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Question

So after birth I started taking colace because man who wants to take a poop when your nether regions have been through all that. Well, now I think I'm addicted to colace. When I stopped taking it I got constipated and got hemorroids aka bloody butt. I tried eating a lot of fiber and drinking tons of water to no avail. Now I'm back on the colace because it hurts *so much* to poop. Anyone else experience colace addiction? Lol it sounds ridiculous but this is becoming a real life issue for me. TIA 👍

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When I was at my worst, an apple a day really helped, as well as a TBSP of ground flax seed (on cereal/yogurt or in a glass of oj). Lots of water and coffee!!

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I was on colace for 4 weeks pp and just went off it last week (currently 5 weeks pp). I definitely had gotten used to it over the last week I was on it and had some hard stools (not constipated though) so I was afraid to come off it. It's been better than I'd expected, I ate only fruits and veggies the first 2 days I went off it and upped my water intake especially at night. I've found that making sure I drink ~500ml (1 bottle) of water during the night makes a big difference.

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Not an addiction per se, but your body can get used to Colace. You could try increasing fiber and water and slowly decreasing the Colace rather than trying to stop it abruptly.

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Your body can get addicted to laxatives, but man does that colace help!

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Mine was dulcolex. :/

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