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at my wits end

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sazjaz · 14/02/2007 08:32

hello i have a 7 year old girl that has never been for a poo on the toilet .at the time of potty training she had a bad experiance where she was constipated and it hurt her to go and shes never been since .she was precribed movicol but refused to drink it .i also have a 4 year old girl who is still in nappies and is copying her sister . i also have a 1 year old girl who will soon need to be potty trained . any ideas on what to do next

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juuule · 14/02/2007 08:45

Were you referred to the hospital and prescribed the Movicol or did you get it from your gp? My dd also refused to take it and they sent out 2 nurses to speak to her which turned things around for us. Go back to whoever prescribed it and tell them she won't take it. Is it the paediatric plain Movicol as that is more easily disguised in the child's drinks? Once she gets into the habit of taking the Movicol things will start to improve otherwise they are likely to get considerably worse if she is still holding. Can you talk to your 7 yo and get her onside about the 4yo and ask her to help you encourage the 4yo to go to the toilet? As for your 1yo I wouldn't make an issue of toilet training yet.There is plenty of time for her to come around to the idea and if you get the older 2 going easily then she will probably follow them. So you have a couple of years to help the older 2 before worrying about your 1yo.

I would go back to who prescribed the Movicol and explain the difficulties you are having.

This forum has other people talking about encopresis and how they are dealing with it. Hope that helps a bit.

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sazjaz · 14/02/2007 09:09

yes juuule it is the plain one prescribed by the gp . when she was first put on it she was ment to have 6 a day .after a few days she had a veeery BIG clear out which frightend her thats y she wont drink it

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sazjaz · 14/02/2007 09:10

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juuule · 14/02/2007 09:32

Was it 6 every day? We had to do reduce the dose day by day. Think it was something like 6,6,5,5,4,4,3,3 and then onto 2 every day. What a shame that she didn't keep it up as things wouldn't have been so bad after the big clearout. I presume she would have to start on the high dose again if she started again now. I really do think you need to get in touch with someone about this. When we were referred we were put in touch with the district nurses who were only a phone call away if I was unsure of something.

juuule · 14/02/2007 09:37

Perhaps they might suggest a lower dose so that she doesn't have as dramatic a clearout. Let them know that it frightened her. The aim is to overcome the issues around her going to the toilet not frighten her and make it worse. I think I'd suggest a lower dose to them and see what they say. It's really difficult and frustrating isn't it. All I can say is that once our dd got the hang of drinking the Movicol (she's still not keen) things have greatly improved. Hope things improve soon for you.

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sazjaz · 14/02/2007 09:38

yes we did have to reduce it but after the clearout she rufused to drink it shes at the age where she knows whats going on .hv is coming round today because shes worried about the size of her stomach . iv been told she could get blood poisening from it

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juuule · 14/02/2007 10:43

Ask to be referred to paediatrics at the hospital. I think that you need to be under them for the community nurses to supervise/assist with care. I'm not sure that a hv would be specialised enough.

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