It sounds like a good regime you have. I used to be so disciplined, but not anymore. I think the med is making me too laid back---which is what I don't like about it. It gives me mental clarity, but it also slows me down physically and I've gained so much weight---which is depressing. I see a psychiatrist once a month, but every time I go, I get frustrated. I don't bring up the subject of my IBS anymore, because when I do, he tells me that's not his area of expertise. Last year, the gastro doc prescribed a low dose of an anti-depressant to help with my IBS symptoms, and it helped tremendously, but it put me in a maniac stage. So he sent me back to the psychiatrist who fussed at me for taking the antidepressant. So I bounce back and forth between the two doctors. I need a doc that can treat me for both!!!
I know that if I could take a low dose of an antidepressant that it would help my IBS (I've taken them in the past), but I know now that I can't---and that's frustrating. I envy those who could take one---and won't. They are fortunate to have a medicine available that could help them. The medicine I'm currently taking is Trileptal. Have you ever taken it?