Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Acacia doesn't like me, either ... now what?

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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jen

"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC

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