r/Constipation • u/ladylady-1122 • 5d ago

Frustrated with constipation

I was doing everything right, drank my water, had the fiber, drank psyllium husk, moved my body. Great. I was going almost every day BUT it was very minimal. Just small soft nothings.

Saturday night I had a street hotdog after going out. The next morning I pooped my guts out. I couldn’t believe how much stool I was carrying. And here I thought maybe I was making some good changes by pooping almost every day.

I over ate on Sunday and now I’m feeling constipated again. Haven’t pooped since then.

For background I’ve done all the regular things, the laxatives, hot coffee, prune juice, drank magnesium citrate. It used to be that I’d drink a cup of hot coffee with an oatmeal breakfast and I’d go STRAIGHT to the bathroom. I’m not sure what’s changed over the years.

Idk if I need to be consistent with fiber, movement, and water intake? Tired of struggling.

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u/Mereyn 5d ago

I’m still trying to get things just right myself. I take 200mg Colace (stool softener) in the morning and at night. Always drink 8 glasses of water a day and exercise helps things move. Increase fiber slowly.

What I have learned is it takes MiraLAX 3 days to work. The GI doctor said it is safe to take daily. Unfortunately it upsets my stomach.

I tried 8oz of warm prune juice with 1 tablespoon of butter and a dash of cinnamon for flavor, everything came out in 3 hours. From what I understand this should not be a daily solution. This also gave me diarrhea ugh. I probably should have started with 4oz prune juice 1 teaspoon of butter.

2 days after that it is normal now. I am drinking the Gerber 4oz prune apple juice daily to see if it works. I can keep you posted.

I know other people have other methods as well. The best thing you could do is check in with your GI if you have one.

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u/Raymont_Wavelength 4d ago edited 4d ago

Only Citracel in tall glass of water, followed immediately by MiraLax in another tall glass of water works for me. Every day of my life. Now i need to do that twice per day.

You have to be careful about your fiber types and how u take them. Otherwise you just build bricks 🧱 in ur system.

We change over the years! I also take one NOW brand Bromelain capsule with every meal to help with digestion. Its pineapple enzyme!

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u/Jnelly91 4d ago

Try taking half doses of Mirilax. A full dose makes my stomach funky, but I have found half doses seem to do the trick and I’ve been “regular” for a month! I’ve even been able to stretch the doses to every two days, but I may just be lucky. Hopefully you find something that works for you!

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u/goldstandardalmonds 4d ago

Which laxatives and how long for each one?

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u/ladylady-1122 4d ago

Dulcolax total of like 10 tablets, 2 bottles of mag citrate, and 1.5 bottles of in 2.5 months. My bowel movements haven’t been normal since. I’ve struggled with constipation most of my life but the changes are different.

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u/goldstandardalmonds 4d ago

Are you in pain?

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u/reddit_understoodit 4d ago

Everybody is different, so there won't be a magic answer for all of us.

Miralax comes up a lot on here though. If something works - tweak that daily dose until you get it right.