Actually, what gives me the worst case of the runs and farts is lack of sleep and/or messed up sleeping patterns. Monday mornings are nasty for me, you can be sure.

I have never considered this - that upsetting your own regularity would cause you system to be even more out of whack.

My worst case of the runs was in 1987. I almost died. It was not cool. However, the second worst case was due to food poisoning and you can read about it here.

http://www.poopreport.com/Stories/Content/green.html

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I somehow ingested a bacteria that causes diarrhea while I was in London. I don't know if it came from food or not. The hospital's best guess was contaminated drinking water while at Stonehenge.

It certainly made the last few days of my "vacation" interesting. The visit to the Tower was most eventful.

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"I have never considered this - that upsetting your own regularity would cause you system to be even more out of whack."

Maybe it's all the junk I eat over the weekend :P But I really do think that upsetting my sleeping routine wreaks havock on my tummy. On Mondays after a late Sunday night, or any morning that I got up earlier than normal or went to bed too late the night before, I get cramps, burning hot gas, and the runs or huge dumps (like 16" long - and I'm not a big girl). Still worth it, though.

It's always the flu for me. This one time, i couldn't get off the crapper it was so bad. Worse, everytime I'd throw up, diarrhea would shoot out of my butt, wehter or not on the toilet. I love to poop, but this was no fun. Stress or spicy foods, no problem. I don't normally get diarrrhea, but i guess when it hits, it hits hard.

when i converted from omivore to vegetarian. Its like my body was shitting out all the meat-digesting bacteria in one strange soup!!

The flu. I once had severe diarrhea and a 103 temperature for 3 days straight. Then after the virus went away I still had the runs for about 2 weeks after that before things finally got solid again.

Don't know what it was but I never want it again.

Undercooked Corn Dogs.
The good news was I was doing laundry when it hit, so I at least had clean skivvies to wear home.
The bad news is my bowels turned to bath water and I missed work the next day.
Fresca and lightly buttered white rice were my best friends that day.

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My frivolous bowels need demarcation

Definately food poisoning for me. A large bowl of dud spicy prawns on my last day of working in Sri Lanka - I shat and spewed for the entire flight back to London.

That plane toilet was my home from home for nearly 10 hours.

Flu did the trick for me. I agree with Toilet Expert on the two-way body expulsion. Also I had the undercooked food experience. Fortunately for me one or trips to the bowl for bad food does the trick. The flu is another, longer, harrowing story.

Another episode involved a broad spectrum antibiotic. It's listed under the story of "Your most memorable poop experience occurred in a/an..."
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I'm with Eoz. I suffer from chronic insomnia. Whenever I'm sleep deprived, my bowels turn to liquid. However, whenever I get constipated, all I have to do is stay up late and then get up early the next morning. At some point during that day, I'll be spray painting the toilet.

(Anyone who has ever suffered from a several day bout of insomnia understands why sleep deprivation is classed as torture.)
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Menstrual Cycle-
dont know why 'periods' bring on pooping, but it does.

That is known as Period Poo around these parts. Lots of females complain of this. It could be because your period brings on getting rid of all the fluid you retained, and that extra fluid causes a bit of the runs.

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Well the worst is because i have an algery to milk and shit for a week. And the flu is the worst for me i have it know and on my laptop in the bathroom

Happened after refusing to take a dump at summer camp. I held it for four days, then I just shat my pants.

I had the worst poop explosion after eating meat pie that had been in the car all morning. Went to the mall and damn near didn't make it to the stall. Blew crap all over everything for 10 minutes. Yikes.

I am constantly under stress from excessive workload - getting an average of 4-6 hours of sleep every night (morning actually). not good for my health I know.. but I do try...

anyways - so I get these thick- built up works that tend to clog... besides the point - the worst came when I did two all-nighters. oh MAN

don't even remember clearly.. so delarious...

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too late - already clogged.

