For the C, start taking Natural Calm every night. You can buy it at some HFS, or order it online. It was my "miracle cure" for C!! No more MoM or Fleet!
Try adding some ground flax meal to your cream of rice for added fiber. I, too, can have trouble with nuts (they tend to give me gas), but flax meal doesn't bother me at all.
Are you using acacia? That will enable you to eat more IF, which will help you "go". I totally feel your pain - finding a balance with IBS-C is very difficult and takes a lot longer than for those with IBS-D. It's taken me almost a year to find my balance, but the journey's been well worth it.
Two foods that work great for me for adding in IF (besides the flax meal in my cream of rice): fruit smoothies (first thing I eat every day!) and bean dips/hummus. I eat hummus with guiltless gourmet tortilla chips several times a week as my afternoon snack.
There's also some great bread recipes in the index that incorporate some IF. My favorite right now is Shell's Pina Colada Zucchini bread!
Good luck, and hang in there!!
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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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