To ask best cure for chronic constipation

[Somethingsosimple]

Tried syrup of figs, prune juice loads of water and loads of fruit. Still no joy. Getting desperate now. Been for long walk too. Can anyone share your best cure for constipation please

[Whatelsecouldibecalled]

Senakot over night stuff is good. Raise your feet when on the loo too so more in a squating position. As much water as you can manage. It’s awful you have my sympathies

[WonderTweek]

Strong filter coffee in the morning. Always does the trick for me. 😁 My mum eats a lot of apples and carrots when she's constipated and she swears by them. Hope you feel better soon!

[cobblett36]

Down a redbull! Works wonders.

[Xenadog]

Psyllium husk powder. Buy from Holland and Barrett.

Amazing stuff!

[Boom45]

My DD suffers with constipation. The only thing that helps is Movical on prescription, and that works really well.

[BluishMoon]

Strong black coffee and a cigarette
Magnesium oxide, taken before bed

[Fiveredbricks]

Sugarfree haribo bears from Amazon. The sweetner is known to cause poonamis in adults

[LoveMyPeanut]

Yup, magnesium oxide - Andrew's salts have dosage instructions on the side for constipation.

[Theyellowsquare]

Aldi bizzarely. More specifically the second aisle 😀

[MrsHarveySpecterV]

Senokot liquid works wonders!

[Prisonbreak]

Butter popcorn and black grapes

[sweetkitty]

Turn vegan, have kale based smoothies tonnes of fruit and veg, honestly I pooed my insides out!

[DrVonPatak]

Boil 500ml water with 3 teaspoon sugar. When it bubbles up, remove from heat and add 4 teaspoons ground coffee. Return to heat until it rises to the edge, remove and stir down and heat up to the edge once more. Pour into a cup and add milk to taste.

The constipation will be terminated within 2 hours. Make sure loo isn't clogging up easily.

[myidentitymycrisis]

Puritee from Holland and Barrett. It works for me and I have a 'lazy bowel'. take a cup at bed time. If it doesn't work, try again the next night. Never fails.

I also find that lots of squats or exercise that twists the torso (imagine kayaking) sometimes works.

[Jeds55]

Lactoluse and caffeine. Hope it clears it

[Unburnished]

glycerine suppository one end and Dulcolax the other end.

Stay near the loo...

[MakeLemonade]

Running does it for me, not too far mind!

Strong coffee and a cigarette used to be my less healthy constipation cure.

[ivykaty44]

kale broccoli 🥦 green beans chickpeas, artichokes, carrots & hummus. Apples, lentils, porridge and prunes

All those foods seem to keep everything on the move, along with plenty of fluid

[ScreamScreamIceCream]

A tin of sweetcorn per day.

Lactoluse

Coffee, fruit, prune juice don't work regularly enough.

[Igetknockeddownbutgetupagain]

An at home enema kit. You can get them from amazon. It’s basically just pushing some water in to soften them up. Childhood illness, lots of steroids and now dodgy bowels. I do pretty well considering I can go days with no movement...

[dorisdog]

Stool softeners overnight. Then an ongoing diet of lots of fruit, veg and pulses. Psylium husks (tsp) mixed with water once a day to 'firm up' but soften your poo. Also, legs up on the toilet seat so you're in a squatting position. Good luck. (You can tell I've been through this, can't you?)

[ALLMYSmellySocks]

Movicol.

[VampirinaHauntley]

Movicol!

You can buy over the counter but it works without stomach cramps etc

[Somethingsosimple]

Thanks so much for suggestions. I will go shopping tomorrow and try some of the recommendations

[HoozNext]

Do you mean chronic or acute?
Lactulose on prescription for chronic with dietary changes - oats, bran, prune juice etc.