IBS is a term ‘literally’ thrown around by a lot of doctors that don’t know the real cause of a condition that people have.
I had gone through that for years, always hearing the term ‘IBS’!
It wasn’t until I had seen a specialist, a Gastroenterologist that performed a colonoscopy on me and took biopsies that determined what my real issue was. A rare condition called Collagenous colitis.
Something so rare that there were no specific medications developed for this. I was given expensive medications for other forms of colitis, (which is ‘completely’ different), however those medications was a ‘hit or miss’ kind of thing. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn’t. So everything was still ‘unpredictable’.
It wasn’t until I had my gall bladder removed that my surgeon prescribed a medication called Questran Powder for me to take. It’s actually a cholesterol lowering medication, but, (if I remember), has an effect of binding of the bile in your system? Either way, it worked wonders for me!
One scoop of powder mixed with 6 ounces of Hawaiian Punch, (or plain water), each morning, and I’m ‘good’ for the entire day! And I can eat ‘anything’ I want, even White Castles, and never have to worry about a thing.
It really changed my entire life! No more not eating during the day, never going anywhere, where I didn’t know where the bathroom was, carrying a port-a-toilet in the back of my van!
I would suggest that you see a specialist and have a proper diagnosis done to see if you have any one of a number of conditions that most doctors will disregard as just ‘IBS’. Some of those conditions can be extremely serious, even life threatening, if left untreated!
If you had seen a specialist, had a colonoscopy with biopsies and nothing was found, ask your doctor for a prescription for ‘Questran Powder’ to try for a month. There is a generic and it isn’t that expensive. There’s nothing to loose, and the only side effect you ‘might get’ from it, is constipation.