Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: A question for everyone about SFS

I tried Metamucil on and off over the years, but just couldn't stand to swallow it - plus it never seemed to do anything.

I also tried Benefiber last summer, but it made me feel very burbly.

I finally tried Acacia, started at 1/2 teaspoon per day and worked my way up by adding 1/2 teaspoon every 3 days. I never had any trouble with it and between the Acacia and Heather's diet, I'm doing much better. I will say that when I first started taking Acacia, the dose was so low it didn't seem to be doing anything, so I kept taking it and increasing it pretty much on faith - or, more likely, desperation.

As for continuing to need help, I spent months thrashing around before I finally felt like I had somewhat of a handle on things. I'm not very comfortable asking for help, so I did it all by reading stuff on the Internet and, once I finally, blessedly, found this site, reading both Heather's book and everything she wrote on the main part of this site and then doing about a million searches on the Boards. I suspect your way of asking questions until you know what you need to know is probably a lot better - certainly more efficient!

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