I've been taking Miralax for a couple of weeks now and it's a game changer. BM's are some of the easiest I have had in months/years and I feel 100 times better, no more spasms and no more severe pain, and just some minor discomfort and minor itching/irritation.
I take Miralax every day at 4:45 p.m. and like clockwork, my daily BM is somewhere between 6:45 to 8:00 p.m.
A couple of questions: since I take Miralax in late afternoon and have BM in the evening, what would happen if I had to have a BM before I take my daily dose of Miralax (say a 2:00 p.m. BM), would stools be difficult to pass? I remember it took a full 3-days for Miralax to kick in, so essentially, will it take 3 days to kick out? Would it still have an impact on my stool if my BM would happen to occur before my daily dose? I hope I never encounter this situation, but this is one thing that I worry about being a set back.
Also, does Miralax soften anything you eat (within reason)? I'm giving my strict diet one more month and starting on September 1st, I want to add a few more things into my diet, maybe a slice of pizza here and there, a burger here and there, maybe even some waffles with butter once in a while. What have been people's experience with eating "not so friendly" foods with taking Miralax?