r/Constipation

Hey feelin bloated af and big
Haven’t gone in 3 days and I’m
Always an every morning guy
Huge logs usually any tips to make it Happen
6 3” 220 here big guy

Hi, everyone! I'm( M23) doing a travel with my friends in Spain. Since last Wednesday (the day I arrived to Spain) I can't poop. I'm feeling so embarrassed. What can I do? Do you also suffer constipation during travels?

Three years ago my constipation started, before that my normal rhythm was 3 good bowel movements per day, no issues with getting them out. I have never ever had hard, dried, pebble stools. My body is still wanting 3 normal bowel movements a day like it always did but I am having incomplete evacuation, frequent urge to keep trying to get it out so I go around 6-8 times per day now but in dribs and drabs, with massive straining. morning times I will usually get one decent sized stool and the rest of the day is spent continuously trying to get out more. I take 6 laxido per day (I am under a consultant gastro who has also tried me with senna, didn't work, constella worked a little but not fully), if I don't take the 6 laxido per day within around 2-3 days I will immediately go to impaction symptoms of having overflow mush, trapped wind, constant nausea, no appetite, reflux.

I have tested negative for h pylori, coeliacs disease, calprotectin test was normal, bloods are fine.

I also have c-rpd (no burp syndrome) so I can't pass wind up top, this has been my whole life.

Does anyone know what I can do? I've of course tried diet changes, more fibre makes things worse, I drink lots of water and camomile tea. I just can't bear feeling ill all the time anymore.

Basically, I have an anal fissure which is very much healing and I have pain basically maybe once a week. I have good fibre and water intake and also on miralax, but the Gas. I fart like crazy sometimes.. it usually starts at night, after my dinner and my daily dosage of miralax, i start farting. My mom laughs at me coz of the amount of fart😭😭

Is farting so much mean any signs of constipation? Or is it normal?? It doesn't happen everyday, but most of the time.

Hello! Went out of the country for a trip and I have only had small bowel movements but lots of gas and mucus instead! I never had so much mucus before. Is this normal? No pain or blood.

Hi! I’m 31/F and learned only recently that when I was about 5 I was in a car accident, jeep got Tboned, flipped over and rolled down a hill. No known injuries but since that age I had GI issues. Namely silent reflux and really bad intestinal transit. As a child I didn’t know how to express it, I don’t remember the accident, but I started avoiding most food groups except easily digestible carbs, mostly bagels and bread, potatoes bananas.. and the like. I skipped meals nonstop and have always had early satiety. I ate very little, only had BMs like 3 times per week, and stayed very lean and mostly free of discomfort until I was around 21. At this point as life stressors increased in adulthood, plus eating mostly only carbs my whole life (didn’t think to have protein shakes of course) became insulin resistant and gained a ton of weight in about 2 years. Cue the WORST backup problems, constantly getting colon hydrotherapy and still skipping meals nonstop to ease the nausea and discomfort. I would never be able to eat three meals in a day twice in a row. So when I became insulin resistant and generally ate more than I ever have, it created nonstop stool backup.

As time went on my overall absorption of any pill or capsule dwindled, developed SIBO with no real symptoms, was trying miralax, magnesium, fiber supplements and even stimulant laxatives to no avail.

Interestingly enough I can sometimes empty out by massaging my abdomen, random movement or shaking, or taking any type of antihistamine or antinflammatory. The emptying out can happen very suddenly. Avoiding gluten helps a bit.

As of late, I have been trying to “wake the nerves up” by shaking and moving gently because I feel like they are just shut off and for days now, my intestines have been extremely swollen and tender to the point of having a distended abdomen. I have no other symptoms but I have no idea what is going on. My transit hasn’t really improved.

I routinely get stretch marks on my lower abdomen that come and go and sometimes my “gut” hangs over. It seems like I have a lot of fluid and inflammation. Sometimes it all goes away out of nowhere.

I don’t even know what to ask my G.I. doctor. I did get an endoscopy and gastric emptying study all of which came back normal. He didn’t seem to grasp my discomfort and the fact that pretty much my whole life I have never been able to eat three normal meals a day. I’m assuming this is because of the weight gain.

I’m wondering about potential intestinal adhesions from the car accident and then also nerves possibly just being stunted from a big event like that? And then just maybe a ton of inflammation?

