Constipation one, pretty desperate. I try to quite using laxatives (dulcolax) which I took up using after getting fed up with years of constant constipation and extremely rare toilet visits - can be once a week with bloating and heavy feelings and weight gain after each meal! I use to take dulcolax every second or every day depending on feelings in stomach. For about 1 year. I had some light but rare periods when stomach would suddenly wake up and become regular for a week or two and I don t take anything. Then it would completely stop again and I pick up dulcolax :S So, i am afraid of keep going this way. 4 days ago i decided to not have it again and quit. Needless to say I feel like a baloon, heavy, gassy (all inside) and no bowel movements. The stool feels being dry and lie there as stone. Can I somehow soften and stimulate to push this nightmare in the belly without again go and eat dulcolax? I ate prunes with water in the morning but it never worked before, not now either. Vegetables don t help, all stay inside :( My breakfast consists of milk with dry dates and oats with fruit/nut mixture. A slice of whole bread with cheese and marmalade on and a cup loose leave green tea. This is unchanged for years. Other meals normally have prepared vegetables or raw salads, fish or meat. Nothing fat or processed, or junk food. Never. I drink 3-4 cups coffee daily and eat Nutella and chocolate daily. That s it. No other medications at all. I am 37 years old but look 26-27yo. Perfect help but terrifying problems with going to bathroom and swelling up. I would really appreciate a rapid answer on what can I now do to move the bowel and get rid of 4 days food. Thank you very much! J.