Please help - first post new user

A little back story- around the end of December 2014 I started getting constipated. I have never been constipated before, I mean you could set your clock by my bowels. I could deal with the constipation by eating some prunes. Then the beginning of January 2015 I started not being able to pass gas. My bowel movements started to progressively get worse. I went from prunes to MoM to miralax to laxatives. I saw a GI in late February got a CT scan everything came back normal. Saw on an xray I was full of poo and gas. Told me I had ibs ordered a colonoscopy and pushed me out the door with linzess. I thought yea! This will do the trick...oh god was I wrong. It made my gas so much worse and I still couldn't poo. I tried it at different times during the day and at night, with food and without food. No dice. I wanted to do the colonoscopy but my mom went into the hospital the week prior to the scheduled colonoscopy date. She was in there for two weeks with numerous complications. Fast forward to now- I can't poop I can't fart. In just three months this has gone from bad to so so much worse. I take 4 dulcolax and pray for the best. I can usually pass a little gas in the am right after I wake up and if I'm going to have a bm it will be in the morning or not at all. When I am able to go poo it's like my bowels aren't working I have to push so hard in my rectum to get anything out. I have horrible hemorrhoids. I do acrobatics on the pot with my squatty potty to get the crap out. I've made an appointment for this coming Tuesday to see the GI again and I'm so scared. I'm scared he's going to want to do a colonoscopy and I can't do one. I can't barely crap with a handful of laxatives. I'm scared he will say oh well can't help you. I am in so much pain from not being able to poo or pass gas. What do I do?! I'm a stay at home mom with my two boys who are both severely autistic, I'm 26. I'm bawling like a baby, I feel like I'm just going to wither away into nothing.

kazbern said...
You need to get the scope, and you will be able to clear your bowels with the prep.

By the way, you can also get sennakot from the pharmacy. That will make you move your bowels. It will cause cramping but at this point I think that would be a relief. You should use a stool softener suppository too.

What do you think has changed to make your bowel habits so different? Have you changed birth control methods?

I have no idea if this is how you reply, I've never used this site before. I do take sennakot and dulcolax. Sometimes I try suppositories but I can never get them back out, they just sit there and melt and drip from my bottom. Only stimulants can help me go. My stool is really soft when I do go, formed normally. I've never taken birth control. And I haven't the slightest idea what could have changed. It was just like over a couple weeks my entire bowels just QUIT. I really do not think the prep will work well enough for them to be able to go in there. I mean I can't hardly go with a handful of stimulants, I don't think a bunch of miralax is going to do much at all.

kazbern said...

Oh - edited to add, you should probably go to your regular DR and get a complete check-up. Somehow thyroid issues come to mind as something to think about.

So if it was something with my thyroid would it explain the sudden onset of this?

kazbern said...
Yes, I think so. Thyroid issues can be quite complicated so I would suggest starting with your OB/Gyn or PCP. I don't think a GI would necessarily know how to assess your thyroid function.

There's a thyroid forum here where people might be able to give you specific suggestions.

Thankyou! I've made an appointment with my GP to have a thyroid panel done on Tuesday. I've got my fingers crossed! But seriously if this is what is causing this I'd love to send you some flowers!

If you are 26 I'm guessing you might drink a lot of alcohol. If this is true be careful as it worsens symptoms. Also, try some coffee after your Linzess. It might help