Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | I am new and need some direction

I have been incorporating the soluble fibers into my diet; I have found success with soluble fiber of Benefiber. I have used this with more water than recommended what do you think about that? Meaning the directions call for 1 tablespoon with 4 oz of any beverage. I put in the 1 tablespoon but I used over 20 oz of water to start.

Now that I am stabilized somewhat do you think I should now go to the 4 oz with 1 table spoon and not over flood the water with it. The reason I was doing it like this as I had started off slowly as I did not want to give my system a shock and cause more spasms, it seems that I get tense and then I have pressure and constant diarrhea but since doing it this way with lots of water and eating soluble fibers all day I have been able to control this.

But what I have found also that during the week I see to have more stability than the weekends as the weekends even with the soluble fibers I have sometimes no bowel movements and constant constipation. But during the week I have stability. I walk and do exercise on the weekend to keep moving but constipation is still there any suggestions?

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