If you’ve tried every IBS treatment under the sun… and you’re still bloated, still uncomfortable, still planning your life around your symptoms — it’s not because you’re doing anything wrong. It’s because most IBS treatments fail. And today I’m going to explain why.

I've been treating IBS for over 25 years and founded the IBS Treatment Center in 2005, where we've helped more than 10,000 patients recover from IBS.

I’ve had IBS myself, so I know how frustrating this is.

And I’ve worked with patients who’ve already tried everything:

• Low FODMAP

• Probiotics

• Fiber

• Peppermint

• Medications

• Supplements

• SIBO

• Stress reduction

• More probiotics

• And eventually… just giving up

People come to me all the time and say,

“I feel like I’ve tried everything.”

And my answer is always the same:

I believe you — it just wasn’t the right thing for you.

The #1 reason IBS treatments fail:

They’re based on guesses, not answers.

Most IBS treatment starts with a guess.

A provider hears your symptoms or read something online then:

• “Let’s try fiber.”

• “Let’s try low FODMAP.”

• “Let’s try probiotics.”

• “Let’s try peppermint.”

• “Let’s try an antidepressant.”

• “Let’s see if stress reduction helps.”

• “Let’s try a medication”

• Let’s try another supplement”

And if that doesn’t work?

Another guess.

I see this constantly. Patients come to me after years of trial and error — not because they didn’t try hard enough, but because no one ever figured out what was actually wrong.

And when treatment is based on guesses, people might feel a little better for a while… or not at all. But they rarely get fully better.

IBS doesn’t improve when you keep guessing.

It improves when you finally identify the real cause.

The second reason treatments fail:

Everybody gets the same advice.

IBS is incredibly personal.

But the advice people receive is almost always generic.

I’ve had many patients with the same exact symptoms — gas, bloating, constipation — but for one person the issue was a food reaction, and for the other it was yeast overgrowth. And another it was bacteria, and another it was a parasite, and another it was enzymes, etc.  And those are just a handful of examples out of hundreds of causes.

Same symptoms.

Completely different causes.

Completely different solutions.

When each person addressed the actual cause, their symptoms improved.

This is why one-size-fits-all IBS treatment doesn’t work.

Your gut isn’t generic.

Your body isn’t generic.

So your treatment shouldn’t be either.

The third reason IBS treatments fail:

IBS is usually more than one thing at the same time.

This part is huge — and it explains why so many people say things like:

“My SIBO treatment didn’t work.”

Or

“This supplement helped for a while, but then it stopped helping.”

In reality, SIBO treatment often works — but not completely, because SIBO was only part of the problem.

Most patients I see don’t have just one issue.

They might have:

• SIBO and a food reaction

• Candida plus digestive dysfunction

• A bacterial imbalance and immune triggers

• Post-infectious IBS on top of a food reaction and something else

• Or they’re trying to heal their gut without having identified the cause

So what happens?

You don’t get better. Or you only get a little better temporarily.

Ex. You treat SIBO, feel a little better…

and then everything stalls.

Patients tell me:

“I improved, but I never got back to normal.”

That’s usually because something else was still driving your symptoms.

IBS doesn’t fully resolve when you fix one piece of the puzzle.

It resolves when you identify all the relevant pieces in your puzzle and address them properly, and in the proper order.

The fourth reason IBS treatments fail:

You were told to “manage IBS,” not solve it.

This is the part that frustrates me the most.

People are often told:

• “IBS is chronic.”

• “Just avoid your stress.”

• “Learn to cope.”

• “This is something you’ll always deal with.”

And after hearing that long enough, people start to believe it.

But IBS isn’t something you’re supposed to manage forever.

When you understand why your gut is reacting the way it is —

and you address that —

you don’t just cope.

You recover.

What actually works (the honest truth)

What gets people better is not another guess.

What works is:

1. Identifying your specific underlying causes

Not theories. Not assumptions.

Your actual drivers.

2. Addressing each cause appropriately

Not stopping halfway because something “helped a little.”

3. Refusing to accept IBS as a life sentence

I’ve seen patients who suffered for 10, 20, even 30 years or more turn their lives around.

I’ve had patients say:

“I don’t think about bathrooms anymore.”

Others tell me:

“I can eat so many more foods now, for the first time in years.”

Those moments never get old.

Why I’m confident telling you this

We’ve been treating IBS longer than almost anyone.

We have more clinical experience with IBS than anywhere else.

Patients come to us after:

• Seeing countless doctors

• Running endless tests

• Trying every diet

• Trying every supplement

• Being told, “This is just IBS.”

And they get better.

Not because IBS magically went away —

but because we finally addressed the real reasons it was happening.

And yes —

We guarantee results.

Because when you stop guessing and do this the right way, IBS is solvable.

If you’re listening to this thinking,

“This is exactly me — I’ve tried everything,”

then we’d love to talk with you.

Click below to schedule a consultation and find out if you qualify for our program.  Or give us a call at 206-264-1111.

You don’t have to keep guessing.

You don’t have to keep managing.

You don’t have to keep suffering.

There is a real solution.

And remember, take good care of your body. It’s the only place that you have to live.

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