Physillium seed or husk?

AllyKatMember

Which should I be using?
PS this is ebarassing as I'm 14 years with a pouch, lol. My GI never believed in it at the time and then I had adhesions so I was afraid, but now I want to be brave as 4 years ago I had adhesion surgery.

12/21/136:01 PM

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Scott FMember

Psyllium *husk*. Brand names are Metamucil or Konsyl.

12/21/136:24 PM

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Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

Most people tolerate psyllium fine, but it caused a lot of gas for me and increased my frequency by quite a bit. It did thicken my stool though. I had better luck with Citrucel (methylcellulose). It did not cause gas or increase my frequency, other than the extra bulk it caused. I didn't stick with that either because I didn't feel it improved my function enough to be worth the bother.

I am not sure there is any particular fiber supplement you SHOULD be using. Just experiment and see what suits you.

Jan

12/22/131:16 AM

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