Acacia doesn't like me, either ... now what?
#196536 - 07/17/05 09:34 AM
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jen1013
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I started taking Acacia a week ago -- I started last Saturday. I took 3/4 t total -- 1/4 t (usually mixed w/ 1/2 C applesauce) 30-45 minutes before a meal. Well, I'd had a pretty bad attack the night before starting and I spent most of Saturday morning in the bathroom. I ended up taking THREE Levsin that day (I rarely take more than one per day), plus a ton of Imodium and Tylenol.
Sunday morning was a little iffy but I felt pretty good the remainder of the day, as well as Monday. Tuesday was OK except I was starting to feel really C (I ended up posting about this). That night I got un-C in a hurry, but then Wednesday I started feeling C again. But, like Tuesday, at bedtime I went D again. And so after that I started going back to my normal really-D state ... but it got WAY WAY worse than normal -- exactly like when I tried other SFSes.
yesterday was awful, awful, awful -- for once the Levsin didn't help one bit -- and I finally stopped Acacia after my afternoon dose. I didn't take it last night and I didn't take it this morning. I am feeling a little better today but still feel like someone was doing some vigorous sandpapering inside me.
I didn't change my diet at all -- when I thought I was going C I thought about trying to add IF, but never got that brave. I eat mainly SF. Nothing else has changed -- no new meds, no sudden propensity to wear jeans three sizes too small, nothing but the Acacia.
So I'm guessing the only reason I thought the Acacia was working is because my system was still so clogged up with meds from last Saturday and wasn't awake enough yet to reject it. 
One reason why I held off trying Acacia so long was because it was the last safe SFS out there I haven't tried ... and I knew I'd be out of options at that point if it didn't work. OK, I know that sounds stupid, but that's how I'm feeling now. Amy and someone else (? I think?) have mentioned taking slippery elm instead of a SFS, so I guess that's probably the last option I have.
Anyway, just really frustrated at this point. I don't know if I should have tried hanging on longer with the Acacia, but if I react so badly to it at such a small dosage, I don't see how it can ever become beneficial. Stupid body!!! 
Thanks for listening, I am kind of venting today!
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Maybe you took too much at the start? I've been taking it for about a month. I hadn't taken an SFS before, so I took 1/4 teaspoon for the first week, 1/2 teaspoon the next week, 3/4 teaspoon for a few days, then 1 teaspoon for about a week, 1 1/4 teaspoons for a few days, and I've been on 1 1/2 teaspoons for a few days now. I think starting off with 3/4 teaspoon might have been too much to start off with. Maybe try it again, but at a smaller dose and go up slowly?
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Yes, I had a similar experience with Acacia - started with 1/2 tsp twice a day which was too much too soon. So I then started 1/4 tsp per day, and increased the dose very very slowly 1/4 tsp every 2 weeks and so far no problems. Good luck.
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