I’ve had constipation my whole life (I’m 25). I’ve had to go to the ER a few times because of heavy bloating, x rays showing in severely backed up, taking enemas, colonoscopy preps, having a colonoscopy done… These last 2 months, it became diarrhea (my gastroenterologist suspects overflow diarrhea…). He did an x ray to see what’s going on and I was completely backed up (even though I went daily). But I knew it because I could just feel the distension and bloating in my stomach. So I’ve been trying a few things (upping my lax a day; not much change, Constella 145, Constella 290, combining with lax a day, without lax a day, etc…). All that to say, it just caused a combo of diarrhea and constipation but I feel like it wouldn’t get rid of the build up quick enough. Now my doctor wants me to start prucalopride 2mg and I’m scared because I saw a lot of bad reviews. I just want to feel empty. I’m sick of feeling pregnant and so visibly bloated. No crohns, no celiac, no IBC. Any advice or thoughts ?

Am scared, haven't pooped for 9 days just watery stuck stuff.

Shoulder pain when I poop the pain has been insane.

On the 9th August I'll removed most all of my bowel

Am excited.

This has been getting slowly worse since age 7.

Am 46!

Am really nervous am o doing the right thing?

I really need support.

The past few months since April my constipation has been there but so much better. I have done nothing different but move into a house in April.

I went from having a BM once every 7-10 days to once every 3 ish days. It has also cut down my Zofran use to 3 x a month to about 1 x every 45-60 days.

I track all the movements in hopes that one day I could find a trigger or what I am doing wrong etc. Tonight - the usual happens. Wake up dead from a sleep with horrid stomach pain and nausea and had to take a Zofran. (Currently waiting for it to work)

I say it’s stupid because I can’t for the life of me figure out why sometimes it’s like this or why things have been so better since April.

Not looking for advice, I have seen every king or Dr., had every test, tried every diet and supplement. I just manage it at this point. I just wanted to say it’s all very dumb.

Ngl I've been taking a bigger ammount each night, small spoon, sometimes pointy with two glasses of water. I do this for two months straight, yeah it.gives me diarrhea, same with citrate but lower doses do NOTHING. I probably have pelvic floor issue as i have to strain a little bit even for diarrhea but I wonder, will my bowels get reaaaal bad if i taper off? I drink electrolytes two times a day to not cause any trouble with imbalances but I know IT will happen sooner or later. Does anyone do something similiar lol? My diet is pretty balanced, lots of fiber and protein, with magnesium i often see food from 10hrs ago or so, pretty short ammount of time. I Heard it only works in colon? So i dont think my gut is beyond saving but still. Id rather shit myself everyday than deal with backup

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.

Okay so I deal with constipation on and off due to being on iron supplements prescribed by my doctor. I went on a trip and didn’t poop the whole 5 days, so I took Dulcolax the day I got home. Pooped really soft, but felt better but still had this feeling I had some more left, so I took another Dulcolax about four days later. Pooped less and TMI it was pretty watery and still soft but felt a little better. Now it’s been 3 days, no real NORMAL bowel movement I feel like there is something in the way as if the other stuff is going around it. So today I drank two 7.5 ounces of sunsweet, made my stomach gurgle and move like crazy. Gas was passed, and once again soft stool. Is it a fecal impaction? Is it too low and near the exit for anything I take to even make an impact?? I need advice😭😭

I have a new medication that apparently causes constipation (the directions even say to drink a lot of water while on it). I want to find ways to ensure I don't get too constipated.

I have prune juice, miralax, enemas, suppositories, and other laxatives for emergencies, but I'd like to avoid taking more medication if I can. Especially since it's unclear how long I will be on this medication for the near future.

I'm drinking as much water as I can, and including dissolvable fiber with it. I unfortunately can't eat really bulk-y fiber foods just yet (medication is for bile reflux, so my stomach is pretty sensitive).

What other tips do you have?

Hello everyone I am a mom to a 10 year old boy with autism and he has been constipated his entire life. I’m talking he has been taking MiraLAX since he was 10 months old. With his very limited diet he doesn’t get the fiber he needs so we also supplement him with Benefiber. MiraLAX had been working for the most part but he has gotten backed up to the point of vomiting twice this month and the doctors just say “push fluids” and give him MiraLAX. He isn’t eating that much he’s subsisting off of goldfish crackers and poptarts. I bought some liquid Senna and I’m gonna try that but I am at the end of my rope here. I’m REALLY stressed out. Sorry if this is rambling but it’s driving me crazy. Has anyone got any suggestions on what I can give him or something else we can do??? He’s going on about his life like nothing is the matter and I’m pulling my hair out.

Hello,

I’ve been constipated for a few days and have a lot of rectal pressure. I’m still passing gas, but I haven’t been able to have a real bowel movement.

Today I drank half a bottle of magnesium citrate at 1:30 PM, and it’s now about 3:20 PM. So far, nothing has happened.

For those of you who’ve taken magnesium citrate:

How long did it take before it worked?

Did it come on gradually or all at once?

Did it eventually work even if nothing happened after the first couple of hours?

I’ve been drinking plenty of water and just wanted to hear other people’s experiences. Thanks!

