Hi everybody, I'm going to be completely honest here and might ramble on for a bit and I'm sorry. I am a 26 year old male who just moved to Toronto about a year ago. I suffer from IBS, not mild but mind blowing. I am so sick of the pain, the diarreah, the addiction to Immodium etc.I need help, I never ask for help but I am now. The pain is unbearable. I have watched my diet, taken several different medications that don't work. Quit drinking socially, cut down on smoking and cut out caffiene all together. I have everything the doctors have told me to do and I still suffer almost everyday of my life. I wake up in the morning an hour earlier than I should just to see if the day is going to be bad or not. I have found when I have serious pain I have taken oxycodone and it has helped. The pain I experience doesn't just last a half hour and goes away. It lasts all day and is unbearable. I have quit jobs because of this and I'm sick of not being able to do anything. I have informed my latest doctor at the walk in clinic about my situation and they do nothing. I resort to asking friends for left over pain pills they might have from getting wisdom teeth removed so I can function normally. Basically IBS runs my life, it controls me and I don't control it. I take OTC pills for the "Runs" and "Gas" ie Immodium (my best friend) and gas meds. I really need some help. When I lived in the States for the short while when I did the doctors there understood my pain and helped me out with it, here they just scoff at me. Herbal remedies I have tried, hell I have tried it all and I cant' live with it anymore. I have never tried a message board like this before but I'm so sick and fed up that I need something.So I'm sorry to Rant but if anyone from toronto has some suggestions on what I can do, or what Doctor I can see please email me. I am unemployed and looking for work to do at home. (which isn't going very well, so soon I'll be unemployed and broke living off my roomates) I need help. My email address is brethirsch###yahoo.com I will try to come back to the message board on a regular basis.Thank you so much for reading this I'm sorry about the spelling but I am so upset and in pain right at this second that I just want to get this off my mind. Back to the online employment search.shalomBret Hirsch aka SUREFOOT