FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
#304471 - 04/10/07 08:18 AM
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can someone please tell me what i can do to go to the bathroom every day. i just started taking benefiber and its constipating me even more. last night i took 2 colace and 4 teaspoons of natural calm and today...nothing!! i am suicidally depressed and can't function anymore. this is destroying my life. heather has been absolutely no help to me - when i wrote to her she blew me off and had nothing valuable to say other than "i'm sorry".
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hi, I haven't read any of your posts so I don't know what you're taking but I'm presuming you're on the diet. The thing that helped me the most is acacia (are you on the maximum dose?) I don't go regularly every day but better than I was.
Make sure you're drinking lots and eating as much insoluble fiber as you can take.
Also there's exercise and especially a few yoga poses you could try like lying flat on your back and bringing your legs up to your tummy.
that's all I think of at the moment but I really hope you find something that helps for you
Godbless
xxx
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thanks- acacia didnt do much for me. my doc just gave me Amitzia so im gonna try that now
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Can you give us an idea of what you eat in a typical day? Are you exercising every day?
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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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Morning: egg whites, toast with organic jam, frosted mini wheats or multigrain cereal
Afternoon: turkey sandwich on whole wheat or multigrain, veg doup, pear
evening: baked fish or chicken, potatoes or rice or quinoa, vegetables
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It looks like you're getting a good amount of IF... How much Benefiber do you take, and how often? Are those the only three meals you eat every day? You really need to concentrate on eating 5 or 6 small meals throughout the day. Just eating three meals a day would give me C, actually. You need to constantly "feed" your system to keep it moving all day long. For example, have the egg whites and toast first thing in the morning for breakfast. Then, maybe 3 hours later, have the cereal as a mid-morning snack. Three hours later, have your turkey sandwich for lunch. In the middle of the afternoon, have the pear and maybe some pretzels as a snack.
Do you drink LOTS of water and exercise?
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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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I'm A, not C, but waterconsumption makes a HUGE impact on my bowel health. If I go more than 24hr without the recommended 8glasses of water, I get really C for several days.
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Have you tried a magnesium supplement? Laxatives are generally frowned upon, but magnesium is mentioned even here on the site as a supplement that might be helpful. web page
Again, not something I'd recommend for long-term use, but I have had to use a glycerin suppository in the past to get things moving again. It's unpleasant, but it's better than having concrete in your guts, right?
Personally, colace never did squat for me, so I feel your pain there.
Now, in terms of long-term management? You need more IF in your diet. You're off to a good start, but you haven't found your "balance" in terms of how much SF vs. IF you need to keep your guts happy. That's par for the course - it took me well over a year to get there - but trust me when I say that the wait is WORTH IT. Just keep adding more IF, and if you find yourself just too darn full, cut back the SF a little.
Other ideas:
- Smaller meals, more often
- Daily exercise
- Stress and anxiety management, if these are problems for you.
- LOTS of water - and I do mean LOTS. 1.5 oz per pound of body weight
Good luck... I know this stage of the game really sucks, but hang in there!
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natural calm is magnesium and it usually takes 2 days for it to work.
i know laxatives are frowned upon, but my GI doc says she has a lot of her patients on senocot just to get them back on track. i used to take aloe and it helped to stabilize me but then i backed off cause of all the talk from heather about how its bad. interestingly enough there are less than 5 articles that i could find that say laxatives are bad. i truly believe they are ok for short term use or every once in a while.
aside from that i need to exercise more and i drink tons of water. i just feel like im running out of options
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I agree with Atomic Rose, you need to increase your IF since some people need more than others. Fruits and veggies are the best way to get more.
Be careful with the laxatives because your bowels get dependant very quickly.
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