Hey Urban! Welcome! I can relate to your description of the viscious IBS-anxiety-pain-depression cycle. Well said!
It's so true that if you tackle even one of the spokes in the wheel, you can break the whole cycle! By getting the IBS under control, even moderately(!), I've managed to lessen the severity of my anxiety, reduce the pain, and make me a thoroughly less-depressed person. Not giddy and happy, mind you, but at least acerbic, thoughtful and witty (I've had terrible results with mood stabilizers and anti-depressants. They aggrivate my suicidal tendencies and tendency to self-injure).
And I can sleep at night now, with the pain and anxiety gone, not like when I was jumping out of my skin on prozac or zoloft!! Sleep is key! I'm really glad those drugs work for some people!! Whatever breaks that cycle, I'm for!!! 
~nelly~
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