Well, the worst for me was a few years back my ex worked as a seafood deliveryman, and he brought home some Amberjack. Amberjack has to be cooked to a certain temp because it can often harbor parasites. I didn't know this and he didn't tell me, so i ccoked it like I would Tuna. Rare.
The both of us spent the next two days scurrying to the toilet, peeing out our butts, and bafing in the trash can. I got so dehydrated I eneded up in the hospital for a couple of days.
It was Godawful.

Definately Stress for me. A summer ago I was trying to get a semi-professional internship. I had interviews with two different companies in one day that required a plane flight each way. Plus I had an exam the next day that would determine if I could pass the class or not. I think I hit every airport restroom and in flight can possible. Worst part was trying to find a gas station or store before i went in for my interviews! I couldnt believe how much kept coming out! It seemed like there was no end, of liquid or poo! Ass mints did nothing for me, I took the extra strength immodium and the colon just laughed at me.

Worst part was I had to bail half way during the exam to go again. Didnt even ask permisison from the prof, just up and bam. Prof didnt even say anything when i got back, i just sat downa nd went back to work.

Took a full week afterwards until I felt right again and poo started taking on a semi-solid form.

I hate the mean ol Poopmonster.

Re: period poop--my own theory is all that water I retained has to get out somehow and the bladder can only hold so much.

I had two VICIOUS cases of food poisoning as a child and teenager, both of which may be future poop reports.

Oof. This is a tough one. I think the worst case of the runs for me was back in February while I was still pregnant with lil'shitwit #2. I was puking out both ends so violently that my pucker turned inside out and stayed that way for several months. It's still not the same as it was before that shit storm.

I've also been super stressed out and sleep deprived so I'm not surprised that it seems I've got symptoms of IBS now. Sudden, violent diarrhea that just can't be ignored. Good news? I've lost all the baby weight and even a few more pounds!

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My worst instance came from antibiotics that I was taking for something I don't even remember now. The diarrhea was powdery, insistent, and fairly immediate after eating. It made me so weak that I finally called the doctor, who gave me a prescription for a different antibiotic (but I still had to take that one for the entire treatment time even though I had had some days on the first one). Yes, I had tried yogurt; it came through shortly after eating it, in powdery liquid form. Awful. The second antibiotic, while not as severe as the first, still kept my stools far from normal for a week. What a relief to get back to normal logs!

I did have another incident, this time of some sort of intestinal flu, while in college. It was bad enough to send me to the infirmary for three days, during which time Pres. Kennedy's assassination took place; while there I saw Jack Ruby get shot on national TV. School was then closed early for Thanksgiving, and I went home early on the bus, still weak but at least no longer diarrheic. I despise diarrhea.

For me it was beef chow mein I ate one time in New Jersey. The beef definitely tasted funny, so (like an idiot) I just decided to eat the vegetables. The next day, I spent most of my day erupting like a brown geyser.

"I dont care about the M.S.G. I just dont want any C.A.T."

My worse case of the runs (other than an intestinal bug) was brought on by some coffee I drank in a greasy spoon coffee shop a month or two ago. I don't know why I drank the stuff--it was awful.

Anyway, about 45 minutes later, I thought I had to fart so I did. Much to my dismay, I felt a warm wet stream running though my cheeks and down my leg. Fortunately, I was only a mile or two from home. (That was a lot of fun to clean up)

WHITE CASTLE!!!
appparently my body was not meant to consume it. i had never eaten it and decided a sack of ten, chicken rings and onion chips was a good idea. not only did i have the rhea but i puked most of the morning as well.

NEVER AGAIN.

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They ALL say that, Crayon, but you'll be back...oh yes, dear, you'll be back. You won't be able to help it, that little urge rapidly becomes that mindless obsession, the craving that won't go away until sated by bagfuls of sliders...regardless of the consequences. Your mind will not be able to recall, with sufficient force, the humiliation and degradation of your last binge, you will be helpless against that first White Castle.

