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Posted 12/13/2010 11:00 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,
Been in remission for a few years now...Halleluiah!!!!! But have been dealing with diarrhea for 2 weeks now WITHOUT the normal abd pain...so I do not think it is a bonafide flare up...not sure what to think. Anyway, my diet is bad and I am going to start taking fiber supplements. Do YOU take fiber supplements and at what dosage has it been advantageous for you?
Deacon
Posted 12/13/2010 11:02 PM (GMT 0)
Psyllium husk, or Metamucil (more expensive) is great for bulking up the stool and slowing transit time. I take one tablespoon in liquid a day. I mix fruit juice and water.

Good luck!
Posted 12/14/2010 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
I take 6 Citrucel a day (2x3times). If I were you I'd also add some Immodium to slow your transit time until things settle down.
Posted 12/14/2010 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
I never had pain when I was flaring (and I had loads and loads of urgent diarrhea and some blood), so I would be careful assuming that this isn't a flare. You might need to up your current meds a bit and see if that helps. I'd at least call your GI.

Oh, and when I was flaring, fiber didn't help me at all, and kind of made it worse. It didn't slow anything down nor firm anything up...just made more poop.
Posted 12/14/2010 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
I would like to have the option of calling my GI...but I am now without insurance and am finishing up my final year of Nursing school. I dropped to per diem status at work so as to be able to handle the more intense RN program and graduate in Dec '11 vs May '12...hate being without insurance...don't know what to do.
BTW- I have ALWAYS had severe abd pain when flaring...
I just wish this would go away!! Don't want to ask anyone(colorblind) to look at my diarrhea again to see if it has any blood in it :-(
Posted 12/14/2010 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
Soluable fiber is your friend...if there is no blood odds favor no flare. Like your user name, Aja is a favorite album of mine.
Posted 12/14/2010 4:42 AM (GMT 0)
Psyllium husk, or Metamucil (I take the Walmart Equate brand because it's cheaper and works the same for me). I take a heaping tablespoon mixed in water in the morning and one before bed. This definitely helps my bm's to be more solid.
Posted 12/14/2010 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
I'm the Metamucil post child (just kidding).... but as Fruitgirl points out, we all respond differently. If you started the psyllium, it might be best to do so gradually.

My son's GI also recommends Benefiber.

I clip coupons and shop sales for Metamucil.... :-) I tried the Walmart Equate brand of the capsules once and they did not work as well as the Metamucil capsules for me. I thought maybe the capsule coating was less soluble or something. I was on vacation and flaring.... and they almost made me worse. So since then I've stuck to my brand under "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule! :-)

I take two heaping spoon per day, mixed with plenty of water and chased by more water.
Posted 12/14/2010 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
I remember that the Walmart brand has something wonky in it that I returned them. Do you have a label handy that you can state the ingredients ColonBlow?

q
Posted 12/14/2010 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
How are you taking the psyllium husk or metamucil? Just the smell of the regular powder makes me sick to my stomach. The flavored one has sucrose or other chemicals, which I thought are a no no.
Posted 12/14/2010 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
Take the capsules Alba29.

Remember that no-nos are subjective..and I'm averse to the artificial sweeteners over the sucrose.

q
Posted 12/15/2010 4:41 PM (GMT 0)

quincy said...
I remember that the Walmart brand has something wonky in it that I returned them. Do you have a label handy that you can state the ingredients ColonBlow?

q

 Equate Fiber Therapy (there is a sugar free alternative):

Active ingredient: Psyllium husk 3.4 g

Inactive ingredients: citric acid, FD&C yellow #6, natural and artificial orange flavor, polysorbate-80 and sucrose.

 

I have taken both brands with and without sugar and have always had the same results.

Posted 12/15/2010 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
Ah, it was the sucrose in the capsules (which I found odd...and I was giving my cat fibre at that time and didn't want to add it to her food)...totally forgot what and why. Thanks.

q
Posted 12/15/2010 8:31 PM (GMT 0)
I also take pysllium husk caplets (6x792mg /day). I started with 1/day than kept increasing by 1 per day until I got desired results. Works great for me :)
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