I was born with a slow metabolism and bowel so I can take up to 12 days in between goes. Laxatives don’t do anything, docs say as long as when I go it’s enough to eliminate all that should be in there, which every 12th day can mean 10 trips to toilet, I’m ok. But that’s always been my normal, I do sometimes go more but usually it’s from something I shouldn’t have eaten, like something contaminated with beef. Beef allergy, I get I’ll from both ends, sucks but we figured it out around kindergarten. I do use root beer as a push go if I feel like I really need to get it out before it naturally occurs, so plan B I guess?
Try drinking something like Celestial Seasonings peppermint tea, helped Kalick unintentionally years ago, we don’t buy it because of that reason, but he said it didn’t cramp or anything, just kinda flushed the system.
Drink prune juice and eat lots of fruits and vegetables for fiber. Beans are good for fiber too. So are bran flakes cold cereal.
The laxative I use is Magnesium Citrate. If I don’t go for two or three days I’ll drink a bottle of that and it produces a bowel movement within 15 minutes to four hours. It’s not that expensive and it never fails me.
You should know what’s normal for you. I had a guy friend who really did only go once a week. So it’s not unheard of. If you start having tummy troubles try things like prune juice or anything caffeinated if you aren’t doing carbs. Both will stimulate bowels and I’d try that before laxatives. You can get a lot of fiber from veggies too though so you may want to up your green veggie intake as well.
I go varying times I think I’m quite regular but you have to have a high fibre diet
I eat lots fruit blueberries are good and whole grains try weetabix to snack n