Diarrhea with no other symptoms? Should I go to urgent care?

I have had diarrhea for 3 days - Thursday and Friday I was in the bathroom just about every 20-35 min with a longer break here and there, barely eating anything. No real stomach pain though my gut is making a LOT of noise. Very noisy. I am hungry and don't feel sick (though I have a cold). I am taking Sudafed and Mucinex for the cold. Still taking lowered dose (6mg) of Entocort daily.

Question is - should I go to urgent care with this or try and get into my GI on Monday or Tuesday if it doesn't go away? It's very loose and often watery (I'm drinking as much fluids as I can). Not bloody, but it's getting painful - not so much to wipe since I'm using wet wipes but actually going hurts and burns a bit coming out - probably from the amount in going. Even before the Entocort it wasn't like this - it could be up to 5 times a day but it was never painful or this watery, just very soft and loose.

I have taken Imodium - Thursday I took 1 at 7pm and again at 8:30 when the first didn't work. Slowed down but didn't stop. Friday I took it early in the day after the first bought around 8:30am when I woke up, then slept again on and off until 3pm, getting up for the bathroom once. I took another Imodium around 4 or 5, and ate some Thai food (chicken and noodles, nothing fancy or spicy). Went several more times yesterday and last night once I was awake. Fell asleep around 1am and slept until 9am.

Today I haven't taken anything and although I've been to the bathroom less times, it's been a lot each time and the same loose watery D it has been. I think I've been 4 times so far today and each time it's about 15-20 min because every time I think I'm done, there's more. Had toast and some eggs for breakfast and nothing else but water.

Because I've had no fever and haven't been nauseated, I feel like this isn't a stomach bug....and Imodium has never not worked before.

Thanks @beave That sounds like it explains the burning since my inflammation was at the ileum. I don't feel dehydrated and I try to eat when I can - though I'm going to stick to applesauce and toast for the rest of today. But since there's diarrhea whether I eat or not and it only effects whether it's chunky or pure liquid.

I guess - since I've always been able to stop this kind of diarrhea and redirect with Imodium, if I'm able to stay hydrated should I not bother seeing a dr at all if it continues?

I guess I don't know, since I've never had diarrhea like this without being able to treat it or without it obviously being a stomach bug, if this is the Crohns or something else. And if it is, does it mean the Entocort is no longer working?

My fiancé is really worried and gets anxious every time I head down the hall and I'm mostly just tired of having the runs and the pain it's causing in my bum! The loud gut isn't necessary painful though it's not fun either.

Will continue to keep an eye out for dehydration symptoms.

@Rose Hm - it's been just over a month since I tapered down from the 9 and I alternated 9 and 6 for a week or so before officially moving to just 6 but even before the Entocort - like before I ever saw a GI, it wasn't like this at all :( definitely something to consider though. I was on 9mg for about a month before I started the taper. Doc suggested I taper because of hyperactivity and severe insomnia and both of those are lessened with the taper.

@beave - oh yeah this isn't normal for me at all - not even pre-Entocort days which is what worries me. My dr is on vacation but I'll call the office Monday morning. I'm hesitant to keep taking the Imodium too because it doesn't seem to do anything.

If you do have c-diff, you are not supposed to take Imodium because you will run the risk of toxic mega colon. Have you taken antibiotics lately?

Sometimes it can take a month for symptoms to reappear after a taper. It was about 3 weeks for me. I don't have D, but I have severe rectal pain. Even if this isn't normal for you, unfortunately Crohn's can be unpredictable sometimes.

Hopefully it was just something you ate and it will pass, but if not call the dr Monday (unless you have dehydration symptoms before,,then go to ER) your PCP may be able to order the stool sample for you until you get the referral? Not sure

Have you been sucking on a lot of lozenges? Sometimes too many can have "laxative effects". I wondered since you mentioned you also had a cold.