Morning. Where exactly at the 'pains' and what have you taken to ease them over the years?
R these cyclical? I would become 'constipated' in the week approaching a period. I would also in later years have 'the runs' 10 mins B4 a bleed began, even if a period wasn't due.
Sadly IBS is a 'diagnosis' when GPs don't know what else to suggest . How are your bowel movements? We have a thread on "POO" somewhere. I have had gut issues since a small child, usually associated with anxiety.
However: my bowel is slow very often in that it feels like it needs to expel something but takes hours. Thank goodness 4 crossword books ;-). Since cutting out most processed foods from our diet in recent years I go every day even if I don't feel empty. I have to tick the calendar .
The Gut is the 2nd brain. Mine is very sensitive to anxiety.
How long have you been using 'tibolone'? Does it help at all?
So many questions, sorry
MayB review what you eat/drink over 3 days. Make a diary of ins and outs. Be honest ;-). U may find that there is a pattern to the cramps.
The pains aren't cyclical AFAIK and I've had all sorts of tests that come back negative.
Yeah, I like tibolone a lot, I wasn't keen at first but it is simple to take and is energising in a good way (not in a utrogestan keep you awake all night way), takes away the musculoskeletal aches and pains and lets me fall asleep.
I'm three years post meno and only bleed due to HRT on a monthly basis.
I've been to a dietician and done a four month elimination diet which told me I react with pain to food, pretty much all food.
I was like you with being slightly constipated before my period then would have the runs on day one of my period. Other than that I'm not prone to constipation, but lately been getting such a lot of heartburn.
The only processed food I eat is bread occasionally, both wheat and milk seem to cause problems but I tested negative for any known disorders regarding either.
I'm wondering is tibolone causing the problem to get worse again? I use a little oestrogel as well when I get hot flushes, progestins aren't needed alongside tibolone, I still have a womb. Do these cause inflammation internally? I felt inflamed on ostrogel when that was my HRT.
The only relief I'm currently getting is from loperamide, it just kinda stops everything moving internally for a while, so the pain stops, but I heard it's bad for the heart.
The GP threw everything from buscopan and colofac to amitriptyline at it without any success.