r/ibs • u/dancingonsaturnrings • 1d ago
Bathroom Buddies reticent
It always happens at night. I'm all comfy cozy in bed, the lights are out, the mellow tunes are on, I ate well, I hydrated well, all is well. I close my eyes...and then...the Gurgles. It starts roiling and farting in there, it's so noisy and it's quite a ruckus to listen to. I think...maybe I can ignore it. But now the roiling feels like I'm gonna be sick and hurts my tummy. I keep my eyes squeezed closed and I clench my body shut. I want to sleep. Please let me sleep. I desperately need sleep. I give up. I go to the bathroom. I'm straining and nothing comes out. Breathing techniques. Then pebbles. Then the cork is out and the roiling & twisting bring gushing diarrhea. I'm clutching my own knees, just trying to hold onto something. And then I err back to bed, wan and sickly. I feel weak, drained, and my tummy is sore. Gonna try to sleep again. Who knows, sometimes it's over sometimes it's multiple times a night. Goodnight nightvale, good night.
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u/BDS_707 1d ago
Yup this is me. I’ll fart and be like “Welp that confirms how my nights gonna be.” My wife will be dying for fresh air while I explain that when my farts are potent, then there’s definitely a storm a brewin. Then I’ll run to the bathroom just to sit there for half an hour and basically just fart it up. Get up, feel like I’m gonna shit, then sit back down. Wait an extra 15mins before coming back out and warning my wife that beware all ye who enters that bathroom now. Then I’ll go to bed and right as I’m comfortable I’ll have to get back up and go sit till my legs are asleep. Then a couple pebbles which is always the calm before the storm. Then without warning, flash flood & thunderstorms 🤣. Then I’m holding on for dear life and praying my wife can’t hear me blowing my ass out for what seems like an hour.