r/Constipation • u/thesnufkin45 • 1d ago
First time, help please
Technicallt not my first time cause I did experience a little constipation as a kid but first in a long time. Suddenly within the past 4 or 5 days my stool wasnt normal. It was pretty normal for me to not go every day, every 1-3 days but my stool always looked fine. Recently within past 4 days or so I technically pooped every day but it was literally one or two tiny pieces of pellets, per day. And it was really hard to do that. I know you’re not supposed to strain but I just wanted it gone and that’s all I could get out..
I do not eat a lot of wheat so I think it was triggered by eating a bagel, a bread bun, and half an apple all in one day (apples give me digestive issues too). Here is (one of) the things, I will not be in my home or home state for at least a week, maybe more. I really really do not want to take hard laxatives or enemas or anything like that while I. can’t be at home.
The other thing, I am severely, severely emetophobic and health anxious. For the past couple months I have bad anxiety almost panic attack level right after whenever I eat anything. I have 17.5 BMI so I guess I’m kinda underweight from it. I disliked the feeling of anything inside me so much that I started OMAD and more cardio but still restricted calories. That led to a sugar crash with bad nausea at one point so I did start eating two meals again recently. The only reason I don’t abuse antiemetics is because the side effects, which could end up in more nausea, scare me out of it.
The side effects of laxatives/enemas/anything like that scare the shit out of me (not literally unfortunately). .But I’m also terrified of an impaction. And for at least the next week I can’t go to a pharmacy. I’m also diagnosed with moderate autism and the sensory experience that would probably cause will make me wish I was dead. I’m hungry but I’m too scared to eat because I’m terrified of making an impaction or making it worse.
I took probably around.. maybe 700 mg of a powdered magnesium supplement broken into three separate times throughout yesterday. It did nothing. I also upped my water intake and drank hot water. I plan on having some prunes and prune juice today. Will that be good? Should I eat anything else?
Edit I had 8 prunes and half a day later I passed a normal looking stool still small but by all means much better than what I had been. It was still hard to do and I’m not done yet though which is scary
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u/metalliclavendarr 1d ago
Pretty similar situation. A few years ago I was on a weight loss journey bc I was overweight, and I restricted a lot. I lost like 50 pounds but then stalled so I restricted even more. That’s when my issues started, and it took like 2 years before my body started going back to normal.
Idk what fixed it exactly, but this is what helped me:
-avoid trigger foods, for me that was heavy carbs like bread bagels pizza or pasta. Those foods would sit in my gut like a brick and felt like torture coming out.
-eating more fiber like apples
-STOP doing omad. I started eating more often. I hated breakfast but I forced myself to have at least a small tangerine or two. Eventually my gut got back into a routine.
-DRINK WATER. I think this is the number one thing that helped me, bc I’ve been doing well up until this week where I’ve been drinking less, and I’m actually blocked up again.
-drink a hot coffee to get those guts moving. I find that chugging a hot drink and then chugging water and then walking around is a good way to trigger a BM.
-bonus tip: move or walk around a bit more. I tend to be better on days I’m more active.