r/Constipation

I'm so fucking tired of this endless torment every time I need to poop, why does pooping have to cause so much pain and suffering? I just finished pushing out all the poop out and guess what? I cramped again by pushing too hard. And to make matters worse, I have to take a finale exam online currently, fml. Sometimes, I genuinely miss having diarrhea. That's how much I'm sick of constipation. Whoever says diarrhea is worse than constipation is fucking lying, I'm in so much pain rn I think I'm dying.

Hi! I have been constipated for 2-3 weeks. Anyone has the same experience has me? I really need to know if there is something I could use so I can now rest easy 😞

• Do I use fleet glycerin suppositories? Liquid glycerin? Enema?
• Do I use Dulcolax suppositories?

Dulcolax tablet doesn't work and I don't want to resort to castor oil.

Do I need to get prescribed by a doctor before I do this? I spent my childhood with Dulcolax suppository when I can't poop for like a month. I'm just scared there might be things I need to know before I try liquid glycerin or if they would not be effective considering I am now 22 and constipated for weeks.

Then if do laxative down there and was able to pass bm, can I drink maybe a tablet for constipation so it works better (since most likely I have less poop by then and the tablet will be effective now)?

Please suggest me and tell me your experiences. I really want to poop. I'm so guilty for having a big appetite and the poop would just keep piling.

Here are just my notes:

1. Been constipated my whole childhood until I was 16y.o i think? So I kinda know that my stomach has expanded? But I became normal when I was like 18 until now due to Castor Oil before. I really just has a rough week with no water and exercise that much 😞
2. I can still fart. I have no pain or whatsoever. I am just scared of going back to how I was when I was younger.

Thank you for anyone considering to help me. I developed a trauma to doctors making me come back and only suggesting Dulcolax Suppository so please before I go to a doctor, if anyone could help me?

To start off with I have pelvic floor dysfunction which highly plays into my constipation. I had abdominal surgery back in late February and I'm currently going through another round of pelvic floor physical therapy as my pelvic floor post surgery said I hate you now and regressed back to how it had been around 2 years ago before I started treatment.

On Tuesday I saw my pelvic floor therapist again and she did a round of dry needling in both of my inner thighs along with massaging my abdominal muscles to break up the scar tissue from the surgery. This was the first time I've had dry needling done in both legs during the same appointment usually we just do my right leg which is my bad leg and the massage. Neither were fun. Both hurt. A lot. But it usually helps. I have issues with hypertonia especially in my upper legs and pelvic floor and the way we are treating it currently is by dry needling along with stretches and cupping at home.

Now to the fun part, the first few days post dry needling my constipation is practically cured but I get the trade off of mild random muscle spasms of the pelvic floor, bloating and nausea. The bloating and nausea are why I'm awake currently and pacing around my apartment instead of sleeping. Don't get me wrong I love the fact that it makes my muscles work properly and so I can have a relatively pain free bowel movement, but I hate the other gi symptoms.

Anyway that was my rant about my love and hate of dry needling yes I'm still going to go back because a few days of discomfort for weeks of mild relief from the severe constipation and pain from the hypertonia is absolutely worth it. Take my opinion or not all I know is that dry needling in my inner thighs is the most effective and fastest way to break the constipation for me.

As long as I’ve been alive (I’m 20) I’ve barely pooped.

I am being dramatic but it’s genuinely a big problem.

I poop once a week if I’m lucky, I’d say usually 2-3 times a month, on a good month 4-5 times.

Crazy thing about it is that I’m very thin, underweight. I’m 5’8 and weigh about 115-120 pounds and I eat a lot. When I was 15-17 I dealt with a bit of an eating disorder and weighed like 90-100 pounds but I got a lot better.

Now I eat a lot and it’s fairly well balanced. I work at a Panda Express to basically every day I have some of that but it’s definitely not the most unhealthy fast food. I’m getting a lot of protein and fiber. I usually have 2ish meals a day with a snack somewhere.

I drink a good amount of water, I definitely could be drinking more but I’m not dehydrated.

I just feel like I consume so much food, I don’t gain weight, and I don’t poop! So where does the food go??

Yes, I should definitely see a doctor. I don’t have health insurance right now so that’s kind of out of the picture because I’m not trying to spend my life savings on a simple doctors visit, thanks American healthcare system.

Just wondering if anyone else has this specific problem and if there’s any good solutions? I’ve tried laxatives but they don’t usually work on me.

Went to loo and my feces got stuck in middle due to constipation which was hard constipation neither it was going out just stuck in middle.

So used my hand to pull out the solid stool and relieved myself. Has someone done this . Let me know thank you .

CONSTIPATION HARD STOOLS !!!

