Abnormal Stools, How to regularise?

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Hi all,

I'm hoping somebody can help me, for a long time now i've been suffering from issues  with my bowel, mainly stool size and the occasional bit of discomfort, my stools vary but  change from small millimetre thick pencils (not even the thickness of a finger) to medium cow pat consistency stools neither of these feel solid but are regular each morning whatever the consistency, i can not remember the last time i had a normal shaped stool!,

i've tried psyllium husk on its own and with added probiotics which works to some degree but has recently worked less day by day and now not at all which is confusing to me since it's meant to bulk the stool, my diet is fairly consistent and contains wholemeal bread, meat, carrots etc, potatoes, fruit and i drink quite a fair amount of water during the day.

I'm hoping somebody can help me out, with any product suggestions or with what i'm doing wrong smile

Thank You

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    I have seen very useful suggestions for you to tackle your problem. I will also be trying to follow some of these suggestions. Complete digestive system incl smooth BM is a key to good life. Good luck to you.
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      Good luck to you too! I’m hoping some of Gillian’s great suggestions will help me get back to normal, do you have similar problems to me? 

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