I'm jumping in here in the middle and don't know the beginning, butI feel for you.
I was always "D" until a few years ago and now am "A". "C" is horrible and while "D" renders you housebound many times, I believe the pain, cramping and bloating with "C" is much worse than "D" - for me.
Many people on here gave me advice when I first started the "C" flare. If you search for that thread, you will find lots of different remedies.
I have difficulty with oat bran, so that did not work for me. While I can't tell you exactly what always works, I can tell you some things that seem to cause it for me... lots of carbs, too little exercies, too little water and even sometimes eggs.
Fruit first thing in the AM - not applesauce because that's what I eat (w/ a bagel) to stop the "D"(i.e. applesauce for "D" and apples for "C"), but something like diced peaches or a fresh peach or pear or even yogurt, sometimes helps me - massaging my stomach and abdomen help, getting up, moving around for about an hour first thing in AM helps, someone recommended hot tea with sorghum molasses in it and it is nasty, but did help. If you can tolerate it, there's something about eating something sweet in the AM, that seems to trigger a BM...
I can have "D" for a week and then suddenly, the next day, not go at all. Then - my mind takes over and starts worrying... "oooops, didn't go today...same second day..." But, I've found, if I will quit thinking about it and try to eat right - fruits and veggies, prefaced by some SF - like sourdough bread - then, out of the blue, I'll go.
I think I have slow motility, because, it just isn't "there" until it's time. I know because I also have wonderful "hemmies" and a dear person on here was kind enough to "bare all" and give me some remedies such as - lubricating my anal area with vaseline prior to a BM to prevent bleeding. The same procedure is good for constipation, if you have hard stools, because it kind of stimulates the peristalic??? action. But, some times, as I've said, the stool just has not moved far enough down...
OK - enough potty talk!  I told my friend, I think I'm the only person who prays to go to the bathroom and thanks God the days I do go. Having said all this, I've had 3 weeks of nothing but urgent "D", to the point I was scared to leave the house if I ate anything. Then, suddenly, today, I'm bloated and can't go..... That's the story of IBS.
I'll say a prayer for you too... But, check out the entire thread regarding constipation...
((Hugs)) - Dorothy
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