Thursday, July 14, 2011

Im 21 and ive felt bloated and mostly constipated for almost 2 months.?

i went to the doctors and he prescribed me docusate sodium (stool softener) and polyethylene glycol (laxative). At first i could only have a bowel movement barely twice a week but my poop was skinnier and and seemed irregular. the color was fine however. the doc said to drink more water and higher fiber diet. i used the laxative for about a week but it gave me diarhea (side effect of overuse) so i stopped that and proceeded to use the softener for a few more days than that. after about a week of the higher fiber/water diet, ive had 2 bowel movements in 2 days. they werent normal sized still but a little more normal looking. the thing that is still worrying me though is that when i wipe its a little mucus-like? sort of like caramel i guess? not alot but still it seems to always look like that and it cant be right. aside from that, i still feel bloated all the time to. sometimes i go the whole day without eating and i get a slight hunger pain then within minutes it goes away. ive gone up to almost 2 days doing this and still the same thing, not starving. my stomach is still slightly bulged when i figured it should probably be flat from not eating. I dont feel feverish, i dont get cramps or stomach pains, my blood work came back excellent and i dont feel overly tired. so i dont know what this could be. the only thing i can think of is a sports drink i drank about a week before this all happend called pure pro. 35g of protein and 80% calcium. i drank one of them one day after a workout then another the next day and i guess it says to split them into 5 to 7 supplements? but idk if thats what caused all this or not. 2 months is a long time to deal with this. i dont have insurance and im starting college in a few months so i want to exhaust every other option before racking up a big bill if it is nothing. my parents say im worrying to much but like i said, this has been goin on to long. somebody please help me..

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