Constipation/trouble passing stool?

Hey guys so I have near severe colitis for over half a year now with a flare up that lasted 6 months. Just recently I have been able to put the disease into remission or very close to it at least (due to my medication which is asacol). I only go about 2-3 times a day and my stool is forming. There is no longer blood or mucus or anything. The only real signs of colitis I still see as of now is that I have a very restricted diet and maybe a little bit of stomach bloating and gas, so I’m very great full for that. However I’ve noticed in the last few days that I’m having constipation and stool is quite hard to pass. It comes in blobs unlike a few days ago when it was coming out smoothly in one large stool (sorry for the too much info). The strange thing is that recently I’ve been adding more soluBle fibre to my diet so stool is easier to pass but as soon as I have done that it seems to be having an opposite effect. For example I eat lots of bananas and have oatmeal and other fruits that have easy to digest fibers. Please givee some advice. Thanks.

Constipation was one of my early signs of UC, actually, with many days of constant need to go, but only tiny pieces (like dime size) covered in blood & mucus coming out, and then when it would come out, I'd get big hard blobs. Even as it got worse, and at the height of this flare before I went in for a colonoscopy to get diagnosed, I still got this sort of constipation after a number of days of 7-8 D movements. Even since being on Lialda, this has been sort of the case. This past week, it was ~4 soft but formed stools a day for 4 days with very little blood if any, followed by 2 days of constipation, and today it is allll coming out. My GI said that the inflammation in the colon causes everything to slow down a bit, so it's not uncommon to be constipated for a few days now and again.

Perhaps what you should do is go back to the diet where you weren't eating all this additional soluble fiber until you are back at where you were pre-constipation, then add something new every 3-5 days (only one thing!). It could be that all of it together is bothering you, or it could be one of the specific things you are eating. Doing this previously, I learned that wheat causes gas and bloat within a few hours, and contributes to my constipation. Pre-packaged foods also contribute, probably because of all the additives, so I try to make almost everything from scratch. And make sure you are drinking enough liquids!

Have you tried Metamucil or similar? It not only seems to help with constipation, but also bulk stools, so it maybe a good regulator to try. Once you're back to your old diet you could add in a little at a time to see if it helps.