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Hi Cyndy, I eat them every day, and I do have BM's every day.
However, I wouldn't say they come on naturally. I have to
drink lots of water to get them going, but once they start
I usually have three to four within 15 to 20 minutes right
now. I think this is due to the Paxil working. I'm now taking
the 25 mg. dose first thing in the morning. What disturbs me is that I have to drink a bunch of water to get them
going. I asked my GI doc about it last thursday when I saw
him, and he said "That's just the nature of IBS, a lot of
weird things happen with different patients". I suppose its
good in a way. I can get through my 8 and 9 o'clock classes
by not drinking much water. After that I guzzle it and get
BM's. What the coffee did last sunday was to sharply decre-
ase the amount of water I had to drink, and the time bet-
ween BM's. That didn't happen yesterday, but I drank less
and watered it down with 8 oz. of water, so it wasn't hot
either.I've never tried not drinking lots of water because
I'm afraid I won't have BM's, and I know when I don't go
a lot I feel awful. The students have off tomorrow, so I'm
thinking about trying to drink 6 to 8 oz. of hot coffee
and see if it reproduces the same effect as I had last
sunday.
Also, about the peas, the reason I eat them all the
time is because they are very high in IF, and the easiest
of IF veges to chew good. I don't bother to puree them.
Additionally, they're easy to cook, I just nuke frozen ones
in the microwave. HTH-Bob

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