Digestive issues...

Hi Katy,

Digestive issues is my number one complaint. I am 47 and have been in peri for about 6 years. My stomach rules my life. My diet is so restricted I pretty much eat the same thing every day. I do have night sweats as well and irregular periods. I have tried several birth control pills which I cannot seem to tolerate. I started HRT - Combipatch this week and side effects are too much. My ears are ringing and am having waves of nausea everyday with headaches. I just took patch off as I would rather deal with my usual peri symptoms than side effects. It is frustrating as I know my issues are hormone related but cannot seem to tolerate them. Praying it will get better one day. Have you tried any hormones?

👋 Yup me!! Actually have had it going on 3 days now. I have GERD and I am also 10 days late for my period which I'm pretty sure caused a flare up. Like you I can be fine for months. Actually stomach issues were my first symptom of peri. My heating pad is my best friend And warm water n lemon helps a little. I also have pretty bad post nasal drip that I've had going on 3 years despite meds. Could be from the acid reflux could be hormones. Take a warm bath if you have a heating pad or hot water bag use it!! I'm telling you my best friend lol. Hope you feel better soon love.

When I started peri over ten years ago, digestive issues was the first symptom that I had. In fact it was digestive issues that lead me to this forum. I was googling my symptoms, (I know, that's a no-no) and a thread from this forum came up in the feed. When I read one of the posts, I couldn't believe what I was reading. I mean, it was just as if I had written it myself. I first started having constipation, then gassiness, then bloating and heartburn. The list goes on and on. I don't remember a day that has gone by that I haven't had some issue with my digestive system. It is my most outstanding symptom by far. It is where most of my anxiety stems from.

I am the big half century next month and have been suffering with the perimenopause in the last five years. My main big symptom is digestive. GERD, stomach pains, bloating, pain down one side, lower back pain, needing to get to the loo quick and then without too much information - delightful hemorrhoids are an issue too. I have tried all diets and nothing helps. Sadly it still ongoing and like you it can give me a break for a few weeks and then come back. Despite being on HRT it hasn't cured these issues but it has levelled the night sweats and anxiety. The more I read into it, digestives issues affect many woman in menopause. Who would know that hormones could be so disruptive!

I just HAD to register to reply to this post. This might be long... I've been dealing with stomach issues since the beginning of Feb. I swear it stemmed from a hemmorhoid (i should be able to spell that correctly with all the times I've Googled it over the past few months!) flare up in January. It's like my whole digestive system has been completely out of wack. I eat and my stomach churns over and over, I feel bloated dome days and constipated and then others I'm rushing to the bathroom. I saw my GP in mid Feb, but now everything has been shut down since then due to Covid so I can't get an appointment with a GI doctor. I had a colonoscopy 3 years ago for the hems so my GP wasn't overly concerned, but it's not getting better and I have tried EVERYTHING. To top everything off, I have started weirdly spotting on day 19...it's now been 4 days of spotting with no period. I'm 44, so this is well within "normal" for age, but between the awful stomach issues and the fact that both my mother and grandmother had endometrial cancer, I'm literally distraught. I am really hoping to get an appointment with my gyn. My heath anxiety is through the roof with this. I'm not cut out for the stress of perimenopause. God, I hope that's what it is!!