Yeah so i'm just wondering is it ok to take a dose of miralax daily, like every day or is it suppose to only be used for a few days and then stop? Thanks

I take linzess and MiraLAX daily along with a magnesium supplement and i still have infrequent bms. when I do finally have a bm it’s always pebbles. I do have diagnosed slow transit and dysnergic defecation. Am I just dehydrated? not sure why I st pass rocks on this much softeners.

my bf reached to take a sip from my water bottle and i had to snatch it from him bc it had miralax in it 😭

now he always gives me a look before taking a sip to make sure it’s not poop juice. 💔

kicker is it doesn’t even work for me!

I'm not sure if I'm mistaken, as I still don't have the whole diagnosis on my constipation. But I know I deal with something that seems to block my stool. And I go thru these phases of constipation or diarrhea that seems to get stuck, due to the inflammation of my colon.

So I'm often taking pepto bismol, to manage those symptoms. Even tho on the average day I really can't clear my system, no matter how nauseous I'd feel. But for some reason, I feel like when I take Pepto Bismol it almost just makes matters worse. Is this the case for you guys?

Hi All, sorry bit of a long thread so Ill shorten it as much as I can

41/M

Had bowel issues all my life, in 2016 I had all the tests, sitz marker, pelvic floor tests and colonoscopy. Colonscopy was clean, other tests showed I have slow transit and anismus.

I was given proculopride and it worked on first day but made me feel like death rolled over. Since, I've been going once a week which is fine for me. I don't feel ill or not, been using enemas/sodium picosulfate, rotated. picosulfate will stop working so switch to enemas, then rinse and repeat

Lately ive been under a bit of stress so my health anxiety is spiraling. I did an enema like 6 days ago, and a decent amount came out but now I can't shake the feeling I have a fecal impaction. Usually I would do an enema or take picosulfate, but cant shake the feeling that my bowel will get perforated.

I know this sounds crazy but ive been doom scrolling reddit threads, and see a lot of people say dont take enemas or stimulants if your blocked up so now im confused and kinda worried.

I dont have any pain, Im still passing gas. I just feel a bit blocked up. Theres nothing in my rectum it seems, so just all in my sigmoid colon. any ideas what I should do?

I have movicol/sodium picosulfate/dulcolax/senna/proculopride and enema, just worried to take anything at the moment. health anxiety is horrible :(

Hi, made an account just for this since I’ve been backed up since late February (tomorrow is May) and have tried EVERYTHING I can at home and am losing hope so fast.

I (23F) had some blood test results in Jan that led me to go vegan/plant based starting in Feb. I’ve always eaten pretty high fiber and such, but it’s possible this switch messed w my digestion. Essentially, for about 3 weeks I was having loose bowel movements and felt a mass sitting in the middle of my abdomen, but with some abdominal massaging and laxatives, I felt it physically shift!! It was great, but that was in March and that mass has yet to come out…

I’ve been having bowel movements so I know it’s not totally impacted which is great, but with that thing in the way and my daily MiraLax, they’ve been very liquidy. Last week they looked like inch long strings, this week it’s just spurts of liquid. I do get the urge to go when taking so much osmotic laxative, but it’s just not normal, if that makes sense.

Things I’ve tried up to this point:

- Miralax (3 doses a day, 2 a day, once a day)

- Full 10oz of magnesium citrate

- Squatty potty + “moo breathing”

- Hot drinks only

- Senna tea

- Lots of water (1/2-1 full gallon a day)

- Liquid only fasts

- Soft food diet

- Daily exercise

- Fleet saline enemas (4 now, I think)

- Fleet mineral oil enema (2)

- Fleet glycerin suppositories (1)

- Bisacodyl suppositories (3)

Nothing has worked. Im losing hope. I have no severe symptoms (vomiting, fever, blood, etc.), so I haven’t gone to the doctor yet, but I’ve scheduled an appointment at an urgent care in 2 days, however I feel they will just tell me to take more enemas and laxatives. This has been hell—it causes me constant anxiety and stress and has kept me tied to the bathroom everyday for weeks. It’s been so much. The only physical symptoms I have besides the impaction itself are sometimes I get an aching in my lower left abdomen/back ( I suppose the blockage is in my sigmoid colon as it is not in my rectum), and heartburn if I go days without a laxative and continue to eat normally (Im assuming from the backup of food).

The only thing I haven’t tried has been a full colonoscopy prep bc I don’t have two days to be constantly shitting water out of my ass since I work fully in person. The magnesium citrate was bad enough. Maybe I’ll see if the urgent care can give me an X-ray? idek what that would help.

