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I had to take my Daughter to a new doctor because of her insurance. He was ok but I could tell he knew nothing about IBS. For one thing he said that it was ok for her to eat a little red meat?????? My Question to y'all is ..
He recomended for her to use Mira Lax and Beano everyday.
Should I use one or the other and have any of you used both or the other and give me infor on how it help or did not help you. I can only ask y'all for help since it's not me that's hurting and I don't know what symptoms your going throught. I have started her on the IBS diet since about mid March and it has helped and she on the benifiber twice daily I tried the acacia for a while but she seemed to be in more paid that what she did with the benifiber. Also she has been on the fennel tea and other herbal teas which she is now use to drinking which took a while because before she only drink sodas. She still has pain now & than and I'm not sure from what it's from since it her that's hurting and not me I'm not sure when she tells me she hurting if it just started or if she been hurting and she just now telling me because it's worse. She has downsyndrome so sometimes it's hard for me to tell sometime how she really feeling. I do wish I could find something that would get rid of the pain though. There are also times that I'm not sure if she moved her bowels because I can't catch her all the times. When I don't think she has gone in a day or two I usually give her a stool softner. Y'all have helped me a lot just in reading some of your answers and question and she is doing so much better than before I just guess it was me instead of her so I wouldn't have to guess. Thanks in advance for all of your input they have really helped me.
Eva, mother of angel in pain

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