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i have an additional sugggestion for you as you add your fiber: drink lots of water!

i keep reading it and think to myself "sure, sure..." but then never manage to do it. i always suffer for a few days when i raise my acacia dose, which i did yesterday. i coincidentally made my goal for the week to drink more water. amazingly, i haven't had any troubles with the dose getting raised!

pardon me for asking, but are you C or D?

i was D and it took several weeks before i saw a great improvement, but i wasn't taking soluble fiber, nor had i given up coffee or sodas.

then i got discourage and half-heartedly followed the plan for months, but really cheated whenever and however i wanted to.

, again. when i finally buckled down and stopped cheating and started the acacia (the other brands didn't work or made me gassy), i had a great improvement in about a week, believe it or not. i haven't had an attack in so long i can't remember it! sometimes i get a little iffy and take my Equalactin, but i haven't had to bust out the big meds in a long time... months!

according to Heather and the other Cers out there, it takes longer for a C person to stabilize... (sorry!

never thought having diarrhea would make me a "winner!"

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good luck. keep trying and keep posting your questions!

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