Every ibs diagnosis is a misdiagnosis .
I said what I said. IBS is an umbrella term and saying something is wrong with the gut brain axis ( which includes your GI tract + the brain + the nervous system connecting them) is simply stupid. I mean what else is left? Your legs?
The reason I’m ranting is because the existence of such a vague umbrella term is literally counterproductive in diagnosing the problem.
It is a means of medical punting (doing the bare minimum to satisfy guidelines without actually putting in the work cause the practitioners are too busy).
How many people were just a few more tests away from solving their problems but their doctors decided to do the bare minimum and simply put the seal of IBS on them. It would take years for these patients to research and figure out these tests on their own while their doctors could have done it then and there.
Maybe the guidelines and not the doctors are to blame but it is exasperating to deal with.