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Double dose today and yesterday

Today, four bowel movements between breakfast and lunch

Two bowel movements between lunch and dinner

Than Buddha

MIralax seems to be working s**t

Metamucil didn't do s**t but it had a delicious orange flavor

For what it's worth, they're different active ingredients with different intended purposes.

Polyethylene Glycol 3350 (MiraLAX) is intended for occasional use. Extended use may cause dependency upon laxatives.

Metamucil is psyllium fibre and is safe to use for an extended period.

It would be expected that the latter is milder in effects.

Have you talked to your doctor about having so many bowel movements? More than one a day is very unusual, so why are you taking laxatives to have even more than you already do?

bee

a doctor prescribed miralax.

gastroenterologist prescribed metamucil.

taking them b/c bowel movements often take 15 minutes to one hour of straining.

About three and a half years ago, I got severely stopped up after eating some popcorn.

The doctor put me on miralax and other laxatives. It did nothing. I had about two small bowel movements in a month.

Then he put me on something called lubiprostone. It is apparently intended for heavy users of opioids. I only took one. It was pretty painful for a few hours, but it got everything going again. Even with that, it took a while to build back up to normal.

Some food items can really get a strong laxative-type effect. One is pancakes. About half of the time I make pancakes, I feel an intense need to go to the bathroom. There is also an old-time drug store diner in the next town over and I like to eat there. For some reason, their hamburger, onion rings, and soft drink does this, too.

today, zero metamucil/miralax/anything like it

nothing unusual happened today.
weather usual.
zero symptoms and zero physical pain.

breakfast: 2 servings chicken, 2 servings soy milk, 2 servings greek yogurt, 2 servings broccoli, 2 servings mango
bowel movement (about 15 minutes in my house)
bowel movement (about 19 minutes, nob hill)
bowel movement (10 minutes, home depot)
about two minutes afterward, feces felt like it was ready to come out (5 minutes, home depot)
break (did not eat anything)
bowel movement (20 minutes, home depot)
drank water (1 minute, bowel movement)
lunch (5 servings broccoli/carrots/chestnuts), two nutri valley granola bars
bowel movement (15 minutes)
about 10 minutes later
bowel movement (10 minutes)

thank buddha, i work @ home depot. other companies would micromanage litterbox visits more than home depot. thank buddha, i am just a lot attendant. cashiers have to close the checkstand every time they go to the litterbox.

I lived with my parents a number of years ago while I was going to uni. I was lucky enough to have my dinner cooked for me when I got home. I didn't think about it back then but in hindsight I realise I had a bad reaction to the broccoli I often ate. I'd have to go to the litterbox often at uni which I hated so sometimes I'd hold on until I got home and then I'd practically explode.

Once I moved out I rarely had/have the problem. Probably because I don't eat a lot of broccoli now. I don't like it much anyway.

Coloxyl and senna.
Mildly laxative but most importantly stool softener.
Safe for daily use. On heavy opioids I could take it at night and not have to worry about getting up in the middle of the night. Psyllium husk adds bulk and helps with slipperiness but coloxyl will turn a rock into a banana.

It's rare I have to resort to laxatives. I usually find a little bit of nicotine gum first thing in the morning works quite well. It's addictive of course, but I use it anyway to keep me off tobacco, as I'm an ex-smoker, so I've been addicted to nicotine all my life in any case.

One or twice my diet and habits of moving around have been taken out of my control - a stay in hospital, and travelling - in which case a small dose of prunes has worked well. Prunes contain sorbitol (among other things with laxative properties) which apparently works by making your intestines absorb more water, thus softening the stools. They've been recommended as a first-line intervention for constipation, and I rather agree with that. It's said they may also help control obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases, and to me prunes seem highly preferable to some of the pharmaceutical things that doctors often prefer to hand out. NB: I'm not a qualified doctor, so don't take my word for it.

https://www.healthline.com/health/diges ... nstipation

In my case couple of prunes has always been enough to fix things. After a few days doing that I taper the dose down to zero to prevent rebound constipation, though that's probably over-cautious of me. I have something of a fear of constipation (very mild coprostatophobia, or less medically, I'm just sensibly wary of getting bunged up because it's not healthy to be constipated).

But constipation doesn't get me very often. My normal diet contains quite a lot of fibre, so if anything I have the opposite problem. And I'm not complaining.

Monday

Breakfast: six servings taro cake, three frozen bananas, one half mango, two servings broccoli

Five minute bowel movement
One hour nap
Ten minute bowel movement
Cleaned bedroom
35 minute bowel movement
Went to library
Lunch: six servings taro cake, one banana, one serving chestnut, one serving carrot
35 minute bowel movement

Dinner
Six piece chicken, one banana
82 minute bowel movement, two pea sized feces

One MIralax serving

last night, 3 dulcolax. (instructions said take 1-3 dulcolax a day).
dinner: one and a half cantonese "zongzi", one frozen banana, one serving hummus,
(27 minute bowel movement)

9:15-5:30 slept fine. woke up feeling like (liquid bowel movement).

breakfast: two servings zongzi, two servings wheat pita, two servings soy milk, 1 serving spinach, half mango

while eating breakfast, felt like (liquid bm)

right after breakfast, (liquid bm).

stretched. (liquid bm)

1 hour nap

(liquid bm)

went for walk (bm 3x in the bushes). some ass hole was loitering in the bushes where i wanted to urinate, so i had to go elsewhere. (rolls eyes)

took the bus to chevron gas station. (liquid bowel movement). thank buddha, neither customer nor employee bothered me. litterbox appeared clean.

safeway. home. lunch. (four pieces black pepper swiss cheese artisan bread, one lentil salad, two servings jalepino, four servings cheddar). while eating, felt (bm full). liquid bm. immediately after finishing eating, (liquid bm).