Give me your constipation remedies

[Kittykat93]

Just that really!

I can't go and I'm fed up. I've suffered with chronic constipation but at the moment it's really bad. I'm now having sharp pains in my left side too.

I have laxido but it's not cutting it, trying to eat more broccoli, veg etc.

Please give me your tips to try, before I end up exploding (maybe that would be a good thing though )

[Jemimapuddleduk]

A large, strong coffee and a smoothie.

[Jemimapuddleduk]

I make smoothies with frozen spinach, banana, frozen berries, almonds and coconut water.

[Fairylea]

Bowl of tinned prunes eaten warm with custard. Sounds odd but it’s actually really nice!

Lots and lots of orange juice.

[Mondrian]

OO, if you can have a couple of table spoons or use a generous amount with salad. Beer is also good as is pomegranate juice but perhaps mix with sugar if you suffer from lowish blood pressure (PJ).

[DianaT1969]

Celeriac. Can be explosive within an hour of eating it!

[SunnySomer]

Warm water, linseeds, vigorous exercise (v brisk walking), strong coffee - or all of these

[DianaT1969]

Also moving a lot. Are you doing that? Brisk walk followed by the sort of exercise you do circuit training or fluid yoga type movements.

[AnnieOH1]

Have you tried taking the laxido at impaction levels? 8 I think at a time and even then may take a couple days. I would be concerned about eating too much hoping it'll work because that might well end up causing a further blockage.

I would try and keep a diary too going forward to remember what works to keep your bowels moving but also what works against you iyswim.

Keep your fluid levels high, and I would make sure to get some ORS or Diaralyte rehydration products for afterwards iyswim.

Good luck!

[UtterlyDesperate]

Lots and lots of water - more than you think you can ever absorb: failsafe remedy if a black coffee hasn't worked. Or a whole packet of the Fruitella sugar-free foams. But when all else fails - a good 5 litres of water gets it moving. - it's miserable being bunged up.

[Maverick66]

Plenty of fluids.
Walking.
A ripe pear morning and evening.

[Kittykat93]

Thank you so much everyone, loads of things on here I haven't heard of before so will be trying. Wish me luck

[mayhew]

Live plain yogurt with prunes. Honey to sweeten

[LaCerbiatta]

Cavolo nero and lots of prunes and oranges. That's what works for me!

I'm a bit cynical of the orange juice and banana smoothie suggestions, they would have the opposite effect on me!

[NanTheWiser]

I take Inulin also available from Amazon - it is good for the gut, and very gentle. You can add to drinks, soup or yoghurt, and helps to make it easier to go.

[Bombaybunty]

Prune juice works for me.

Onec things are "sorted" try eating an Activia yoghurt every day. Seems to keep things moving!

[MountainPeakGeek]

Kiwi fruit...

[panago]

Drink a cup of plain boiled (hot) water

[lovesugarfreejelly63]

Prune juice every time.

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

I take inulin too, I stir a teaspoonful into each of my first three hot drinks of the day. It’s soluble fiber made from celeriac and it doesn’t taste of anything.

[xRoyalty]

Prune juice
Andrews

[Heartofglass21]

An entire packet of Aldi sugar free lemon sherbet sweets.

[BlankTimes]

Sugar, lots of it all in one go, it's okay if it's used as a medicine occasionally.

Two large chocolate brownies with chocolate topping or icing and loads of chocolate sauce. I'd not get chance to eat all that before I had to fly.

Had to smile at the prunes and custard, that's what my granny would have used.

After it's worked, then start using healthier foods like a selection of, fruit, fibre and good gut bacteria in your daily diet.

[Pythonesque]

The laxido should soften things and give bulk; if you're completely blocked I'd increase the dose every few days. Assuming you've taken a few days of it already without improvement, then what you may want/need to add is something stimulant such as the prunes (or other fruit). Absolutely agree about lots more water too.

Hope you feel better soon.

[muststoplurking]

A brisk walk and cup of coffee.

[beeefcake]

Coffee and a bit of exercise