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Common Laxatives Linked to Behavioral Issues and Worse in Children, Experts Warn
By Sheramy Tsai
May 08, 2024 Updated: May 18, 2024

Bradley Koehler resembled any 4-year-old, always on the move and eager to explore the world around him. Healthy and well-adjusted, he began having episodes of bed-wetting, despite being successfully potty trained.

Alarmed by this regression, his parents sought medical advice. Doctors found that Bradley was suffering from constipation. The retained stool was exerting pressure on his bladder, inadvertently resulting in the nighttime incidents. His medical team prescribed daily doses of MiraLAX to alleviate the condition.

Over the next few years, shifts in Bradley’s behavior alarmed his parents. At soccer practice, he began to lash out, his small legs delivering kicks to his peers in bursts of unprovoked aggression. School assignments, which previously captured his interest, were now met with outright defiance—papers crumpled and thrown on the classroom floor. His parents were concerned but chalked his behavior up to him just “being a boy.”

During this time, his struggles with bowel movements continued. At the age of 8, Bradley began having seizures leading to a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy. Bradley’s distress escalated to saying he “wanted to die,” attempting to leap from the family’s deck and grabbing for kitchen knives. In response, his family turned to UW–Madison Children’s Hospital for psychiatric support.
“In third grade, the wheels really began falling off the bus,” Bradley’s father, Mike Koehler, shared with The Epoch Times. His parents, teachers, administrators, and behavioral interventionists came together to address Bradley’s worsening behavior, which had deteriorated to the point that he required more support than a traditional classroom could offer.

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