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Need Advice Please. Cramping Like Old Times After Adding Citrucel Fiber ; ;

kibou

By kibou
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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kibou
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I have been gluten-free for a few years now. I have been thrilled to not have diareah all day long and cramps at the dinner table that I have to embarassingly leave suddenly.. actually i just quit eating in public altogether as the painful cramps and heat waves were too unbearable and embarassing and always happened.

Well since gluten-free i went the opposit to constipation.. and to be honest once every 3 days was such a relief after how I lived life but last month it got me hemmoroids. I had been bleeding ( told the dr about bleeding and the bump and she didn't look or care but seemed happy i started fiber).. and anyway noticed what i am assuming is a hemmoroid. It feels like horendous tearing ans giving birth whenever i go #2.

The acacia sometimes made me feel like i had a tennis ball in my stomach so i had quit for awhile but now i added back a tsp of acacia to about 1/5-1/4 of citrucel ( i have ic so orange flavored things are bad for me but i was in a hurry ).. and i started going every other day but still big hard and painful and now 3 times this week i have gotten that old school omg cramps after a couple bites of food. I had to book out of a restaurant last night after eating just rice and on our way home it subsided (went through three cramp waves and thats when i could get get out of there ouch!) so i go to pick something up next door and BAMN there they were again and i ran out of their house ( yeah i feel bad) and ran to my house for a movement.

I NEED fiber i do not want these hemmoiroids. man they hurt! oh and man there was a good amount of bleeding when i did get to the bathroom. but i cant have these cramps again. i mean it was unbelievable to be able to go to a restauant first time in my whooole life and be able to sit through a meal and enjoy company.. i do NOT want these cramps back where im crying and screaming to god to help me :(

only thing i can think of is that the fiber touches my small intestines where i have something cut or raw.. i dunno.. i just don't know.

Does anyone have any ideas why my cramps came back (was taking the fiber mix for about a week and yes a lil gassy but not painful like the three horrible movements this week). and what kind of fiber is gentle enough for someone like me?

i am totally scared.. i just cant live with those cramps again.. i don't know how i did it for 29 years.. but i just cant do it again :(

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My husband uses Konsyl. Have you tried that. What about a stool softener. Senokot-s is pretty good. I'd have to see what my husband uses. I was also told that you could use magnesium, flax, vitamin C. Rotate through the natural remedies. Wasn't given a specific schedule. Maybe one will work better for you than the others.

Hope this helps.

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