PC, there used to be a place in Deeetroit called (I believe) Nathans Coney Island. Is it still there? The chili dogs there took the express train to the exit faster than any White Castle burger ever did for me. But boy were they good after a heavy night drinking.

no way Bilgepump..i will eat jack in the box for the rest of my life and not have to worry about the shitz but there is something about the grade z mini square beef patties with the whole in the middle at white castle that i find most unappealing...they also smell just as bad cooking as they do coming out...

PD- i think you're thinking of lafayette coney island. was it downtown in a cheese wedge shaped building? they are voted the best place to get coney dogs in the metro times almost every year that i've been living here. nathans is in new york...they have the hot dog eating contest there....mmmmm...hot dogs....

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You are right PC. It was Lafayette. Oh the memories! I'm getting gas just thinking about it.

I've always wondered what becomes of those little meat plugs that are punched out of the White Castle burgers. It's not like they sell slider munchkins or something. Anybody know?

coney's smell just as bad a white castle... at my work xmas party which is at the whitney (swanky huge mansion turned fancy restaraunt) they order sliders and coneys for the end of the night...you can smell when they arrive, which usually means it's time to go.

on another coney note, i have a friend in a band called the mahonies who sing about coney dogs... it's pretty funny. chili mustard onion in a hot dog bun. something about staring at the mustard sun..

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other coneys in the detroit area to clear out your colon would be the clock, hamtramck tower, and dooleys. coney food is the worst, but i can't help eating it....

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Hamtramck, home of the best galumpki's!

polish village!! did you ever eat there? omg. the BEST dill pickle soup EVER.

and i don't know how often you were in grand rapids, but the best hot dogs are there. yesterdog. i make sure i eat there whenever i'm in g.raps. the pickles are like crack. i have dreams about them. and i never have bad shits after eating there.

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I hung in the Detroit area back in the '70s. I was going to school in Flint, and my brother was at Wayne State. Both cities were a mess back then, but we managed to get out every weekend and raise hell. The pickle soup sounds like something right up my alley. There are some large Polish neighborhoods in the NY/NJ area, and I am now on a mission. I'm also partial to deep fried pickles.

Now that my guts have totally rebelled against me I can't even recall what the *worst* diarrhea episode for me is now. Just when I thought my ring was tucked back in where it belongs..... out it comes everytime I hit the can (which is about 6 times a day!). I've been under huge amounts of stress over the past few months (even am losing my hair) so I started smoking again, and ofcourse everytime I read about IBS and other bowel ailments, I see that smoking just makes it all worse. I know I should stop smoking but I really don't want to. Butt-pee and all, I just can't give up my smokes. Hey, I wonder if I could blow smoke rings out my ass..............

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Shitwit, I have had IBS about a year and a half now. I too make multiple trips to the can each day. I hope your family is supportive, because that can be a big help. And they damn well should be for having a warm toilet seat to sit on all day. And as for the smoking, I hope you are not doing it in that methane filled room. We wouldn't want you to be the subject of the next limerick contest. Good luck.

i actually live in the wayne state area(i.e. the hood). it's really nice to rent a 3 bedroom flat for under $600! did you ever go to the bronx bar (cucumber soup to die for)? ha i wonder if you knew my parents!! my dad lived on 2nd and prentis in the 70's.

fried pickles...isn't that a southern thing? i do love pickles...

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My brother, his friend and I cruised the bars around 3rd street. That was many moons ago. I remember we used to be scared shitless of a gang called, (I believe) the Errol Flynns. I'm a Jersey boy born and raised, but I have many fond memories of raising hell in Motown. I'm sure there were many poop stories on the days after drinking and eating at Coneys, only the excessive alcohol has exacted a toll on the brain cells. I only seem to pass thru Detroit on flights these days, but next time my brother is out there, we plan to go out drinking and risk our lives once more.

the errol flynns, huh. that sounds like something out of the warriors. did they dress up like robin hood?

let me know when you'll be in detroit. i'll come have a bevy with you.

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That was a while ago, they are probably doing drive by's from their wheelchairs now. I got a recipe for the soup from Zosia's. Will let you know how it comes out (both ways). Maybe it will make for a good poopreport story.