Extreme stomach/stool issues

So for over a year now I've had problems with my stools. They are very loose, a mixture of constipation and diarrohea. I have very bad and frequent flactuence, sometimes in succession of each other; I have cramps and aches, my stools are runny and smell very bad. I'm at my wits end, my frequent urge to go to the toilet and spending forever in there because of how long it takes me to actually poop and clean everything up (its explosive), was a contributing factor in me being dismissed from work. I've been to the doctors and they've just said its IBS. They've done blood tests for coeliac etc and its been ruled out. However this can't just be IBS. I'm 19 it started like a year ago and there was nothing to trigger it. My diet is healthy I exercise a lot. Initally I thought it might be due to the SSRIs I was on but I changed them and the issues still persist. A year on, my stomach and bowels are the worst they've ever been. There is a history of bowel disease in the family; on my mum's side, my grandad died of bowel cancer and my mum was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in her early to mid 20s.

I feel I definitely need a gastrocophy or colonoscopy as this isn't normal and IBS seems too generic a diagnosis, and the doctors have not offered any support with this other than looking at "dietary changes" despite my diet being absolutely fine.

Please, I'm at my wits end here.

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