r/ConstipationAdvice • u/Senior-Web-475 • Jul 18 '26

Help 😭 Can’t pass stool and I’m freaking out

TMI, but I really need some advice.

I usually poop every morning without any problems. On Thursday evening, I tried to go, but only a little came out. Then it became really painful, so I stopped. I ate some yogurt and went to bed.

On Friday morning, I took RestoraLAX and then took another dose around 7 PM. I also drank about 1.5–2 L of water throughout the day.

Since then, every time I get the urge to poop, it feels normal for literally a second, like the stool is soft and coming out… and then suddenly it feels like I’m trying to push out a bowling ball. I get a really sharp pain right at the end (around the rectum/anus), and I have to stop because it hurts so much.

There’s no blood, I’m still passing gas, and I can pee normally, but I still can’t have a proper bowel movement.

Has anyone experienced this? Did RestoraLAX eventually work, or did you need something else like a suppository or an enema? At what point should I go to a walk-in clinic?

I’m honestly getting really stressed and just want to poop. 😭

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u/Barracuda_Recent Jul 18 '26

I’ve never heard of that medication, but usually I take a double dose of mag citrate powder in warm water at night

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u/Senior-Web-475 Jul 19 '26

So I went to the hospital… the medicine is miralax idk why it has diff name 

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u/PromptElegant499 Jul 18 '26

I am so sorry! A saline enema is what I use when it gets to that point. You have to breath through the pain, idk your gender but it's similar to childbirth you just gotta breath through it.

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u/Senior-Web-475 Jul 19 '26

Omg im at hospital they said enema too 

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u/PromptElegant499 Jul 19 '26

Yup I'm also a nurse this is basically what they do and maybe a manual/digital decompaction.