fiber stops helping?

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-03-2004
fiber stops helping?
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Fri, 12-03-2004 - 10:18pm

Hi all.
I;m 17
I'm really upset now because I thought I was cured, but..

I started having problems with going to bathroom 4 yeard ago. Every since I either drank coffee of used laxatives. I know it was bad but fiber didn't seem to help.

One month ago I founf this Go Lean high fiber cereal and have been eating one or two cups a day, that's 12 or 24 g of fiber per day.
My problems dissapeared instantly. I felt great.
Now about a week ago everything slowed down
for the past three days I've had a problem going to the bathroom
Yesterday-just really hard
Today-not at all

I also have this pain that I had when I was constipated, you know when there is too much in there?

I haven't changed my fiber regimen or anything...I drink 8 glasses of water a day and stuff

but before, even if I drank like 4 glasses, I'd still go to bathroom without problems.

So does any of you know why this is happening? Can fiber stop working?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-23-2003
Sun, 12-12-2004 - 3:54pm

Hey,


Tell your mom that it is proven that if you don't go to the bathroom it's called constipation.

 
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-03-2004
Sun, 12-12-2004 - 9:33pm

I did tell her to check anywhere...
I even said "why can't you just listen to me? Something is wrong with me... Fiber was working for a month, I could go to bathroom every day. I can't now..."

She doesn't tell me that my acne is in my head, she's tying to help me with it...but if she cannot see my instestines, doesn't mean I'm making it all up...

It may make my mom sound bad but she's not bad at all! If you don't count this, she's the best mom out there...

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