So, I have been constipated ever since I was sick 2 weeks ago. I let my microbes multiply after the illness but still no improvement. So I decided to fast for 4 days. I’m on my third day right now and my mom always gets liquid stools at this point. When my constipation isn’t going away, I typically take magnesium oxide, the least absorbed of all magnesium laxatives at bedtime. It usually works within hours and sometimes even causes magnesium induced diarrhea.
On the first day of my fast, I had an incomplete bowel movement, in other words, it felt like some was still in my intestines. Since then, I have had several moments where I feel like I need to have a bowel movement but nothing comes out. And I have had intestinal grumbling throughout my fast. Intestinal grumbling often means diarrhea for me, but I haven’t had any yet. I have been having abdominal cramps the entire time. I have been drinking a lot of water but it all seems to be going into my urine instead of my bowels. Should I take the magnesium now to draw water into my bowels or what? I still feel like I need to have a bowel movement.