Heather's Tummy Fiber Organic Acacia Senegal Packets for IBS, 25 Count Travel Packs

I have GERD, IBS, and migraines. Fiber is incredibly important for trying to manage IBS in particular but I've noticed significant benefit with GERD as well as the migraines when I'm on a regular fiber supplement. Over the years I have tried a number of fiber supplements. I would prefer to take pills, because I find it easier to remember to do each day rather than having to go mix up a glass of powder with juice/etc. The problem I had with the pills was that largely they are only bulk-forming, which doesn't help as much for IBS as people seem to thim. Even after slowly increasing my intake (over the course of months), the pills frequently caused extreme bloating and other issues. I ended up going off fiber supplements all together for nearly a year, and recently decided to get back into the routine of it. I looked at the available powdered options, and settled on this brand as I'd never tried it before and the price was reasonable enough. I purchased the travel packs since it was the smallest amount I could find on amazon prime at the time, and I wasn't sure I'd like it so I didn't wanna be stuck with a full pound. I've been taking it for a bout two weeks now, increasing the dose slowly as instructed on the box and I'm thrilled. I am already noticing the benefits of the soluble fiber (vs the bulk-forming insoluble fiber versions usually found in fiber pills). Within the first week I was no longer having daily IBS attacks and my overall feeling of malaise and misery has disappeared. As anyone with significant IBS issues probably knows, IBS can cause the vagus nerve to behave strangely and cause anxiety, lightheadedness, blood pressure changes, mood changes, and many other things. I experienced these issues in a major way for a long time before realizing how much of it was IBS. I'm a lot more careful of how I manage it now, and for me, the soluble fiber route seems to be one of the biggest factors for keeping it under control. If you struggle with any of these things, do yourself a favor and give soluble fiber a try!

I have been suffering from abdominal pains and diarrhea every morning for the past twenty years. Let me explain what I mean by suffering. My alarm clock is my bowls. 5:30AM, Im torn from sleep by painful urgency and gripping anxiety. I reach the toilet just in time to endure the first of many battles. The pain is exquisite. Sweating, praying, swearing, pleading, violent shaking, chills, ending in nausea and often dry heaving. After about 45 minutes, the first battle of the morning is over. I go back to bed and pass out from exhaustion only to wake up 20 minutes later to do it all again. It hasn't always been this bad or as often, but the older I get the worse it gets. Ive tried EVERYTHING. Dairy free, Gluten free, Vegan, Elimination of every type of food. Ive tried prescription medications. Ive seen the best UCLA gastroenterologist, and have been scanned, probed, ex rayed, colonoscopied etc. . . My life was no life at all. Having friends, a girlfriend, or accomplishing my hopes and dreams is impossibility when I spend half my day crying and praying for death on the toilet. Thoughts of "The Long Sleep" were often on my mind. And then I found HEATHER! I was told about The peppermint oil pills and Acacia tummy fiber by a random lady at wholefoods. She saw that I was being polite and wasn't really taking her recommendation seriously. She said "Dont be an idiot, just try it for a week"! Ive never been called an idiot by a stranger, that I can remember. Her brazen attitude and insults stayed with me for the rest of the day and I ended up ordering both the peppermint oil pills and Acacia tummy fiber. I gave it an unenthusiastic shot. I cant remember if it was day 3 or day 4 that I woke up at 10:30 in the morning completely bewildered! "Is this really happening? Did I really just sleep in?" I asked out loud. Over the course of the next week the Hell that was my life, got better and better and better! I AM FREE!!!!!!!!!! I AM ALIVE!!!!!! I am a bit over dramatic. Well, not really. . . It has been 3 months now, and I now wake up early by choice, I take a yoga class 5 days a week, I meditate, I eat what I want (Ice cream, bread OMG bread), Im building the house of my dreams, and making sweet, sweet Whoopy with a wonderful girl that I met on a hike last month, and so much more! This review might be just a bit TMI, but I know there are a whole lot of people out there like me that have tried everything. Please, Try this, and start living again! Heather, who every you are, thank you from the bottom of my heart. . . and bottom!!! -D Here's what I do: Acacia tummy fiber - 3 times a day on an empty stomach along with a Peppermint oil pill. - I put one teaspoon in a small mason jar and fill it with water and bring it up to bed and put it next to my bottle of Peppermint oil pills, so I can take them first thing in the morning. - I take the next one at 3:00pm and the last one an hour or so after dinner, always with a peppermint pill. - SET THE ALARM ON YOUR PHONE 3 TIMES A DAY AND GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE!!!!

I typically do not bother with reviews but to me this product is as described and reading all of the other comments about how it doesn't mix and stuff is wrong and is just laziness or user error. I put the powder in a dry glass and add room temperature or regular sink water, stir, and most of the time it's clumpless. If it's not I let it sit for a few minutes and go back to it to find the clumps dissolved. The Box clearly states that it does not mix well with cold or hot water...follow the directions and it dissolves. I have given it four stars because I cannot figure out the right dosage as of yet some days it's great and some days it's not great but still better...but for anyone really suffering a few normal days is like a gift!

Excellent.

Great IBS aid

Works well

You cannot go wrong, buy it, you will be glad you did.

Does help with my IBS constipation