Has anyone successfully controlled their IBS (diarrhoea type)

[MoanyMcMoanington]

I have had IBS for decades but it's getting worse as I age.

I have had many tests (cameras up and down, scans, biopsies etc) and all ok. Gastro says it's 'just' IBS and sadly it's something I have to learn to live with (I don't know what she thinks I've been trying to do these last 25 years but ok).

No amount of low fodmapping, carefully avoiding my trigger foods, not touching alcohol or caffeine and leading aa healthy a lifestyle as I can seems to help to control my gurgling and unsettled gut. I experience loose stool every day (some days looser than others and no idea why that happens). Medication hasn't helped and I've tried many including Imodium which seems to be the only given advice for loose stool but that doesn't help me at all it just slows everything down yet I still have loose stool.

It's really depressing to think all these years trying to live with this and that this is my life, always watching what I eat, urgency every damn morning, never knowing when I might need to suddenly go, hardly socialising as a result. I know it's not seen as a serious issue by most health professionals but it's really depressing, I've had to give up work recently as a result.

Has anyone successfully controlled or even eliminated their gut problems?

I was eating gluten in the run up to my most recent test. I had tried the gluten challenge (3 months gluten) multiple times but it gives some terrible fatigue then depression so I kept giving up/getting negative results. My GP told me I just needed a small amount of gluten but that's not true after checking the nice guidelines. It's the equilivent of shreddies, 2 pieces bread & a gluten snack such as a scone every day! I was probably eating 1/3 of what was needed. I just so happened to be eating shreddies instead of GF cereal in the run up to the bloods as was really craving them 🤣