Why is it hardest after waking up?

Why is my tummy the worst upon waking up? It doesnt even have to be from the usual 7-8 hr sleep. I will inevitably have IBS symptoms even after a 2 hr mid afternoon nap. Symptoms are gurgling, gas and sometimes mild urge to have a BM. It only happens when I am fully awake. If i am still sleepy, there are no issues, its only when my body fully awakens.

This morning was one of my bad days. Woke up feeling semi-ok, had my usual breakfast (organic cornflakes with rice milk) then mid way through eating i had moderate urgency but managed to hold on and finish my breakfast. Upon finishing, i went to the bathroom and immediately let out a mush of porridgy stool (sorry TMI). Massaged my tummy as much as posaible to try and get all the stool out.

Got to the office ok but as soon as i sat at my desk, the gurgles started. Went to use the bathroom and just let out little pockets of gas. Back to my desk and after an hour my tummy felt upset (like it wanted to poo but it was sort of blocked). Tried to just sit with the feeling but at around 10:30am thought id take a break and use the bathroom again. Sat there for a good 10mins focusing on trying to poo and sure enough a formed but floating yellowish brown stool came out. After that the uncomfortable feeling had gone but gradually returned around 12pm.

Had a small lunch and went to use the toilet after. Deposit was a formish yellow stool that broke up in the water. Looks like there were tiny bits of white mucus on it too. Rest of the afternoon was mostly ok. Evening was ok but had gurgles and smelly farts during dinner. No urgency though.

I was thinking the same thing. Mine would always wake me up in the middle of the night and id have to squeeze to keep from making a mess, then get up and go to the toilet like a zombie. That really sucked.

Now when flaring I'm more like you, the morning is worse. I guess it could either be attributed to the colon being immobile for hours or even the position of our bodies, perpendicular to when we are awake. I know when flaring I am sometimes nauseous if I lay down or even sit in a recliner.

Chalk it up to being the nature of the beast with IBD.

Before I got sick I generally had my first and one and only poop of the day around noon....oh god how I miss those days, everything worked like a fine tuned clock, one nice normal feel good poop a day and then never another thought of poop again, and it would always come out painless, with ease and quick a big one with a smaller side-kick poop every single time....oh how I miss that old life of pooping once a day with total bowel control.

Because sleep activates the parasympathetic system responsible for "rest and digest" or "feed and breed". The system that is damaged in UC. When you wake up your sympathetic system roars back with a vengeance, likely.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system

What nerves specifically?
www.spinalhub.com.au/what-is-a-spinal-cord-injury/your-bowel-and-spinal-cord-injury/nervous-system-control-of-your-bowel

en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Physiology/Gastrointestinal_Physiology/Principles_of_GI_function

Interesting studies:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9413271

farncombe.mcmaster.ca/documents/Gangulietal.NeurogastroenterolMotil20071912961-7.pdf


Other links you may find of interest
www.marioninstitute.org/biological-medicine-network/resources/articles/inflammatory-bowel-disease-colitiscrohn’s-disease

Stress and ibd(lot of other really great stuff too if you keep reading)
tinyurl.com/knve479