Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Why am I not getting better?

Ok, I'm really not trying to be a whiny pain in the 'you know what' here, but I've been having a real feel bad for myself day and I need to vent.

I'm just very frustrated that I'm not getting any better, and I'm at my wits end. It's gotten to the point where I Hardly function like a normal human being anymore...I'm lucky if I get one roll and maybe one potato in my a day, so I'm dropping weight really fast, and getting dizzy spells and just sleeping all the time. I've got constant abdominal cramping, D almost every day (with the odd off day in between) bad gas and chest pain.

I've done everything I'm supposed to do, both according to Heather's diet and what my docs are saying. I havent' cheated at all on the diet, I take Dicetel for the tummy, Nexium for my GERD, probiotics, Acacia, drink lots of fennel tea (no peppermint becuase of the GERD)...I just don't know what else to do. And I feel like I've got no one to help me. My bf is very supportive but doesn't know much about this stuff and because we're not married doesn't feel very comfortable actually coming to the docs with me, and other than that, I'm on my own.

I'm so sick of not being taken seriously. Because I was a bit heavier to begin with, no one seems concerned about my weight loss except me and my bf, despite my having lost over 30 pounds since February. And my work and personal life is suffering, but mainly I'm just sick of being in pain.

I had that funny gall bladder result that indicates I *may* have gallbladder disesae, but my primary doc said the GI needs to interpret it, so I called the GI nurse today and she basically indicated that since the GI didn't feel the test was necessary in the first place, he likely wouldn't care to follow up...but she'd "put it in my file." So now I'm stuck with ambiguous results, something that could potentially be causing some of my problems, and no doc who will help me with it.

GRRRR, I just don't know what else to do anymore. I seriously think if this continues much longer I'm just going to wilt away, I already pretty much just sleep and watch tv...I want my life back!

Sorry everyone, I don't even know what advice to ask for, I'm just venting I guess

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