I used to go once in 2 days since I was a toddler upto 36. From 36 to 43 I took laxatives mostly senna.. now suddenly one day I forgot taking senna even then I could go. I used to take senna once in 3 days but forgot. Now I go once in 3 days automatically no laxatives..

Only things I do is walk for 1 hr everyday mostly on a vegan diet. Evening I take milk with oats not much salads

I haven’t pooped in 6 days which isn’t not normal for me I can go days without sometimes 2-2 1/2 weeks without having to use the bathroom I also don’t fart/burp often either, but I’m starting to think it’s the reason I’m constantly looking bloated I’ve tried eating oranges and Apples some they are rich in fiber but that didn’t help at all I’m not exactly happy about having to take a laxative and shitting my guts out but I’ll do it. I’ve been to the doctor but they’ve always told to it was nothing to worry about and to just keep an eye even when I was little it was never really address as a problem, ive never had any pain or discomfort because of it but im so tired of looking like I could be pregnant is anything over the counter that helps you poop because I’m literally full of shit T-T
23yr
113lb
4’8ft

F24 I have had a very annoying cycle of constipation for a few years now, usually going 3 days to 2 weeks without a substantial BM. I've tried upping my water intake, increasing soluble fiber through diet, Miralax (but it causes overactive bowels with no movement, which is super uncomfortable), and am even doing pelvic floor therapy now to address a hypertonic floor, which has helped with straining but not the frequency or amount that I pass. The only thing that works is drinking espresso once a week to "clear me out", but that sometimes doesn't work either. I had a colonoscopy done last year to check for any blockages, and they only found hemorrhoids from the constipation and straining. My gastro just keeps pushing Miralax, saying that it shouldn't be causing overactive bowels, and hydration, saying that dehydration is usually the root of constipation, and thinks I'm just not drinking as much as I think I am, even though I'm tracking it. I have no idea where to go from here and am very frustrated. I'm open to any advice and willing to try anything to finally be regular!

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Anybody here goes once in 2 or 3 days just by eating more fibres. It happened to me once just by eating cucumber before dinner I had a bowel movement in 3 days. When I was a kid till I was 36 I used to go once in 2 days with not much fibre. When I became 36 and switched to a vegan diet I suddenly stopped having bowel movement

I am 43 now I have given up vegan diet.

I’ve read so much about docusate sodium just being a placebo. I already take MiraLAX daily, is it really worthless to try adding docusate sodium to my daily?

I just have them on hand and I haven’t had a good BM in a few days. I know there’s better options for something more immediate, though again I just have these on hand… let me know if it’s just seriously utterly useless to try to start taking that in addition to MiraLAX until I have a good BM or if it has more negatives than positives. TIA!

does anyone here have stool that just bulks up very quickly and gets hard to pass without stimulus? if so, what are you doing to make sure you pass a BM before it bulks up too much

Hi, all. I've dealt with constipation issues for years and abused laxatives for it. I don't do that anymore after having to reteach my body how to defecate without them (not fun). Now I only take them if I really need to.

Recently, I went to my PCP for the constipation, and she suggested I add more fiber into my diet. Such as 2 servings of fruits and veggies into my diet as well as 2 glasses of water. I will admit I have not been great about following this, but I've been trying. I bought a water bottle to help and now I just need to work on my fiber intake. When I started this diet, I was pooping great!

The past few days, I have been dealing with a feeling of fullness in my stomach that has made it quite uncomfortable to eat. I've been pooping in the morning, but I don't feel cleaned out after, even though I had a nice-looking poop recently. My PCP has said I have a pelvic floor issue because I have also dealt with urination issues for a month or two, where I will constantly have to go to the bathroom, with not a lot being peed out. I'm seeing a therapist in June for the pelvic floor. My stomach has also been somewhat firm and it feels like everything has seized up down there. Which is something I deal with on the regular, but I'm getting tired of it.

The triggers I *do* notice are eating too much (and sometimes eating dessert) or masturbating. If I do the latter, I'm guaranteed to get backed up. It sucks. I'm tired of feeling like I have to plan my meals around my stomach. I can't even eat crackers anymore, or apples, and it seems like ice-cream at night was causing discomfort too.

I'm quite uncomfortable. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hello,
I’m 27 year old male, 6f 1, a bit overweight at 100kg.
Had constipation issues last 2 years, my poo has been dwindling down from 2 solid relatively large poos a day to now once every 3-7 days and always really flat or narrow and super soft, I really struggle to push a poo out and have tried the whole lot, milk of magnesia, macragol, bisacodyl, glycerin suppositories, only thing I haven’t tried is enemas.
I get blood infrequently when I poo and always have this feeling of fullness in my rectum area and on my left side of belly.
I’ve had 2 FIT tests which have both come back negative, my doctor just won’t entertain me, in a lot of pain and considerate changes to bowel habits but said it’s probably haemorrhoids, they felt up there and said they couldn’t feel any.. I just feel like I’m being blank face ignored and don’t know how to be taken more seriously.

