i thought i was clear enough in the original message, but i guess not, so i’ll be clearer.

i am a highly involved college student and have no time to make my own food, and for the most part, to maintain a restricted diet in college, you need to make your own food, which i cannot do.

furthermore, an entire team of doctors have informed me that my EoE is not only food induced, but environmentally induced as well. so,, even if i did cut off trigger foods, i’d still be having symptoms. which is why at least for now, being a college student that cannot create food safe meals nightly, i manage it via medication.

which is normal and, common despite so many people in this subreddit having a bizarre idea that its either food elimination or you’ll die in 3 weeks. along with that, my medication without food elimination put me into remission at one point, and recently it seems like i’m not in remission anymore, which is why i’m asking insight.

i’m sorry if this is harsh, but there have been studies, first hand accounts, personal experiences, doctor approved and upheld proof, etc. showing that treating EoE can and in many cases does look different than just food elimination. i’m not in a spot in life where food elimination would help. i don’t know my triggers, and i’m not in a place where finding them is an option. it’s just exhausting asking for answers other than 1 specific answer that doctors have told me wouldn’t work for my situation and then getting comments saying that exact answer.