Have you ever taken laxitives to reduce the appearance of bloat or weight?

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➡I am NOT promoting abusing laxitives. When I was a dumb teen I was so self conscious I did this often and tried to become anorexic. I realize how stupid that is now, but was wondering how many others had abused lax this way.⬅

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I agree about the dandelion root tea and I also take probiotics daily to keep the heathy bacteria in my digestive tract balanced. I also drink a ton of water each day. I get bloated easily so to me, that's a sign that I ate something my body has to work harder to digest and I should probably limit it. Probiotics have been a serious help with a lot of things especially making my BMs regular, limiting bloat, and they help prevent candida overgrowth (yeast that causes yeast infections but begin in your digestive tract because the bad bacteria overruns the good bacteria disturbing a balanced pH)

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I took Colace once.. Never again. I wasn't bloated, but was stuck home until the bloat came back haha

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Not laxatives. But I did take water pills when I was trying to meet weight for the Marines. It basically just helps you pee out water weight. It isn't dangerous.

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I have not taken laxatives but there is this acai berry supplement that you can take to try to lose weight. All it does is make you poop though.

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I'm a recovering anorexic and I used to pop laxatives like candy. 
I put my body through hell and I'm very lucky the long term affects haven't been worse.

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Well, I've taken laxatives 3 times in my life, so no. I'm lucky, I only get bloated in early pregnancy.

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My grandmother died from what amounted to laxative abuse, so no, I don't ever use them for anything. If I need to poop, I just eat some grape nuts.

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I usually drink dandelion root tea for bloating. I've been using it for 3 months now, and I definitely see a difference when I do drink it. Plus it keeps me regular with going to the bathroom, so it's a plus. In my opinion I would try something natural before laxatives.

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I don't do it go reduce bloat though.  Sometimes I won't go to the bathroom for a few days that's when I take em.

Have you ever taken laxitives to reduce the appearance of bloat or weight?

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