IBS Treatment In Raleigh NC
Here at GastroDirect, we are serious about IBS treatment.
One of Dr. Scholl’s favorite sayings is, “IBS is a bunch of BS.”
IBS as a diagnosis is just a description of symptoms, the very thing you came in reporting. Most IBS doctors just focus on excluding “big things,” like celiac, Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis. If negative, patients are told that they, “just have IBS.” This ignores the reality of IBS symptoms, which are debilitating. Anxiety, isolation, embarrassment, and depression often result from the unpredictability of pain, urgency, and even accidents. Occasions that should be joyful, like weddings, lunch with friends and social outings, become fraught with uncertainty.
Here at GastroDirect in Raleigh and Cary, we don’t just focus on excluding the big things. We go further, to discover the root cause.
There are about a dozen causes of IBS-D symptoms, and about a half dozen causes of IBS-C symptoms. As an IBS doctor with a passion for helping patients discover the root cause, Dr. Scholl takes the time to do a thorough history, targeted testing, and then develops a treatment program that will get you out of IBS survival mode and into digestive thrive mode.
Early in her training, Dr. Scholl was fortunate to be mentored by Doug Drossman, MD, one of the founding fathers of IBS treatment and diagnosis. Her education was steeped in the understanding that there is a mind-gut connection, and that the whole person has to be taken into consideration when symptoms are evaluated. There is much more to IBS than just the GI complaints. One of those things is the loss of power that patients feel when their bodies betray them. One of Dr. Scholl’s passions is to educate patients and thereby empower them to make lasting changes to their digestive health.
Wondering whether you can afford to see a doctor for your IBS outside of your insurance?
We would argue that you can’t afford NOT to! Most people pay an $80 co-pay each time they see a specialist. To be in front of a specialist for 60 minutes, you would typically go 3 times – a 30 minute consultation then two 15-minute followups, at an out-of-pocket cost of $240 and a time expense of 12 weeks. At GastroDirect, Dr. Scholl gets a complete history and starts investigating immediately, allowing you to start feeling better faster, returning to work and family obligations, faster.
But most importantly, when you become part of the GastroDirect family, that’s how you’re treated – like family. You can call and reach a person, no phone trees. If we miss your call, we call you back -just like we would our friends!
With locations serving Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, Wilson, Apex, Holly Springs, Morrisville and Durham, GastroDirect is positioned to help IBS patients in the Triangle find life-changing, lasting solutions for their IBS symptoms.