Ever taken epsom salts as a laxative?

I did it this morning. Took 6 teaspoons at 6 AM with a full glass of water and another glass of water to make sure it was going to be effective. I went back to bed and within a couple of hours I woke up with a very strong urge to go diarrhea. I ran to the toilet, sat down and had a huge explosive bowel movement. It came out like an enema and I was on the potty for nearly an hour. Each wave that came out was more watery liquid and it sounded like I was going pee. It's been 12 hours since I took the epsom salts and I still have diarrhea. If you're going to do this, make sure you don't have any plans for the day and you are very near a toilet. I actually really enjoyed this!

Yes, ¼ cup of epsom salts in 32 oz of water, followed by more water every 15-20 minutes until you explode…. doesn't taste very good, but VERY effective…

Yes, 4 teaspoons in a tall glass of water… drank it down… Agree, it doesn't taste very good… in 10 minutes, I drank another tall glass of water, waited another 10 minutes and drank a tall glass of water, another 10 minutes and another tall glass of water, and finally another glass of water 10 minutes later. So 1 laced with Epsom Salts and 4 glasses of water to wash down, 10 minutes apart. In 1 hour and 5 minutes the runs! LOL.. Diarrhea for a few hours and very cautious for the next few hours. Amazing clean out… I really kind of enjoyed! I will try again soon… I agree with Ebbie-Anne, If you're going to do this, make sure you don't have any plans for the day and you are very near a toilet. A good replacement for Citrate of Magnesium and much faster working, for me anyway!

Yes, Epsom Salt can be relied upon to produce wave after wave of very loose, sloppy poo within an hour or so. Once it starts to work, the laxative effect simply cannot be resisted. If you are dressed, odds are your clothes are going to get soiled with poo.

The full dose of Epsom Salt is very like a large volume enema, given by mouth. The urgency and results are very similar.

Nope, just in enemas.

Yes, ¼ cup of epsom salts in 32 oz of water, followed by more water every 15-20 minutes until you explode…. doesn't taste very good, but VERY effective…

Oooooh, I have to try your method. I only had a second 8 ounce glass of water after the 6 teaspoon dose. ¼ cup = 12 teaspoons which is twice the recommended dose and 32 ounces of water is 4 times as much! And more water! I am going to wait until I'm constipated and very full of poop. Thank you @littleamy19800 I will post my results, probably in a week or so in this thread.

I would like to take something orally to make me fill a diaper with semi solid poo, rather than a overload of slop, i usually push something up my bum to force a poo, either soap or suppositories, just felt like having something thats going to happen, but not too sure when.

Yes. I have used it as a laxative and found it effective. It has been a while, but I seem to recall using 4 teaspoons and the laxative action beginning about 4 hours later. The results closely resemble what I get from magnesium citrate when I can get that to work.

4 Tablespoons of Epsom Salts in a glass of warm water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach followed by a glass of cold water gives me violent watery diarrhea in about 45 minutes to an hour and several more bouts of watery diarrhea over the next few hours until there's nothing more left in my bowels to come out. It tastes awful but the glass of cold water after taking it gets rid of the bitter taste.

When my mother was told by her new doctor to stop giving me enemas she was told to start giving me oral laxatives …milk of magnesia, Castoria, Epsom Salt solution, etc. I personally did not like any of them. I can still taste Castoria .. Epsom salts solution did make me crap but it also made me sick to my stomach. I literally begged my Mother to start giving me enemas again

Yes, epsom salt is a very effective osmotic laxative and therefore very fast in its effects. Taken on empty stomach it produces an enema like experience at your butthole in 30 - 60 minutes. When there‘s something in your stomach it‘s not that quick, but the first liquid wave can be expected in between 2 hours after taking it. Your bowel will be squeaky clean after it. But you need some skin care at your butt, the cleaning with toilet paper is some kind of irritant after a while.

Taking more than recommended dosage to clean your intestine means longer lasting diarrhea.

Epsom salts is part of a cleansing routine . About once every two weeks or so I decide I need a good purge and so I start out with about 5 tsp in 8oz of warm water and drink that down and then drink another glass or two of water. It starts to work within 2 hours and within 4-6 hours I am empty as can be. I usually wait an hour or so just to be sure I am empty and then it is enema time! I head to the bathroom and mix up a big hot soapy three-quart enema and lie down on my back in the tub and insert the big black curved douche nozzle , release the clamp and enjoy the delicious pleasure of my tummy being flooded with hot soapy water. Finally the first enema is in me and I rush to release and see the results. If it is fairly clear that is good, but if not it is back into the tub to do it all over again .

This is not a good thing to do. Too much salt can make you sick and cause cardiac issues later in your life

Salty osmotic laxatives needs always used with caution.

I've always wanted to try this and actually bought a bag of salts, but in the end I chickened out and went with the Citrate of Magnesium. My issue is the salt content. I take blood pressure meds 3x daily to try to control my pressure and they're just about doing that. I can't eat anything with salt in it or I'll feel the pressure in my head. I was wondering if this particular type of "salt" will do the same thing as table salt but some Interwebs research showed this:

"Epsom salt is a laxative that should not be used by people with high blood pressure without consulting a doctor, as it can cause hypotension (low blood pressure). The magnesium in Epsom salt promotes vasodilation, which can lower blood pressure, but taking too much can lead to serious side effects including dangerously low blood pressure, slow or irregular heartbeats, and even heart failure. "

So now i'm wondering if I COULD take the Epsom Salt drink and not kill myself. LOL. I may need to give it a try. Who knows, it might just replace one of my daily doses of BP meds! 😃

Magnesium citrate is just as much a magnesium salt as Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate)!

Presumeably you have to wear diapers ?