Every illness, whether severe or mild, leaves a lasting impact on your mental health. And I can recall a gazillion events where the physician referred their patient to me for holistic treatment. Most is the case with IBS patients, having high bounds of anxiety and depression attacks. I remember being referred to a similar IBS patient who was having no luck with well-being after her intake of antidepressants. I collaborated with her physician and went for a talk therapy like cognitive behavioral therapy. It assists you in recognizing negative thoughts and replacing them with more realistic and positive ones to cope with depressive episodes resulting from IBS. Thankfully, her end mental health result report was better than the previous one.