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Help 8 months and no bowel movement

Im a 22 year old woman. I have been living a nightmare for 8 months. In these last 8 months i have taken laxative after laxative and stool softeners (all prescribed ones)  as well as senna, dulcolax, dulcosate, fibregel, movicol etc. I have been hospitilized 7 times in this period and each time i recieve 3 daily hot oil enemas and a solution called picolax (usually used before bowel surgery) 3/4 times daily. I have even had a litre of bowel cleanser. I eat a fairly healthy diet and have introduced more salad and veg into it. I have tried every herbal remeday, old wifes tale solutions and all prebiotic drinks on the market. All of this to no avail.
I HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE BOWEL MOVEMENT IN 8 MONTHS NOW and was in total despair with different drs giving me different advice. One saying eat fibre one saying dont and such like.
Last week i tried colonic irrigation. i was a new woman, for a couple of days anyway. I am now having colonics weekly along with weekly hot oil enemas and daily laxatives. And STILL no change...
I suffer terrible pain and abdominal distension. I feel nauseos constantly and generally tend to vomit after eating, and when really bad, after drinking anything too. I am constantly tired and my eyes are becomming almost jaundiced.
I have had a top layer bowel biopsy and this has come up normal.

I am at a complete loss and wondering if anyone has had similar experiences or can offer any help??
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Try to eat grapefruit then try Chinese medicine called akopanture (better to be perform by Chinese doctor)
It is impossible for person not to have bowel movements for 8 months(the person will die)
Did you do colonoscopy?
Check your pancreatic, gall bladder, thyroid that are the 3 organs that cause constipation in most of the patients as well as bacterial overgrowth
I would try to exercise ,drink a lot of liquid such as milk, yogurt, warm water and start eating a lot of vegs.
This story isn't from the beginning, am I right? before you start having those symptoms you probably had some other small complaints and went to doctor that gave you medicine then it didn't help you went back and he gave you another medicine . Time after time your symptoms start to worsen and here you are ended up with constipation as more pills, tablets you take the worse it will be. I had a doctor that make healthy me ill and it took 2 years to recover to normal condition. try to eat probiotics pills  such probiflora and others, yogurt contains most of them. All the medicine you use is damaging your stomach and health even more further . try to see gastro specialist or physician asap.
overuse of medication cause bacterial overgrowth which if not treated will cause either constant diarrhea or constipation. If bacterial overgrowth isn't treated for too long person will be in life threatening condition  and my die due to total destruction of stomach,colon flora

Hope you will get better soon
good luck
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overuse of medication cause bacterial overgrowth which if not treated will cause either constant diarrhea or constipation. If bacterial overgrowth isn't treated for too long person will be in life threatening condition  and my die due to total destruction of stomach,colon flora

Hope you will get better soon
good luck
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Avatar universal
Try to eat grapefruit then try Chinese medicine called akopanture (better to be perform by Chinese doctor)
It is impossible for person not to have bowel movements for 8 months(the person will die)
Did you do colonoscopy?
Check your pancreatic, gall bladder, thyroid that are the 3 organs that cause constipation in most of the patients as well as bacterial overgrowth
I would try to exercise ,drink a lot of liquid such as milk, yogurt, warm water and start eating a lot of vegs.
This story isn't from the beginning, am I right? before you start having those symptoms you probably had some other small complaints and went to doctor that gave you medicine then it didn't help you went back and he gave you another medicine . Time after time your symptoms start to worsen and here you are ended up with constipation as more pills, tablets you take the worse it will be. I had a doctor that make healthy me ill and it took 2 years to recover to normal condition. try to eat probiotics pills  such probiflora and others, yogurt contains most of them. All the medicine you use is damaging your stomach and health even more further . try to see gastro specialist or physician asap.
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yea thy checkd n sed ther no obstructioms
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Have they checked for an obstruction?
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hey i tried tht, cup after after cup o warm and/or boilin water evryday.bt thanks
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1400468 tn?1308734624
You drink 4 to 5 glasses of  warm water as soon as you get up from your bed in the morning.  
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