How Are Your Bowel Movements? Do You Poop Regularly?

I just had a noxious one, was constipated for awhile.

Seriously. Beans, fruit, and plenty of water are your friend. Stop doing keto and eat some goddamn plants.

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triphala helps with this, and is good for you in other ways as well

I've got the opposite problem. I eat - and I shit. Usually three BMs a day. Sometimes more. Two at the minimum.

I eat pretty well - a broad range of stuff. Not all good - love cake for example - but most stuff goes thru pretty quick...

It's because you're a drug addict , OP. You're most likely addicted opioid painkillers.

It's not unusual for someone your age to be under the care of a rheumatologist, neurologist, orthopedic surgeon. I'm sure the oxy works well but you should probably see a gastro to help manage the constipation your final few years.

Ha, this reminds me of a story I read the other day on Reddit, in a thread called "What is your "We Never Speak of This Again" Story?"

Eat a handful of nuts daily. Take Metamucil and drink lots of water.

A large cup of coffee in the morning.

A few years back I figured out limiting the amount of white starches (white bread, pasta, potatoes) and cheese, and opting for higher fibre versions made a big difference in my "regularity".

I've been seeing a fantastic chiropractor recently, and as god is my witness, my BMs are bigger and better than they have been in 20 years.

r11 Don't you just love it when your "bigger and better" bowel movement tears you a new one?

I've been having huge ass ripping bowel movements lately. I've also been having the problem where I pee a lot lately. The other day it was so bad, I had no urge and then I did and 5 seconds later I had to run to the toilet to pee... maybe I have a urinary tract problem that is affecting my water retention?

For the last two months, every morning I squeeze a fresh lemon into two cups of boiled water and drinking that has provided cleansing like bowel movements.

They are gregarious!

I ran out of my psyllium supply last week after the longest time and the most disgusting smelly slimy stool started coming out the very next day.

And I don't get it. I don't eat junk food, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, only eat whole-grain bread and pasta, and drink lots of herbal tea every damn day. Why are my leavings so problematic then?

Anyway, I'm ordering a year supply of (finely ground) psyllium today as I just can't deal with the smell and having to use so much TP anymore. How the hell do people put up with imperfect excrement, sometimes all their lives?!

I haven't read most of the posts here, but I suffer from Lactose Intolerance and undiagnosed diverticulatis. I spend from 8-10 hours a day on the toilet due to my condition and I am no longer able to hold down a job (I am currently in litigation with my previosu employer due to being let go for amongst other things what they termed 'an excessive amount of time in the women's lavatory, sometimes up to five hours a day'. With that said, the bright side is that I discovered the DL about a year ago and it makes the time on my 'duke throne' (LOL!) go a lot faster!

Like clockwork, once a day. Right after a cup of coffee or even a glass of water and I am ready to go.

[quote]I haven't read most of the posts here, but I suffer from Lactose Intolerance and undiagnosed diverticulatis

Really, you found it IMPOSSIBLE to read 15 responses, half of which were one line/one sentence?

"Undiagnosed diverticulatis" - if it's undiagnosed, how do you know you have it. More pointedly, perhaps if it were diagnosed, you might actually spell it correctly.

If the diverticulatis (sic) doesn't work out for you, there's always fibromyalgia.

J'ACCUSE POO!

Psyllium husk is like a godsend. Shits come out smooth and nicely sized without straining. I also have a squatting stool for the toilet.

Are all these responses from women?

Once or twice a day .

R16, you're so full of shit ( try the veal! I'm here all week!) how could you possibly be in litigation if you're undiagnosed?

Come on, bitch. Get your lies in order!

As is well known, people obsessed with poo are stuck in the anal stage of development and, if homo, are into anal sex. How many of you are bottoms?

I have the opposite problem. Everything's liquidy 😩

I eat a mostly plant based diet. Some days I go 4 -6 times a day. Foe some reason I'm prone to polyps in my colon though, I've had 13 removed.

I can confirm that I am a woman.

R20 Gods, I just love it so much! You sit down, release what needs to be released, use one slice of TP and you're done. No straining, no smell. Five seconds tops.

