SB -“For the first few days after taking my medication, omeprazole, (which my great aunt also has chronic gastritis, so we both take the same medication, which further reiterates to me that I got the correct diagnosis…) I felt better. However, eventually things got a bit more stressful and as a result, I have not been able to participate in every single activity on my schedule….”
This is called the “placebo effect”. That drug that you mentioned reduces acid. IBS has nothing to do with excess acid.
“Although that month was stressful, it was a lot easier because I had my own room and didn’t have to worry about other people’s extremes in sleep schedules…”
Are you sure they are the ones with extremes? Getting up @ 11 AM means you went to sleep real late. Perhaps you should go to sleep and wake up at the same times as your roomate?