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Can I ask how much Acacia you take? Do you have to supplement with anything else to help you...like a probiotic or anything?
I saw you take Miralax too. Do you take a full dose of Miralax and athe Acacia?
Thanks so much!!
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I did take a whole teaspoon of NC last night. My doctor told me to cut back on the fiber as it doesn't help everyone. 
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I take about 1 tablespoon a day (1 teaspoon in the morning with the oatmeal, then two more in the evening with a smoothie). I don't usually take it during the day.
I don't take any probiotics.
Forgot to say, yes, I take a full dose of Miralax. Or was taking, before I decided to not take it any more (which was yesterday)... We'll see how it goes.
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Are you going to wean yourself off....or go cold turkey off?
I hope you have an easier time than I. I think I will have to go back up to a full dose.  1/4 dose isn't cutting it. Stupid body. I hate taking meds...or needing to take them.
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Cold turkey... I didn't like it anyway, I think it was giving me too much gas (it's one of the side effects of it). Its my second day off Miralax and on Magnesium sulfide... and I had a normal BM. I think it's the Magnesium Sulfide that's helping. I am also sleeping better -- for almost the whole night, which is impressive for someone who dreams the weird stuff I dream about...
However, the big thing with my IBS, I think, is my period. It's due in a week so we'll see what happens then. When that time of the month comes (judging from the last two months experience, I didn't know I had IBS before), neither Miralax nor anything helps, even if I am not C, I am in so much pain that I would literally fall convulsive on the floor a couple of times a day...
My doctor told me that most people who take Miralax need a full dose (after I expressed the hope I would not need a full dose all my life). Thus I don't think any half, fourth or 6th doses would do, I myself have tried halves and 3/4s and it doesn't work... (I tried a 5/6th once, and it did work, but I think 5/6 is too close to 1  )
Jordy are you taking Natural Calm? How much magnesium does it equate to? Did you increase your dose?
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Sometimes I take it and sometimes I don't. I think I will rev it up if I am going to try and stop the Miralax, though.
3 teaspoons equals 615 mg magnesium citrate. I went from 1/2 teaspoon to a full teaspoon last night...and it helped some.
That's weird about 1/2 doses not doing anything. You would think 1/2 dose would have some effect over zero doses. How long were you on Miralax? I think it's been pretty good for me, overall, so I don't know why I'm trying to get off of it so badly...except that it is a medical laxative, which I don't know if I trust.
Where do you get magnesium sulphide? Is there a product? How much of it do you take?
I also take a cal/mag supplement during the day...so I get about 600 mg from that in a day....to try to balance off the calcium constipation.
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Are you still increasing the Acacia? Or, are you happy with the 1 tablespoon? Is it treating you well?
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That's weird about 1/2 doses not doing anything. You would think 1/2 dose would have some effect over zero doses
You would think, yes, but it did not for me. I have been taking it for the last two months and a half (I think it's getting closer to 3 months now), but, as I mentioned, it was giving me gas.
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Where do you get magnesium sulphide? Is there a product? How much of it do you take?
I got it from the local pharmacy, a Duane Reade store (New York City's equivalent to CVS) and that's what it sais Magnesium Citrate (did I say sulphide before? I am sorry if I did), and it has different flavors. It comes in bottles and you don't have to mix it yourself, it is already mixed for you  .
1 fl oz from the bottle, it sais, equals to 290 mg Magnesium content (that's exactly what it sais) and i take 2 ounces (so that would be 580 mg). I don't dare to lower it, since I seem to have hit the right dose for me from the first try and the improvement in my sleep is so amazing too.
I don't know much about Cal-Mag supplements and I don't take one. Is it giving you C? If so, why don't you stop it and rely only on the Natural Calm for your magnesium... I think I will be able to get my calcium from other foods, like rice milk and almond milk
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No, I am not increasing the Acacia. I think that's enough for now and I don't want to shock myself. I feel pretty good now, yes 
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I need to take calcium for my bones, unfortunately. Which I didn't have to bother with it and add another factor to this equation! But, it's not an option not to take calcium.
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