Immodium after diarrhea causing constipation and pain in bowel

[lyuba]

Have chronic constipation but took Immodium for diarrhea-now no bowel movement despite taking Senokot-what do I do?

[Hidden]

It could be that your bowel is empty ! Don’t take the Imodium unless you really have to x

[Maureen1958]

You may have overflow diarrhoea, see article attached.

myvyne.co.uk/health-centre/...

[Superzob]

You've not given a timescale, but if this all happened over a couple of days then I wouldn't worry. My IBS can be such that I take Imodium after diarrhoea, but then have no bowel movement for a week! It is possible that your bowel movements would have stopped after the diarrhoea without the intervention of Imodium, and the latter has simply exacerbated the "problem". I put the word "problem" in quotes because it isn't really one, and you will probably find that the situation corrects itself in a few days without taking any further medication.

[Lin1944]

Hi there, when constipated I just eat lots of kiwi fruits and that’s helps so much. Xx

[Orchid99]

Hi, this was the issue I had after taking imodium for diarrhea episodes I was having before I knew about my slow transit bowel. I wouldn't be able to go for up to nearly two weeks after taking it and my bowels felt like they were bruised. Now I don't touch imodium because I know the diarrhoea I get is overflow because of my constipation.