Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Need advice from the pros...

Hi everyone. I have been trying to just deal with this on my own, but I'm not having any success. My IBS was almost always C based, with a D attack maybe 3-4 times a year. Well, since being on the fiber (probably a year or so) my BMs got MUCH more normal and I was doing great. Recently, I have started having BMs maybe 5 times a day. They aren't full D, but very soft and urgent, and with some cramping. About a week or so ago, I upped my fiber. I'm now taking 2.5 teaspoons in the morning and 2.5 at night.
I am eating fine-nothing unusual for me at all. I finished my second round of hypno a month or so ago and I certainly don't have a ton of anxiety about this. (Normally, I would have stayed home and cried...now I wait out the bad parts and get out and about afterwards).
Any suggestions? I am trying to lose weight for my wedding in September, and of course am losing it now in a bad way... I don't feel like I absorb anything. I'm nervous to take too much Rx b/c when I do, the next day I am C and then it's that vicious circle again.
So, I am going home for my spring break (I'm in England right now) and thought about a doc appt...but it feels like I am more of an expert on IBS than the docs...and you guys are my most trusted source!
Any suggestions? I tried acidophilis for a month and it didn't sit with me well...so now I don't know! Please give any suggestions, anything that's worked for you...
Thank you all so much!

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