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I am sorry you have had to become so desperate and she is so discouraged. This site is a great place to start. I would recommend that you copy off the list of safe soluble foods and the ones that she should be careful with. The first thing she needs is reassurance that there are foods that will not hurt her. She needs to chose a fiber source that she likes and helps with the constipation, I use benefiber, but there are several others that will help. If you are upset about what she is eating or how she is withdrawing it is normal. But it's not good for her to feel you hovering or that you are trying to controll something she can't change right now. If you give her the steps listed at the very start of Heathers home pages I can promise that she will begin to improve. Slowly, but will begin to have hope and trust in her abilities to deal with this. As for the drugs, each person here is different and some have been on that and done well, others have used natural drugs, and others have used different ones, or none at all. The true path through this illness is knowledge. This site will help a great deal and she will enjoy finding out the things that she can do for the attacks and stabiling the ibs. I will add you both to my prayer list and hope that you have success in getting controll of this illness.

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