I have anxiety about not finding a toilet when I need one.

bevb-I don't know much about Immodium, but I do know exactly how you feel about the anxiety. When I'm on vacation, I cannot leave the hotel room until I have done my duty for the day. Luckily for me though, it's pretty much isolated to the morning time and maybe sometimes in the afternoon. Are you going on vacation with anyone close enough to know about your issue? My partner is very understanding and patient and when we go on big family vacations, she makes sure that we plan around my "morning time". My big anxiety comes at work. We only have a public restroom with stalls and it's a large office building. I generally don't get a chance to go before work, so I'm always heading there with great anxiety. I hate it.

Hang in there! You're not alone in this.

I know that anxiety too. For me, it's pretty much an every day thing. I have chronic severe constipation, but there are occasions when some liquid stool sneaks past all the other stuff, and, well, that always means trouble, because I also have complete bowel incontinence. Weird to have both conditions that seem so opposite each other. Generally I do not go at all unless I drink 1/2 gallon of bowel prep (really gross). But I still worry every day that today will be the day I will have an accident. When going to a store or wherever, I always pay attention to where bathrooms are, and often will ask where they are even if i have absolutely no urge to go. Another thing I do is if it's gonna be a long day away from home, or my guts are a little unhappy, I wear the dreaded depends and have put together my "crap kit", a bag with extra depends, pads, underwear, wipes, plastic bags (to put the yucky stuff in), and even an extra pair of shorts/pants. It is annoying and a bother, and obviously the goal is to not get to the point where i would need that stuff, but it does ease my mind a bit and (unfortunately) comes in handy sometimes. Can't help you w/ the immodium dosage, etc., but could you call your doc and ask them about how much is safe to take? Explain the situation and that it would be a temporary thing, hopefully they will be understanding and help you out. I hope you find a way to feel more comfortable traveling and that you go on your trip!! Wherever you are going, if you don't know the language, be sure to look up the word bathroom. Wish I could be of more help.

Good luck and I hope you go and have a wonderful trip!!

Thank you Sunny13 for the "crap kit" idea. I've had explosive, horrible smelling watery poop for the last two years. Came on out of nowhere. I'm on my third gastro doctor and still have no solution to the unpredictable poopies. It is very frustrating and causes extreme anxiety, which I am now on medication for. I hope you the best and I really hope you get to travel.

Same here. I'm fine when i am at my house or a place i am comfortable with, but when going to a new place or a place with not so much privacy, i have extreme pressure building in my lower stomach and urges to have a bowel movement with 75% of the time never having one, this is before i even leave my house. Most of the time i just have to suffer through this and eventually i make it home. It's the only time i can feel normal. I have started to carry a bag filled with extra clothes, seems to help sometimes but then i have the fear of if i do a have a accident, where could i change.I am a construction worker so i don't always have a place to do so. I use to carpool but the cramps were to much so i would always miss my ride or still be setting on the pot and not be able to leave in time, so i started driving myself this has helped out a lot(i think because in my head if i have a accident i am by myself and would probably just return home) but only when driving to work. If i go into town it doesn't seem to help though. I hope someone could help with this, because going to the doctor to try and get help is a struggle, so i have given up at this moment and am trying to self remedy, with no luck yet.