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Individual experience, not evidence.
Kira With IBS on daily psyllium (Metamucil) after 20 years of IBS
Kira With IBS on YouTube, ongoing daily use; more than 20 years with IBS.
- What they tried
- Soluble fiber (psyllium)Sugar-free orange Metamucil, one teaspoon at night with two extra cups of water; increased to two or three doses a day during bad spells
- Timeframe
- ongoing daily use; more than 20 years with IBS
- Outcome
- Reported that a nightly teaspoon of psyllium keeps her stools more consistent and eases her night-time nausea, and that temporarily raising the dose settles bad spells; side effects she noted were hunger, frequent urination and harder stools if she drinks too little water.
- Caveats
- Self-reported; subtype not stated in this video. The description promotes her own memoir; the video says it is not a paid ad. A separate video on her channel about peppermint products is not covered here.
Original: Kira With IBS on YouTube
Kira introduces herself as a patient, not a doctor, who has had IBS for more than 20 years. This short video is about one tool she uses: psyllium husk in the form of Metamucil.
Her routine is a single teaspoon of the sugar-free orange powder at night, mixed quickly and drunk straight away before it thickens, followed by two further cups of water. When her gut is calm she drops to every other day. When her stomach has been acting up daily she raises it to two or three doses a day and says that, time and again, things settle and return to normal.
On the positive side she reports steadier stool consistency, easier bowel movements and less of the nausea she used to feel at bedtime, which she attributes partly to the sense that food is moving through. On the negative side she lists needing to drink a lot, an hour of frequent urination afterwards, strong hunger two to three hours later, and stools that become too hard if she skimps on water.
She demonstrates mixing a dose, shows what happens if the glass is left to sit, and reminds viewers to read the label and talk to a doctor, noting the instruction to separate psyllium from prescription medicines by two hours.
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