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[Closed] Does coffee/caffeine give you the s**ts?

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Maybe a bit too personal a question, but what the hell, what else is an internet forum for eh? Maybe I'll become the new Hora 😉

Anyway... Over a period of time, I've noticed that not too long after I drink a cup of strong coffee (say a large cup of cafetiere brewed java), I have an overwhelming need to visit the bathroom... the timeframe is around 10-15 minutes or so, sometimes more/sometimes less... it's not a mild 'oh, it's time to visit the bathroom with todays paper' it's an urgent [b]'jesus fricken christ, I'm about to explode, where's a &%$@!£! bathroom!!?'[/b] type urge...

Any ideas what's going on? Is it physiological (some sort of response to the caffeine perhaps?) or physchological (I've become programmed that after a cup of coffee I must go to the loo)?

I await the mandatory derision and (perhaps) some useful comments/thoughts from the STW massive 🙂

cheers 8)


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:09 pm
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Yeah, though not quite so urgently as you apparently.

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Posted : 02/12/2009 1:14 pm
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Yes, it stimulates everything, including the bowel. Some people can't have their morning 'movement' without a coffee....


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:18 pm
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Yep - delightful feeling, I find!


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:23 pm
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You reckon? It can be blingin inconvenient if there isn't a loo nearby... maybe I should wean myself off the stuff (that little graphic posted above is pretty impressive!)


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:26 pm
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You've obviously never heard of a "coffee push"!


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:28 pm
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don't worry, your not alone


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:28 pm
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yup 😉


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:29 pm
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Morning routine

1. coffee
2. fag
3. poo

in quick succession


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:30 pm
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My wife is all too aware of my morning coffee poo.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:36 pm
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Yes not instant coffee, but if i have one from a high street shop, normally Costa, I generally need a poo within half an hour.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:37 pm
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Kind of annoying if you meet up in the morning for a bike ride at a cafe, and nature is stimulated by the coffee ....


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:40 pm
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OK then... I'm not a freak, that's a relief. It's just such an (almost) immediate, urgent and pressing need that I was wondering if my guts were playing up!


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:41 pm
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Eh? Dosn't seem to do anything for my gut motility.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:44 pm
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it's the old 'coffee cr4p countdown' - mine's usually about 15minutes...

i find it's a usefull reaction, if i think i'll benefit from dropping off a little ballast then a strong cup of coffee will sort me right out.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:45 pm
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yeah i get this too. Has to be strong proper coffee though.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:46 pm
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the day I ate a packet of 48 pro plus in one go, it didn't cause any (poo) problems. Mind you, I could have shat through the eye of a needle for about a week afterwards.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:46 pm
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You ate 48 pro plus tablets in one day. Wouldn't cocaine have been a lot more effective?

That makes me poo too


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:48 pm
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No but libraries do.


 
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If it's like fags then I think it's called a "parasympathetic reaction"...but I don't know what that means.

perhaps they should install fag & coffee dispensers in the traps, purely for those bunged up moments


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:50 pm
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I did eat a large bag of chocolate covered coffee beans in one sitting once. Don't ask me why. Didn't sleep for 3 days and our loo looked like a Jackson Pollock for about a week.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:51 pm
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[i]You ate 48 pro plus tablets in one day. Wouldn't cocaine have been a lot more effective?[/i]
possibly. I was very tired and had no access to cocaine however. And I didn't mean to eat that many, but I was drunk.


 
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"parasympathetic reaction"...but I don't know what that means.

The parasympathetic nervous system controls the smooth muscle tone of your gut. The high levels of caffiene in your bloodstream are directly activating the M3 (? I think, did this ages ago) muscarinic receptors on your smooth muscle cells, amongst other activities.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:55 pm
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cant you die from that many pro plus!?
swear it was in the ?news? someone od on them?

on topic...gives me a bit o wind but nothing that immeadiate 😉


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:56 pm
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[i]cant you die from that many pro plus!?[/i]
I don't know if it's possible, but speaking from experience, I didn't.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 1:59 pm
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its a stimulant and speeds up everything in your body inc the bowel.fags do the same and...a'hhm "recreational pharmacuticals" sadly a down side i found i was prone too when clubbing..(try and find a nice quite, clean loo in a rammed night club at 3am...aint happening.)


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 2:04 pm
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yep

weirdly so do libraries

Cycling/running seems to override it.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 2:13 pm
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cant you die from that many pro plus!?

Well, it could precipitate a cardiac arrest or something, which is why the packet has doses etc printed on it for you to ignore 🙄


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 2:13 pm
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I find the effect is far quicker if youve had a curry the night before, seems to be pretty instantaneous, and a lot smellier!!


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 2:14 pm
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Would someone with access to YouTube PLEASE post a link to Green Wings Alan Statham administering himself a coffee enema...
(facial expression comedy at its finest!)


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 2:21 pm
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Depends on your caffeine tolerance. For me a single espresso will make it happen, but I'll have a bit more control on the timeframe; a double knocks it right out. I can only think it's why Italians (who eat lots of white bread with everything) are so keen on coffee...


 
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Does coffee/caffeine give you the s**ts?

Only when I see the price of a decent sized jar. 😥


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 3:01 pm
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Bollocks, interesting post fail!


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 9:49 pm
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Generally tea / food or coffee about 20 minutes after waking make me go


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 10:48 pm