Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | When is time to give up?- long, but please read

When is it time to just stop trying to find another reason for the pain and gas and bloating and constipation and accept the fact that this is IBS and I will need to live with it the best I can? But I am NOT finding relief from this diet, so it makes me wonder if it is something else in addition.

I've had small bowel series follow through, colonoscopy, endoscopy, Xrays, etc. They have come back normal. But I am sure there are many tests I haven't had that may just reveal the problem.

But whenever I read a post such as Michelle's who went to UNC and could have pelvic floor dyssnergia, or I read DanaNoels post on how her hormones were out of wack and she has an insulin sensitivity and a neuro GI diagnosed her with a new test and gave her a new diet which has brought her much relief (low glycemic carbs and low carbs in general, opposite of the IBS diet), I want to run to my GI doc and ask, what about this! Could this be my problem? I know he thinks I am a nut case that is addicted to the internet and researching anything that has to do with my GI distress. But how can I give up trying to find an answer when my whole life has been stolen from my painful symptoms?

And how many doctors do you go to for a second opinion? And how many other possibilities are out there? I could be finding a "new possibility" every week.

I can't give up trying to find some relief, but the stress of looking and researching and trying to get my doctor to listen and just consider all the possibilities I bring to him is also taken over my life.

Do others of you, especially the ones who haven't been helped by Heather's diet, do you continue to research and think every story your read may be the cause of your distress? How can I let go of this obsession to use all my free time reading books, surfing the internet, reading posts in a desparate attempt to find relief?

I am driving myself insane, but feel guilty if I surrender to live the rest of my life in pain.

Please share your stories and thoughts with me. I don't know what to do and I long for some peace in my life so that my days are not lost to this hiddeous pain and symptoms.

Please give me some help guys. I need your words of wisdom, please. I am just at a loss. Am I just obsessed?

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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!

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