r/ColonicInertia

I have been diagnosed with “colonic motility disorder” and “dyssynergic defecation”. I’ve been on motegrity for a month, and have also been doing pelvic floor PT once a week. At first the motegrity seemed to work. However, it’s stopped now. I haven’t had any movement in 7 days. I’m also taking 2 capsules of colace and one scoop of miralax every day. I feel like I am doing everything I can.

I don’t want to consider surgery as an option. That terrifies me. However, I’m miserable. I was hopeful that motegrity and PT would help, but now I feel disappointed.

If you’ve had surgery, what kind did you get, did it help, and how did you make the decision to go through with it? Thanks :)

This will be a TMI but Ive struggled with digestion issues for which doctors didnt found a cure apart from giving me generic laxatives or miralax most of my life so i have been abusing laxatives most of my life to the point i can go multiple days without going to the bathroom if i dont take laxatives at this point so i have to sort of rely on it at this point. Inititially i was relying on stimulant laxatives like senna and bisocodyl until they stopped working recently so now i have to take huge amounts of osmotic laxative like atleast 27627 mg of magnesiam citrate for instance daily to have satisfying cleansing effect and im constantly anxious my body will get used to it at one point to the point they stop working like my other stimulant laxatives did. Even if i dont have the physical need to take laxatives, i still have the mental need to take it at this point to the point i cant sleep until i havent taken it. I dread traveling because of this, because i dont how much laxatives i will have to carry with me everywhere, how much discomfort i will have to face and for how long it will last me on the trip. I also cannot fell asleep until my medication doesnt start working because there have been many instances in the past where i took certain stimulant laxatives the night before, fell asleep peacefully but nothing happened the next day. I cant even go a day without laxatives at this point without feeling uncomfortably backed up like as if i havent gotten to bathroom for days.

Hey All,

I am looking for advice as I had a Total Colectomy with IRA last year for colonic inertia. The recovery was hell and im still going through some issues. The staples they used left stomach ulcers at the connection points while not painful they do cause bloody stool occasionally. Them came the fatigue, dizziness, bran fog, heart palpitations. I upped my water intake now doing about 4L a day started Iron and fit c and D supplements this seemed to help but not fix the issue. While I was emptying completely and consistently until about 3 weeks ago now for past 3 weeks my BMs are incomplete and mostly just water or few odd pieces pof stool small enough to come out offering no relief. I am waiting for an appointment with my surgeon and a a GI but its still weeks away and im right back to where I started bloated and miserable. Things I've tried:

Collace stool softener x4 days
Psyllium fiber x2 weeks
Senna Tea x1
Milk of Magnesia x1 - only produced water

This is really taking a toll on me borderline suicidal because I went through this surgery and now have more problems and am once again constipated to the point where I don't want to eat or leave the bed. Any help or suggestions while I wait for my Dr's would be appreciated.