Re: S. Boulardii- strong stuff!!!

[Guest guest]

At 10:23 AM 8/1/2010, you wrote:

This morning I woke up- sore

back, achey joints...

Yeah, that " flu-like " feeling is the pits.

Sometimes, it's needful to reduce the frequency of doses while your

system is getting over the shock of being re-balanced.

You might consider going to the 1/3 to 1/4 cap ONCE a day for a week or

so, then try adding in the same amount for a second dose and see how that

goes. If all goes well, then maybe go to half a cap once a day and keep

the 1/4-1/3 once a day for a week or two while you see what your system

thinks of the situation.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

I also was not able to handle a whole capsule of s boulardii

when I started and had to drop back to ¼ capsule to introduce it.  All I a can

say is that you will know when it is time to up your dose by your symptoms and

how you are feeling.

My reaction was extreme bloating and constipation, so when I had

taken the 1/4 capsule for 5 days without any more of those symptoms, I knew it

was time to increase my dose to ½ capsule, and then eventually to ¾ capsule.   I

found I only needed 3 days to adjust to the ½ and ¾ capsules, so I was able to

introduce the higher doses more quickly than my initial dose.

Then I read a suggestion by Mara about taking the s boulardii in

the middle of the night on a completely empty stomach.  I don’t sleep through

the night anyway, so I figured I’d give it a try and I do think I am

getting the best results from taking it then.  I don’t think I’d

recommend setting an alarm clock for the middle of the night to take the s

boulardii.  Getting adequate rest is almost as important as eating right to

help heal from IBS, but if you are up already in the middle of the night you

might try taking your s boulardii then.

From:

BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Joanna

Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 11:24 AM

To: BTVC-SCD

Subject: S. Boulardii- strong stuff!!!

So I started taking my SB yesterday- a 1/2

caplet. Felt great. This morning I woke up- sore back, achey joints... took

another 1/2 caplet before breakfast and within a 1/2 hour I was RUNNING to the

bathroom with liquid D.

W O W Z E R S.

I forgot what die-off felt like.

So I am thinking of reducing to 1/3 caplet tomorrow morning.

Assuming I can handle 1/4-1/3 caplet, how long would you guys take this before

trying to up it again?

Off to take an epsom bath...

-Joanna

SCD 9/2009, Crohn's 1992, 22.5mg Prednisone

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for the input everyone...

I tend to run with the " More is More " crowd which gets me in trouble a lot

So that bring me to another question... for the most part it seems that people

use SB for only a month at a time. How much time do people " take off " before

taking it for another month?

I have high hopes for SB and just want to be sure I implement it so that it's

most effective!

Thanks again ya'll,

Joanna

> >This morning I woke up- sore back, achey joints...

>

> Yeah, that " flu-like " feeling is the pits.

>

> Sometimes, it's needful to reduce the frequency

> of doses while your system is getting over the shock of being re-balanced.

>

> You might consider going to the 1/3 to 1/4 cap

> ONCE a day for a week or so, then try adding in

> the same amount for a second dose and see how

> that goes. If all goes well, then maybe go to

> half a cap once a day and keep the 1/4-1/3 once a

> day for a week or two while you see what your system thinks of the situation.

>

>

> � Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>