Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards

ok.. i have been avoiding insoluble fiber.. dairy... anything fried or high in fat... and now i'm avoiding bread for fear that maybe i have a problem with gluten or wheat or yeast or who knows what.. and i am still having problems! i am finding out the name of a new GI dr and i am going asap.. i have been to a few and i get the same run around of oh come back in a few weeks and see how you feel.. moniter what you eat.. and even had tests and i am told there is nothing wrong...

i havent had tests in awhile so can you guys recommend the tests i should have and things i should bring up so when i go to the dr atleast one of us has a clue of whats going on and maybe something can be done??

my deal.. since as far back as i can remember approx. 8 years of age (i am now almost 22) i have had "bathroom issues".. i would eat and have to run to the bathroom with D right afterwards.. it was if food "went right through me"... my parents thought it was what i was eating.. maybe i had a sensitive stomach... especially with things such as tomato sauce... finally around age 13 i had enough and went to a GI.. i had all sorts of tests done but there was nothing physicially wrong with me.. i was told IBS.. just eat more fiber.. eventually.. it started getting better.. the D and urgency after eating decreased to not a dialy occurance and eventually it started to almost dissappear.. when that happened.. i started getting rediculous amounts of gas (about 2 years ago)... and this is still the problem... i get D still.. but its not very often compared to how it used to be... but every day i am gassy and bloated... i was in cuba approx 2 years ago.. so i guess it is possible that something upset me over there.. bacteria or parasite possibly? so that is something i should have tested.. but im researching and maybe its celiacs? so.. can someone tell me the tests and anything else i should have written down to combat the typical "oh see how you feel and come back"

please please please... i can't let this control my life anymore

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