Hi kimstar,
I am sorry to hear you are experiencing anxiety and IBS symptoms. Anxiety can definitely impact your gut in many ways, your mind is connected to it in ways medicine doesn't fully understand yet. Your mind and body are interconnected, so more often than not, when your mental health is off, you might find your body responds to that as well.
What did the doctor propose as the next steps? Did they refer you to a psychologist? Meds? These are the most appropriate next steps in taking control of this anxiety, seeing a psychologist might really help you. It helped me a lot. If you get your anxiety under control, you might find that your IBS improves too.
It seems like you have a lot going on as you say! Bring busy and juggling a lot of responsibilities can definitely get the better of us - but just make sure you have a healthy balance with self-care too. Take some time for yourself every once and a while - e.g., is there a night where someone can look after the kids so you and your husband can have a night away etc??
Having no patience is a sign of burnout, so just make sure you are maintaining self-care to get you through this busy time in your life. Lean on your husband if needed too.
I hope you start to feel better soon,
Jaz xx
