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5 years of constipation

Well, I'm a pretty normal 19 year old girl. I'm not very active, so I eat a decent meal twice a day. My weight fluxuates between about 115-130 lbs, depending on how bad my problem is. Ever since I was about 14 or 15, I've had trouble having bowel movements. There's really been no problem with diarrhea, but all constipation. The weird thing is, I've been constipated before, and this is really nothing like it. With constipation, you constantly feel like you need to go, but you just can't. I never really feel like I have to go, even though I can tell I'm filled up. When I can actually go, I only do a little bit and never feel cleaned out. Also, my stool is very hard and a really light color. This might be T.M.I., but also when I wipe, it doesn't even look like I did actually have a bowel movement, there's nothing on the toilet paper. There was even a point where I had blood in my stool.  I've tried everything doctors have told me to, from Activia and bananas, to exercising, probiotics, all of that, and I've always had a pretty decent diet. I eat fruit regularly, and my mom has never really allowed me to have all that much junk food. The things doctors have told me to try, they work for about two weeks maximum, and then just stop working. I've also tried laxatives, but they just give me diarrhea instead, while still being bloated. I'm tired of constantly trying to find little things to alternate to help. Coffee also works, and sometimes beer or alcohol if I occasionally drink on the weekends, but I like I said, after a short while it all stops working. About 8 months ago, I miraculously became regular, although there had been no changes in my diet, birth control, or my daily life. About 3 or 4 months later though, that stopped too. After being disappointed about this, I decided to try this pill I found at Wal Mart called Colon Health. That kept me regular til about the middle of November. Then that, like everything else, stopped working too. During those, oh, six months of regularity, I went down two pants sizes: my love handles got smaller and my stomach was completely flat. And again this happened without changing anything about anything I do. Now that I'm backed up again, I'm becoming very frustrated. As a girl, ya know, you like to look good in your clothes, and it makes me so mad that something that I have no control over makes me look different. And that feeling I had of being cleaned out all the time was AMAZING. It's so uncomfortable to feel like you're carrying around a baby in your stomach. I also forgot to mention that 95% of the time when I eat, I get this feeling, and all I can describe it as is guilt, or like I ate too much. Even if I was just to eat an apple or a tiny meal, I just get this awful feeling and it's not pain, but it's just a terrible feeling. I'm assuming there's something wrong with my digestive tract because of this, but I really have no idea WHAT it is. Anyway, please help!!!
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Try Miralax which you can get over the counter. If it works ask your Dr. for a prescritpion of Polyethylene Glycol. That stuff works wonders but you have to take it daily. You will have bowel movements daily after 2-3 days use. I've been constipated since i was 15 (I'm 46 now) and I would make 1 poop, usually hard little pebbles, twice a week. Now I go once a day and make a real movemt like normal people do. If you do miss a day, it will take you a few days to get back on track. I hate that I have to rely on a laxative to poop, but who cares, I'm going.
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I also forgot to mention that I have a loss of appetite. I never really get hungry or have my stomach growl, and its hard for me to tell when I'm actually full.
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