Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Hey guys, help needed please?

Hey guys, i've been going to a school type situation maybe once a week or so, maybe once every few weeks sometimes... Im trying to do adult education due to missing highschool (secretly, alot of the reason I would skip, which lead to me being kicked out, is my IBS-D, which would be horrible for school)

So now, The adult education is starting to kick up even more, where as a group of us will be doing group classes together, weekly 5 days a week.

The cost of me going for the one time a day can be up to $20, as I buy a 20 pack of immodium and use up to 10-15 per day... I just get so nervous and keep feeling the IBS-D and just need to take the pills (up to 2 years of Immodium usage, starting with just 2-3, 4-5, kept going till a day in school used 8-10 and a half day used 5-8...

Now a few hours a day can take 10-15, this isn't a good situation both costly and healthy, but my dependence and tolerance pretty much leave this as the only option.

(I'm 19 years old, living with my parents, my mother buys the immodium for me, yet usually makes note that its probably bad, I once asked the doctor and the doctor said "It should be fine.")

This situation could go for 5 days a week, 2-6 months, maybe more, depending on how long it takes me to get equivilence to highschool done.

I'm really worried about this and Its a crucial time for me, I want to move foreword in life but im stuck in sort of a rut. If anyone can help me with suggestions on how I can tame my IBS-D (which I would rank high-to-severe) I would HIGHLY apperciate it.

The less immodium I take, the worse it seems to be...

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