It's easily been 4 years since one day I just totally lost my libido, and then five seconds later, I started having horrible, chronic constipation no matter what I do.  I've gone to docs, and they've done NOTHING in terms of seeing if this is hormonal, but it's my body and I think it is. I wake up feeling fine, and then as soon as it's time for a BM, I go through hell. I never feel like I'm done, and it takes 2-3 hours. Some days it's not an issue, but 85% of the time, it is.  

I left my office job over this, but I've always freelanced and thank GOD I work from home and for myself.  There's no other way I could deal with this stomach misery, bloating, discomfort and horrible mood.  Having tried many things at home to treat it, very few things work.  I cannot live on laxatives.  I am currently giving magesium citrate a change, but will go see my primary care doc to get some blood work on my hormones.

Has anyone else here gone through this?  I still get periods, some months I skip, and oddly enough, I find that my symptoms are 95% while I'm ON my period... but did anyone here go on HRT in perimenopause?  Did it help?