Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: discokaren on April 15, 2019, 03:41:17 PM
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Any of you ladies with IBS gone from being bloated and constipated, I've had this for about 2/3 years......To now having cramps and diarrhoea. I go from 3 days normal to a couple of days cramps and diarrhoea. So there for HA is through the roof ......x
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Yep. I have had slow transit for years++. Bloated beyond words :'(. GP gave me peppermint capsules name escapes me as well as 'motillium'. I had to take these within an hour of eating my main meals. Sorted the awful feeling of bloateness and nausea.
After 5 years I swapped to Actimel - 2/3 bottles a day. Helps my bowel enormously. I note that when I don't drink them my bowel slows up. Occasionally my bowel really lets go :o - like this morning ::). All within normal limits for me and I am used to it's habits.
Very little pain though, rarely I get sudden pain below the belly button which is a warning. Then I have to dash :o.
HORMONES! can affect the bowels. Anything out of the ordinary: i.e. blood [black or red (fresh)] or constancy which remains after 3 weeks should be discussed with a GP.