Chronic constipation for over a year - doctors are useless please help!
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Hi,
I am new to this forum and have put off writing about my story due to the humiliation I feel daily but I am so depressed and although my family and boyfriend try to support me they don't fully understand what I go through daily and how I feel about it. I no longer feel like a human being anymore I am the lowest I have been my whole life and I wish every day for it just to stop, I hope by talking to similar people I can find some strength and a way to continue fighting.
My problems started a year ago when I decided to quit smoking, I have lost 6 stone over the past few years, I eat healthily, go to the gym 6 times a week and barely drink, smoking was the last thing to go. I started suffering with constipation 5-6 days a week, only going several times on 1 day and then repeating the cycle. I have been prescribed various different laxatives which worked for a limited time and then stopped. I have been to see a specialist who did one transit test but when it came back normal he said he didn't know what to do with me and dropped me.
I changed gp's, and had a sigmoidoscopy, which confirmed no blockages in the lower part of my bowel. That's it as far as testing goes. All the doctors keep saying is they don't know what is wrong with me and that at 26 I shouldn't be suffering like this.
My symptoms are now out of control and vary greatly, I am constipated without medication, but any laxatives now give me severe diarrhea. I bloat every time I eat something to the point I feel too big for my skin and I get lots of gas which a lot of the time is hard to pass. I have been noticing blood and mucus a lot when I try to have a movement and it can be painful. I am finding that no food is safe and regularly get diarrhea attacks from eating things I could previously with no problem. It is greatly affecting my ability to work, exercise or function as a normal human being. The doctors don't know what is wrong with me and seem adamant they don't want to test me further. I wondered if this sounds similar to anyone else on here? My symptoms are daily and there doesn't appear to be any triggers or patterns to them. 😯😨
Any help, advice or support would be greatly appreciated, I am at the end of my tether and just don't know where to go next
Thank you for reading,
Becki
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pattyh becki35775
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Its terrible
The Dr gave me lactulose and fibercon which has not helped yet. I feel like a bog baloon. I have been researching this and I think the best course of action is to eat fiber food water and fiber off the shelf. I have had this so long that I am almost use to it until lately
. hope this helps
The-Rod becki35775
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Becki,
I'm aware this post was from 3 years ago, but I've been having the same problems. I've seen two doctors and both told me they couldn't find anything wrong. I just wanted to know if there was an update with you. Did they ever find out what was wrong or did you have surgery? Did anything help releive this long term constipation? Please reply, I'm hoping maybe there is a solution.
Toma58uenaventu The-Rod
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james735 Toma58uenaventu
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Ah mate same problems here being messed about with the healthcare system it's a mess. Had serious problems for the past year, various GPS just prescribing some medicine to relive constipation for a short period.
Recently saw the same gp a number of times and referred me on to hospital etc, had a colonoscopy done and it showed a mega colon and poor anal toning (don't really know what it is myself).
Waiting to see a gastro doc soon, but in the mean time I have found lactulose to help a great deal, easy to take and is a medicine I think you can take forever and is always safe.
The-Rod
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Doctor says it's pelvic floor dysfunction
josephine90941 becki35775
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It sounds like you may have IBS. Keep looking for the right Gastroenterologist, get 2nd, 3rd opinions. There is hope. I also know a nutritionist helped me alot. I suffer too from Chronic constipation, and it's no way to live.
georg30789 becki35775
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Castor Oil will not work directly in your intestines by irritating them like all the other laxatives but indirectly by activating and synthesizing certain substances in the human body. So, in no case a habituation in moving the bowels by swallowing Castor Oil will be possible. In order to cleanse the bowels by swallowing Castor Oil you should take an adequate dose: the Russian popular medicine recommends one milliliter Castor Oil per one kilogramm of the weight of the human body; e. g. 60 kg --> 60 ml (= 2 oz), this taken the best early in the morning, not having breakfasted, together with the double amount of tomato juice. Normally 1 to 2 hours after having gulped your dose of Castor Oil the first evacuations will begin. Moving the bowels by swallowing Castor Oil is very different from one person to the other, for this depends exclusively of the amount of the toxins deliberated by this stuff in the liver: In the case that your liver will be free from all toxins, moving the bowels by gulping Castor Oil will occur harmless and in a short time, in the contrast this will be harmfull with cramps in your bowels and allergic reactions in your anal region, this continuing for hours. So, all these attendant symptoms have not the cause in Castor Oil but in the poisoning of the human body: It will be necessary to repeat this as soon as possible.
anthony51986 becki35775
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Hi beck i , the Victorians used to have big problems , until some scientists discovered , amalase protase lipase , digestive enzymes , they are only created in salver in the mouth by chewing your food , but if you cannot chew food for about 20 times to create a bolus covered in salver , buy some digestive enzymes , plus half tin baked beans on whole meal toast in the morning , all this just might help with your constipation , one thing it wont do any harm , them beans do make you fart though,lol
georg30789 becki35775
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I know of these problems too. For me it is the best to take 1 oz (= 30 ml) castor oil three times the week. In this manner I am able to cleanse my bowels regularly in a very comfortable manner.
georg30789 becki35775
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You will have to live with your chronic constipation by cleansing your bowels regularly in an effective manner. I know from my own experience that swallowing Castor Oil is superb.
Castor Oil will not work directly in your intestines by irritating them like all the other laxatives but indirectly by activating and synthesizing certain substances in the human body. So, in no case a habituation in moving the bowels by swallowing Castor Oil will be possible. In order to cleanse the bowels by swallowing Castor Oil you should take an adequate dose: the Russian popular medicine recommends one milliliter Castor Oil per one kilogramm of the weight of the human body; e. g. 60 kg --> 60 ml (= 2 oz), this taken the best early in the morning, not having breakfasted, together with the double amount of tomato juice. Normally 1 to 2 hours after having gulped your dose of Castor Oil the first evacuations will begin. Moving the bowels by swallowing Castor Oil is very different from one person to the other, for this depends exclusively of the amount of the toxins deliberated by this stuff in the liver: In the case that your liver will be free from all toxins, moving the bowels by gulping Castor Oil will occur harmless and in a short time, in the contrast this will be harmfull with cramps in your bowels and allergic reactions in your anal region, this continuing for hours. So, all these attendant symptoms have not the cause in Castor Oil but in the poisoning of the human body: It will be necessary to repeat this as soon as possible.
There exists no substitute for castor oil, for exclusively this one will be able to cleanse your bowels completely not by irritating them but by activating and synthesizing certain substances of the human body. So no weakening of the laxative effects by swallowing castor oil will be possible.
linnea89913 becki35775
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I've been dealing with the same thing for 5 years and this also started when i quit smoking. unfortunately for me laxatives don’t work it actually makes things worse for me. What I did notice was when I drink diet Coke not diet Pepsi diet Coke it helps and I did some research and diet Coke has something in it that causes you to go to the bathroom and you won’t have diarrhea. I just find it strange that I’ve had everything under the sun given to me by doctors and buying zoopoo and other supplements online and diet Coke is the thing that works for me. It does take a few days to a week to start working but on the flip side diet coke is bad for you.