Does anyone have chronic constipation?

Hello. You mentioned being seen by a pediatrician. Are you a person under 21 years of age? If so, you may wish to see a pediatrician endocrinologist. When my now 26 year old daughter was in high school she was diagnosed by a pediatrician endocrinologist as having "off the charts" celiac disease. It wad a serious "wow" moment and thr reason for her constant G.I. issues and her missing so much school--truly a parents' nightmare! I am in no way implying that is your situation. Simply a personal rec to see such a specialist if you are a younger person.
I have IBS-C and do not have bloody stools. I have severe constipation, major bloat, nausea, etc. I have tried everything under the sun in terms of OTC and Rx meds. They only serve to bloat me more. Haven't yet found a G.I. doc who wants to solve my puzzle. Needless to say, it has impacted my daily life activities and makes me miserable.

Good luck to you!!

Beth

I like my health care team and think they really care about my wellbeing, however…..this is my prediction for the upcoming colonoscopy. Hope I’m wrong, but I suspect it to be normal like the screening one in 2020, except for internal hemorrhoids and diverticulosis. Then, perhaps they’ll order more tests. I’ve given them ideas since this started in August of 2022 about what this could be, but they say no. I hope something changes as I really am weary of dealing with this.

i have not tried the kiwi trick because it's hard to find kiwi at any local grocery stores around me but i'll be sure to try it when i do find them in any stores. I haven't considered a deficiency in magnesium but i will see if i am deficient in it.

Thank you,i'll ask my pediatrician about seeing a pediatrician endocrinologist

So you take two supplements,OptiMag and K2+ Potassium and soaked chia seeds and flax seeds in prun juice to manage your constipation ?.

Do you know if i can get a GI map test done by a GI doctor instead of ordering the test since it's so expensive.

Hi everyone,i know i should not be seeking medical advice openly from unqualified people but i'll trust your judgement since most of you are more experienced with having Chronic constipation . So do you guys think i should stop taking the colace at this point.I have been taking it for 5 weeks and 6 days now(started taking it april 20th).Again i have stated that the colace is inconsistent it softens my stools sometimes but i still strain but not as much as i used to,sometimes the stool is softer and comes out smoothly and other days i have to strain a bit. My pediatrician prescribed a second bottle of colace pediatrician said to take it for about 3 weeks after my first bottle was empty .i started last week with the second one this is the second week and the next week will be my 3rd week taking the second colace prescription.And i honestly have mixed emotions right now my mom wants me to stop taking it because it's not permanently getting rid of the constipation.A few of you in the comments have shown opposition against taking it as well and I have been debating if i should stop taking it starting tomarrow ,or for a couple days to see how it goes,and go back to taking colace if my stools get harder again .because i took it today and i pooped which is great but, i don't know i just want to see if most of you would recommend i stop taking it or not,or if i should stop taking it for a while to see how my stools will are .

Oh and i think the smelly gas has been coming back gradually because it's been a bit funkier and foul lately,but i haven't really been too gassy though.

I take the 3 OptiMag and 1 K2+ Potassium at bedtime with water + lots of water during the day. I don't take too much Calcium especially before bed because it can constipate. During the night 1 Optimag and 1 K2+ Potassium. First thing in the morning put water on to make I quart of hot water + eat half of the refrigerated overnight mix of scant T of chia and T of flax seeds ground in a coffee grinder. I prep the next days mix using organic prune juice stirred into the ground seeds to make a sloppy mixture. It gels up. Each morning before breakfast along with the prune juice mix I eat one or a combo of the following: cooked cold squash, pumpkin or sweet potatoes; T of tahini; 1/2 cut rhubarb cooked, fresh plums or 6 dried prunes. If I am stressed, worried it won't work for the rest of my life, etc I drink 1 -2 fairly strong coffee. I don't like coffee so most the time I can do without. I resort to smooth move that evening if I wasn't regular. After I knew last Dec. I had a redundant colon, got ideas from my Naturopath, and on line + it's physical it took me trial and error for about 4 months but now I can pretty much count on being regular with my "formula." Avoid sugar, too much starch, eat organic, drink lots of water and avoid processed food. If we grave something often that is something that does our health no good. Thing is I also use a stool to put my feet up on for better posture. When I breath in I fill with air and then gently feel the bowel release if all is good. I started the first month on various laxatives and they just weren't worth the inconsistency and how they effected me. Does that help Ann? Let me know if you get a chance. Trial and error but it is exciting when it starts to really work, what a relief. Take notes each day, time, what you're testing, etc @farmersmith

I would say yes, but call a GI clinic and ask. It may be covered by insurance that way. Or atleast they can prescribe the test kit for in home and they receive the results.
I was seeing a holistic Doctor who doesn’t take insurance, but he carries them in his in house pharmacy and I got a slight discount. He treated me with probiotics but recommended I see my Primary Doc with the sepsis results. He did bloodwork and the sepsis had escaped my gut and into my blood stream! It caused very nasty skin lesions on my feet and buttocks. So yes, the test was expensive but probably saved my life (and corrected the constipation. )And general health.
I forgot to mention in my first post that bad gut biome was found in longcovid cadavers initially. Then others like me also found scary bacteria.
It was my first real step in improving my LC health.
Gut biome testing has recently gotten a lot of positive attention.
Good luck!