I need some answers

[jellybean00]

Ok so I have been diagnosed with ibs and a very slow digestive system so thereforemi might have a bowel movement once a month,  when this does occur it is very painful im talking up there with child birth and I know how that feels, my first child I felt everything so its so painful and I can feel it moving in my tummy as its going down and as it does that it literally feels like it has glass or nails in it along with this painful experience I have to were I dread having bm's this process is very lengthy I start to have pain a few days before I actually do the deed and its like this till that day (pain constantly) the actual day I do go its takes at the least 30mins but usually lomger to finish. I have changed my eating habits and drimkmore water but that made it worse, I have taken stool softners and no luck, I habe talked to numerous drs and they dont say anything but its ur slow digestive system. There has to be something that can help, if anyone out there knows anythimg please let me know....thanks

[Margot49]

How miserable!  I suffer from digestive issues also.  It dies not sound like your doctors are doing much to help.  You have a motility/GI specialist near you?  I finally referred myself to a motility specialist at Stanford who did other testing that cannot be done here and we are trying meds.  Do you have a University or large Medical facility within travel distance you can go to.  There are drugs you can try that do and don't help some people.  I was started on Amitiza but not good results fir me.  Was switched to Linzess which works better but you might have to play around with the dose, etc.  do you try using Miralax daily?  Ducolax suppositories?  I hope you can fine a soecialist to evaluate your situation.

[7BroncGirl7]

Hi sweetheart.

I'm not entirely sure about bm, but I DO have a lot of experience in equine colic. What I've found to help loads(no pun intended) was mineral oil. It has an aweful taste, terrible feel, and is just absolutely unpleasant. But it has saved many of mine and my family's horses. It assists bowl movement like a miracle. Snuck it into my roommates chocolate milk and he had squirts for a week, so it really works. And its cheap! You can buy it in any pharmacy, Walmart, heb. May want to try it in very small doses at first and see if that helps.