Number of BM's in one day

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This is a strange one, but what is the maximum number of bowel movements you have had in a day, doctors always ask for an average and I'm always wondering how other active disease people compare.

I'll start my max in one day is 21 BM's
 
Oooffttttt at my worse i would say about 30....that was when i was very ill mind.on average about 10-15,i can be in the loo 3times by 9oclock in the morning and i get up at 7,30....then a couple of times by lunch time and so on,more if i eat crap....
 
At my worst I think I remember telling my doc I was having a minimum of 15 BMs a day and usually many in a row (feeling of being unfinished)....when you are that distressed and constantly on the toilet in a single day, you start to lose count and don't really care about anything other than getting the job done to relieve the pain. lol.

Now it is thankfully 1 - 3 times a day on a good day, which most days are good days. Occasionally I skip a day. And my bum doesn't seem so sensitive anymore after a year of redness lol.
 
I'm around 15 when I've been at my worst. It's getting worse again now that I'm coming off Prednisone.
 
yea, prob around 15 is average during a not so good time... Im sure at the most its been more than that.. (you know, one of those days when you never see the outside of the bathroom..)

But I would say on a good day, somewhere around 3-5... depends on what Ive eaten that day or the day before. I started taking pro-biotics a few months ago and I have been overall pleased with the results.. For the past week my stools have been fairly 'solid'.. which is big for me (and thats not something you get to celebrate with just anyone, lol).. Ive had nothing but watery stools since my second surgery in 2002.
 
everytime I drink or eat anything right now. In a flare so just starting back on meds to get it under control again.
 
surprisingly enough i've gotten down to 2-4 the last few days :O (it's like a gift lol) but there have been days where it would get into the 20's! i think the most at one point was like 25 give or take
 
My average is about 10 times a day but have had up to about 25-30 a day. Even when I take anti-poo meds I still go about 3-5 times a day.
 
Worst: 30. I will say I wore what polite nurses call an adult brief, but what I still call in my head a diaper, to be able to finish college without a failing number of absences. Luckily now BM: 1-a-day.
 
Before I was diagnosed I could go up to 30 times in a day that includes middle of the night, never got a full nights sleep. Now that Ive been diagnosed and medicated I go anywhere from 2 to 4 times a day depending on what I eat as I am also lactose intolerant.
 
Wow, my heart really goes out to those of you who go as much as some of the numbers posted. 30 times a day?! That's insane. Ever since I started my diet I'm down to 1-3 times a day.
 
Yeah, 15-30 is normal for me. On the MP6 I was going 1-3 times a day which was amazing, but, the drug almost killed me (no exaggeration, ended up in hospital for 3 weeks fighting for my life after contracting an infection and developing sepsis) so I can't take it anymore. Now I'm back to the high numbers :(
 
I can recall having a few gut attacks where I would use the bathroom every 10 minutes all day and most of the night. No fun. Seemed a bit similar to reading about what happens with cholera. Recall one time one of the toilets began having issues during a bad flare. It was as if it was going on strike! Not sure what I would have done if the others went down.

Since changing my diet, avoiding wheat in particular, I haven't had anything that bad happen since.
 
Three times per week to three times per day is the average for a healthy person. I've never done a single-day maximum look (I had Cholera that I believe put me in the ~30 times a day range once), but I average 8 or 9 times a day when my disease is relatively active.
 
Funny. Had to share :)

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I think 8-9 for me was my max. I don't think I have any large bowel involvement so I have less diarrhea-type issues.

I did count my sneezes once when I was young and had the flu...53 in a day! :shifty-t:
 
I don't remember taking count, but at my worst it was around 15-20 times a day, and I was waking up in the night just for a BM.

Right now it's somewhat normal (I think), 1-2 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon. So 2-3 each day on average. I can't remember ever having a day where I didn't poo at least once in the past 2 years.
 
around 15-20 including during the night. At my worst at least 30. Does anyone find that when you think you finished on loo and after all the clean up with moist loo roll etc, you get of loo and the movement of getting off and moving just shoots more through. times i've done that. slightest movement and i'm back on it. just so frustrating
 
Spooky1 said:
around 15-20 including during the night. At my worst at least 30. Does anyone find that when you think you finished on loo and after all the clean up with moist loo roll etc, you get of loo and the movement of getting off and moving just shoots more through. times i've done that. slightest movement and i'm back on it. just so frustrating
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I find this happens all the time. I get up after finishing on the toilet, wash hands, go to leave the toilet, and think... nope I gotta go again:poo:
 
I keep coming back to this post I'm am in aww of how many people are like me. Always thought I was some weird freak of nature. What sucks is when you are young and dating and have this problem I'm married so good to go but still I wonder sometimes if he really understands. It can be hard on a relationship when you have to stop sex, or conversation or your life in general just to stop and go to the bathroom 30 times a day.
 
Yes, i failed relationships cos of the same reasons, lol. It is embarrassing, esp when you're young. i'm not that anymore but i also hate public loos with everyone outside the cubicle saying "don't know what she's up to, been in there ages" then of course the sound of that explosive diarrhoea gives the game away and puts people off wanting the loo after you.
 
At my worst 30-40 times a day including night. I was really really ill with it. Now I have my ileostomy on average 5-6 times I don't count could be less or a bit more. Sometimes night time depends if I sleep through lol. It's changed my life for the better!
 
My worst was 22-28 times daily for first 5 months. Thank goodness for quick diagnosis and med management, down to 5-8 a day now! Woohoo go me. -hugs-
 
Usually I have 1 significant formed movement. Then 2-3 sessions where my bowls are cramping but there is no output. I rarely have the big D.
 

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