TMI Question

Have you tried the Master Cleanse (a.k.a. lemonade) diet?

I was in the same situation as you. I drink a LOT of water and still was constipated. My doctor suggested the fiber you add to your bottled water and take it every day. So that is the first thing I do when I get to work. Buy two bottles of water (cold) and add a fiber packet to it. I really like the flavor of CVS brand (pomegranate cranberry) the benefiber one was too stong for me, flavor wise. So after about a week of taking it I saw results. If I forget on the weekend I certainly know it (no bowel movement or hard to go). I hope this helps because I certainly know how it feels! :drinker:

I would go to a gastroenterologist. I take Benefiber three times a day and it really helps. Hope you get some answers that is just plain miserable to feel like that.

You may want to actually drink coffee -- it's a mild laxative...maybe it will help

I was at the GI recently for some other GI issues (yay colonoscopy on Monday at 25 years old! I am excited just to see how much weight I lose from the prep.) I was talking to him about how I may or may not go every day and often I may go a day or two without a BM. He said that this is more common than the people that can go every day, on command. So I would say don't worry if you don't poop EVERY DAY.

That being said, it shouldn't hurt and you should NOT be constipated and/or in pain. The doctor also told me that EVERY adult with an American diet has to take increased fiber, be it metamucil, fiber cereal or whatever.

And my own observation--ever since I started really paying attention and ACTIVELY drinking 60-64 oz. of water every day---my pooping has gotten much more frequent and bigger!

flax seed is actually in the baking section. the kind i get is in a brown box. hodgskins mill or something like that. you can put it on anything. i put in my kids food and they never know. it tastes kind of like an almond with skin.

i don't think that pooping every 2 days means that something is wrong with you so to speak. my son only poops every other day and his tummy is perfectly fine. but i'm not saying you shouldn't get it checked out if it's really concerning you.

Try this. The good thing is you will know within a week if it's working or not and within 2 weeks you should see a noticeable different. Cut out all dairy products, no milk, butter or cheese. At the same time cut out gluten or wheat products. You will have to read labels like crazy since gluten is hidden in nearly everything. Cut back or red meat, stick to lean chicken, turkey and fish. Continue to eat plenty of fruit and veg. and drink your water.

Many people have problem processing dairy and wheat products and end up with blocked or tight bowels. Once you are going normally (at least 1 time a day) you can slowly begin to add these things back. Your body will let you know how much of it you can tolerate and you can adjust your eating from there.

Milk replacements can be soy, rice or almond milk.
Pasta replacements can be brown rice or quinoa pastas
Butter replacements can be olive oil or virgin coconut oil
The only cheese replacement I have found is Daiya cheese (it's made from tapioca) or Lisanitta almond cheese.

These changes along with plenty of water should have you going like a champ. I honestly go anywhere from 2 - 4 times a day.

You may not have a health "issue" but you may want to try going gluten free. Most of the population has a gluten sensitivity (not as severe as celiacs) you would need to try it for 3-4 weeks. and dont go out and buy tons of gluten free pasta's ect focus on natural foods, rice, is you like crackers multi-seed are the best flavored ones Ive found, this also encourages a higher protein lower carbd iet which is helpful in weight loss

My son only went once a week since he has been potty trained (He is 12 now) I mentioned it to doctors and they blew me off, but this spring I started giving him fiber pills twice daily and a fiber one granola bar daily and he goes almost every day now.

First let me say this, I am an LPN, my recommendation is go see your general practitioner, today. Second, that was the way one of my nurses aides bowel habits, she went to her Dr, and he told her to start taking miralax, every day, cleared her up in no time.

Hey hunnie, I actually have the same issue. I have suffered from it for years thanks to the poor bowels of my father...grrrrrrrrrrrr. Anyways, I did probably everything...from miralax...to a crap load of fiber every day...to even laxies every 3 days just to keep me regular. I walk/job alot and do yoga when I can. I drink plenty of water and found that coffee every morning or every two days helps A LOT. I haven't taking a laxi for about 2 months now. I've been going every morning ...(give or take lol)

anyways i hope this helps some

good luck!!!!

there could be something further up the bowels or a problem with the intestines contracting and pushing waste along. it stinks to take laxatives but dont wait until you are in bad pain for them. i hate taking meds. even for a headache., try the flax and other diet changes getting with a nutritionist and a gastro dr, like both in same room to work together helping you. if there are certain foods or things you know losen you up just take them. its partly why i wont give up my morning coffee, the sweetners in my creamer make me have to poo. but at times i dont go for days and it cramps and gets bad bloated like you. i notice since im on a 1,200 cal diet i dont have as large bm. if you hate the laxatives but love cheese cake, hehe ya could melt down some of the laxatve chews with lil watter and add them to a cheese cake, and cheat a little on a diet by eating it, and ya wont notice any taste over the yummy cheese cake, just lable it so other family knows it will make them poo too.

I used to be like that.
I now take a digestive cleanse herbal pill called "Experience"
You can take it mixed in as a herbal tea, or you can take it as a capsule.

Because of this I am able to have a great feeling of emptying after a BM and going 1-3 times a day.
This herbal product has 6 herbs.

Medicinal Ingredients:
Experience contains a proprietary blend of Senna Leaves (Senna Angustifolia)
Non-Medicinal Ingredients:
Psyllium Seed Husk (Plantago ovata), Fennel Seed (Foeniculum vulgare), Corn Silk (Stigmata maydis), Solomon's seal [Rhizome] (Polygonatum multiflorum), Kelp (Fucus vesiculosus), Black Seed (Nigella sativa), Vegetable cellulose (capsule).

I've seen online that other people have had success with Psylium Seed and someone else with Senna.