hi everyone, not doing too good right now. Been having slight stomachaches since yesterday and just now had bad cramps and nausea and then a lot of d. I never had any for 4 weeks since fissure. I do have either colitis or chrons and its probably acting up. So far i've had it mild andnot taking pills just once in awhile the cortisone enemas. I wouldn't even try them right now with the fissure. Feel so depressed, i hope i donn't have anymore d tonight. I will have to go on brat diet now . I don't know what to do about themetamucil, idon'twant ot get constipated and i can't eat any fiber foods for awhile. I am so depressed rightnow and my tummy is still a bit sore.

whenever i get diarrhea i take immodium and it seems to help some..

Yeah, I agree with jenny, Imodium works really well for diarrhea but the downside is you can get constipated the next few days, I would let the diarrhea run it course, if you have colitis or chrons then it's bound to return again anyway, try bulking up your stool slightly, this is hard though as too bulky will hurt like hell on the way out, you can get bulking agents from the pharmacy

thanks for replies. I am scared to take imodium. I more or less have that reserved for an emergency, if my ibd acts up in situation and i'm not home, like maybe a bus terminal, i will take it. That night i had d, i had it again 6:00 a.m. in morning. But nothing all day yesterday and today so i am going to take themetamucil today. Hope no d. Its very hard with ibd to just take anything, you don't know the outcome. So far i have it mild but i thinks it getting slightly worse. I can have constipation and d in one day.

Sputnik I'm so sorry for what you are going through. I wish i could help but I'm afraid i can't except to say that I think you being cautious with immodium might be wise. For otherwise normal systems it may be ok but I believe i have ibs with constipation and i made the mistake of taking immodium after I ate something bad and had chronic diahreah for two days. Then the immodium constipated me and the combination of both conditions led to my fissure. I really hope you feel better soon.