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Drastic worsening in constipation symptoms

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Hi - I am posting to see if anyone has ever had a very sudden and drastic worsening in their symptoms of IBS-C/problems emptying the bowel?

I have had IBS-C/constipation for nearly 20 years, and 10 years ago it got far worse after a surgery. Since that time it improved and has been consistent for years, til overnight I had a sudden worsening a year ago. I went from needed 1 movicol a day, to needing 6 movicol, multiple different stimulants, and finding older medicines like linaclotide, milk of magnesia or senna don't work. An x-ray showed nothing, so not cancer.

It's so bad that my next step is to request to be fitted with a stoma bag. But before I go this far I'd like to see if anyone has had a similar experience of a drastic worsening for no clear reason.

The only thing I can associate the worsening with is the start of a new relationship, which was not stressful. Has anyone else had that experience, or had their symptoms worsen out of the blue for no reason?

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