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Well, I really can't give out any medical advice, but I can tell you what I would do, if I were in your situation. I would either check with my doctor, or stop taking either the Lialda or the Pepto-Bismol, to see if that helps.
Another possibility is that there might be some sort of "stomach virus" going around in your part of the country, that you might have caught. If that was it, then you should be getting better by now. Sometimes a virus of that type can cause D that lasts longer than normal, though,for someone with MC, but your other symptoms should be starting to disappear, by now, if it was a virus. If I thought it might be a virus, I would wait another day or two, before making any changes. In the long run, though, high doses of salicylates are not a good idea.
Tex
Another possibility is that there might be some sort of "stomach virus" going around in your part of the country, that you might have caught. If that was it, then you should be getting better by now. Sometimes a virus of that type can cause D that lasts longer than normal, though,for someone with MC, but your other symptoms should be starting to disappear, by now, if it was a virus. If I thought it might be a virus, I would wait another day or two, before making any changes. In the long run, though, high doses of salicylates are not a good idea.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.