Can someone who has tried both tell us some more about the difference between psyllium and Triphala? The latter seems to be more expensive but are the additional benefits worth it? I'm very intrigued by all I've read about it.

My problem is not constipation but the stench. Seems have gotten worse in the last 7-8 years. I don't think my eating habits have changed except changing from a beer drinker to a wine drinker.

This is topic that can easily be made fun of but it's an issue when I have to go while at work or on vacation. I avoid public bathrooms when there is someone in one of the stalls unless I'm getting cramps and can't wait.

R29 I'd love to be one of those people who just doesn't give a shit about this but I was also always incredibly embarrassed about the offensive smell left behind me. That happens when there's not enough mucous coating the stool, which holds in the odour, and of course helped by the chunks of food rotting in the intestines that aren't flushed out fast enough.

That's also one of the main reasons I'm [italic]never[/italic] going off psyllium for as long as I live. Because even when there is some faint smell lingering in the air after I'm done, it's more a vague smell of mucus, rather than something people associate with stool. It's incredibly freeing and I would urge you to try it. Just a teaspoon with plenty of water twice a day makes all the difference in the world. Even one a day on an empty stomach can result in a drastic change.

I take a probiotic and my shits have been the shit ever since.

R25 it may sound counterintuitive but add fiber, like Metamucil. Or store brand since it is all the same - psyllium. I had your problem for 20 years until my internist suggested fiber would add bulk to my loose stools. I now take a fiber supplement before bed and the next morning, everything is almost normal. Experiment with the amount of fiber you require. In my case, 7 capsules of Metamucil. (I travel so the caps are easier than traveling with a spoon and the loose fiber.)

Cheerios

R31 The probiotics are fine as well but will cost you more than prebiotics. Except for chlorella, which costs [italic]a lot[/italic] more than psyllium does.

But still, whenever I drink quality kefir, I get what I call "the limousine shits." They are a marvel to behold and my inner German is so satisfied whenever that happens.

R32 is absolutely correct; fibre fixes both constipation and the runs.

Metamucil at night gives me a lovely solid poop each morning. It doesn't wonders for constipation.

Of course constipation is usually caused by dehydration and lack of fiber. Eat fruits and veggies and lots of water

Thanks R30. I'll try psyllium. I was looking at something called Poo-Pourri or Just a Drop that you add to the toilet before using it but it doesn't fix the source of the problem.

[quote]my BMs are bigger and better than they have been in 20 years.

Yum!

-- Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Remember when threads like these would be immediately deleted & the OP banned?

R36 Honestly, I can't remember the last time I used one of those sprays. Oh yeah, [italic]this week,[/italic] because I ran out of psyllium!

I'm certain it's going to help you tremendously. Some report of a clear(er) mind as well when taking it and it definitely helps with better nutrient absorption in general as it keeps the intestines squeaky clean. And the best part is you can take it as long as you want, which isn't the case for prescription stool softeners. Though if you've never used it before, the first couple of times you go to the toilet might come as a shock as it will scrape off stuff that's been inside you for ages.

R38 Health-conscious threads should be encouraged, even when they make some people uncomfortable. In my opinion, at least.

For constipation: mineral oil

For odor: liquid chlorophyll

For regularity: psyillium husk powder

regular as rain. once a day, every day, about twenty minutes after I get out of bed

I come from a family of men with a bowel obsession. We have to go in the morning to get the day started and if we struggle it bugs us all day. I've had family members become laxative abusers for this reason and one of them would regularly check himself into the hospital to get 'cleaned out'. Our diets were terrible and only after I went out on my own and got healthy did I realize the bad pattern my family had set.

I get alot of explosive diarrhea. Last week I shit my pants in the grocery store. Sharted. I left the carriage in the middle of the aisle and left the store. I'm sure people could smell my shitty pants as I walked by them.

R29 You've never heard of a "mercy flush"? Flush as soon you drop your eye-watering, paint peeling excreta. Continue flushing as necessary, but the first flush -- the mercy flush -- keeps odors down dramatically.

If you haven't tried ginger you should. Helps regulate and correct a ton of problems in the entire digestive tract, plus other health benefits. I was doing a cup of ginger tea a day a few months ago and lost 5 pounds in a little over a week. Yeah most of it was probably poop but anything helps.

