Does anyone have wise wisdom to share about how to manage anxiety and life-related stress to get control of their IBS? My last day in my current role (by choice following my resignation) is tomorrow and I have been dealing with a bad bought of diorrehea that has been plaguing me for about a month fairly consistently as I have been coming up to this big career related change.
I am on a 12 day streak of meditating each morning as I have heard that’s supposed to help, but even during that I don’t truly feel 100% at peace or calm.
Although I am excited about the new role, I am quite anxious about the change in my life and the uncertainty about what I am getting myself into with this new role and how I will do etc. I have been trying to eat fairly sensibly and blandly (read: plain oatmeal or Cheerios, baked chicken with plain rice, bananas, laying off: fried foods, lots of oil/butter and spicy things, minimising my dairy intake, no caffeinated coffee or drinks, less carbonation, switched to sourdough bread introduced kombucha once in a while etc.) and some days that works and I feel fine and don’t experience diarrhoea and other days I still do (sometimes 2-3 times).
Additionally, does anyone have any idea why I’ve been waking up between 3-4am most mornings to have an episode in the loo? I go to bed feeling fine and then wake up and think oh no.
Any pearls of wisdom would be very much appreciated! I am debating asking my GP to put me on some anti-anxiety for the next 6 months to help things calm down. Part of me hopes once I’ve started the new role I will feel a bit less anxious.
Historically when I’ve had a bad bout of diorrhea I’ve taken Culturelle for 30 days and it’s helped to almost reset my system, but I think this time I’m so anxious I’m not sure it would work!
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