Maybe someone can help?!?

HI everyone i just joined medhelp like 10 minutes ago lol! my question is something i have been dealing with for a long..long...and i mean LONG time and that is constipation.so heres my story: recently iv been passing hard dry ball like stools for the past 4 weeks before 2011 hit lol. so i decided to go to the docter and she could tell that i was dehydrated just by looking at my chap lips(lol)she told me to drink more water at least 4 water bottles a day , suggested drinking boost or ensure because im so little( im 16 and weigh 92 pounds). AND she wanted a stool sample in those little tube containers also. so i said ok. right after i went home i had a bowl movement and (did everything that i was supposed to do) but the next day i started to feel really bad! like i was going to die or something! i felt:

Bloated
Stomach hard
Passing less gas than usual
Stomach making loud noise Even when i just ate!
Sharp pain( almost like lightning) in my stomach. usally last 6 seconds.

I did some research about Bowel Obstruction and im seeing the symptoms but i cant be sure without a REAL docter! i decided to take a Ducolax and i really felt better after it ,but my stomach was still hard. 2 days ent by and im feeling the same symptoms i had before?!? i have have to wait a bit for the stool samples to come back with everything being closed cuz of the new year stuff but im really desperate! i aslo asked my mom to buy me a bottle of Miralax but im kinda afraid to take it being as i have no idea what wrong with me lol.


*nOTE* My stool is like Type 1 and Type 2 on the bristol stool scale( type it in google if you dont know what it is)

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  It sounds like constipation to me.  It makes it unlikely that it is a bowel obstruction because you are still passing gas and stool (but it could be a partial obstruction).  I don't think you really need to worry about that though.  I would recommend increasing your fiber intake, your intake of fruits and vegetables, get more exercise and drink at least 80 oz of fluid a day.  If that doesn't help then you should get some more testing done.

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  It sounds like constipation to me.  It makes it unlikely that it is a bowel obstruction because you are still passing gas and stool (but it could be a partial obstruction).  I don't think you really need to worry about that though.  I would recommend increasing your fiber intake, your intake of fruits and vegetables, get more exercise and drink at least 80 oz of fluid a day.  If that doesn't help then you should get some more testing done.