I don’t know really why I’m writing but I keep reading posts where people have what I do, but they come out just fine after an enema or mag citrate. I really wanted to avoid it, but today was my final try before going to the doctor, and I’m just so out of hope. I just want to cry. I want this out of me, and my asshole is in pain from all the shit being stuck up there and all the squeezing for nothing. It just feels like it’s too big to even leave my ass!!!! I think I’m just fed up and looking for comfort. Any advice that helps me avoid the hospital would be sooo great lol.

Thanks for reading, wish me luck and send me good poop vibes.

Edit: I’ve never had a history of constipation or digestion issues besides when traveling and 1 cup of senna always does the trick. This is VERY out of character so I went into it ill prepared.

Hey everyone,(24F)

I’ve been dealing with fissures for about a month now.

I’ve already consulted 3+ doctors and have been on different medications (including antibiotics), but things don’t seem to be improving.

Yesterday during an examination, the doctor noticed pus and now they’re suggesting surgery. I’m honestly scared af.

The pain while passing stool is already unbearable, and just thinking about surgery is giving me major anxiety.

They mentioned it’s a 15-minute laser procedure, but I don’t even know what to believe anymore.

I’m planning to get it done next week because I have exams starting from 22nd May.

I really need some honest advice:

Has anyone here gone through this surgery?

How painful is the recovery?

Is the healing time manageable (like within 1–2 weeks)?

Did it actually fix the problem long-term?

Any tips, experiences, or reassurance would really help right now. I feel pretty overwhelmed.

Hi everyone,

I inserted a Fleet glycerin suppository around 8pm and didn't feel an urge to go until about 9:15. What came out felt like a lot but was mostly clear liquid with some mucus. The suppository itself also came out, still intact, not melted at all. Would it be okay to try another one tonight or should I wait?

I tried one last night and was able to go a bit but not as much as I'd hoped.

I'll probably end up going to the ER or urgent care if I can't get a movement by tomorrow. I'm scared it's impacted at this point. My mom made chickpea salad last weekend and I think I ate too much of that while not being hydrated enough. God I hate this....

The only change I've made is adding raw garlic (which i've done before and used to constipate me) and Docusate Sodium.

I quit taking senna, bisacodyl, magnesium, and cascara sagrada completely. I'm so grateful to God!

they told me nothing was wrong with me there's only a little bit of stool in my colon they told me do 12 oz of magnesium citrate and some miralax but it's been 2 weeks I don't understand I J's don't know

Hello everyone, I have been dealing with bowel issues my whole life and just recently it feels worse than it's ever been. I have dealt with ibs for years now and up till a few weeks ago I was going regular. Just a couple weeks ago, I would get a good amount of stool out but there'd always be a feeling that there was more stuck in there. I kept on with my days as I could still pass gas/stool even with this. Up till a few days ago my stool was solid like usual but later that evening it had gotten narrow. Now I got diagnosed with ibs a few years back so I know how inconsistent it is but as the days have passed I've gotten more abdominal pain near the groin and less full stool. I passed flat stool this morning and afternoon but as I am typing this now I have only gotten liquid stool and extremely small soft bits out all while feeling like I have a lot more inside. I'm a 23 yr old man and I have been consistently taking miralax and metamucil every day. What should I do?

Does anyone else use Fleet Mineral Oil Oral Solution? I'm having trouble finding it, we used to use Kondremul in the past but that seems to be discontinued.

Has anyone tried making emulsified mineral oil at home? Any advice?

I have been having problems with constipation for years because of opioids. I have severe neuropathy in both feet. I have no cartilage in either knee. I have a fractured vertebrae, the L4.
Recently, I had a very sharp and painful BM. I might have scraped my insides? I am not bleeding though.
I have used dulcolax, MiraLAX powder, prunes, stool softeners,senna, and berberine.

My recent problem. I sit down to go and the pain is breathtaking. Almost to the point of passing out. I do pass a BM probably because of the prunes.
I hurry back to my bed and collapse in 10/10 pain , radiating from about an inch inside. 10/10 pain you gasp and breathe so heavy nothing else matters. I try not to scream, but I could scream
I lay down, put on vinyl gloves and make sure I am clean with witch hazel wipes and Preparation H wipes. I put Preparation H ointment all over the area .

I lay still for about 10 minutes and the pain subsides. But if I sit up it comes back. It hurts to sit up. I can barely walk now.

No bleeding.

What is causing this pass out level pain?

I tried to find anything similar in description on Reddit and I didn't find anything similar. The pain is somewhat painful while passing, but overwhelming after the pass.