 [ Symptoms ] 7 year having trouble moving his bowels my son is 7 years old and this past summer he started having trouble moving his bowels so i took him to the doctor they sent him for an ultrasound because u could actually see little lumps in his abdomen cause he was that blocked this is only the second time it has happened but he extreme pain it even interferes with his sleep [ Disease ] often medications taken over a period of time tend not to effective since your son seems to be doing better there is no need to continue medications as they are the doctor is doing the right thing by reducing medicatipns to the lowest effective level it is much better to dose down than to dose up too mich medication when not needed can be detrimental be happy your son is showing signs of improvrment which is not always the case patrick4287