Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Nothing works for me.

Stop taking the peppermint - you may be sensitive to it for it some reason and it's not necessary to take peppermint in order to benefit from Heather's approach. Click here and scroll to the bottom of the screen to read about this Website's return policy.

Acacia is not like a drug that will somehow cure your IBS or even eliminate the symptoms all by itself. What is does is help you get enough Soluble Fiber to soothe your gut without your having to eat tons of SF food. So stick with it and increase the amount slowly. However, a Soluble Fiber Supplement by itself - even Heather's Acacia - is not going to be enough - you really need to follow all the Diet guidelines.

I recommend you do the reading on how Heather's overall Eating For IBS Diet works and follow the guidelines fully and see how you do. I strongly recommend reading "IBS: The First Year" - your local library may have it or you can order it from this Website, Amazon, or B&N. If you want to do the basic reading while waiting to get hold of the book, take a look at this old post of mine and follow the links. That should get you going.

This approach worked wonders for me after everything else had failed so please give it a good try. If you have questions, please ask. There's more traffic on the IBS Diet Board so you might get more responses there.

HTH.

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