[Kathleen M.]

Whatever timing works for you is the best time for MOM, it can vary. I'd start with what is on the label, but you can play around with that.Abdominal massage is reported to help with constipation and trapped gas, at least by the massage therapist types I know.

 

[Kathleen M.]

Have you tried miralax that you can titer up. That way you don't have to do a full clean out. You may need more than usual, and you may need a few days of something consistent to get things moving. But at least you can find the less then full colonoscopy clean out dose that a bottle of mag citrate tends to be. If you look around there are some miralax based colonoscopy preps so you could use that as what would equal a bottle of mag citrate then back down to like 1/2 that and see if that moves things. But again if you go through this flush it all out cycle that may be part of making it worse. When there is nothing left in there even healthy people can be constipated for the next few days.With the osmotics some people do need to use them every day to keep things moving. Even a small stool every day is OK. Now some people do seem to feel uncomfortable unless they are completely cleaned out, but the more you force that full clean out the less you may tolerate normal amounts of stool (and the more it will be stuck and hard to move from the constipation bounce back) so I'd try to avoid a must get everything out type of thing and try for as long as something comes out sort of thing.If having any stool at all inside is too uncomfortable you may need to talk about getting on a low dose antidepressant to calm down the sensing nerves in the gut. Zoloft usually seems to be best for those that tend to severe constipation as it almost always loosens things up.None of the laxatives will cure the constipation (it will come back when you stop them) so a more slow and steady find what keeps things moving may be better than flush everything out every so often.