Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Slinks27 on January 31, 2023, 03:58:02 PM
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Hi, does anybody else find about a week before period they get upset stomach? This is a new symptom for me. I go completely off my food but need to for a number 2 about 8 times a day. Once period starts it seems to settle. Also the tiredness ive been feeling lately is awful just want to sleep and no energy at all. TIA
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Yep. Hormones :bang: for years B4 a bleed I would be bloated and nauseous so didn't want food; 10 mins B4 a bleed began I would have to dash to the loo, so no travelling in the days when a period was expected. 'the runs'. Once the bleed began the bowel would settle.
I would also get crashing fatigue which is common in peri-menopause. Do your taste buds alter leading up to the period?
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Doctor wanted to send me for a colonoscpy but I'm convinced it's to do with hormones. Before a period I used to crave all things bad for you and would eat and eat and now seems ive gone the other way. I wasn't even due so it all threw me. Yes I think they did change but yesterday all I wanted was a burger!! My body seems all over the place and getting worse. Maybe it's time to consider HRT I cant live like this!
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Listen to your body. Cravings R for a reason and don't do any harm as long as it stops once the period begins. I would be OH SO thirsty, buying celery sticks which I put into water to lick and chew ::)