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Hey everyone... i just joined because whenever im going thru a weird

health problem i tend to research EVERYTHING about it...well anyhow i

was wondering if there was any advice..i been reading through posts

but i dont wanna do TOO much to myself while undergoing treatment

with miralax should i le it do its own job?.

basically i get constipated at least once a year and my bowel moves

almost every other day. i eat well. im a 22 yr old female. anyhow i

recently became constipated this time it REALLY REALLY hurt! my butt

was sore for a whole day i couldnt lie on my back i had to lay on my

stomach. when that went away it seemed to be gone for good. i can

FEEL bowel movements but i just cant pass them...everytime i get

close it just seems like too much. to top it off there had been blood

on my tissue bright red so im thinking internal hemorrhoids.

i dont like the idea of blood comeing out of my anus so i went to the

doctor while putting myself on all liquids til i could see him. he

said possibly hemorroids but they'll go away and not to worry about

it while i try to push stool out. i said it was very painful and

quite frankly i think my fear of passing it through is scaring me

into a deeper situation. anyhow he prescribed miralax and said it

just works on the stool and will soften it so i wont have to strain.

i see there are alotta bad posts about the effects of miralax and im

just wondering if it DOES work for occasional constipation. other

posts here seem to be from people with greater health dangers risks

and diseases or chronic conditions. i figgure if it can help all

those with geater health risks it should help me right?

so i dont know what im looking for....i guess some sort of

reassurance that this will work once and for all. i had tried a

suppository at first onset of constipation it worked for a bit but i

could still feel more inside but i couldnt get it through so thats

when i quit and became sore the next morning.

will it soften whats already trying to come out? or will i have to

force it out?