Any blood in the stool should be investigated. It could be due to small vessels breaking in the back passage but still ![Undecided :-\](https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/Smileys/extended/undecided.gif)
Sounds like 'within normal limits' ….. for you. My dog was the same. She would do a proper pooh in the garden, then half an hour later in the field she would have a bright yellow one
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IBS seems like the most likely candidate (described further below)
Could IBS be the reason I do not appear to be absorbing my hrt pills?
Sorry ladies, I made a typing error above, there is not blood in my stools.
I have some more questions dotted around this post, hope thats ok.
I sometimes eat something light late at night but I've been like this for years and never used to get the runs first thing.
It started the same time I got the sweats and flushes in 2010.
I did nothing about it back then as I thought I was too young for menopausal changes and put it down to withdrawal symptoms from the pills I was weaning off.
I got my morning runs long before I started taking magnesium.
As for gluten intolerance I do have some of the symptoms on the checklist.
IBS sounds like a more likely candidate though.
The "morning rush" sounds exactly like what I am experiencing. It makes sense that meno changes can cause IBS. I read more on "morning rush" as I'd never heard about it, but it sounds identical to what I've been going through this last four months.
I would like to know, however, why the diarrhoea has returned, after going away for a couple of weeks, when I went onto the higher strength Femoston?
I don't think my depression is emotional or psychological, as there is a distinct difference. One site says IBS can cause depression.
I read immodium daily is prescribed for IBS, no thanks! that stuff is addictive, it's related to opiate/opiod type drugs.
Maybe i will look for a natural IBS cure.
I'm too scared to try the hrt patches if my bowel is refusing to absorb enough hrt pill.
I'm scared I will be one of those women who cannot tolerate norethisterone, hence my previous conversations about micronised progesterone, and frustration with my doctor for not knowing about it.
I hope you don't mind the extra questions, thanks for bearing with me, I really appreciate your help.
EDIT - I just realised gluten intolerance and lactose intlerance can cause ibs.