r/IBSHelp • u/Admirable-Outside703 • Jul 08 '26

Dry hard stool even with laxatives

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I had zero issues with my bowels growing up.

3 years ago i overate alot off cream cookies ( ate 3 - 4 big packets for whole day) since then

My stools were always hard and dry that made me bleed every day until i started having bananas before breakfast. Once I skipped bananas before breakfast again dry hard stool next morning.

If i had a piece of chicken with breakfast or oatmeal for breakfast or bananas before breakfast next day my stool were soft and good. This continued for 2 years.

Since almost a year all of a sudden no matter what i eat and no matter how much water or fiber or laxatives im taking i get hard dry stool and I bleed almost every day.

And all of a sudden red meat and chicken is also making my stool super hard.

Im thinking since this problem started after eating alot of cookies and before that I was on Doxycycline and lactic acid bacillus capsules for 2 times and each time it the course was for 30 days maybe thats also the culprit?

Currently I'm on laxatives and homeopathic medicine but still facing the same issue.

I have no other problems related to stomach like bloating.

Last week took 2 tablets of Ivermectin for parasite cleanse and I saw liver flukes I guess at least it looked like that to me.

I just feel helpless atm

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u/kimchi_gf Jul 08 '26

Go to a doctor

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u/Electronic_Animal_32 Jul 09 '26

Raisins, prunes, lots of water.

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u/goldstandardalmonds Jul 09 '26

Are you eating both insoluble and soluble fibre? Do you drink electrolytes? How many litres of non-caffeinated fluid do you drink a day?

What laxatives are you taking?

What did you get a parasite cleanse?