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Posted 11/11/2009 8:27 PM (GMT 0)
I see that psyllium is recommended by many here. I have a bottle of equate "fiber therapy" capsules. They contain 100% natural psyllium husk fiber .52g.
Is this what I need? Are capsules ok? Will this be ok to take until I possibly get another product from a health food store?

I'm having a severe flare and need to get something going. What are your thoughts about taking this during a flare?

Post Edited (xl86hd) : 11/11/2009 1:38:38 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 11/11/2009 8:32 PM (GMT 0)
     Everyone is different.  Personally, I cannot tolerate fiber while flaring, it sends my colitis into a tailspin.  As a matter of fact, just last week I bought a jar of sunflower seed butter.  I put it on my toast and thought I was going to die of cramp that evening.  Then I read the label.  Nothing like reading the label last huh?  It contains something like 4 gm of fiber.
Posted 11/11/2009 9:35 PM (GMT 0)
I have taken Metamucil for 23 years day in day out, through flares and not. It helps me to increase the dose age during a flare.

However, Christine, could this have been your problem? - I tried almond butter during a flare and it gave me problems - because of the oil in it.
Posted 11/11/2009 10:22 PM (GMT 0)
     Could be the oil but I know for a fact that fiber irritates me to no end.  The only fiber which is ok is the Red Mill flaxseed ground meal which I put about 1T of in my rice cereal.  All the other stuff gives me terrible pain.
Posted 11/11/2009 10:28 PM (GMT 0)
I tried using fiber when I was flaring, and if anything, it made me worse. It seems to help some people, though. The only thing you can do is try it and see what happens.
Posted 11/11/2009 11:23 PM (GMT 0)
I started taking the husk powder in a bad flare about a month ago.  Within four days the bleeding and diarrhea stopped!  For those four days I felt bloated, and uncomfortable, but I noticed immediate changes.  The bloating feeling went away.  I was taking a powder (in a canister) of about 12g per day.  After the 3rd day I cut down to 6g per day.  I'm planning to go back to 12g per day now that I'm doing so well.

 

I would only take those capsules if they only contain psyllium. I bought mine from Trader Joe's that contains no sugar, no starch, no salt, no wheat, no preservatives, no artificial coloring, no milk...etc. It's very pure.

 

I need to mention that also at the same time I started taking probiotics and doing a cortisone enema every evening, but I STRONGLY FEEL the husk powder did the most. 

You can always start slow.  If each pill contains .5g maybe you could start at 6 pills per day.  That would only be 1/4 of the amount I started at.  It's only soluble fiber...so it's worth a try. 

good luck,

John

Posted 11/12/2009 1:25 AM (GMT 0)
     Was wondering if the people who have good results with fiber have diverticulosis?
Posted 11/12/2009 4:11 AM (GMT 0)
I've always been in a flare to some degree (for the most part of my 18 yrs, severe flares) and when my GI suggested I start taking a fibre supplement daily and indefinitely I was in a horrible flare at the time...it definitely helped and I'm still taking it almost 6 yrs later.

:)
Posted 11/12/2009 10:43 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the information, I am now taking the psyllium (for 1 day now) and I already feel considerably better.
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