Chronic constipation, no bowel movement 4 over week, lower b

sound like a kinked colon.. your are going to have to get the doctors to do the test..

You ladies need to.get a vaginal ultra sound because it sound like you may have fibroid tumors in ur uterus. I had the same symptoms of severe constipation, stomach bloating, pains and my doctor found 5 fibroids and next week I will ne having surgery to get rid of them.

I swear when I was eating a probiotic yogurt and drinking Kieffer it helped.  I've gotten out of that habit and need to start again because I've been having problems again.  After two days of different laxatives I finally had a BM.  Massive too... four toilet bowls fell after five days of nothing.  Having all that backed up in your body is just miserable.

I have been on subutex for about 1.5 years. About 6 months ago my constipation peaked. One Sunday I woke up feeling a cramp in my lower right side of stomach. I kept using sub (I inject it) and it numbed the pain, so I thought nothing of it. Until the Thursday later on in the week. I skipped my usual dose of sub, in effort to not abuse it as much, went to work that night, and at work the pain got so bad that I had to go home. I went home, immediately shot up, but the pain wouldn't go away. The pain was unbearable. A scale of 10. My dad found me sitting in my room in my chair, asked what was wrong, and we went straight to the ER.

I told the doc I was constipated from taking Subutex. I would go for weeks without taking a poop. Then I would poop and only a few little balls would come out, and it felt like I was taking a huge dump! This went on and on for weeks. We had an xray done, or CT, or whatever, the doc delivered the news: my colon was entirely full. I panicked. I didn't know what they were going to do, but I did not want my anal region being tampered with (being a male). Luckily, he felt we didn't need to take that route. Here's what we did. He got me a bottle of liquid magnesium, it was about 8-12 ounces I believe, and the following Friday I sat down and had to drink all of it. With glass after glass of water. It took me about 10 hours to finally finish the nasty Magnesium. That night, it barely produced a small bowel movement. The next day, I kept drinking water, and little by little, I started to have movements. Small ones, but gradually bigger. The other thing he recommended (and I swear on my life this stuff works) was Miralax. Its a powder. It is to be used in daily doses. Each dose being a cap-full, mixed in with a drink (the doc recommended Gatorade, said Gatorade is good like water, and you need water to help move the bowels) so my mom mixed about a gallon or half gallon batch of Gatorade and several doses (not just one daily dose) and I drank a glass every 15 minutes for about 1.5 hours and nearly finished all of it. This was on Sunday. And the next day, Monday, I had the biggest bowel movement! I must have pushed out well over a foot, maybe 2 foot of poop, and it was soft too, as Miralax is also a softener.

The liquid Mag works as a system flusher. It is supposed to flush out all the poop in your colon. Combine that with a huge dose of Miralax, and I was healthy again.

Now, months later, I still take one dose of Miralax almost everyday with Gatorade, and I try to drink plenty of water everyday. And I have pretty regular bowel movements, and am still shooting Sub.

That doctor was smart. I also saw someone else on here say how Miralax worked for them. You can get it over the counter. I'm not sure about liquid Mag. That might be prescription. But for you Brit, I would say get the Miralax, and mix several doses with a big batch of Gatorade, and do it 2 days in a row first, then taper off and start taking daily doses of Miralax.

I hope you find relief. -kyle

i got dared to take like 10 pills 3 days ago and they were for taking a c**p ive only took one a day after and my stomach been killing me and randomly feeling like i have to throw up

HI! BRIT MY HUSBAND HAD SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. HE TAKES LOTS OF MEDICATION FOR PAIN. HE FIRST DRUNK A SMALL GLASS OF PRUNE JUICE, MILK OF MAGNESIA, AND FINALLY A SUPPOSITIRY BELEIVE IT OR NOT HE FINALLY HAD A BOWEL MOVEMENT THANK GOD. IT WAS A MIRACLE HE FELT SOME MUCH BETTER. TRY THIS BUT, DO IT APART FROM EACH OTHER LIKE 45 MINUTES,THEN JUST RELAX YOUR BODY AND IT WILL HAPPEN.

I so know how you feel I take laxatives two times a day plus a softner three times a day and im on a high fiber diet drink way more water than I should but I double up on it becouse im on opiates and it makes this alot worse before I started taking opiates I was luckyto have a bm twice a month but now with the opiates and everything I take to try to go even this tea called smooth move tea im lucky if I go one time in 45 days its very crazy I hardly eat any more becouse I have no appetite and when I do eat I vomit that even happens even when I drink im scared I think I have a blockage of some kind becouse even when I do get to have a bm it is just ( not to be grafic ) very small and hard pebbles not 45 days worth of waste coming out trust me I know hope it gets figured out for all of us soon your in my thoughts

Hello you need to have colonoscopy. I think it will helpful for you. By colonoscopy test the doctor can able to see the insights of the colon so that he conform what exactly happening in the colon. Sometimes an impacted stool can block the colon as a result you will have abnormal bowel movements. Ask your doctor for colonoscopy test... Have a speedy recovery.

