Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Immodium - how many do people use? Plus Lomotil?

I take it OTC. I'm pretty stable now but for a while I took it everyday.

I *was* taking it after/during attacks and loading up on it - usually 4/day or so most days. But then it really stopped working for me - I know that's not true for everyone but I really started to need more and more and it really scared me. So I stopped taking it for a while, which also happened to be a time when I could really focus on my diet and exercise and such and was really low-stress. When things got a bit more stressful I started taking 1 or 1/2 every morning for a while and that really helped me get more stable I think.

I still *never* leave home without some immodium in my purse, but now I take it just when I need it. So when I'm hit with an attack - I take if I'm at home, and that usually slows it down enough and then stops it (though if it's not a really bad one and I'm at home with nowhere to be, sometimes I just deal with the attack. Depends on how much it's wiping me out/how much pain I'm in whether or not I reach for the Immodium).

I take 2 to stop it immediately - so when I'm out. If I feel 'rumbly' and really don't want to or can't be spending a lot of time in the bathroom, I take 1-2 as a preventative. (It's actually remarkably good as a preventative.) If I take 2 I'm usually C for a few days afterwards but that usually clears itself up now (though I usually swing back to D for a bit before stabilizing). Luckily I only ever need to do it very rarely now.

Edited by retrograde (04/12/06 11:05 AM)

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