I have been taking stimulative laxative for over 3 weeks now to make my bms loose enough so it is not painful. I got tired of waking up in the middle of the night with cramping in my stomach. Saturday night I took 3 stool softners just to have a break. I ended up paying for it big time on Sunday night when I had a bm. It was not hard, but I ended up bleeding and in pain. I took my laxative as usual Sunday night and suffered all day yesterday with cramping and pain with my bms.
I decided to go to a store on the way home last night and find a laxative that was not stimulative. I see everyone on here talking about Miralax. When I looked at the directions it said it causes a bm with in 1 to 3 days. I was not going there. I need to have watery, loose bms everyday unless it is pain city.
My question is, will it work daily like a laxative or will it only give you a soft bm in a few days? How well does it soften the bm?
I did end up buying a laxative last night that was gental that has stool softener in it. I did not get any cramps and I was able to go this morning, thank God. :)