Metamucil clear (inulin) thoughts or experiences?

I just bought the same stuff. Haven't tried it yet on my 4 year old. How did it work for you?

Even though it doesn't come cheap, I'd like to give it a shot since the online reviews for it are good. And when it comes to the regular Metamucil, I can feel a difference when I take it but I hate its gritty taste. The clear stuff from what I read has no taste nor is it gritty. I'd like to experiment with it.

If you like the psyllium but hate the gritty taste or have OD'd on the wafers, try the capsules. In fact, you can get 400 generic capsules for under $10 at Sam's Club.

I haven't tried the clear, but look forward to others experiences.

I bought the Metamucil Clear last night @ Walmart for $11.84 plus tax, you can round that out to somewhere around $12. It comes in a 11.7 ounce container, so that's almost one dollar per ounce or very expensive compared to the store brand old fashioned Metamucil that can be had for $6.58. But the directions on the Metamucil Clear instruct you to only take one heaping teaspoon of it, that's a lot less than what's instructed to take of the old fashioned Metamucil. So maybe it does give you more bang for the buck. Although I'm still not sure if I can really feel any difference while using it for my first day?

I also wonder if this Equate: 125 Servings Clear Soluble Fiber Powder Fiber Supplement, 16.7 Oz store brand stuff is the same thing as Metamucil Clear? If so it's a real bargain. If I have any good thing to say about Metamucil Clear, it's that its taste is undetectable. That's very good if you ever tried the old fashioned Metamucil.

After what happened to me yesterday after I used Metamucil Clear with my breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it will be a long time before I touch the stuff again. And if I do, I'll only use it with one meal. It just wasn't made for J Pouches. I've never had such a bad case of gas in my life. I would have probably had little to no problem if I didn't have a J Pouch. Gas with a J Pouch can be pure hell though. This was just one more experience that left even more doubts in my head about my J Pouch.

STOP IT! Just stop it Dog Day. Go troll somewhere else. This site has been way too kind to you over the last 12 years. It has let you in again and again after you've done exactly what you're doing right now. Yeah - everyone gets that you don't like your quite well-behaving pouch. Your posts are not helpful to anyone. And they're especially not helpful to those who are contemplating or have new plumbing.

To those reading (and perhaps believing) what Dog Day posts, please take it with a huge grain of salt. His sole purpose is to try to dissuade people from having the surgery or try to make people doubt their choice. He has been banned and removed from this site more times than I can count. If it sounds like he's giving reasonable advice it is purely to draw newbies in so he can play with their heads. This may sound harsh but it is the truth. There are many members here who've had to deal with Dog Day's wrath. (aka FredBird, Ronald McColon and many, many other aliases)

FYI - starting a new product or new food and starting off slowly is something that is mentioned over and over on this site. To denigrate a product or food because one/you went overboard on it is disengenuous. It has nothing to do with reality.

kathy

I don't have any experience with what you are going through, and am still waiting to have my take-down on 10/11, but I just wanted to let you know I am wishing you well. I am at a military base, and believe it or not, get a private room every time. My husband has stayed with me for the first few nights of my first two surgeries, and it sure is comforting to have him by my side. I hope you are able to score a private room, but at the very least be able to have your mom stay comfortably with you. Take care!

Whoops...I'm sorry, I thought I was posting on another entry. Anyhow, this post interested me as well since I'll certainly be experimenting with what works for me after my take-down.

Kathy -- thank GAWD for you and a few others on here that stay on this useless troll! Keep up the moderating!

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Kathy -- thank GAWD for you and a few others on here that stay on this useless troll! Keep up the moderating!

Good? I don't see what's good about leaving your and Kathy Smith's hate attack posts up here? It's nothing but a black eye to this site

I just started with the inulin this week (Metamucil Clear) and so far so good. I really like that it just mixes in to something I was drinking already Vs having to make up a special mix with Citrucel or Benefiber. I can't handle the psyllium style Metamucil due to gas from it, so we shall see how it goes with this Metamucil Clear.

Is anybody else having luck with it? Thanks.

So how is it going now that you have been using it a while?