Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards

Welcome Sarah!

As great as this site is, and as comfortable as you will feel hear talking and hearing about similar symptoms to your own, you absolutely MUST see the doctor and go through the diagnostic testing to rule out other, more 'serious' illnesses - we, and Heather, cannot stress enough the importance of this.

In the meantime, however, it is a great idea to start using the acacia fibre - as, even if it turns out you have something other than IBS, the odds are that it will still help you. Personally I would advise buying Heathers 'First Year IBS' book - on diagnosis it was the first thing I bought, and has literally turned out to be a lifesaver.

But, the Living Room is where we all hang out, and talk about anything non IBS diet related, so if you have specific questions on the diet post them in the 'Eating for IBS' board - which you get to by clicking on the 'IBS diet' link above.

For now, welcome again!

There are some fab (and stable!) people on here full of wonderful advice. Personally I could never thank them enough for how they've supported and helped me...

PS - where bouts in the UK are you from? There's a handful of us on here - I'm from Sheffield, Nat (who isn't on here much at the moment) is a Liverpudlian, Sinead is from Dublin, and there's a couple more of us hanging around somewhere...

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