Ideas, advice

So, I'm coming up on two years since my resection and wishing I was having more normal bowel habits. I had an ileocecal resection of about 8 inches due to a flare lasting 2 years and the resulting stricture. The problem I'm dealing with since surgery is diarrhea alternating with constipation, I believe the constipation is occurring as a result of the ways that I've been treating the diarrhea. I have tried Welchol, Questran, adding more fiber, going low fiber, exercising more, and 2 different anti-depressants (Amitriptyline, can't remember the other) to decrease the amount of diarrhea I am having. The anti-depressants left me feeling drugged so I stopped them. Everything else that I have tried has eventually stopped the diarrhea but left me constipated. So I then have to stop whatever I'm using for the diarrhea to have a bowel movement. I will have 1-2 normal bowel movements and then it's back to diarrhea. I'm hoping someone will have an idea that I haven't tried. My GI mentioned that I could try taking 1/2 of an Imodium every day but I think that will also lead to constipation. Maybe I just need to let the notion/dream of normal bowel movements go, if it hasn't happened by now it never will.

I'm having this problem at the moment. I've always suffered from d. Almost a year ago, my intestines decided to stop moving and I was severly constipated. My GI couldn't figure out what was wrong. So, he ordered a dynamic MRI which showed secondary megacolon.
Then, I lowered the dose of entocort and voila my d returned.
Last week, I took my first Remicade infusion. I had 10 bms and severe pain. Then, one bm the following day and have had no bms since then. My GI put me on trimbutine maleat to keep things moving and avoid both c and d. Yesterday, I took before bedtime a natural laxative of senna and other natural herbs. In the morning, my intestines felt dead as they are. So, I took the herbs again. By night, I started having several bms but tbh, I'm very distended now. Think carefully of the meds you take. Maybe one of them causes c.

Sometimes my GI when he is at his wits end and can't control my d, puts me on calcium supplements. Calcium is known to cause d. When I'm very constipated, he tells me to stop the calcium supplements for some time.

I find orthobiotics (probiotic) very helpful. My dietician recommends between 21-23 g of fiber each day, and 7-8 glasses of water. I find I need more water though