I'm in a similar boat... I've ended up compromising on my dream jobs (related to art) in favor of studying engineering. I'm a math person, but art is my true passion. It's too difficult of a career, though, and I want something more stable. Now I'm just trying to find an area of engineering that I'm somewhat interested in so I'm not miserable 20 years from now.
This is exactly what I'm doing. I talked myself out of the arts (which was my real passion), and went to college for a BA and ended up majoring in economics. I keep wondering if I gave up too easily, am I going to regret this forever, am I faking my interest in what I'm studying just because I'm not bad at it? I guess this isn't particularly helpful, but sometimes it helps to know that even if there aren't people in the same boat, we're in the same ocean?