slow transit constipation

Hi... i use peppermint capsules and good old Andrews Salts. Take 2 peppermint capsules with food .. works a treat also great for really bad heartburn indigestion wind and IBS. The andrews works similar again take after food. I tend to take them in the evening and they work overnight but you can take them anytime of day really.

Exercise of some sort is also very important as this stimulates the bowel to move , and obviously a good varied diet avoiding processed carbs . 

Have you tried magnesium supplement. It works.

You poor thing.  This is the worst - so painful and makes you feel awful.  Also, nobody wants to discuss it - for some reason bowel problems are either taboo or the butt (no pun intended) of some joke.  Loads of water and large doses of vitamin C.  The water helps the transit and vitamin C loosens you up.  I have used Fybrogel in the past and found it helpful but this is a problem that needs constant attention.  Have you tried cutting out bread?  Obviously what goes in must come out and some things help while others don't.  With a terrible case of candida albicans I did a no yeast, no sugar and no processed food diet for about a month.  Seriously none of these things - if it was in the ingredients of any item, I did not eat.  At the same time I used a mega probiotic.  It totally cleared me out.  I mean completely clean - I felt really good.  I know this sounds drastic but having slow transit is devastating for your health and personally I would try anything.  Another thing to try is drinking warm water with a splash of lemon juice first thing every day.  And of course avoiding heavy, difficult to digest foods like red meat.  Since I stopped eating red meat I haven't been constipated and I actually had to go to hospital at one point for an impacted bowel.  I really hope you manage to get this sorted out and start to feel at least a little better.

I take eight sachets of cosmocol  at the one time sometimes it takes a day to start working I also take lactulose to soften it but be aware that can give you a wind 

 Hiya, I can see from your post that your body is used to heavy-duty laxatives,so to speak.But have you ever tried Panda licorice? I love the stuff, but can only eat half a bag ,otherwise they give me the trots.I get packets from the supermarket,and they're often sold at health food stores.Licorice is very good for the stomach and gut.It's a natural liner for the stomach  and it coats the lining of the gut.It's  a natural laxative.The other remedies are a little older maybe-liquid paraffin and syrup of figs.Have you tried these?They worked spectacularly well when I was little and had your problem.

x Beth

 

hiya,is this a familial thing? I mean,has anyone else in your family got a slow digestion? For some people,it's quite normal to not visit the loo for 4-6 days.Others have to go every day.Everyone's different.But if it's causing you discomfort,you have to look at your lifestyle too.What are you eating and drinking? How much of it ? and are you exercising/have a busy physically active lifestyle?Obviously,if you eat like a bird.mainly carbs and drink little,then you're going to have a slow digestion.

X Beth