Another way to look at this thread could be... What is the longest you've ever gone without going? -or- What is the most you've gone in one day? Which situation was worse?
Take some fiber pills, I was suffering for a week after a pleasant case of food poisoning. It will rid you of the butt snot. I've been regular since I was about 11 but, I remember the pain of being backed up. I'll take the hershey squirts any day of the week.
This thread keeps reminding me of that stupid Pepto Bismol song on their recent commercials. I guess I've never had any serious cases of constipation. At worst, I've had some very mild cases...I don't even know if they qualify as the big C. I'll take other people's words that it's worse. I've had monster diahrrea moments though. Like Jeff Bridges, Dumb and Dumber moments. Those moments of relief afterwards are some of the happiest moments of my life. One more thing: Due to this, I've also developed a George Costanza-like knowledge for fine public restrooms. Clean, low traffic restrooms are a must. Usually anything above the first floor of an office building is a safe bet.
I just recently recovered from a really bad case of the D when I moved to another country from the States. So I voted for the D.
I have both frequently, in alternating bouts. Constipation is awful and painful, but at least you can go to work and hide your pain. If you've got diarrhea, and you work 10-hour days, you are pretty much screwed. That is what makes diarrhea worse. Both are painful and suck, but you can't hide or postpone diarrhea, and "there's nothing worse than trying to have it in a public bathroom quietly." (i can't believe i just semi-quoted foxworthy)
Constipation is worse because of the bloating/cramps/unconfortableness. Luckily I rarely get it because I poop at least once a day. Diarrhia is also bad but at least it goes away after you sit on the toilet for an hour or so. And I found out I get diarrhea if I eat chicken ( ) so I just avoid it.
I'm gonna go with my bout of food poisoning Superbowl Sunday. 6 hour ride back home from Mexico puking the whole way, having to take constant pit stops so I can piss out of my ass. Yeah. That lasted until yesterday evening.
Constipation is much, much worse, and anyone who says otherwise probably hasn't had a really bad case of constipation. I was in Vietnam and got constipated; after a week it got to the point where I was sitting on a toilet at 2 in the morning, near tears, wondering if I would destined to die with crap bursting out of my stomach. ... Yeah, it sucked.
There's nothing worse than D after eating Popeye's. Never again! I woke up one night err morning I should say at like 3 in the morning with D after eating Popeye's for dinner. I flooded the toilet from D. I didn't think I could flood the toilet from D! And by flood the toilet I mean literally it was the kind where the poop-water overflowed my toilet and got all over the bathroom floor. Not just a little bit either it was allllllllll over the place. =x
i will agree. really bad constipation is so much more painful and worse. Luckily, i've only had it once really bad. It was so painful that I had unnatural thoughts of things i could do to ease the pain
I'm really surprised at the poll. The fact that diarrhea can just creep up on me makes it far worse. I know the time spent in the bathroom when you're constipated it god awful, but the time between diarrhea acting up and before you unload is both painful and annoying(if you're at the wrong place. Then again, it seems like a lot of the people here have had much worse constipation moments than me.
hold up yo.... 1. both suck whenever you feel em 2. you can help constipation, just gorge on fiber/water/whatever and try running instead of getting fat on the couch 3. stopping diar......good luck Yes when you have C, you'd rather have D, when you have D, .... Anyways, next time you get C - remember you can make yourself dump if you take care of yourself - sitting on the throne for 45mins sux no matter how you look at it A+ thread btw
