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How To Alter Bowel Movement Pattern?

Hello! So this is rather embarrassing.I poop 2xday, once in the morning and once more in the afternoon. I take more than 10 minutes in the bathroom for both cases. I find it really stressful because I'm a uni student and sometimes I have afternoon classes. I clearly can't go back home just for a BM.Is there any way in which I could change my patterns to, say, just go once per day or go at night instead of the afternoon? Or shorten my stay in the bathroom? I'd rather stay at uni because I suffer from binge eating disorder and going back home is quite behaviour-triggering, and I feel that silly afternoon BM is not letting me be at uni for longer.
Thank you!
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
As per the history you have provided it seems that your body clock has set for passing stools twice in the day as you have mentioned, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
This is difficult to break if of a long standing or related to any trigger like food, tea-coffee or so.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
First of all find the trigger factor that instigates you to pass stool in the afternoon. Stop the factor say anything that you eat, drink, thoughts, stress, anxiety, and you may slowly get stopped stools in the afternoon.
Also find for any factors that help control and follow these.
There are no specific medicines that can stop this other than one takes in case of IBS that is irritable bowel syndrome.
You can take adjusted dosages of Isabgol husk with warm water that may help control.
Send the stool for lab for three consecutive days and get additional medications as indicated by the reports.
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How To Alter Bowel Movement Pattern?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. As per the history you have provided it seems that your body clock has set for passing stools twice in the day as you have mentioned, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. This is difficult to break if of a long standing or related to any trigger like food, tea-coffee or so. I would advise you the following in such a situation: First of all find the trigger factor that instigates you to pass stool in the afternoon. Stop the factor say anything that you eat, drink, thoughts, stress, anxiety, and you may slowly get stopped stools in the afternoon. Also find for any factors that help control and follow these. There are no specific medicines that can stop this other than one takes in case of IBS that is irritable bowel syndrome. You can take adjusted dosages of Isabgol husk with warm water that may help control. Send the stool for lab for three consecutive days and get additional medications as indicated by the reports.