Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Some questions for TOTALLY stable IBS'ers

Hello I have not posted to this board for about three months because a lot of times I get freaked out by what seem to me to be contradictory posts that are quite different from Heather's guidelines. However, I have been following the diet religiously and have hit some speedbumps that I need help with. But please if you are not stable I would prefer you not replying. No offense but I think that if your not stable your in the same boat as me and you too are still experimenting. Also if you still have D or C but consider yourself stable or are having a good week please do not respond. In a nutshell this is for the people that are rock solid STABLE! Anyway I am having some difficulty with the following:

Eating every 2 hours...I wake up at 5 and go to sleep around 9. That's 8 meals if I do the math right. How do you plan so well?

Finding the right ratio of SF to IF. I take 15 g of SFS a day, throughout the day and sometime feel if I eat too much SF and SFS that I get backed up. I have been told by doctors that too much fiber can cause constipation. Also Heather says to NEVER eat more IF in a sitting but I feel that I am at a point where I need as much IF as I can get or I get constipated. Anyone out there actually have a ratio with more IF per meal/snack.

I hope I get some responses....I have improved on the diet but not enough for all of the planning and worrying that it requires. I am starting to believe that ignorance is bliss and before I knew all this I was sicker but happier, if that's possible. Thank you for any advice from STABLE people.

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