I used to be constipated a lot. I ate a lot of fresh fruit, especially kiwi and berries. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.
Coloxyl works 9 times out of 10 pretty much.

yogurt, I eat it every day

Psyllium husk available at health food stores. 2 tbsp in a glass of warm water should fix you up.

Me too! I think it's cause of the Abilify, not the lithium... but idk. I am drinking water, eating yougart and some chocolate to get it moving but dang I hate it.

M:y pdoc told me to take a stool softner every night and make sure it is one with c???? in it?

taking magnesium on a regular basis will help you.. as in Milk of Magnesia.. just cut back if it helps too much...prune juice works..
a stool softener will help.. try NOT to get into laxatives as they will mess with your digestive system and people become dependent and keep having to raise the dose.. a friend of mine who is in a wheelchair said the best advise I ever gave her was the magnesium.. hope you soon feel better..x

I picked up some Benefiber today. I also picked up castor oil to take just today. I need to be cleaned out. I feel so miserable!

Many BP meds slow the parastolic (sp) movements of the large bowel....so really nothing you take is going to " speed" things up.
A stool softener may make it easier to pass, when the big moment arrives

Id be very careful with the caster oil sweetie..that is really potent..

Eat & drink healthily is all you can do. If this doesn't help I suggest seeing your GP & see what they suggest.

mty pdoc said use a stool softener, not a laxative, she didn't say why because I told her I had solved the problem with yogurt

Fiber One Cereal. The variety that has 57% of the day's requirement of fiber.

Parsely( just a little bit) helps me. Anything with fiber is good too. Just make sure that you drink plenty of water when you take the fiber. Read the labels carefully on anything you take.

I was in my doctors office today and ready a funny article about rectal inconsistance and constipation, the article was funny because it had a picture of a nam on a toilet with his whity tightys around his ankles hunched over. I have never thought of rectal inconsistance before more less with constipation. Named three different areas down there where if one fails you have the problems listed. There is surgery for it too. I think I will stick to elax...lol

Life is hell when we can't well whatever.