of food allergy testing is basically «not scientifically supported». I had no idea about this, taking Maha’s words that the test was valid.
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My GP told me to start reintroducing these foods, in order to help broaden my diet and help me gain back weight. He also noted something that Maha had never emphasized before, this being «the mind-​body connection». To make a long story shorter, my abdominal discomfort and constant diarrhea was the result of chronic anxiety, not food allergies. Now taking Zoloft, my symptoms have subsided. I am gaining weight back and am able to participate in normal everyday activities that I used to miss out on because I was constantly ill.
Maha did not inform me about the validity of food allergy testing. Being so desperate for answers, I took her word for it and literally deprived myself of essential food groups. I basically paid Maha hundred of dollars for her to misinform me, and ruin a year of my life.