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  1. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    Hey all. I've been suffering from IBS-C for a year now. I've been using Miralax and taking prune juice off and on. I drank some on Friday and some today and both times it gave me bad diarrhea. I've heard the sorbitol is a stimulant and prolonged use of prunes/prune juice can lead to dependency...
  2. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    I am new to these forums and made an account specifically so I could discuss my path forward. Long story short, I have been dealing with constipation for most of my life, and only in the past year and a half have I tried to do something about it. I have been drinking more water and adding fiber...
  3. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    Have been put on Miralax by 2 doctors for quite some time and it is awful. Taken daily it bloats and gives gas and does no work every day. When it does work in the morning after taking it blasts me oiut and most time it never completely empties, sometimes it take a suppository to get started...
  4. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    I have been dealing with IBS-C since I was around 7 or 8, and I am 15 years old as of this year. I have been going through a cycle of getting backed up, than clearing myself out, than getting backed up again consistantly for those 7 years. Most of the time these cycles lasted from anywhere...
  5. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    Does anyone have any experience taking Laxido long term? I think this is the UK name for Miralax or Movicol, which is essentially macrogol. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/21244 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrogol#cite_note-AC-7 Everything I read about it suggests its not for...
  6. New Member Introductions
    Hi All! I'm new here, mostly because I'm stubborn. Probably should have posted when this all started...okay so this is a little bit of a long story. I'm hoping (probably a long shot) that someone will know whats up with me and can suggest a path of treatment that will be more effective than...
  7. Your Story
    Hello to all, my name is Patrick. I am a 62 year old male who has the following: (1) Episodic Cluster Headaches (40+ years) (2) Stage 4 Metastatic Prostate Cancer (3.5 years). The cancer spread to my leg and hip bones (3) Side affects from cancer and cancer treatments : radiation-induced...
  8. General Discussion
    Okay, so about 3 weeks ago I was constipated so I went to the ER since it was 5 days I hadn't went. They took am X-ray and said I was COMPELTELY backed up. I got an enema, but it only for the bottom portion out. They gave me magnesium citrate but it didn't really work. The next step was they...
  9. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    hi everyone! New to the community but have been a longtime reader. I'm 29, healthy female (but in a high stress job) and started IBS-C treatment about 5 years ago when i moved to new york. My main symptoms were that i wasn't having BM every day (sometimes every 3rd day) and then would have...
  10. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    My doc has me on fiber+miralax twice a day. I'm not sure which one makes me gag since I just put them in the same cup, but I'm getting darn tired of throwing up in my mouth nearly every time I take the stuff. Flavoring it with crystal light didn't help much. Is there anything else I can do...
  11. Young Adult's Issues
    hello everyone, i have been having digestion issues (constipation and bloating) for about 4 months and haven't really improved. I'm moving away to college this fall and i really don't want this to be an issue when i'm far from home. anyway, i started to have irregularity and bloating. i can't...
  12. General Discussion
    Hello, this is my first post.I have had IBS for over 20 years. I have always just called is a sensitive stomach but I can have pain from it that is so bad I praying from it, sweating from it and can't move. All depending on which pain it is that comes up on a particular day. In general since I...
  13. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    Hello, I have been suffering from mild IBS throughout most of my life. I am 29 years old. Recently I had intense food poisoning. This included intense vomiting as well as diarrhea. It would be safe to say that my entire system was cleaned out. Once I began feeling better I began to eat again...
  14. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    Hello, I have been suffering from mild IBS throughout most of my life. I am 29 years old. Recently I had intense food poisoning. This included intense vomiting as well as diarrhea. It would be safe to say that my entire system was cleaned out. Once I began feeling better I began to eat again...
  15. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    Hello, I have been suffering from mild IBS throughout most of my life. I am 29 years old. Recently I had intense food poisoning. This included intense vomiting as well as diarrhea. It would be safe to say that my entire system was cleaned out. Once I began feeling better I began to eat again...
  16. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    I just saw a gastroenterologist the first time the other day for my IBS-C, and he told me to take Miralax to help me out a bit, but only two days into taking it, I'm experiencing some worrisome side effects. It helped me have a bm the first day I took it, but the second day (yesterday), I...
  17. IBS Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Constipation
    Hi Everyone, In December I finally had a colonoscopy to figure out if there was a reason I was suffering from severe chronic constipation and gas/bloating/pain etc. Everything was structurally normal and I was diagnosed with IBS-C and lazy bowel syndrome. I was given TONS of sample bottles of...
  18. General Discussion
    it would appear Miralax is too harsh for me, but I don't know if my reactions signals something else or not. I tried it last week, full 17g dose with 8oz of water in the morning. I woke up in the middle of night with my intestines just spasming like crazy and me having chills. I was not cold, I...
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