u/Clear-Storage-740

I don’t know if it’s living in Sydney city, becoming older, or bad career choices - but life has been absolutely miserable.

I have a job I’m really passionate about. And I want to do my postgraduate to move forward with it but I really can’t afford living on part time work alone. I don’t have wealthy family support either.

The job i currently have (basically healthcare) pays ok but I’m struggling with finances. Even as a full time worker. To make things worse, my contract ends in a year, so really, I don’t know if I’m gonna have a job next year. There’s no permanency in my role and is linked to having funding. And all gov funding is being slashed atm.

Few years back when I was working in hospitality and funding myself through uni, it was rough but I was hopeful and motivated as I thought I’m gonna be working my dream job and making decent money. Now I feel so miserable and hopeless. My partner and I are not having kids because we can just afford to feed ourselves. And I cant understand how this is possible. We buy clothes from savers, shop from aldi for cheaper options, have furnished our place from kind people giving things for free or selling for cheap.

It’s fucked up. How did we get to this point

Last year, I experienced constipation 1 month after starting taking oral contraceptive. I stopped taking the pill a month later, but ibs symptoms are still there.

A year later, and I am still experiencing either constipation or loose stools (rarely normal). I’ve been to so many doctors and they are all either telling me to eat more fiber (which I do but they just dismiss the fact that I already do!!) or take ibs meds to relax the gut muscles. I also tried laxatives which help for a bit then stop.

I just really doubt it is ibs just because the symptoms were so sudden and so coincidental with the pill.

I am desperate for an answer, and was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like that. Please give me any info/advice you can.