Help!!! Going through Menopause and am having severe constipation

[blnewsome]

I am a 52 year old woman going through menopause with my hormones all out of wack. I also have Hypothyroidism. I am having severe problems with constipation. All the stuff that I read about this says that laxitives, enemas, and taking fiber (stuff that you normally would use for this) doesn't work. I am wondering what else could be used or what else could be done to help me with this problem, or is it something that I will always have to deal with?  I am worried that something else may be wrong.

[Lyric39]

After 3 years of chronic constipation and bloating ( by bladder infections)... countless trips to the doctors, buying every product on the market, trawling through the Internet for help and advice I finally found something that works for me....a good dose of magnesium at night time  and a glass of warm water in the morning followed by 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinigar in warm water. The magnesium help to soften the stools as well as it encourages the muscles to work and the apple cider vinigar works as a digestive stimulant.
For me it all started when I hit perri menopause, I got really I'll and felt very toxic, I was desperate to feel better again and was getting extremely frustrated and depressed. I hope that in posting this that what I've discovered as simple as it sounds may help some of you too.

[four_waters]

thank you. that jives with some of my experience and was very helpful.

[sueinns]

Oh my.  Here's my story.  55 years old.  Had IBS years ago but controlled it well with flax seed oil.  Very active and fit - 5'3" and 115 lbs.  Have eaten very healthfully for many many years.  Despite doing "all the right stuff", I have suffered from a weird type of constipation the past year.  I say weird because I "go" every day but a lot of the time the stool is hard and I've developed painful hemorrhoids.  Keep upping my fiber and think I'm now at about 40 to 50gm per day.  Take Glucomannan (as per Dr. Oz) and other fiber supplements.  Also oat bran.  Drink lots as well.  Still no real improvement.  My next plan is to try the coconut milk.  Will keep everyone posted,

[Dmat]

I am fifty and have been trying everything as well. Fiber does nothing. Docalox used to work but now is not. I have had an underactive thyroid for years. The thing that bothers me is feeling bloated and not hungry. I walk but when I get back I feel those stomach problems again. I do not have health insurance for all these tests so I am glad to hear it could be just part of menopause. Thank you for sharing your story. I do hope something works soon.

[Privily]

It sounds a terrible thing to be pleased others are suffering, but I agree because I have thought I was literally going to blow up or crack open! I have periods of 2-3 weeks where I don't go at all; it's like I'm literally glued shut!! And like one of the lady's who has contributed here, it is beginning to affect my bladder by giving me urgency problems. I have had hypothyroidism for 22 yrs, but before this suffered constipation beginning in first pregnancy. I use colon cleanse, a magnesium oxide and carbonate powder, when I am desperate and it works wonders, but the next day I just clog straight back up again. Last year I did a liver cleanse of gluten free and vegie diet regime for a month or so and for the first time since I was a kid actually went every day without ado. This year it doesn't seem to work. I've had all the scopes and nothing sinister to be found. I've only just married it up this evening with my suspicion that I am menopausal - sleep problems, breast and body and temperature changes - hence I have found this site. I would ideally like to work out something natural to kick the bowels back into shape and will try some of the suggestions here that I have not tried. Thanks for posting suggestions.

[carolinecat]

I after many months of suffering with a bloated stomach and chronic constipation as i'm going through early menopause have tried lots of different medications. So after reading this forum have tried the recommended Oxy-cleanse OMG life changing within 4 days. Please please try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!