Constipation?

well now I am consitpated??  My doc thinks now I have the inflamation under control I am not having trouble with diarhea.  I have had to start taking iron pills so that doesn't help, so my doc perscribed magnesium pills and stool softeners, never heard of taking mag. pills for const. so I have been doing this for about 2 weeks, NOT helping, its been 4 days since I have gone... do you think I need to give this more time.  I can tell I am feeling crampy from not going.. wondering if I should try Miralax??   Thanks for any insight!!

Iron messes me up (constipation). I just had my blood tests and I guess my iron was the lowest it has been in several years they were pretty worried about me. I basically told them I cant use the washroom on the iron pills and im getting by despite being very anemic and thats just how its going to have to be. Dont give up right away there are lots of stool softeners to try out. Probiotics I find help a bit as well. Something you may want to look into is what iron supplement are you taking? I have tryed several but the OTC ones seem the worst for constipating me. The one I found to be the least constipating was something called FERAMAX but it isnt availble OTC. I guess it gets absorbed in your throat or something to that extent and doesnt really reach your stomach. Costs the most though outa most iron pills around.

I agree with sooper here, the iron is horrible for my C. I am borderline anemic too, but I can't take Iron for that reason. I usually get iron infusions when things get that low. Hugs!

My iron cant be that low, as I never got a number from them but they have never mentioned infusions just wanted me to take my pills.

Iron tablets make me feel terrible so I have stopped taking them and take a liquid iron formula called floradix. You can buy it over the counter and it's a lot more gentle on your insides. Might be worth a go.