I use generic walmart brand of citrucel. It is cheap and it helps. No real side effects.

MiraLax is another product you can try. Generic version is inexpensive and I use it with good results!

thank you so much for your replies. I do appreciate it!
I haven.t heard of MiraLax. will look that up also.

My issues are constant D and bloating, never ending. Endless days of Imodium and diet change. I Have ended up in hospital not long ago but that when I was using a combinationof Imodium, cholestyramine and got off track with my diet!
always searching for normality. just even for a while, some relief!!!!

What helped me with a really long IBS flare that gave me diahrea was Kombucha tea. It is full of probiotics, digestive enzymes, and is fermented. That and the Cholestyramine stopped the diahrea after 10 months. Good luck in finding some relief.

hi thanks for the response. I had used cholestyamine and it worked for a couple of years and then stopped being so affective. so I am having a break from it at the moment.

Kombucha? not heard of that..will check it out. I have used a mixture of natural and medical therapies over the years. the last year since my gall bladder out has been hell!

I had so much gas and bloating that with nausea I lost 20 pounds. Because I had other problems fibromyalgia, the doc put me on low dose Elavil 20mg., which Really helped the gas and diarrhoea. Isabelle1954

I couldn't use either one of them. They both caused me pain and bloating.

My gastro told me every morning take Bene-fiber and Miralax and mix it with a beverage every morning, I use a tsp,of each or more when needed and it has helped me a lot

. Of course I start trying to drink hot chocolate and spices and get inflamed again or constipated.

I haven't got to the states to get the Citrucel, but I am using slippery elm powder....it is a miracle!!!

I've been using it for over a week now, went to lunch on Friday and dinner last night...there was no cramping, no bloating and NO- D whatsoever......

I am so thrilled beyond words...I have used the slippery elm before..but kind of forgot about it....this is the first time in well over a year...I was able to go out and eat and not panic. I will be sticking to it and see how it continues to help.....I suggest to please check it out....you can find it in health food stores....and do your own online investigation.......I take it in the powder form....on (lactose free yogurt, with a banana or other fresh fruit. I sprinkle it over the top and then lightly mix it in. you can use it in a drink stirred, but I find that makes me feel a little too full in the stomach.

The slipper elm powder..coats the lining of your insides, creating like a healing poultice, it helps to heal any sore spots, it also swells inside giving bulk to help with the D, and for me who was taking up to 8- 10 Imodium a day!! it is working...