Based on experience of few people:
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| Posted 7/9/2006 1:56 PM (GMT -6) | |
hi guys,
i've never been diagnosed with ibs, but i do pop in here every now and then for advice as i suffer from constipation. what has been weirding me out over the past few months is that my constipation seems to be relieved when i drink a lot of alcohol. i'm not a big drinker at all, but on the occasions where i've had about 4 or 5 drinks, i become regular and have normal, soft stools! then about 2 days later its back to constipation. i went to mexico for my honeymoon recently, and with the daily coronas and banana daquiris, i was in constipation-free heaven for a whole week! lol...
now i realize that taking up drinking as a hobby is not the way to cure my constipation, and i try to drink at least 64 ounces of water a day (8 cups), but that never seems to make a difference. laxatives or stool softeners never seem to work either, only the alcohol drinking! any theories on why this is? i'd hate to have to become an alcoholic just to relieve the pain and discomfort of constipation, lol.........
ali
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Can alcohol relieve constipation?
I think it's safe to say that the obvious answer would be "NO" because alcohol dehydrates.
But here's the thing. I regularly eat a diet high in fiber, high in fruits and vegetables and plenty of water. I'm talking 16 glasses of water a day. But I am chronically constipated. I can't seem to form bulk in my stools. I will have movements, but they are small, disjointed, and not in significant amounts.
Here's where it gets weird though. In the past month I have allowed myself to binge drink for two separate celebrations. On these occasions I drank an amount of alcohol that was certainly dehydrating because the morning after both occasions I woke with a severe hangover BUT I woke up with a significant bowel movement. My stool was bulky, not disjointed and really healthy.
But in the past two months, these are the only times that I've had a healthy bowel movement. It's usually been the small non-bulky stools. Something about my alcohol binges have yielded healthy movements. I've thought it could be the carbonation from the beers, so I started to drink a bunch of carbonated water and nothing.
But the fact is, there is a definite correlation here. Maybe I am overhydrating in my normal diet (I drink ALOT of water) so perhaps the dehydration of alcohol is actually helpful for my movements. I don't know.
But here's the thing. I regularly eat a diet high in fiber, high in fruits and vegetables and plenty of water. I'm talking 16 glasses of water a day. But I am chronically constipated. I can't seem to form bulk in my stools. I will have movements, but they are small, disjointed, and not in significant amounts.
Here's where it gets weird though. In the past month I have allowed myself to binge drink for two separate celebrations. On these occasions I drank an amount of alcohol that was certainly dehydrating because the morning after both occasions I woke with a severe hangover BUT I woke up with a significant bowel movement. My stool was bulky, not disjointed and really healthy.
But in the past two months, these are the only times that I've had a healthy bowel movement. It's usually been the small non-bulky stools. Something about my alcohol binges have yielded healthy movements. I've thought it could be the carbonation from the beers, so I started to drink a bunch of carbonated water and nothing.
But the fact is, there is a definite correlation here. Maybe I am overhydrating in my normal diet (I drink ALOT of water) so perhaps the dehydration of alcohol is actually helpful for my movements. I don't know.
Update: I have nearly eliminated all dairy, meat, and refined white breads from my diet and nothing resulted. In fact my bout of constipation began when I started an all vegetable juice diet and I subsequently went a week without a movement. I have been to specialists and they are convinced it is dietary related as I show no other symptoms to suggest it could be anything else. There is honestly something to this alcohol thing as it has offered reliable results. I think I might be drinking too much water.
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Posted 21 June 2014 - 08:58 AM
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I haven't been drinking that much for the past six months but I've started to find that when I do drink that I'll have like 2-3 huge BMs that night. It's wonderful!
Does anyone else experience this???
I suffer from IBS C and it really seems like alcohol gets my sluggish system going.
Posted 21 June 2014 - 09:32 PM
I suffer from chronic constipation and It doesn't make me have bowel movements. I will add that after a night of heavy drinking (vodka) I wake up the next morning less bloated than usual. I know its probably bad for my liver,but I always thought it was weird. I end up passing some gas throughout the morning and my abdomen is not as distended as before. It feels as if the alcohol is cleansing me momentarily of whatever causes my bloating.
Posted 11 August 2014 - 11:58 AM
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When I have flu / sore throath I always buy a bottle of liquor and gargle then swallow throughout the day. Last time it really helped my BMs. Drinking a lot of beer, not just a couple, relieves everything IBS related for like a day in my case.
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