Heather's Tummy Fiber Organic Acacia Senegal for IBS, 16 Ounce Pouch

I am not exaggerating when I say this product has changed my life. I am 33 and have lived with ulcerative colitis for over 15 years now, so I am well acquainted with my bowel and it’s health. My symptoms are well managed with medication, but over the last three years I’ve experienced a significant uptick in social anxiety, which causes me to have gastrointestinal symptoms, which make me anxious, which worsens my symptoms, etc. It became a vicious cycle that I couldn’t break free from. I saw a psychiatrist who prescribed me anxiolytics and my gastroenterologist who prescribed smooth muscle relaxers. I would need to take Xanax and Imodium when traveling and even then I was miserable. It finally got to the point where I was avoiding leaving the house at all, even for doctor’s appointments or to grocery shop, because the second I did I would have a panic attack and simultaneously need to use the restroom.So that’s where I found myself, relying on unpleasant medications and still unable to enjoy my life, when it finally occurred to me that there might be an even simpler solution. Various people in my life had at one time or another raved about fiber supplements, but I had always though they were something only “old people” needed.Still, I was desperate, so I picked up some Metamucil. I didn’t even finish a quarter of the container, it was so gritty, gelatinous and overly sweet. Not wanting to give up on the fiber idea, I tried Heather’s. Let me tell you, this stuff is head and shoulders better than Metamucil. It dissolves completely with no gelatinous texture or flavor. It is 100% natural and easy to incorporate into my diet. I mix 2 tsp each morning with a yogurt drink or smoothie, and 2 tsp at night, usually in a hot beverage like cocoa or a golden latte. As the product container itself notes, the powder doesn’t always dissolve well in very hot or cold liquids and tends to clump up. I avoid this by blending well with a milk frother. I’ve also sprinkled the powder over cereal, mixed into applesauce, even soup! Adding a teaspoon here and there has made it so that my urgency is a thing of the past! And not worrying about whether I might sh*t my pants has made it so that I’m less anxious about leaving the house. Combined with a gut-directed hypnotherapy program, Heather’s has given me my life back!

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!!!-DHere'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!!!!

This is a wonderful product