Fennel seed is also a natural constipation aid if you are backed up or have stool that is hard to pass. I will never take OTC laxatives again, they caused years of problems with my digestive system.

R44 Sure, if you want to be known as "the one who always flushes twice" around your office. Or "The Flushing Queen", "The Pig" and so on.

Hm, this name-calling thing comes far too naturally to me...

R45 Yeah, I take my psyllium with homemade ginger juice or nettle tea. Both do wonders for the intestines.

^ Pride goeth before a dump.

At work, I don't ever flush when I do a deuce. Let someone else flush it. It's not my job.

R16 here again, I have to say when I worked in my old office, if I had an incredibly odiferous (LO!) doody, I would usually swipe my finger on it and then wipe it on the dress/pants of the woman three cubes down from me so that people in the office would think she was the one stinking up the ladies! LOL!

What is regularly for one is not necessarily regularly for another.

If I shit once a a month, I'm happy.

The fact that this thread is at 50 mostly serious responses confirms once again that DL truly is God's Waiting Room.

R43, We all did.

If I'm ever constipated, a container of cole slaw does the trick.

JAdore my morning constitution. I get my iced coffee, I pad, spray my fave with Evian vaporaseteur and pinch a loaf or two. Shower and travel off on moi day.

1 TBSP of cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil a day. In addition to its benefit to my cardiovascular system, hair, and skin, my digestive system is operating smoothly as well.

Thank you, cold-pressed Olive Oil!

I just made doo doos!

I have the best bowel movements, OP. And very regular, let me tell you—I take a crap like clockwork every year on New Year's morning. Then I'm good for 364.

Psyllium works wonders. I only regret the fact that I wouldn't consider using it because of the senior connotations, but I just makes it so much easier. Now, it's usually just one big BM in the morning, and no running to the bathroom during the workday.

R51 Would you [italic]really[/italic] prefer fifty replies of scatological jokes like R56 instead?

I find that when I occasionally get backed up, my eyes appear to be bulging on my face. Kinda like Rodney Dangerfield.

But once I drop a two-pounder, my eyes kind of sink in a bit on my handsome visage.

I actually had a bet with myself how long it would take the scat troll to show up, R59.

Unfortunately, my love of french-press coffee creates a potato gun experience on the toilet.

My innards freak out whenever I consume extra spicy foods. Whenever I do so, the next thing I know, I'm sitting on the toilet at 2:00a, in the dark, hating myself, with a warm throw wrapped around my shoulders to warm me against the symptomatic chills. (I cannot bear to turn on the bathroom light for fear of seeing the actual destruction.) For the next 30 minutes, I am a shivering prisoner of the porcelain gawd.

Tell us you are a woman, r63.

R63 describing a bowel movement like Hemingway.

Or Dickens - it was the best of times it was the worst of times.

Here I sit broken hearted. Came to shit but only farted.

The stories at r7's Reddit link are hilarious!

[quote]I was laying on the couch and once it became clear I couldn't make it to the toliet, I tried to make it the shower, then it became just make it to the bathroom, then it became just make it to the hallway ( where there wasn't carpet. )

The one and only benefit of smoking is that you are never constipated and very regular. As soon as I finish my first cig in the morning, I have to shit. It's like clockwork. I rarely have to shit again for the rest of the day.

BTW, all of my friends who quit smoking told me, without exception, that as soon as they quit they became constipated.

Smoked 35 years. Very regular. Quit cold turkey 8 years ago. Still very regular. Glad I quit smoking and glad I'm still very regular with soul-satifying, well-formed defecatia.

An XL cup of 'Regular" coffee addresses the problem, quite well, every time. In addition to its other morning-time benefits, its caffeinated properties also stimulate the intestinal tract. Yes!

Had hip replacement,got addicted to pain meds, got really constipated. Tried over the counter drugs, zippo, then Linzess, but that gave me horrible diarrhea, then found a new drug called trulance. Lifesaver. Now all is good in the poop department.

An apple a day. Stay away from bread.

Thanks for this thread, OP. I've been hoping for another DL discussion of poop.

Do you know why shit is tapered at the end?