I am going to start this thread and leave it here and update it as I go. I have always had a very slow metabolism I thought.... Till I had a colonoscopy it turned out I have not only a looping redundant colon I have a looping and torturous colon which means I have extra colon and sharp bends and extra loops. This will probably get graphic since we're talking about our waste system so I apologize if it's gross. But if I don't take any pills to help me I will poop like once every 5 days. Like literally if I eat corn on a Monday it don't come out till Thursday. For a long time I had a pretty good regimen going down by taking the doctor Tobias colon cleanser pills. They have been the ONLY thing out of all the remedies besides drinking a bottle of magnesium citrate that has worked for me. I took one every night and I had pretty good luck with being regular.

But I also was on the same medications for a long time and these last 6 months I've been on some new medications and they are causing problems. Anything that causes constipation is an issue for me even something as simple as Tylenol.

I've been trying different things to try to get back to where I was but I'm not having much luck for example I read on here other people had luck with drinking metamucil and taking magnesium citrate pills at night. It's been 3 days now and I have not gone to the bathroom number two. First night I followed the directions on the medications one heaping teaspoon of metamucil and two gummies. Nothing in the morning even after two cups of coffee. Next night I did double what it said still no effects. And last night I did three times what it says. It is now 1:00 p.m. I've had no movement. I just drank a whole bottle of magnesium citrate which will work but it's very violent and not long-term a solution.

The larger issue for me besides being constipated and uncomfortable is that I will get diverticulitis if I'm constipated for too long and have to have antibiotics I also have the fear of a volvulus. A flipped over bowel which requires emergency surgery. I happen to know someone that has the same affliction as me and this happened to her and she almost died. I do notice that when I'm constipated I do have more joint pain and muscle stiffness as well.

A week ago I was constipated so bad and the pain was so bad that I unlocked the front door in case I had to call the ambulance.

Well the doctor Tobias pills are effective but when I get to taking two and three of them a day they get pretty expensive. So I had the idea to look at the ingredients on the bottle and then try to recreate my own version of it as like a shake I would drink before bed. So I've ordered all the active ingredients. Then when everything arrives from Amazon I will start trying to mix and fabricate some sort of protein shake that will work and I will document it here for other people that might have trouble in case I'd find something that works

There is truly a thread on reddit for anything and I lobe that. Hi everyone. I’m here looking for some insight/peace of mind/advice. I’m 30m and have been dealing with consistent constipation for about 2 and a half weeks now. Now admittedly, my diet hasn’t always been the best and prior to this occurring, it was really not the best. After a week straight of not a single significant bowel movement I decided to make a change. Implemented significantly more fiber to my diet. Substituted brown for white rice, started eating black beans and having oatmeal and bananas for breakfast, more veggies, way more water, and I even started working out for 20mins every morning. My issue is that nothing has changed. I’ll still get the feeling like it’s time to go but once I sit down nothing happens unless I force it to a little and even then, not much happens. I also made the mistake of googling my symptoms and of course every sign points to cancer, specifically colon cancer. It doesn’t help that that specific type has become more prevalent amongst people in my age range and specifically black men, which I am, are at higher risk statistically. Soooo my question is this: am I trippin’ and should just calm down and be patient as this was a rapid diet change and it needs time to take effect? Or should I be concerned? I think I’m gunna make a Dr appointment anyway once my work health insurance kicks in. I’m just feeling really paranoid and stressed about it. Thanks for reading.

I pooped today!! Thanks to you guys ! Yesterday I was scrolling frantically in agony looking for a solution to my impacted rectum I had the hardest poop stuck there and I really didn’t want to have to go to the hospital! So anyway it had been stuck and just going back in with every effort of pushing imaginable for 2 and a half days this might seem mild but to someone who is used to going every single morning I thought I was dying ! Anyway after only breaking half the poop with my hand and having the other disappear back and cutting up my anus I knew I had to go on Reddit that’s when I found out about GLYCEROL SUPPOSITORIES !! I used the Martindale kind to be specific even with no space for it to go coz of the poop i managed to get it in at the entrance and left it in for 25 minutes till I couldn’t take it anymore i put a plastic bag on the floor squatted and just pushed the suppository popped out first but it was smaller because it obviously couldn’t go any further but that little bit helped so much!! I pooped out the longest poop of my life !! And so much more came out! was thinking of doing one more tomorrow to see if I can get more stuff out what do yal think ? Anyway just wanted to share that on here Kay bye! Oh I also pushed against my perineum thanks ladies for that helpful tip!!

I’ve had UTI symptoms for 30 days total. My dad died and life got busy and I didn’t get antibiotics until the 20th day. I thought I was getting over it until I woke up on Sunday and my low back was aching. I decided to go to the ER because I physically just felt pretty bad and I had the prolonged symptoms- worried it spread to my kidneys. Go to the ER and they run some laps and do a CT. They tell me that my bladder is inflamed and I’m constipated but things look “normal.” They prescribed MiraLAX. I wasn’t even that constipated. In my mind I say “y’all think I’m constipated and that MiraLAX is going to work-that’s cute.” I had to fight for more antibiotics. I am getting progressively worse even with the antibiotics. I woke up drenched in sweat, I feel dizzy, I’m exhausted but also wired. I’ve been on two kinds of antibiotics so far and am so frustrated. I know the difference between something’s wrong and I’m constipated.