Agreed, but you need a referal from your primary care provider to see the GI and the primary care guy always says some variation of “Do you drink coffee? Do you drink alcohol? Do you eat spicy foods? Thats why you have diarrhea. No need to see a GI” Ive brought it up every time ive seen a physician for any reason. Different physicians, same response. I even switched from HMO to PPO to try to circumvent the primary care but every GI I called said even though my insurance didnt require me to have a referal, their clinic’s policy didnt allow them to book appointments without referalls.

or a naturopath (just throwing it out there… I find specialist MDs to be very narrowly focused and often don’t look outside their box to find solutions)