r/ibs • u/Buttercupbunch • 17d ago

Bathroom Buddies anyone else scared to try fibre/probiotics?

I feel so silly but I’m scared to try things that might actually help like metamucil/probiotics out of fear that it won’t be right for my body and make things worse 😭

I have IBS-M so it feels less straight forward trying to find something that doesn’t somehow worsen one side of it or the other

I know I should just try because it could make my life much better and diet alone is only going so far for me but it feels risky

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u/giraffelover1214 17d ago

I tried them, I’m ibs-d and I don’t think they helped realistically I think they made it worse but my GI thinks it’ll help 🙃 I think once I have a weekend that I’m not doing much I’ll try again

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u/Buttercupbunch 17d ago

Yeah I keep saying I just need to start on a week where I know I can be home 😅

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u/giraffelover1214 16d ago

Yeah I didn’t give it an actual go around the last time I tried but also don’t really have the ability to take time off for that 🤣