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When I came down with major stomach problems last summer I had a feeling it was IBS but didn't have insurance yet. So I was using laxatives daily. Did I like it or want to? Heck NO! But you get desperate and you begin to rethink things. That is the only way I survived until I got to my GI. I am IBS-C so my GI put me on zelnorm, 4 stool softeners a day and milk of magnesium. I gradually decreased the milk of mag. and was fine. However, some days I would not go and this would make me paranoid of not having another one. So I decided myself that I would try a enema every morning if I couldn't go. Between the enema and the zelnorm, I was going everyday on my own. Enemas are not addictive. Plus they give you that natural urge to go. I think it helped reset my clock because that has been since the spring time and I go every morning. I missed for the first time the other day and that was it. I said to myself, I will just go and get an enema if I can't go and I went on my own the next day. They aren't fun but when you are in severe pain you think about ALL your options. It worked for me. Good luck!!

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~Wookie

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