I've been dealing with this for a little more than a week and nothing I do is working, what do I do?

I'm sorry if I put this in the wrong discussion group, I just don't know where else to put this or who else to ask.

I'm not sure where to start and I'm bad at explaining/describing things, so I'm sorry if I don't come off very clear, but about 2 saturdays ago (so on 10/1) I went to the bathroom before work and I went fine, but once I was done, it felt like I still had to go and I had some pain in my abdomen/gut, but couldn't go any more. The pain slowly faded over the night, but didn't go away until the next day.

Ever since then, I've been having a hard time going to the bathroom. I can urinate just fine, but passing stool is hard and I feel like I have to strain. There's no blood or anything, it's just really hard for me to go and I always feel like I have to.

I'll admit my diet is very bad, but I've been increasing my water and fiber intake, but it's not working. I finally got some laxatives on the sunday that just passed and they do work, but I can't go without taking them. Again, there's no blood in my stool, so I don't know what's going on. I'm hesitant to do to the doctor because the last time I went for gut issues, the doctor seemed content to blame my gut issues on my anxiety (Which I'm sure is a factor because it runs in my family, but I've never been diagnosed. This was in 2018 and he told me to just take Omeprazole. I slowly tried to get myself off them, but my nausea would always come back. I try not to take them anymore, but there are sometimes when I have to take them daily.) I know my dad has stomach issues too, but he doesn't have these problems. I'm not having any problems eating and haven't lost my appetite either.

I'm only 24, and I weigh about 140~ lbs. and I'm usually pretty active, I always walk daily and at work I'm always on my feet food running and stuff like that, so besides my diet, I'm not sure what could be wrong. I've considered everything from serious to stupid and I just don't know what to do anymore. I don't drive, so I can't take myself to the treatment center, and I don't want to ask my Mom to take me until I'm sure of what's going on (She seems to think it's mostly in my head, and I don't blame her because she has to help my brother through his anxiety and he's very difficult to handle. He's a hypochondriac and googles a lot of stuff and convinces himself he has medical issues, so she constantly has to help him through that.) and I don't want to add more on to her plate since she's the one that mostly takes care of everyone but herself.

I'm just hoping for some advice, or at least some suggestions on how to handle this until I can figure it out, I just feel like I'm hitting my limit and I don't know what else to do. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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