• hydroptic
          9·
          4 months ago

          Could be IBS or IBD too – assuming you’re getting enough fiber (which may or may not be true) with IBS adding more fiber does fuck-all (although probably won’t hurt), and with IBD actually often makes things worse

          edit: added note about needing enough fiber in the first place

            • hydroptic
              7·
              4 months ago

              Oh yeah this is all of course assuming that someone’s getting enough fiber already – lots of people don’t. Especially US diets are often pretty fiber poor compared to eg. most parts of Europe

            • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
              4·
              4 months ago

              Really?

              Fiber just gives me gas which makes the C much more painful. Although I’ve been on the Wegovy diet for a while now, and constipation is far less frequent when you can only physically consume 200 calories of food

                • hydroptic
                  4·
                  4 months ago

                  Oh it’s very often not constipation that causes those long shits when you have IBS or IBD, and a laxative is the last thing you’d want. Both do potentially cause constipation, but there’s better laxatives than magnesium – although apparently specifically with IBD magnesium might help with symptoms but we’re not talking laxative doses

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    13·
    4 months ago

    I’ve started reading a book instead, and I’ll usually get through maybe ten pages, then come to the end of the chapter, and it’s a natural place to stop. Helps me avoid sitting there for too long browsing dank memes (pronounced may-mays).