Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Too much soluble fiber?

I am going thru exactly the same thing after being on the IBS diet now for about one week. I used to eat practically ALL ISF and no SF and when I first took 1/2 tsp of Acacia twice per day I blew up like a baloon, worse than before. Same thing happened when I ate rice, quinoa, millet. I decreased the Acacia to only 1/2 tsp at nite which seemed to help at first anyway. I've been eating SF at every meal and snack for the first time in my life and then I felt all "bound up" by it. (but good in a strange way I should mention). Sometimes I bloat and sometimes I don't after eating??? I've also had an appetite for the first time in my life. So I increased my ISF the other day after feeling so much more C. I still haven't been able to take even 1/2 tsp of Acacia twice per day. I seem to only be able to stand it once per day at nite or I get too bloated. But I hate how I feel all the time now. I have one decent day and one bad day - very up and down. Can anyone suggest anything? I"m not sure what to do next. How can I increase the Acacia as recommended when I can't even get 1/2 tsp in me twice per day. Is it better to eat the SF foods or to take the Acacia? Should I go back to eating more ISF since I was used to that? It seems I have eliminated alot of the pain symptoms though already from decreasng ISF especially fats and raw veges. But the bloating hurts terribly today??? Please help and thank you all.

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