Help needed for constipation relapse please!

[Yippieyay81]

Hi all! Just a bit of background...my 3.5 daughter has history of withholding related to anxiety re: potty training. We did a disimpaction in Sept and she’s been pooing normally up until fairly recently & on a maintenance dose of 1 Movicol per day. Recently she was ill & couldn’t have Movicol for a few days. We started her back on it as soon as possible & thought things were ok but 2 weeks later it’s clearly not...she’s withholding, there’s a lot of soiling & discomfort & when she does poo it’s small & hard. Gp is useless & ERIC helpline are closed until Monday. Do I just do a full disimpaction again? Anyone been in this situation?

[SallyCal]

It sounds like following her illness her fear has come back somehow. That is how our daughter started to withhold following a sickness bug when she was nearly 4 years old. If the poo is small and hard then I would increase the dose of movicol slowly like you would have done at the begining and I am sure you will see improvements without having to do a disimpaction. Good luck. Xx

[Yippieyay81 in reply to SallyCal]

Thanks so much! It’s good to know that we might not need to do a full disimpaction but we’ll see how we get on.

[Frustratedmum1 in reply to Yippieyay81]

Hi ya. I think you are best just increasing the dose. As if it is hard and it is hurting to pass it will encourage to withhold. If you think you have got overflow then I would consider a discompaction programme. Good luck