help with EXTREME constipation.

edited July 2011 in Health
Does anyone know what I can do? I tried milk of magnesia and lots of water and fiber and nothing is working. Its so bad it hurts everywhere. Sorry for tmi but its been two weeks and I NEED to go :(

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  • Did u try stool softeners? Like Phillips? Also eating your weight in raisin bran may help.
  • Blackstrap Molasses, 2 tbsp a day
  • Tried stool softners, currently on a cocktail of stool softners and milk of magnesia with a high fiber diet and drinking twice my weight in water :( Idk what else to do! Thanks though :)
  • Where can I get blackstrap molasses?
  • I got it at my local organic store. You can research it first if you haven't heard of it. I am taking it now because my hemoglobin/iron was discovered to be low after my glucose test. It's an excellent source of iron and a few other minerals, and it helped me with constipation as well.
  • Talk with your doctor. They might prescribe you a suppository to try, or they might tell you that you can do an enema at home.
  • Ooooo spicy vegetables! Or vegetables in general.
    Or butt sex. Haha j/k.
  • @marysue hahahahahahaha omg my fiance said the same thing (joking of course) and I told him I would rather stay this way lol :P
  • Hahaha, however you get your jollies. :D.
    I do hope everything works out though. I have to take iron pills and they take a toll on me. :|
  • I have the same issue. I drink bucket loads of water, lots of fiber and take 2 vegetable stool softeners in the morning and 2 at night. People say try prune juice or pear juice. I have yet to try pear juice but I've drank a whole gallon of prune juice n under 20mins and it did nothing for me...it might work for u though. It does for lots of people. Oh and apple juice works really well for dh.
  • I also had to change my prenatals because iron can back.u up! I take my regular prenatals every other day and then take gummie prenatals the other days, gummies have no iron in them. Along with a twice a day dose if stool softner. That's my suggestion!
  • drink warm water in the morning increase daily water and fiber intake colace stool softener and prep h suppository if u have hemroids
  • Miralax is gentle and it does wonders. Try it! You'll never want anything else.
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