You should try to drink a glass of warm prune juice every day will help you move your bowels. Epsom salts work they attack the chronic constipation really well and very quickly. It’s not good to be chronic constipation; it can really make you sick. Along this following diet don’t forget to consume fiber, natural fruits and vegetables. And try to drink 2-3 liters of water per day.

I wish i could have found this conversation a long time ago! i have also been through pure hell for years and years with costipation, and have also been on suboxone. If anyone looks at this anymore-I have the answer for you guys! A new medication has came on the market called linzess! it is a capsule medication and is specifically for people on opiates, people who have had chronic constipation and obstipation, and people who have really any bad costipation problems! I promise you that i to have tried everything in the book and i mean everything! i am a 24 year old female and have been to the E.R over ten times for severe constipation/obstipation, i have had every test under the sun done to me, as well as every procedure, i have been to so may gastro doctors that have failed me that i dont even keep track anymore, and have gone to every pharmacy and store and tried every medication, liquid, powder, enema, suppository, and even prescription med known to man for constipation ha im totally serious to.... sad really sad but true. Finally!!! though my addicition recovery Doc. gave me a sample about three months ago that was brand new and promised to take care of the worst of bowel cases including mine and oh boy did it follow through with that promise! Guys it worked!!! I am having nice soft bowel movements about every other day. I should quickly let you all know though that the first few weeks of takining Linzess there can be a few unpleasent and even kinda shocking side effects but i figure nothing can be worse for us ladies than not going poo at all! Anyways i suggest the first two weeks that you stay with someone... wether that be a parent, good freind, brother/sister, grandparent, spouse whatever just someone because when you start to have bowel movements and even the days leading up to the first one it can be a bit scary because you can have some pains, and cramps in your stomach and gut of course but also up into your arms and chest..( i promise even though they are a bit scary and uncomfortable they will go away and will be worth it when the pill starts th work!) you can and will most likely have some bouts of pretty extreme diareha or however you spell it but if you all are anything like me i was totally fine to have diareah cus anythings better than nothing ya know what i mean? anyways ladys and gentlemen please look into Linzess!!! it could change your life! I love you all, and feel for all that had to go through what i did, please dont give up i know its hard and people wont listen and no one seems to get it or understand but i do, as well as the others here! Your not ever ever alone remember that! Luv- J.M.R

OMG. I'm feeling this exact way..it makes me so angry.. I can't go on about my days. It's frustrating and very uncompftorble. I need help please.. I've been to four hospitals clinics the e.r used enema took meds. Laxatives, oral drinks. Had exists done Nothing helps..they tell me im not constipated. They say my stool is soft im fine..no im not. I have a app set for Oct.24 With a g.i no sooner I can't wait that long. Someone please give me advice.. please??

hi
i am also bearing the worsen situation than you
so be relax 1st you have to chill out ur mind about this worse think
dont think about this and just change ur diet and regularly do morning walk for appox 15 mins thats enough for you to recover
it takes time but trust me you will be fine.
use fibre diet for 1 year ..... and main thing in the lunch time you have to take 1 plate of fresh salad with ur meal.... stop fast food and oily food for 1 year ... i am sure u will be cure soon like i am :P fibre mean vegetable and increase ur water intake
worsen constipation problem is due to dryness in the intestine and weakness of anus muscle ...

dont take laxative it further weakens ur digestion function its temporary worked but not all the time i bowled after 4 or 5 days .. now i go washroom 1 time a day or 2 time a day :P

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You are so right! This person can have a serious life threatening situation. He must go to Er and go with someone, not only to be a witness, but to have an advocate to help get the treatment/examination he needs, like a Social Worker or congregational nurse, Pastor etc. believe me they don't want witnesses to see there negligence.

Try a salt water flush. Two tablespoons of course sea salt mixed with 32 oz of water. Do this every morning for 5 days. On an empty stomach. After drinking this keep drinking water to help it flush through your system. I gaurentee this will cleanse any build up and you'll feel great, it's a little hard at first to get this salty drink down but it's very effective. Afterwards eat alot of healthy greens etc to keep your body regular.