Why is it important for a SWS patient not to have a seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes? Prolonged seizures (considered to be anything lasting more than 5 minutes) may result in injury to normal or functioning neurons. For this reason, 5 minutes an arbitrary but reasonable time limit.
If you haven't pooped for weeks, you might have an impacted bowel, which is a medical condition that needs to be attended to by your healthcare provider. If you haven't pooped for weeks, you might have an impacted bowel, which is a medical condition that needs to be attended to by your healthcare provider.
When you're standing up, the puborectalis is pulled tight around your bowel. When you're sitting, it holds the bowel less tightly, and when you're squatting (which is the natural position to poop in), your bowel straightens out fully, allowing feces to travel through easily and pass out of the body. So normally, no, you can't poop when you're standing up.