I find this interesting as I have had a jpouch for three years and never take lomotil or immodium but I am on antibiotics often. Imodium binds me up and bloats me. I never had luck w lomotil either and my GI prefers Imodium as he has indicated it does not cross the blood brain barrier ( does this mean it does not have a narcotic effect?).
At any rate, if you are functioning better on the medicine that is good news.