Perfect BM’s and then unexplained constipation?

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I’m 30 years old, I’m female, and deal with random constipation. This has been going on for about two or three years now.  I recently started going to a gastroenterologist. I also just had a colonoscopy a few weeks ago. He found one tiny polyp and confirmed I have a mild case of diverticulosis. The doctor didn’t  say much about it or tell me how to handle it. He didn’t even really act concerned about it. So fast forward, and the last least two weeks or so, I have had perfect bowel movements. We are talking, if you look at the bristol chart,  I could make a doctor proud. They are thick, smooth, and usually at least 12 inches long. They are easy to pass and predictable. I go when I wake up in the morning, around 1:00  in the afternoon, and if I’m lucky, I might even get to go again in the evening before bed.  This has been going on for a couple weeks and I have been ecstatic. Then about two days ago, I didn’t go when I woke up and I knew that was the beginning. If I don’t go when I wake up one morning, I know that I am about to go through a bout of issues. Now I’m only going a little bit here and there, very sporadic, and it’s not always easy to pass. I am feeling like I’m not completely emptying myself because I’m not, and every time I deal with this, it really affects my mental health. I can’t explain it, but when my bowels are cooperating, I feel like a whole new person. But when I constantly feel like I have stool sitting somewhere in my rectum and I know I haven’t gone like I need to, it really messes with me. The problem is, I have absolutely no idea why it changed. I have tried connecting it to everything I can think of. Last couple of years, I have cut out dairy, I have cut out wheat, I even stopped eating as many vegetables for a period because I thought maybe I was getting too much fiber.  I drink lots of water (doctor even told me to back off the water so I have), I don’t drink soda, and I only drink coffee once a day and that’s in the morning.  Even when I am not having issues, I continue to drink coffee, so I have eliminated that as culprit. I’m just at a loss.  Like any person, I do not eat healthy 100% of the time, but I definitely am far, far more aware of what I eat than probably 90% of the people I know. I Avoid processed foods, I eat whole-grain if I decide to eat grains, I eat fruits and vegetables all the time. I eat balanced. I watch my sodium. I watch the kinds of fats I’m eating. The only food I have noticed that is directly connected, is bananas. I used to eat bananas every day, but I don’t anymore. I don’t know if they are really as aggravating to my digestive system as I think they are, but I feel like my constipation was always worse when I was eating them regularly. So I’m looking for help again. There has to be a piece to this puzzle that I am missing. There is something that I am doing or eating that is causing this, because when it’s great, it’s perfect. But when I’m having issues, I’m miserable. Anyone have a similar experience? Advice? Thank you so much!

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