WARNING: This post contains frank descriptions of diarrhea. Do not read while eating applesauce.

Last week, I mentioned the possibility of increasing my mannitol dosage from one tablespoon to two, hoping it would clear up my constipation. Well I tried it, and it worked too well. First I experienced (I believe this is the formal medical term) an assplosion. This was followed by a few hours of general gut rumblings, punctuated by periodic buttspit (another technical medical term). The Great Cornholio describes the overall experience (in decidedly NON-medical terms) here.

In hopes of finding a happy medium, I tried taking 1.5 tablespoons of mannitol the next day. While I did not experience the initial assplosion, I still had a few hours of general gut rumblings, punctuated by periodic buttspit. So now I’m taking 1.25 tablespoons, all at once, with my first medication of each day (typically at 6:00 AM). So far, this seems to be the happy medium. But there’s still more buttspit than I’d like.