After spending months on this board to really get an understanding of what my IBS boyfriend experiences, I have been exposed to all sorts of options and medications I feel he should try. He is more or less unwilling to even discuss any of this, and although he's become much more open about how he feels about IBS as he's learned to trust me and my understanding, I still can't quite fgure out how to get him interested in Remeron or Caltrate or the bread or anything! I am a very direct and straitforward person and my method of confronting issues in a pragmatic and immediate manner just DOES NOT WORK with him. Can any of you give me any insight as to how to effectively convey what I learn from this board, or do you fell it is his decisions and ultimately none of my business?