I suddenly became constipated about a month ago, never been an issue for me before. It was off the back of a long weekend where I consumed a lot of alcohol and ate a lot of junk food.
For the first week or so I kind of ignored it, thinking it would sort itself out, but it didn't and in a bit of a panic I ended up going to ER. They prescribed me movicol and told me to take 8 sachets in a 6 hour period for 3 days. I did this and was getting nothing but diarrhea for the whole time, and then pretty much just water.
I then started to reduce my dose as advised. Going from 8 down to 5 for a couple of days and then 4 etc. until I achieved a "proper" stool. The problem is every time I get to about 3 I become constipated and bloated again and the only way to relieve it is to up my dosage again.
I'm really worried. I'm going to try and see my GP this week, but has anyone been through a similar experience with movicol?