I've been taking Metamucil once a day in the morning and Colace twice a day to help my harder stools in the morning and looser stools after that. Now it seems like I'm really constipated and experiencing hard pellet-like stools that hurt and are hard to push out first thing in the morning. : ( I've been drinking TONS and TONS of water, so that's not the issue. Could the Metamucil be making me worse? Anyone had this issue?
My period is also coming and I can tell I'm retaining water. Could that also be an issue?
I just want something to bulk up the stools and make them softer, but apparently this isn't working for me. : ( I eat a high-fiber diet anyway, so maybe I should just quit both. The CRS I saw was a major jerk anyway and I won't ever be going back to him, so I'm not sure why I followed his advice anyway.
I'm just so frustrated right now. : ( This alternating hard stool/loose stool in the morning is driving me crazy and I don't know what to do anymore. Has anyone else had this issue? It's clearly IBS with me; I've been so upset over all this and it's just making things worse.
I just want normal stools so I can heal this fissure. Maybe all this is just a result of having the fissure in the first place and I should focus more on healing it and less on diet and supplements. Ugh... I'm at a loss.
Thanks for listening.