Hi y'all- I'm a 29 year old working mum of an 8 year old. He has been suffering with Encopresis for 2 years and he is under the hospital for it. We're so up and down with it and I'm at the end of my tether. My boy is having laxatives every day and we're doing "toilet practise" 3 or four times a day. I've removed distractions such as computer games in a pro active way so he doesn't feel punished, but now I am becoming depressed and exhausted. We occasionally have between a week and three where he's accident free and we feel so great- but then it starts again and I'm so disheartened. Does anyone know what the next step would be if the current treatment doesn't improve things? My child is happy but is troubled by a bully at school which is being sorted and we have school backing for the encopresis. I shoulder all the mental burden so that he doesn't overly worry about his condition- but he still hides his soiled clothes and I'm, losing faith in our relationship. He does say he wants to get better and says he'll try hard to go on the loo but 5 minutes later will have had an accident! Any other families out there suffering? I can't find support or anyone to talk to about it. Thanks, Kay.x