Quote[/b] (seedjar @ Dec. 19 2004,5:40)]Sounds like you need a second opinion, Pond Boy. I've been going to the same doctor since I was 8, even though I now live more than two hours away from his office. The guy is like family to me, but I still don't always trust him. I've been having chronic sinus/respiratory infections since I moved to NW America and Dr. Alexander still can't give me a definite treatment that doesn't involve just treating symptoms with temporary medications. So I finally went and saw another doctor who specializes in respiratory disorders; he described several surgical procedures which have been shown to treat chronic illness like mine (at the cost of having my sinuses drain like a sieve) and I'm making arrangements to have it done.
Doctors are people too and sometimes they just get so caught up in your past diagnoses that when something new comes along, they just can't fit their head around it. Have you had any diagnostics taken? If there's a risk of pancreatitis or any sort of major organ disruption you should probably go for at least an X-ray or CAT scan or maybe some arthroscopy.
Good luck buddy, and hang in there.
~Joe
PS - I don't want to pry, but why does this guy have you on muscle relaxants? You're pretty young for that kind of thing. Back when I had migraines my doctor tried everything short of lobotomy before he risked putting me on a habit-forming medication. Now that I think about it, if you're taking muscle relaxants regularly they could be causing some digestive upset. I know prolonged opiate use can cause cyclical bouts of terrible constipation and diarrhea.