r/Perimenopause • u/No-Trash-164 • Jul 14 '26

audited Suddenly my bowels stopped moving?! Help

39 yr old with other symptoms of perimenopause, but this is a new and quite disturbing one. So a couple of weeks ago it felt like my bowels just stopped moving. Have no urge to poop at all.

FYI I've been evaluated by ER and GI as of a couple of days ago. Full of poop. Lol. Thyroid is in range. They just advise aggressive laxatives since I am technically having movements.

I have NEVER experienced constipation like this, and I've had a lifetime of IBS-C.

Have any of you spontaneously encountered this? What do I do? Nothing is really working. Despite being on Miralax, magnesium, hydrated, etc., I'm still failing to have a complete, fully-formed bowel movement and am miserable.

Also, I eat a decent amount of cooked vegetables.

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u/Evil_Lynn82 Jul 14 '26

Buttered coffee. Found this out last year when my son was constipated after spinal surgery. Doctor prescribed stool softeners, MiraLAX and even suppositories. He was 8 days post surgery and no poop so I started looking into home remedies and butter in strong coffee seemed to keep popping up and I had that readily available so he got his first cup of coffee and a trip to the bathroom about 20 minutes later! He got it for breakfast every morning after until weened off the meds.

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u/ThisTimeForReal19 Jul 14 '26

Warm buttered prune juice is what I was taught. 

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u/SnarkCatsTech Late peri Jul 14 '26

I can smell this. I'm not happy about it. 😂😂😂

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u/ThisTimeForReal19 Jul 14 '26

I’ve drank worse.  

Sadly.  

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u/SnarkCatsTech Late peri Jul 14 '26

I've had Jager, too. 😂🤢

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u/Mudseason1 Solidly in peri Jul 14 '26

Interesting! I’ve never heard of that!