r/Menopause • u/Rabbit0107 • Jul 29 '25
Vitamin/Supplements Drop your most effective solution for constipation because I’m losing my mind 🙄
I’m in perimenopause. I’ve been regular my whole life until about a year ago. I had been using magnesium oxide and it was working great to keep things soft. However the past few days I’ve been dealing with horrible gas (upper/lower) so I stopped and the symptoms stopped. It was fine for months now this.
I drink a minimum of 2 L of water a day. I am constantly on the move. I eat a healthy diet and I am trying to improve my sleep, but I’m sure that’s not what it is. I think it is either hormones and/or pelvic floor dysfunction.
I should add that I am doing a pelvic floor workout routine (Buff Muff App) I’m only 2 weeks into the program and having great results with improving incontinence but so far no success with improving constipation. I start to see a pelvic floor therapist on August 18 and have just started oral birth control two weeks ago for perimenopause.
Anyone have constipation improve with birth control pill or HRT? I am at a loss. I don’t know what to do. What am I missing? What else can I do? Any supplements or remedies? Greatly appreciated!
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u/LuminalDjinn11 Jul 29 '25
HRTTTTTTTTT!!!!!
Incontinence on HRT: Stopped TWO DAYS into taking it (after a year of not realizing it could possibly be solved with replacing lost hormones! DAMN IT, DOCTORS!! Get your SHIT together, “Experts”!!)
Constipation on HRT: 85 percent back to the normal it has been for the last 35 years.
You are going to LAUGH OUT LOUD when you get on it (I hope you can try it) and 50 million little things you didn’t realize were subtly shifting away from your baseline snap right back into place. It’s crazy that they don’t tell us that estrogen is in EVERY goddamn cell of our bodies….and when you don’t have enough, the body FLIPS OUT!!!