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Wow, I can't tell you how scared I am of psylium as I sit here with my protruding belly! And horrible gas. If it does'nt help you with the C as much, does it give you gas and bloating?
Also, the dosages that you listed, are those the ones you started at?
I do have some Konsyl which is psylium but haven't had the guts to try it. Do you think Metamucil is gentler?
What other SFS have you tried? What did they do to you to cause you to stop taking them?
It did help with the gas and bloating(Didn't give me any!), mainly in the sense that it allowed me to eat more foods which normally would cause me gas/bloating. For example, I can now eat raw carrots(not too much at a time), where as without it, that would give me an attack(gas/bloating/pain), plus many other things. So I am much less bloated now. And it does help my constipation, just not as much as I'd like. Lets put it this way, using nothing but the Metamucil, I can go every other day, but small amounts/incomplete and still C. Beforehand, I could go only once a week on my own. So it is better.
I definitly started at lower dosages, I think I started at like 1/4 a dose once a day, cause I too was paranoid about how it would affect me. I upped it little by little, really slowely. As far as Konsyl, I've never tried that but I think it's more potent, so be careful with how much you start out with.
With other SFS's, I started with Citrocel, but that made me feel worse, then tried Benefiber which I tolerated ok but it didn't do anything at all, then tried Acacia which made me feel worse.
Good luck! If you do try the Metamucil, I suggest starting off with the pills so you can control how little you have at a time.
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