yeah, i know of this..........if things r working right in ur body, then the excess calcium should get dumped........but here's the crux of it all..........the calcium & imodium may b controlling the D, but it does not cure it..........it's like a drug habit, if it just helps while u r taking it, then u r just putting bandaids on the problem...........when i was taking the extra calcium & imodium & lomitil & every other thing under the sun to stop this draining thing, i did not get cured this way, just bandaids.........which also means u r not treating the real cause............if ur body is not getting rid of the excess & it can happen when, for whatever reason, ur body is not doing as it should..........i found out, back then that if u have signs of taking too much calcium, for me it was that prior to this, i had , for the 1st time in my life, able to grow my fingernails, w/o breaking & flaking..........what can happen, is if u have too much calcium, ur body can dump way too much & the fingernails r an indicator of that.......u end up deficient & if it goes on long enough it effects ur heart, bones & muscles, among others.......the fact that u have too much circulating calcium & it's not being dumped, tell me a few things.........& it can get very complicated........they have started u on the synthroid & this is a synthetic, which i do not like & won't take unless there is no other choice.........the thyroid & para-thyroid glands do alot to control the calcium levels..........it could b that u r not taking too much calcium, but that the para-thyroid is dissolving the calcium from ur bones, which would give u too much circulating calcium............it's all such a can of worms.........with that calcium u take, do u also take zinc, manganese, magnesium, vitamin A & D, a little copper, boron, silica??...........w/o the cofactors, ur body cannot utilize the calcium & that might b the reason for the elevated levels............w/o A in particular, it can b a real problem.........w/o the right tests of the right things, one can never know........i could tell u what i'm taking, i've had tons of labwork in the last 2yrs, but it won't do much for u..........every single person is unique........but to get back to my main point, find out why, in the 1st place, u r having D...........calcium just absorbs liquid, doesn't really fix anything in the intestines & imodium slows down the contractions in the intestines that enable u to absorb the nutrients from ur food.........this is food for thought & u r the one who has to go b a detective...........so many things come into play & just taking something that slows things down or absorbs liquid is not the answer............i have written at length about this stuff, u might want to read my other posts........hope u get better..........