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Posted 6/22/2008 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
I have 75% of my BM's from 6:00 - noon.

I am flaring now, so it is about 10X in 4 hours, then I may only go 4X until 10:00 pm.

Heading in for a colonoscopy on Tuesday.

Thanks,

~ TSM

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Male - 42, San Diego, CA

Diagnosed May 2002 with Ulcerative Colitis

Medications: 

Asacol = 400mg X 12

Prednisone = 25mg

Omeprazole = 20mg X 1

Lisinopril = 10mg X 1 (blood pressure)

Lomotil = 2.5mg X 3-4 (when flaring)

Calcium + D = X 1

Posted 6/22/2008 9:18 PM (GMT 0)
I have the same issue. My doctor said that it has something to do with the body going from rest to activity. I just know that if I have something important that I need to get to in the AM I need to get up extra early to get it "all out of my system". I have a friend with UC and she has the same experience.

murf
Posted 6/22/2008 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
Thats weird, I have the same problem. I have often wondered why, and I get up early to get it all out as well!!
Posted 6/22/2008 10:14 PM (GMT 0)
I think it's pretty universal. I guess when we wake up our digestive systems do also. I used to get up at 5 AM so I could leave for work by 8:30.
Posted 6/22/2008 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
I  am the same way. I have 3-4 BM's 1st am and I am usually ok until later afternoon. Does anyone experience tenderness and hear there stomach rumbling and gargling hours after making a BM?

Posted 6/23/2008 12:03 AM (GMT 0)
For the majority of IBDers this is common.

:)
Posted 6/23/2008 12:56 AM (GMT 0)

Yes, I am newly diagnosed with UC and always early morning.  I also get up 2 hours early and usually ok for the rest of the day unless I overeat a big meal.

Good to know we are not alone!  ElaineNY

Posted 6/23/2008 1:17 AM (GMT 0)
I agree with the early morning BMs. I am flaring now as well, but I wake up alot in the middle of the night. I havent been able to sleep a full night in a long time. My best hours are probably from noon to bedtime, then it starts. :(
Posted 6/23/2008 12:16 PM (GMT 0)
I wonder if it could be because we don't eat for 12 hours or so at night and it takes some time for food to go through your system. We have a flow of food somewhat for the daytime and then we don't have food for a while so its like a pattern maybe. I dunno
Posted 6/23/2008 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
Neon - I have the same issue overnight I HATE starting to wake up about 1-3AM and then never getting more than a 60 minute block of sleep after that.

I have found that if I eat a very early dinner (5-6pm) then I have a fairly substantial BM before bed (8:30-9:30) then I tend to not wake up until about 4-5AM. Maybe that may work? Oh yeah. . . .the morning BM trips are reduced when I eat that early too. Other than that I am like the rest. . . .running to the bathroom tons first thing in the morning.
Posted 6/23/2008 5:48 PM (GMT 0)
I actually have the complete opposite issue. When I am flaring, I have very few BMs in the morning. They seem to really get going in the late afternoon/early evening - after lunch, basically.

I wonder if I am an oddball in this regard. Does anyone else kick in later in the day?

On an interesting side note, when I am in remission, I always have a BM in the morning - around 10 am.
Posted 6/23/2008 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
Most of my trips to the bathroom are in the evening after dinner.
Posted 6/23/2008 8:24 PM (GMT 0)
my current flare, I was having about 5 in the am between 6:30 and 8am and then about 5 bm's from 6pm to 9pm.

My blood and urgency are better and now still have about 5 in the am but 1 or 2 between 6-9pm.
Posted 6/24/2008 3:44 AM (GMT 0)

mptinatl said...
I  am the same way. I have 3-4 BM's 1st am and I am usually ok until later afternoon. Does anyone experience tenderness and hear there stomach rumbling and gargling hours after making a BM?


That is me. And it usually is smaller amounts. Yes, I have tenderness, of course, if I'd quit pressing around on myself all the time in my abdominal area I might not be and also, I feel a constant tightness in my upper gut area all the time, only if I get around to doing something that occupies my time do I not think about it and it goes away. And of course, I hear gurgling and feel the gas 3/4 of the day. Worse at night and early morning. Of course, when these things occur my stress levels rise very sharply. And tonight I have heartburn. I think I am having some problems with the taking of the Asacol maybe, I read all the side effects of them and a good deal of it sounds like what I'm experiencing. I took it one time before with no problem, but a person's system can change with age I am sure as to tolerating medicines. I've noticed more also when using the bathroom that it seems like I can feel it moving down from my upper part of my intestine, never noticed that before now. No diarrhea or bleeding for me though. Weird.
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