What has helped your constipation?

[Anonymous]

DP, but HomeGoods and TJMaxx have this effect on me. I have to find a bathroom about 5 minutes in. It's weird.

Barnes & Noble for me. It's a thing:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/urge-to-poop-in-bookstore-mariko-aoki-phenomenon

[Anonymous]

Almonds.

[Anonymous]

Fruit

[Anonymous]

warm prune juice
pears

[Anonymous]

1/2 of a whole wheat bagel daily and once a week a whole whole wheat bagel. When I stop eating these, I get messed up.

[Anonymous]

Miralax - I take a 1/4 to 1/2 dose depending on how things are going. And lots of water. I can always tell a difference the day after I don't drink much water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My bowels seem to function solely on what my hormones are doing these days. To top it off I take medications that causes constipation and I will be on them for a lifetime. I've tried stool softeners, citrucil, milk or mag. I also have IBS so I can't take anything thats like a stimulant laxative as the cramping for me is horrifically painful. What works for you?

Gross. This is not from hormones OP, it's solely your diet. Try eating more fresh veg and fruits, beans and whole grains for starters. Meat is a treat, eaten once a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My bowels seem to function solely on what my hormones are doing these days. To top it off I take medications that causes constipation and I will be on them for a lifetime. I've tried stool softeners, citrucil, milk or mag. I also have IBS so I can't take anything thats like a stimulant laxative as the cramping for me is horrifically painful. What works for you?

Gross. This is not from hormones OP, it's solely your diet. Try eating more fresh veg and fruits, beans and whole grains for starters. Meat is a treat, eaten once a week.

Why in the world would you be so nasty to OP? OP has said nothing about their diet that should have led you to make all of those assumptions. You have no idea what you're talking about if you think hormones don't add a whole 'nother variable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My bowels seem to function solely on what my hormones are doing these days. To top it off I take medications that causes constipation and I will be on them for a lifetime. I've tried stool softeners, citrucil, milk or mag. I also have IBS so I can't take anything thats like a stimulant laxative as the cramping for me is horrifically painful. What works for you?

Gross. This is not from hormones OP, it's solely your diet. Try eating more fresh veg and fruits, beans and whole grains for starters. Meat is a treat, eaten once a week.

What was gross about their post? How do you know anything about their diet?

You sound very jugemental and nasty. Not sure what is wrong with you but dont think you are in any mental position to be posting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

DP, but HomeGoods and TJMaxx have this effect on me. I have to find a bathroom about 5 minutes in. It's weird.

Barnes & Noble for me. It's a thing:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/urge-to-poop-in-bookstore-mariko-aoki-phenomenon

What?! Yes. Barnes & Noble here, too. Had no idea it was a thing…

[Anonymous]

Magnesium. Works really well. Take at night, helps with sleep too.

[Anonymous]

I take a laxative about once a month to clean me out thoroughly.

[Anonymous]

FIBER

From food, not supplements. Fiber and lots of water or other unsweetened fluids - tea and coffee count.

Fiber will also brighten and clear your skin, boost your energy levels, curb your appetite and help you lose weight if you want to.

Cut sugar, cut processed foods with all the additives and emulsifiers, build a diet around the RDA or more of fiber every day.

Yes, you can eat fiber even if you have IBS. Read or listen to the gut health doctor Will Bulsiewicz (Dr. B), a gastroenterologist who promotes a fiber fueled diet to alleviate gut health issues like IBS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FIBER

From food, not supplements. Fiber and lots of water or other unsweetened fluids - tea and coffee count.

Fiber will also brighten and clear your skin, boost your energy levels, curb your appetite and help you lose weight if you want to.

Cut sugar, cut processed foods with all the additives and emulsifiers, build a diet around the RDA or more of fiber every day.

Yes, you can eat fiber even if you have IBS. Read or listen to the gut health doctor Will Bulsiewicz (Dr. B), a gastroenterologist who promotes a fiber fueled diet to alleviate gut health issues like IBS.

Steer clear of sugar substitutes if you aren’t already - studies are showing that they cause gut dysbiosis which is a major factor in regulating healthy bowel movements.

[Anonymous]

A high quality probiotic and magnesium