For chronic constipation, a good magnesium supplement (400 mg) works wonders, with the added benefit of better sleep and greatly-reduced muscle spasms (if you are prone to them, as I am).

[quote]Fennel seed is also a natural constipation aid if you are backed up or have stool that is hard to pass.

Fennel is estrogenic, so if you are a woman, esp. peri- or menopausal, if you have a history of endometrial or breast cancer (man or woman), or PCOS, use fennel with *extreme* caution, if at all. That goes for the seeds, the essential oil, or any other form.

Have any of you ever pooped in a store?

Eat that quorn stuff twice a week and get a squatting stool

R66, It was the best of times; it was the wurst of times.

R78 "It was Anne. Shitty little Anne"

I wish that thread hadn't been deleted. One of the best ever.

R15 What brand of psyllium do you use?

Does it give you gas??

R50 You can't be serious??

I shat on Betty White's dressing room floor.

My bowels work so well that I have to 💩 as I type this... sorry!

"Are all these responses from women?"

Just the one, actually.

Psyllium works wonders. Since I started taking it I've been as regular as you can get. Before taking it...not so much. It's also reputed to lower cholesterol and help regulate blood sugar. Neither are an issue for me right now - but if it's true the benefits exceed healthy poops.

R86 so are you giving me permission to poop on your chair!? Enticing...

I have daily diarrhea. No idea why. Usually more than once a day.

r89, that is NO GOOD. Even if you've adapted to it, please see somebody. Like, a medical somebody, a MD or Naturopath.

Psyllium takers, when and how do you take your psyllium? With meals, between, capsules, mix with water, whole or not?... I've had psyllium husks in my Amazon cart forever but keep putting it off until the next purchase.

Does anyone else have a problem with tomatoes? I love them but they sometimes give me burning diarrhea.

Dear Lord in heaven!

R91, I use sugar-free Metamucil that I buy at Costco (but it's readily available elsewhere). Just a couple of teaspoons in a tall glass of water (usually with some lemon or lime juice) after dinner. I started using it after a painful attack of hemorrhoids. It was amazing that passing the very smallest stool was excruciating, yet dropping some heavy timber after using Metamucil was entirely pain-free.

I was also a smoker for 40 years . Than I quit but I stil go 1 or 2 a day and its 4 years ago !

Laci LeBeau's Super Diet Tea. It really makes one go.

R82 I order it online from a local small business that offers it in raw and ground form. I've tried both now and the pulverised version works much, [italic]much[/italic] better. Neither gave me gas; quite the opposite, really. I pay 27€ for 1kg of this stuff, which is the best deal available in my country.

R91 I take a teaspoon on an empty stomach with a full glass of spring water or homemade nettle tea or ginger juice; whatever I have lying around at the time. (Some put it into their smoothies but it interferes with nutrient absorption so you're just wasting some of the good stuff in the smoothies that way.) I then wait half an hour to an hour before eating anything so it can scrub its way through the tract.

I'm single, on the smallish side and I eat plenty of other fibre, so one teaspoon a day is enough for me. If I had a partner and I wanted to stay extra "available" downstairs, I'd just take another teaspoon in the afternoon.

Use Metamucil. Seriously. It'll take care of your constipation with no problem. The pink lemonade stuff is great. Don't take the pills. Use the powder like a big boy. Pills take forever to dissolve and will do nothing for you. Drink it up to three times a day and you'll be going with no issue.

[quote]Psyllium works wonders. Since I started taking it I've been as regular as you can get. Before taking it...not so much. It's also reputed to lower cholesterol and help regulate blood sugar. Neither are an issue for me right now - but if it's true the benefits exceed healthy poops.

Yep. That's what I use.

BTW, I eat tons of vegetables and do what you're suppose to do and still was only having a bowel movement only ever so often. It was only until I started using Metamucil that I started going once a day.

The longer you go without going and become constipated the more likely you are to develop Diverticulitis which is the development of pouches in the wall of the colon. Your poop will get stuck and you'll be pain. That's why doctors recommend fiber supplements for IBS suffers before the develop it.

R94 does It have a gritty or bad taste?

