Another enema

Just did another enema, mixed a few crushed Dulcolax pills and added some sea salt so I don't pee as much as the last few times. The Dulcolax makes me cramp up, but I'm really liking that :-) I wiped, flushed and went to do my morning aerobics. Less than 5 minutes into it, The cramps hit me hard and I had to rush to the toilet. I didn't think I was going to make it but I did. Some leaked out and I now have a wet brown spot in my panties :-) The second trip was a lot of water, solids and huge juicy farts :-) I'm starting to feel the urge to go again, but not as strong as the first 2 trips to the potty. The Dulcolax is so unpredictable, because the cramps and strong urge to go come so suddenly. I'm really enjoying this. The next trip, I'm going to try pleasuring myself while expelling :-)

How much water did you put in the enema?

Dulcolax is a powerful bowel stimulant and always causes cramping. That's how it works. As long as you have some residual Dulcolax in you, the cramping and pooing will continue, even if you're empty of solids.

@Gio983 2 quarts

@Sean You are absolutely right! I kept going and going with many return trips to the toilet. This is not the one to do if you have plans for the day. It's definitely the one I prefer if I get constipated. I love the cramps :-)

If you eat dulcolax the cramping effect are terrible and wonderful.

If you love cramps you should try castor oil…

@Sean You are absolutely right! I kept going and going with many return trips to the toilet. This is not the one to do if you have plans for the day. It's definitely the one I prefer if I get constipated. I love the cramps :-)

It never ceases to amaze me. A person can't poo. They've tried sitting on the toilet and bearing down, but nothing comes out. So they try again to push the poo out, but nothing happens. And they realize they need something help.

Some take a stool softener, like Colage or Miralax, in the hope the med will soften the hard poo enough so that, on the next toilet tip, they will be able to bear down enough to squeeze it out. This sometimes works but almost always takes at least 12 hours, if not a couple of days. Sometimes, no matte how hard you try and push, nothing comes out.

So you try a laxative med. It can be by mouth or by rectum, but they all do pretty much the same thing… stimulate your colon muscles, strongly, more strongly than you can by bearing down, and they push the poo out. The stronger they push, the greater the cramping. The harder the poo, the more strongly they have to push.

So, if you're badly constipated, there are really only two options: Soften the poo or push the poo out. The choice of methods can vary anywhere between these limits… soften alone, soften and push, push alone. You take your choice and experience the result.

@Mara90

I hope you don't mean to break up the Dulcolax pills. They will supposedly cause camping anywhere in your GI tact. They are coated so that doesn't happen until they get into your large bowel where the camping has a laxative effect.

@Sean In an enema or orally?

@Sean I read on the label that breaking up the pills or taking with milk will cause nausea. I only crush the pills when I put it in an enema.

@Ebbie_Anne

It doesn't matter how the med gets into you large bowel. That doesn't impact what will happen… only when.

Take the med by mouth and nothing will happen until the pills pass though you GI tract in the same way as food, until they get into your large bowel and the active med is released, then swiftly you poo!

If the med is given rectally, there is no delay. The laxative effect… the camping… starts swiftly.

@Sean You are absolutely right! There's immediate relief putting the Dulcolax up the back door :-)

In all likely hood the bisacodyl didn't have any effect at all!!

Take the bisacodyl orally or go here:

https://www.fleetlabs.com/constipation-relief-products/enemas/fleet-bisacodyl-enema

If you take it orally wait about two hours and then take a good soapsuds WARM not hot enema!

A warm soapy enema is very predictable and fast acting. I don't know why anyone would fool around with a laxative.

@Westy

Your choice of a laxative v. enema depends on a number of things, including availability of privacy for taking and expelling, facilities available, and how you want to poo.

If you don't have access to a private bathroom with a sink and toilet, as in a college dorm, taking an enema is not easy. While in the 1950s, it was common to see a woman fill her douche bag or bulb at the sink and carry it into a stall, not so in a men's dorm. Now it doesn't happen. Furthermore, it is all but impossible to hide the sounds of an enema coming out under such circumstances.

Also, there may not be a convenient place to lie down yet have ready access to the toilet and/or the person may have mobility issues.

Another reason is how one wants to poo. While I find an enema an occasional treat, I'd not want to take one daily for need. In such cases, taking a combination of a stool softener, like Miralax, and a stimulant laxative, like Senna, can help to have a soft, formed, not sloppy, easy to pass, poo with urgency to taste… ranging from a gentle suggestion to poo up to an urgent command to poo… NOW!

I totally agree with Westy. I would never want the unpredictability of laxatives, which is why I give myself enemas. After I've taken the two quarts, I just wait a few minutes, hit the toilet, and the problem is over. The enema bag is a miracle-maker!

Experienced a rather violent bisacodyl-lased enema myself yesterday. I had gone a full seven days without a bowel movement of any kind. There just had not been a convenient time to do something about my constipation. My schedule did not permit me to block out time for a strong laxative to do its thing and, for some reason, I was not in the mood for an enema. Yesterday, I decided the situation had to be dealt with so I blocked out an hour for an enema.

In order to make sure it worked, I added a melted Magic Bullet suppository (10 mg of bisacodyl) to about 1600 ml of tap water. I administered using a disposable single balloon nozzle. I did the enema on my bed and did not want fluid to leak on the way to the toilet. I didn't start feeling the cramps until I was about half way through the bag. I kept going despite the cramps and took all 1600 ml. By that time, the cramps were intense and I knew I had to get to the toilet. Even with the balloon still inflated inside of me, there was some serious leakage as I hurried from the bed to the toilet.

I had forgotten how bad an enema laced with bisacodyl cramps. This one hurt worse than any M&M enema I have ever had. The pain just kept coming in waves and waves. The noises my colon was making as it spasmed were unnerving. After about 45 minutes, it was obvious the enema had completely emptied my impacted colon and the cramps started to subside. Over the next hour, I had to urgently run back to the toilet several times to get rid of gas and the last trickles of water. The enema was a huge success but I am not ready to put myself through that ordeal again any time soon.

@LisaK Those are rather pricey. You can get the same result by crushing Dulcolax pills and adding to water. Each little orange pill is 5 mg. I mixed 6 crushed pills with 2 quarts of warm water. The pills have to be crushed completely into a fine powder and dissolved (I dissolved the pills in a small glass and mixed it well before adding to the enema). I found out that I could not hold the 2 quart mixture in more more than 5 minutes. I had been very constipated (4 days without a bowel movement), so that made the expulsion EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND EXPLOSIVE! The urge to go (several times) after the first trip to the toilet were very unpredictable and sudden, so I had to be very near a toilet. The second trip, I pooped in my panties before I made it to the bathroom. :-)

@Ebbie-Anne - If you dissolve a couple of tbsp of baking soda in the water before adding the Dulcolax, it will dissolve better. Bisacodyl is designed to work in your colon, so it has a coating that dissolves in a base solution. That prevents early dissolution in the acid environment of the stomach and upper small intestine.

@Soapy4me Thank you :-)

@Ebbie_Anne “The next trip, I'm going to try pleasuring myself while expelling :-)”

Did it work? 😉🌹❤️

Helps to shop around and buy in quantity!

@LisaK - Amen to that!!! I was AMAZED the first time I looked for bisacodyl suppositories on Amazon! Dulcolax suppos cost about $1.00 each. I bought 100 generic ones for $15.99!