Hi there. I feel that I'm at the end of my tether at the moment. I'm experiencing terrible anxiety that's affecting my IBS. I find that as soon as I'm in a situation at work where I'm in a confined space I just need to leave the room: my stomach bloats and I feel like I desperately need the loo. This is now affecting my journey to work on the train and the bus. I dread every day and have to take immodium almost constantly. I have been to the docs who has just changed my meds from mirtazipine (which seemed to have stopped working) to prozac. He says it's anxiety and that the prozac will put an end to it. I'm 4 weeks in with prozac and I feel no different - worse if anything.
I run a large team of 21 and have a good deal of stress. My team come to talk to me about their problems and tell me I'm a good boss. But I just want to scream because no one is listening to me.
I feel so down I struggle to get out of bed now. I feel ashamed, embarrassed and frustrated with my problem because I know I'm doing this to myself. But even though I know that this is in my head - the pain and sensations in my tummy are so real at the time.
I just want to curl up and die.
Please help me. Does anyone have anything similar? How do you cope?