R99 I thought that had pink grapefruit in it but of course, it's "just" citric acid, maltodextrin, potassium, flavours and artificial colourants. The [italic]aspartame[/italic] part is bothering me. Isn't that a sweetener for diabetics, and one that's recently been discovered as problematic?

[quote]Isn't that a sweetener for diabetics, and one that's recently been discovered as problematic?

To conspiracy theorists. Aspartame being dangerous is a myth that started out as an internet legend in the 90s by an unaccredited scientist. It's the most studied chemical in the world. It's completely harmless. It's as harmful as "fan death".

[quote][R94] does It have a gritty or bad taste?

Great taste. Gritty? Depends on if you drink it slowly. You drink it straight down.. You put cold water in a cup first, then the power. Stir quickly, not letting it settle of it'll become thick. Drink it right down. It tastes exactly like lemonade. Think of it as medicine, not as a treat. It's very sweet and tasty. Just do it. You take it up to three times a day. You should be getting up to 30 grams of fibre a day. I believe you get 10 with each cup.

R105 ok! My doctor wanted to put me on Linzess. I hate meds. I will try your suggestion first.

I been eating more veggies and have been tooting and squirting out my pink hole for days.

I have regular bowel movements because I am full of shit.

Growing up in my family, we called shit "goop" because mother said it sounded more polite.

I don't need to use the facilities. A Queen never poops.

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R102, That depends. It took me a few tries before I got it right. The flavor is just artificial orange, which is why I add some lemon or lime juice, to give it a little acid kick and to avoid tasting like Tang. If you don't stir it in briskly enough or long enough, the granules will be gritty. You have to stir it long enough for the granules to start absorbing some water, but not too much water, or it becomes a thick goop which is difficult to swallow. Haven't had issues with hemorrhoids since I started using it. As I said upthread, I just wish I would have started sooner: I could have save myself a lot of pain.

R105 is correct.

At work, I go into the stall. Sit down. And yell loudly, " ON MY SIGNAL, UNLEASH HELL".

This too:

I don't need to use the facilities. A Queen never poops.

—Queen Elizabeth

R113, I sure after an afternoon of riding, HM's invigorated constitution feels the need for a healthy BM. And I remember reading that she cleans up after the corgis herself, when possible.

At least once a day. If more than once, I'll get it out all in the am. My friend, who is a vegan, poops like a baby or an animal- every time she eats a large meal, she poops 15 minutes after finishing it

Long airplane flights (12+ hours) screw me up- I'll be constipated for 2-7 days.

Anyone else have The Second Comings? -- a poop about 30 minutes after the first?

Anybody have to take a shit right after your morning shower? I HATE that!

Usually, it's after having a cup of coffee R117.

Pooping seems to get more complicated as you age, I wish there was a simple, fool proof method to have one bm every morning and be done with it

I make doo doos twice a day, every day.

[quote] I suffer from Lactose Intolerance and undiagnosed diverticulatis.

Bitch Please, if you are undiagnosed, then it's all in your head. Which based on your comment about also bringing a lawsuit against your employer, you sound like the typical selfish clueless Frau, blaming all her problems on someone else, and using mysterious diseases that cant be proven or have not been diagnosed to back up your false claims. Grow the fuck up, you probably just sucked at your job and used the bathroom excuse to get even with your employer.

I just dropped a deuce that was at least a foot long. Holy shit!

[quote]you sound like the typical selfish clueless Frau

R121 That's the joke. He's posted that exact story on several threads already and people fall for it every time, even though it's clearly too absurd to be true. But when you look at it closely, you can see that every sentence was carefully written to evoke maximum outrage. It's quite brilliant, actually.

R 93: I LOVE you. That was a HILARIOUS post. THANK YOU! I need that laugh - and now I need to go make doo doo.

I just shit at my Nana's house. Labor Day picnic. I didn't flush it. Hee heee. I wonder which relative saw it and had to flush it?

It has to be sadi: This thread is useless without pix.

Psyllium husk does make life easier, but I have to wonder if it doesn't stop your body from absorbing all of the nutrients it needs. It binds everything together so tightly, it doesn't seem that far-fetched in my mind that maybe that's not a good thing. And for that reason I stopped using it.

[quote]And for that reason I stopped using it.

