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 .