Try increasing your dose. I take one or two RIGHT when I get up, and whenever I feel an attack coming on I'll take another 2. When I take the right dose they limit the duration and severity of my attacks every time!
If I eat, I take 2 imodiums first. Otherwise food will go right through me in about 1/2 an hour. I take one before I go to bed too, to ward against night attacks.
I've been taking imodium for years now as a preventative, and it is the single most thing that has helped me. I too used to be in the bathroom 9 to 20 times a day with severe cramping, painful gas and explosive D. Today i can hold down a job, travel on trains and planes, and generally have a outwardly seeming "normal" life, all because of imodium.
Don't feel burdened by the constraints of what "normal" people do. You need to find a dose of imodium that works for you. It WILL work. There are lots of people with D on these boards who take imodium like this. It is not addictive and has been a LIFESAVER to many of us.
Please give the imodium another chance. If you want insurance to pay for it, you can get an Rx from your doctor. I get 60 pills a month, and supplement it with otc imodium advanced (with simethicone, which helps gas). Good luck to you and post back your results!
Be brave! It will get better!
~nelly~ 
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