R127, you sound like Lori Greiner on an episode of Shark Tank declining to invest someone's Psyllium husk business.

R127 Yeah, that's exactly why I only take it on an empty stomach. Some say they take it before and/or after meals so they end up eating smaller portions and go between meals longer. But I've always maintained you should never mix it with food as the nutrients will go to waste that way. Perhaps only with very greasy food.

Though that's definitely not a good reason to stop using it altogether. Just take it with water on an empty stomach and wait an hour before eating anything and you won't have this issue at all.

Would it be possible to mix psyllium husk powder with something other than water? Like tea or juice?

R130 not sure. I bet you could.

I use the capsules now r130, because I could not get past the grit with the powders. I take 6 every morning with a can of flavored seltzer before I have my coffee. It's worked just as well for me as the powder. A 4 month supply is 17.99 at Costco I you skip the name brand and buy Kirkland.

Sometimes I'm amazed when a foot long floater comes out. How was that in me??

R132, just the one dose each day?

R133 Well your bowels are many feet long. So of course a doo doo can come out of you that is very long. My longest one was probably 18 inches. It just kept coming.

R130 Yes, I take mine with herbal tea all the time! I drink so much of it anyway that I don't care if some nutrients get lost that way.

R132 I was bothered by the grit at first as well. But now I leave it in for a minute or two and then drink the marmalade-like gel that's formed in the meantime. Feels oddly satisfying (sexual, even) as it goes down my throat, massaging it ever so slightly.

Also, I'm a chronic cheapskate, so there's no way I could splurge on capsules when the powder is so much cheaper.

R135, so if your biggest poop was 18 inches, I don't want to hear you whining about taking a nine-incher up the chute.

Since we're on the topic...

Even if you take the husk between meals though, it obviously all meets up at some point 'cause it all comes out at once!

Which is a better process pills or the drink?

Is it better to take it at night or in the morning?

It's Tuesday and I haven't had a dump since Friday. This has been happening a lot and I have gotten the piles (bleeding). I will resort to filling my ass with 4 -6 bulbs of warm water and flushing out which I know will sting my piles as it explodes out of me. I can't stick with Metamucil because it makes me feel bloated and farty. Also I'm starting to decrease some meds that I am taking in the coming weeks and I expects lots of intestinal distress during this period. This is part of the horror of getting older, I don't recommend it to anyone.

I just cut a fart that lasted 10 seconds.

I had 4 ears of corn yesterday. Made a HUGE doo doo today. Lots of corn in it.

R145 nice

I take another three mid-afternoon when I've been bad at ingesting other sources of fiber r134. I did that more often the first couple of weeks because I realized I was expelling far more than I had eaten in the last 48 hours, which told me I was backed up all the way to the bottom of my stomach and I wanted to speed the process. As a bonus - I also lost weight without really altering my eating habits. It makes sense. Less time in the pathway means fewer calories absorbed.

R140 I go to the toilet four to five times a day when I'm taking psyllium which is a normal amount of bowel movements, so different meals and psyllium most certainly don't meet each other in the intestines.

Seriously, if you take a dump just once a day, you should seriously do something to help your digestive tract be less sluggish. Or spread your meals across the day, which is healthier than just eating two or three enormous ones and nothing in between.

R142 Doesn't really matter, as long as the stomach is empty. The digestive system works night and day anyway.

R145: Carol - is that you?

R149 no it's Bob

I don't WANT to shit 4-5 times a day, R148. Your poor hole.

^^^You'll shit when your bowels want to shit!

R152 sometimes we need extra help

Talk about desperate...

An apple at night and caffeine in the morning keep things moving.

I just made a doo doo.

R156: please describe in detail.

Any update on anyone's BMs?

My latest doo doo was about 13 inches long. Felt good to expel it.

I'm off soda 4 days and my bowels are waking up.

Congrats on the foot-long feces, R159 That's SOME doo doo!

Should we ask the Pooping Jogger in Colorado Springs?

R162 it appears the jogger received too many helpful hints from this thread.

Tremendous! The best bowel movements ever! People are saying they have never ever seen or smelled such YUGE bowel movements! Of course the fake news media will never admit it.

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