America’s backed up: Stores are ‘literally running out’ of laxatives but WHY?

What Are Laxatives? | Types & Side Effects

I used to pop Swiss Kriss herbal laxatives like candy - genuinely terrified I wouldn’t be able to go without them. I even normalized taking them daily as a teenager because I saw my dad doing it too. So for over a decade, I relied on them…and still never felt empty. My bloat got worse, my stomach felt heavy all the time, and I kept thinking, “What is wrong with me?” It wasn’t until I started running the right tests and decoding my symptom patterns that things finally made sense: My gut wasn’t do