Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Acacia, Miralax, flaxmeal, and stress

Okay, as I have posted before, I have worked my way up to 6 grams fiber from Acacia over the past 7 weeks or so. I started at the recommended 1/2 tsp twice a week.....and increase by 1/2 tsp every week. Prior to Acacia, I was up to 6 grams fiber from Citrucel...but I decided not to do the equivalent amount in acacia when switching in order to be safe.

Things seemed to be going okay at first....minimal gas and cramps weren't any worse than usual. I kept my daily dose of 1 T flax meal and a dose of Miralax.

As I started to reach higher amounts of Acacia, I am having sharp, unbearable pains and tons of gas.

I don't know if I increased too quickly...or if I should have decreased my Miralax as my Acacia went up...or what. It has also been a very stressful time....so the worsening symptoms could be due to that too.

So, experts, what would you do? Decrease the Acacia? (And to what level)? and begin increasing by 1/4 tsp a week instead of 1/2 tsp? Or should I try and leave the Acacia at 6 grams and decrease the amount of Miralax I have been taking? And what about the flax?

Or is this all stress related and I'm blaming it on the supplement and med? I don't know which to "tweak".

any opinions from y'all would be very appreciated.

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IBS-C with pain and bloat

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