Linzess / Severe Diaherra

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I've been on Linzess for almost a week now and every day that I take it, I end up running to the bathroom every thirty minutes with liquid type diaherra. Lots of times there is no pain or warning and I make a mess in my pants and I'm only 23. Ive only been taking Linzess on the days that I don't have to go out in public. I have lost a dramatic amount of weight, the days I don't take it, i'm in severe abdominal pain all day and feel like I have to go but never can. I was put on this medicine because I was on this medicine for constipation. What should I do?

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I experienced the exact same thing when I was taking it 1 year ago (I was 23 then as well). Although, I felt like my body was retaining mass amounts of water for those bowel movements, and it was debilitating. I felt incredibly hungry or thirsty after a movement. After over 6 months on the medicine, I decided to stop taking it. It took my metabolism months to recover, but 1 year later, I completely changed my diet and exercise routine, and I feel like my digestive system works more normally again. I still have IBS about 1-2 times a month, and go through constipation/diharrea during those moments, but I decided that this is better than the Linzess regimen.

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@awoods,

Sorry to hear about your experience on Linzess. My "gut" (no pun intended) tells me that it may be a good idea to investigate other types of treatment options for managing the constipation that may offer a more subtle effect than Linzess, so as to avoid diarrhea. I don't know what your everyday/typical diet is like, but whenever I deal with constipation, I like to go days where I only eat fruits/veggies/seeds/nuts raw & organic with all their enzymes and nutrients still intact. If I'm not able to do this, I also opt for probiotics and digestive enzyme supplements to help my body better metabolize whatever it is that's backing things up in my GI tract. So this is probably what I would encourage others to look into as well, especially if a prescription-strength medication is acting too strongly and causing diarrhea. Raw fruits/veggies with adequate water and fiber content tend to be more subtle in their mechanisms for alleviating constipating (at least in my experience), but then again everyone is different and this may only be part of the solution in conjunction with something much greater, depending on how severe or how long you've been dealing with this problem of constipation.

Post #1 also offered some great advice, so thank you for sharing your story as well!

Best wishes to you both!

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After pooping water for 4 days I called my doctor and he asked, "are you taking fiber like I told you to?"...I said no because you did not tell me that...However I did take fiber the night before and it helped...FYI

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I have tried to take Linzess as prescribed for a week. The diarrhea was all the time even waking me up at night. I went to every other day but the abdominal pain is crazy intense. I'm not hungry at all. I already changed my diet because of migraines. My neurologist has me on 400+ mg of magnesium daily which doesn't help the constipation. I read the post about adding fiber but will that stop the near water-like diarrhea? I seriously do NOT have faith in my primary dr. What else do I do? If I stop taking it the stools are too hard to push and my body doesn't tell me I need to go.

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Hey so, I have Ulcerative Colitis and my doctor said when I feel constipated to take Linzess. It usually ends up making me have diarrhea within 2 hours along with cramps. Is this normal?

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