advice on diarrhoea?

[woodpecker28]

advice please! I read that fybogel can help bull up diarrhoea; yet I also read that taking fybogel for more than a few days can cause diarrhoea that can last a long time. Which is correct? Doc put me on laxido and fybogel to get regularity but I’ve stopped laxido due to persistent looseness, but at present keeping on with fybogel for above reasons. But still too frequent and loose. Can anyone advise?

[Edgar77]

I've been on fybogel for about 6months forIBSC took about 2weeks to settle but most of the time it keeps me on an even keel.

[woodpecker28 in reply to Edgar77]

thanks Edgar! I’m fairly sure a friend once said she took it daily. Just got worried by something else I read. I think my mistake was staying also on a small dose of laxido… Oops!! Taking many days to get over this flare up

[Superzob]

I took half a sachet of Fibogel and was on the toilet all day the following day! Obviously doesn’t agree with everyone, which is why there are so many products on the market - there’s no “one size fits all” solution. If the IBS-D isn’t too bad, then you might as well stick to it, or reduce the dose accordingly. Otherwise you might try looking at another potential solution, such as Alflorex, which has settled mine down but not resolved it completely.

[woodpecker28 in reply to Superzob]

thanks, Superzob. Looks as if I’ll have to continue (very gently) experimenting 😕

[woodpecker28 in reply to Superzob]

After a few months of fybogel I keep having awful diarrhoea flare ups. I see that take my it too long can cause “diarrhoea that lasts a long time”. How long is “a long time”? Does anyone know??