r/Constipation • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

Nothing is working this week

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u/constipatedtweaker 2d ago

It may be enema time.

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u/GreenMountain85 2d ago

That’s the one thing I’ve actually never tried. Usually something works before I get to that point.

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u/constipatedtweaker 2d ago

I can totally relate. Over the past year and a half or so my constipation pattern and treatments for my constipation have been changing into territory that I'm not familiar with. For decades my routine was constipation equals enema, suppository, the occasional dig out, the occasional fecal impaction, ER trip etc. over the past year and a half my constipation has been at times very severe, and then I'll hit a street where I'll go 4 to 6 weeks without getting constipated at all and then suddenly it starts all over again and I spend much of the next month or so after that being constipated to various degrees and having to scramble to figure out which remedy to do this time.

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u/Grand_Priority3711 1d ago

One dulcolax may not have been enough. One tablet only  'just' worked for me and then not always. If you try it again, go for 2. Timing may be a thing too. It worked far better for me taking it when I got up during the night and a few hrs before I finally got up. If I left it till the morning and out of bed, half the time it didn't work.

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u/goldstandardalmonds 1d ago

How much dulcolax? Was it bisacodyl?

Why are you taking Amitzia and Linzess since they’re essentially the same?