I'm Elya. I'm 30 years old from Russia

Since I was a child I have had problems going to the bathroom.

I tried laxatives and they didn’t work for me.

I stopped taking them because I hate them.

Right now I’m worse.

I feel the stool is very hard and thick, like dark pebbles

Has this happended to anyone else?

Would it make sense to do an elimination diet? Is it possible that certain foods cause constipation, or is it pointless? With slow transit, are medications the only solution? What can I do if I don't want to take them? I currently go to the bathroom every 5-7 days...

15m and I seriously need advice because I’m freaking out. I haven’t had an actual poop in over two weeks. Nothing solid has passed at all since then and now it feels like there’s something HUGE stuck literally right at my butt. I can feel it when I sit down and when I try to push it feels too big to come out and hurts so bad I stop.
This started because I kept holding it in during vacation and now I think I completely screwed myself over. I never poop away from home when I return and can finally try to poop it’s usually uncomfortable but I’ve never not been able to get it out before. I think it was just way too long. I tried a laxative and it still didn’t do anything. It honestly feels like it’s blocking everything.
Before anyone says “tell your mom,” I’m too embarrassed. I know I probably sound dumb but I genuinely cannot make myself say this out loud to her. Has anyone had this happen where it was stuck this low and this big? Is there ANY way to get it out at home without telling my parents or going to a doctor?

My ct scan has consistently said fecslization of small intestine. Urgent care sent me to ER for CT scan again (this has happened 4 times). The CT scan showed heavy stool burden in all parts of colon and large ball in rectum along with fecalization of small intestine.

Soap suds enema had minimal output. Doctor said I can do miralax as many times a day as it takes to poop. I was advised my goal is to poop daily with toothpaste consistency.

I have tried miralax, linkess, senna, dulcolax, glycerin suppositories, fleet enemas with minimal results. I think I am having overflow because I ovassional pass foul smelling liquid poop in my pants but feel no relief. I never get the urge to poop the liquid seeps out but I can feel hard stuff that’s not moving.

It’s been about 2 weeks since I passed a solid poop and before that I was passing marbles for months.

My gi sucks honestly and I’m in an area with limited resources so trying to piece together what’s going on largely on my own.

Sit marker showed slow transit. Pelvic floor pt believes I have dysenergic defecation. Pretty complicated medical history, rare neurological disease has me largely limited to wheelchair.

I was born constipated. I’ve been taking 5 x 450mg pills a night of cascara segrada since I was 23. I’m now 45. I know 😬 So Natures Valley recently changed their bottle label and the powder in the capsules is a different shade. BOOM it stopped working. Other brands do not work for me. I cannot go to the bathroom!! Im taking stool softeners at night, miralax in the morning, green powder, drinking 80oz of water, 500 mg magensium citrate at bedtime, probiotic. I don’t know what to do. I will go a small amount every 3-4 days but they are weird and skinny. And in order to go at all, I have to use a suppository or enema. I do not want to end up in the hospital. I have an appointment with a gastro doc but it’s not until July! This has been going on for about 3 weeks and I’m about ready to lose my shit (haha I wish! 😂) I’m currently drinking Smooth Move tea 🫠🫠🫠

Bonjour à tous, je suis vraiment dans cette situation en ce moment. D’aussi loin que je me souvienne, j’ai toujours eu un transit lent. Je ne savais même pas que mes selles étaient anormales car personne ne m’en avait parlé. C’est quand je suis tombé par hasard sur l’échelle de la texture des excréments que j’ai découvert que j’étais constipé tous les jours (je pensais que tout le monde devait forcer pour aller aux toilettes), mais si j’ai réussi à vivre avec depuis plusieurs années, depuis quelques mois c’est pire. Je passe plusieurs jours sans aller aux toilettes ou en faisant de toutes petites crottes ridicules. Je voudrais vraiment changer mon alimentation car je mange littéralement 0 fibre. Le truc c’est que je vis avec mes parents et ils ne sont pas prêts à changer d’alimentation. D’ailleurs personne dans ma famille ne souffre de constipation, ils sont plutôt diarrhée eux. Du coup ils ne prennent pas la mesure d’à quel point c’est handicapant. Avez-vous des conseils pour améliorer le transit sans changer l’alimentation ? (Je vois bien que c’est quasi impossible mais je fais mon max pour manger des fruits dès que je peux et ça ne suffit pas.)