I am going to say again, telling IBSers that doctors are no help and research on IBS is of no help is flawed. There is evidence based medicine for IBS. The majority of IBSers can be helped, it takes time and education. This is not controlling its a fact. It maybe your personal experiences, perhaps because you haven't taken the time to understand the reasons. You personally may mistrust your doctor or doctors or don't agree with them or how they have treated you personally or they have not been helpful to you personally, or your personal doctors are not up to date on modern IBS research, or your not working with them, who knows, but the blanket statement is flawed. This is not helpful to IBSers.
I haven't been rude to anyone, in fact I am trying to help but am getting attacked and comments directed at me for supplying accurate information, which I then have explained from reliable resources. Although some of it has been long which I understand, I try to be thorough with it and on topic. Funny out of all that I did supply, not one comment on the importance of any of it.
Why not try posting about how important a good doctor pateint relatioship is in regards to IBS? Do you know why its important and how you can make the relationship better?
Try addressing why you feel doctors are of no help and I will let the researchers know to cancel all IBS research, because its not helping you personally?